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AS IT IS 2013-11-26 New Center in South Africa Honors Nelson Mandela From VOA Learning English, welcome to As It Is. Im Steve Ember. Today on our program we travel to Africa. Our first stop is South Africa. We have a report on a new center set up to
Protesters in New York City hold posters to express their opinions about the proposed Islamic Center to be built near the site of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, 22 Aug 2010 Opponents of the proposed Islamic center near the site of the 2001 te
By Carolyn Weaver New York City 28 November 2007 An American play that deals with the most difficult of subjects -- the ethnic hatreds in Rwanda that led to the genocidal killings of an estimated 800,000 to one million people -- has drawn critical a
ACT III Hi, everyone. Sorry I'm late. 嗨,各位好。很抱歉我迟到了。 But Alexandra and I 但Alexandra和我 have been busy at work this morning 一早上都在忙事情 on the community-cent
By Greg Flakus San Antonio, Texas 13 January 2006 watch Burn Center report Advances in combat medicine have helped hundreds of badly wounded soldiers in Iraq survive, but many of them need long-term c
By Mike O'Sullivan 08 June 2006 Millions of Americans are living productive lives despite battling cancer, thanks to progress in medical treatment. But some cancer patients who face workplace discrimination or the loss of health insurance need legal
By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 21 February 2007 watch New Discovery Center One of the newest attractions for visitors to Florida, the southernmost point in the continental United States, celebrates the undersea world in and around the famous Florida K
By Joseph Mok Washington, DC 29 May 2006 watch Wildlife Rehabilitation For the past 20 years, the New Mexico Wildlife Rehabilitation Center has taken in numerous injured animals, cared for them, and released them back into the wild after recovery. V
Former Torture Center Teaches Khmer Rouge History Teacher Ser Sayana stands before a classroom of foreigners and tries to cover in 15 minutes the violent history of Cambodias Khmer Rouge. She says the course, sponsored by the Documentation Center of
In a controversy that is sweeping the country, many Americans oppose a plan to build an Islamic Center just two blocks from the site where al Qaeda terrorists toppled the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center, on September 11, 2001. Supporters
Virtual Center Keeps Seniors on Their Toes In a small community in Virginia, elderly residents have developed a program that helps them stay active and involved, without having a huge impact on the local government budget. Edna Ludden, 71, attends on
New Education Center Honors Abraham Lincoln About 750,000 people visit Ford's Theater each year to see the box where President Lincoln was shot. Now they can go across the street to the house where he died and then to the center next door to it. A 10
Annual Event Helps Torture Treatment Center For 26 years Rossana Perez has spent her free time running in a park near downtown Los Angeles. It really clears my thoughts and helps me to release stress, Perez said. Much of that stress comes from memori
By Jim Malone Washington 07 April 2008 The war in Iraq is once again center-stage in the U.S. presidential election campaign. All three major contenders will be in Washington Tuesday for the congressional testimony of the top U.S. commander in Iraq,
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Finally today, a conversation with one of the most influential figures in hip-hop on the occasion of his new appointment at one of this country's most prestigious cultural institutions. Q-Tip is one of the founding members of A T
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The 40th Annual Kennedy Center Honors were a chance to celebrate among others a dancer, a rapper and a TV-sitcom pioneer. Here's NPR's Elizabeth Blair. ELIZABETH BLAIR, BYLINE: The Kennedy Center Honors are lifetime achievement a
By Kurt Achin Seoul 08 May 2008 A memoir of life in a North Korean gulag is to become the latest South Korean film project aiming a spotlight at the North's human rights situation. As VOA Seoul Correspondent Kurt Achin reports, the book has already w
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 07 April 2006 More than 40 million Americans have no health insurance or access to inexpensive, high-quality medical care. A West Coast charity called the California End
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 12 October 2006 The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization on Thursday inaugurated a new Crisis Management Center to fight avian influenza outbreaks and other major animal health or food health-related emergenci
I left my hotel early so I would arrive at the convention center in time for my presentation, but the bad traffic made me late. My presentation was supposed to start at 2:00 and it was already 1:55! To make matters worse, I had never been to this con