EXPLORATIONS -January 30, 2002: Population and the Environment By Cynthia Kirk VOICE ONE: This is Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Tod

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PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Truman Capote, 1924-1984: Created the First Nonfiction Novel With 'In Cold Blood' BOB DOUGHTY: And Im Bob Doughty with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Truman Capote, one of Americas most famous modern

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Floods Challenge Midwest Farmers On his land outside Peoria, Darrel Kammeyer is keeping one eye on the rising Illinois River and another on the only thing standing between it and his farmland, a seven-meter-tall levee. It was constructed to hold back

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OECD Says Global Economy Rebounds, But Not In Europe New government data shows the U.S. economy expanded at a faster clip last year than earlier estimates. And it's likely to perform better in 2013. The OECD says the world's largest economy will post

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Pablo Picasso (18811973) is probably one of historys most famous names. He was a Spanish painter and sculptor and perhaps the most recognized figure in twentieth-century art. He is best known for starting the Cubist style. Among his most famous works

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Hundreds Dead and Injured in Iran Freight Train Explosion Kerry Sheridan Part of a runaway freight train exploded in northeastern Iran Wednesday. The full explode blast killed at least 200 people - mo

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Mark: So, Todd, you run and operate this site, elllo.org, yeah? Todd: Yes. Mark: How long have you been doing that? Todd: I've been doing it now for about two years. Mark: Two years. OK, and I've been on the site and there's a place where I can send

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Bullies - especially aggressively hostile girls - are a topic of major interest to Rosalind Wiseman. In her non-fiction best-sellers, Queen Bees Wannabes, and Queen Bee Moms Kingpin Dads, the educator explored the way adolescent girls relate to the w

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Mention Hollywood, and most people think of glamour: beautiful women with smooth, flawless skin and perfectly aligned white teeth, men with trim athletic bodies. But much of that look is artificial: breast implants, Botox-treated faces, collagen-inje

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Explorations - Travel Industry, Fisheries Depend on Threatened Coral Reefs MARIO RITTER: Welcome to Explorations in VOA Special English. Im Mario Ritter. This week, we hear from a prize-winning expert on bees. May Berenbaum has studied ways to help p

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Officials in Australia say more young foreigners looking to escape recession in other parts of the world could be heading for the country this year on working holidays. The number of skilled travelers from Britain and Germany applying for working ho

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Clinton Global initiative Embraces NGOs The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) is holding its annual meeting (9/23-25) in New York with heads of state, business leaders, philanthropists and representatives from NGOs. Founded in 2005 by former President

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US Jobs Data Adds To Global Recession Fears The U.S. government's closely-watched monthly employment report has become an important barometer of the state of the world's largest economy. Combined with the debt crisis in Europe, and manufacturing slow

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Many athletes depend on corporate sponsorships to help ease financial burden, which has become more difficult during recession Kane Farabaugh | Vancouver 21 February 2010 Photo: VOA Image K. Farabaugh Training to compete in the Olympics is a long and

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By Anthony Stokes Washington, DC 15 June 2006 watch Global Attitudes report The global image of the United States has declined, and fewer people support the U.S.-led war on terror. That's the assessment of a worldwide poll released this week by a Wa

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Financial problems in the US have been going from bad to worse. Last week the US Government took over the mortgage investment companies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. On Monday this week, Lehman Brothers, the 4th biggest investment bank, went bankrupt.

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Expatriates in China will join the country's sixth national census starting November 1st and answer eight questions on their basic information, which will not include income and religious affiliation. Besides, the some 6 million trained census takers

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By Jim Malone Washington 06 February 2008 In the U.S. presidential race, Democrats are preparing for a long battle to select their party nominee for the White House. In the Republican race, Senator John McCain has claimed the mantle of frontrunner on

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By Jim Randle Taji, Iraq 09 November 2007 U.S. military officers and local sheiks say an area north and west of Baghdad is turning away from the al-Qaida terror group and offering more support to the Iraqi government. The change follows a series of b

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Liz Waid. Voice 2 And Im Ryan Geertsma. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 It is four oclock in the morning.

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