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By Jim Stevenson Beijing 29 September 2007 Germany and Brazil are about to face each other Sunday in the Women's World Cup football final in China. VOA's Jim Stevenson reports from Shanghai, where the championship game will feature two contrasting st
By Jim Stevenson Shanghai, China 29 September 2007 The U.S. women's national football team will play it's final Women's World Cup match without one of it's top goalkeepers. VOA's Jim Stevenson reports from Shanghai, where the team is trying to move f
[00:00.00]MODULE 1Wonders of the world [00:01.88]模块一世界奇观 [00:03.76]Unit 1What is a wonderof the world? [00:05.73]第一单元什么是世界奇观? [00:07.70]Listening and vocabulary2 Listen and check the words you hear. [00:53.13]听力和
I believe in figuring out of my own way to do things. I believe in the power of numbers. I believe in Barbecue. Well, I believe in friendliness. I believe in mankind. This I believe. Its Monday the day we bring you our series This I Believe. And toda
083 the natural world Worlds River lake stream pool coast sea ocean waterfall cliff rocks mountain hill valley cave forest island peninsula mountain range desert sand dune peak plateau climate erosion Phrases Erode rocks Change the landscape Dominate
By Zulima Palacio Washington 16 May 2008 With the HIV/AIDS epidemic now 25-years-old, the World Bank has launched a new strategy to combat the disease where it is the most prevalent -- Africa. Nearly two million have died on the continent and HIV has
World leaders have expressed growing concern over the turbulent state of the global economy, calling for united action to stop it from worsening. From United Nation's headquarters in New York, VOA's Margaret Besheer reports on the opening session of
By David Byrd Osaka, Japan 28 August 2007 Kenyan athletes have won four medals, including two golds, on the fourth day of the World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan. As VOA's David Byrd reports, the Kenyans won gold in both men's and women's r
By Barry Wood Davos 23 January 2008 U.S., British and Afghan officials opened this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday with calls for greater effort to fight global terror and find peace in the Middle East. VOA's Barry Wood r
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 04 October 2007 Talks to open up world trade hold the key to prosperity for poor countries, Liberia's Foreign Minister said on Thursday. The minister made her remarks at a forum on globalization at the World Trade Organization
By Stephanie Ho Washington, D.C. 27 November 2007 Until relatively recently, female world leaders have been few and far between. But, as VOA's Stephanie Ho reports, their ranks are growing, with a number of prominent women in several countries stepp
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 26 November 2007 Organizers of the 2010 soccer World Cup in South Africa are calling Sunday's preliminary draw in the southern city of Durban a success. They say they hope it will put an end to doubts about the African nat
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 25 April 2008 World Malaria Day will be celebrated for the first time April 25. It aims to focus public attention on a disease which every year kills more than one million people, most of them young children in sub-Saharan Afri
By Carolyn Presutti Washington 25 April 2008 Increasing food prices have sparked protests in five African nations and several more countries worldwide. United Nations officials are warning that food prices are likely to keep rising. Humanitarians wor
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 27 April 2008 The World Bank is accusing Israel of stifling the Palestinian economy. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, Palestinian economic development has clashed with Israeli security considerations. A
A cascade of swimming records has fallen in the Beijing Olympic pool. Wednesday began with four world records set in the first four events on the schedule. VOA's Jim Stevenson has highlights from the fifth full day of competition. World records are
By Jim Stevenson Shanghai 10 September 2007 The fifth FIFA Women's World Cup is under way in China. VOA's Jim Stevenson was at the opening game in Shanghai Monday where defending champion Germany made a bold statement. Fireworks burst over Hongkou St
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 03 June 2008 World leaders are gathered in Rome at the headquarters of the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization. They are discussing ways to deal with soaring food prices and how to improve ways to provide food to the
LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: The United States entered World War I a hundred years ago this week on April 6, 1917. The war is remembered mostly for its brutality. But as NPR's Greg Myre explains, it was also a moment when emerging technologies conve
By Ivana Kuhar Washington 11 July 2007 World Bank Governance report According to the World Bank, a number of countries are making progress in improving governance and fighting corruption. In a new report released Tuesday, the World Bank says good gov