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Country Music Thrives in 2012 Jason Aldean released his fifth studio album in 2012. Night Train was recently certified platinum for shipments of one million copies and ranks at Number Nine on Billboard Magazines year-end Country Albums chart. Jason a
By Nancy Steinbach HEALTH REPORT -April 24, 2002: Study of Cousins Who Marry This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Sometimes people who are first cousins get married. Two people are first cou
Youth Group in Nairobi Illuminates Homes, Schools A youth group in one of Nairobi's many teeming slums has found a brilliant way to light up dark houses. Drawing upon an innovation from Brazil, the young people have installed so-called water bulbs in
经典语境背诵 May: On our way to the suburbs, Dad always gets confused with the directions. Interestingly, Mom would blame him at first and then give the right direction. Dad promises Mom that he would not make the same mistake again. But you kn
Jordan Wolf signed up for the Army as soon as he graduated from high school. After Jordan took various aptitude tests, the recruiter said that Jordan scored high in electronics. He would receive a stateside assignment in a computer lab, where he woul
Louis Khan Helped Define Modern Architecture Written by Dana Demange VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Barbara Klein with the VOA Special English program, People in America. Today, we tell about Louis Kahn. He is considered one of the most
Texas Couple Become Goat-Farming Entrepreneurs Most people hold on to their jobs for security and whatever benefits they might provide. But some adventurous souls follow a more challenging path, becoming entrepreneurs, working for themselves with no
Homebuyers nationwide are watching housing prices go up, up, and up. How high can they go? is the question on everyones lips. As long as interest rates stay around 5 percent, theres no telling, remarked one realtor in Santa Monica, California. Its cr
By Nico Colombant Abidjan 23 May 2006 Hawker with little skyscrapers in background in Abidjan A new term being used to describe economic realities in West Africa is de-development. Life in cities buil
Fight Against Militants in Pakistan Leads to Advanced Treatments for Wounded From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. More than five thousand members of the Pakistani security forces have been killed in the fight against terrorists and m
Health Report - Want to Lose Weight? Try Counting Calories This is the VOA Special English Health Report. How many calories we eat appears more important than what we eat when we eat too much. That was the finding of a new study that should be satisf
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 23 January 2006 watch Right to Die report The Supreme Court last week upheld a controversial law in the state of Oregon that allows physicians to prescribe lethal dose
By Jim Malone WAshington 22 February 2006 The U.S. Supreme Court will revisit the politically divisive issue of abortion later this year. The abortion case in question will be a major test for a court
Two western journalists reported missing in the Somali capital Mogadishu are believed to have been kidnapped by militiamen. As VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu reports from our East Africa Bureau in Nairobi, the journalists, along with a local interpret
By Paula Wolfson White House 17 October 2006 President Bush welcomed Muslim leaders to the White House Monday evening for the traditional meal that marks the end of the daily Ramadan fast. The guests also included Muslim-Americans who serve as fire-
By George Dwyer Washington, DC 07 March 2006 watch Merger report Shares of the U.S. regional telephone firm BellSouth rose sharply in value Monday after the company agreed to an acquisition offer by A
By Carolyn Weaver Uganda 15 June 2006 watch Uganda Fake Drugs report Stopping the sale of counterfeit and substandard drugs is a priority for many developing countries, including Uganda. Not only are low-quality and fake drugs harmful when they fail
By Rowan Reid Johannesburg 16 June 2006 South Africans have been celebrating the role played by young people in the fight against apartheid, three decades after their protests spawned a movement against white minority rule, which was finally ended i
By Phuong Tran and Naomi Schwarz Dakar, Senegal and Ende, Mali 09 January 2007 Woman and child take part in a discussion at a village meeting in village of Bandiagara, Mali (File photo) Some of the lowest-ranking countries on the United Nations' Hum
THIS IS AMERICA - US Supreme Court Upholds Healthcare Law, Strikes Down Much of Immigration Law CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Christopher Cruise. Today, we will look at the recent United States Supreme Cour