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Jack and Annie were sitting on their porch, readingbooks. Jack was reading about gorillas. Annie wasreading about Pilgrims. Suddenly Annie closed her book. She looked up intothe sunset. Hey! Annie said with a smile. Jack looked over at her. Its back!
The U.S. Navy says more American warships have been sent to the east coast of Somalia, where a vessel carrying more than 30 tanks and other military equipment is being held by pirates. As VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu reports from our East Africa Bur
Environmentalists are hailing a Bangladesh High Court decision to order the closure, in two weeks, of all ship-salvaging yards which do not have environmental clearances. The judges also have banned toxic ships from entering Bangladeshi waters. The
By Al Pessin Washington 30 October 2007 The U.S. Navy rescued the crew of a North Korean cargo ship off the coast of Somalia Tuesday, after it was attacked by unidentified men who took control of part of the vessel. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the P
[00:05.49]Lesson 69 1 Reading comprehension [00:12.43]Read the text fast and choose the right title for each section: [00:19.88]The photocopier The answering machine [00:25.16]The fax machine The word processor [00:30.62]THE OFFLCE [00:33.96]Offices
By Meredith Buel Washington 24 August 2006 United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan meets with European foreign ministers Friday in Brussels where he is expected to encourage them to send armed forces to southern Lebanon to help enforce the truce
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 23 May 2007 Police in Senegal say they have intercepted a ship and its passengers who are believed to be Senegalese migrants trying to reach Europe. Naomi Schwarz reports from Dakar police say they are investigating what they s
By Brian Wagner Miami 21 June 2007 A U.S. Navy hospital ship is launching a medical and humanitarian mission that will include stops in 12 nations in Latin America. The crew of the USNS Comfort hopes to see 85,000 people in communities where medical
Pirates have hijacked two more ships off the coast of Somalia, an Iranian cargo vessel, and a Japanese-operated tanker. As Derek Kilner reports from VOA's East Africa bureau in Nairobi, the attacks are the latest in a string of attacks in the busy a
By Alan Boswell Nairobi 26 September 2009 Panama-flagged ship is seen docked in Mogadishu sea port, 25 Sep 2009 Somali pirates attempted to hijack a ship Thursday night in the Mogadishu port but were eventually scared away by a rescue effort. The Sy
Russia says it has arrested eight people suspected of the mysterious hijacking of a cargo ship. The vessel disappeared after being boarded by hijackers off the coast of Sweden and then turned up off the coast of West Africa. There are still a number
By Amanda Cassandra and Maha Saad / Voiced by Barbara Schoetzau New York 03 July 2006 A replica of one of the first ships to sail to America is in New York for the United States' independence day celebration on July 4th. Amanda Cassandra and Maha Sa
By Naomi Martig Hong Kong 23 November 2007 The final Japanese navy tanker has returned home from the Indian Ocean, ending a six-year mission in support of U.S. led coalition troops in Afghanistan. As Naomi Martig reports from VOA's Asia News Center i
By Mandy Clark London 26 December 2007 Many surgical procedures taken for granted in the West are not available to the world's poorest people. Yet, a dedicated crew of doctors and nurses, aboard Mercy Ships, bring hope and healing to those in need, w
Kenya's foreign minister has dismissed a BBC report suggesting that a consignment of tanks and other military hardware aboard a hijacked Ukrainian ship was bound for South Sudan when it was seized by Somali pirates last month. The Kenyan government
A Royal Commission of Inquiry in Tonga is trying to find out why the ship, the Princess Ashika sank on August 5th this year. 74 people died; 54 were rescued. The commission, which is like a court with a judge, started in October. The commission sat f
In the 1980s, France was carrying out nuclear weapons tests on small islands in the South Pacific. Greenpeace was preparing to visit Mururoa in French Polynesia to protest about Frances nuclear tests. The Greenpeace ship, the Rainbow Warrior, was tie
A Japanese shipping company has paid about 40 million US dollars in fines to a Chinese firm, for a legal dispute that dates back to the 1980s. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines states that it respects the Chinese courts ruling and will resolve the issue as soon as
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 16 November 2007 The international environmental group Greenpeace is blocking a ship carrying palm oil from leaving a port on Indonesia's Sumatra island. Their goal is to highlight the environmental damage caused by pa
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 04 November 2009 Israel says it has seized an arms shipment on the high seas and it is pointing a finger at Iran. Israeli naval commandos stormed onto a ship loaded with weapons near Cyprus and took it to Israel's southern