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THIS IS AMERICA - Girl Groups' in Rock Music By Robert Brumfield Broadcast: Monday, February 02, 2004 (THEME) VOICE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA Special English. I'm Phoebe Zimmermann. In the l
While many Americans are familiar with black slavery in the South during the 19th Century and its role in igniting the nation's great Civil War, less attention has been paid to the black experience in northern cities such as New York, where so-called
Too often young Somali-Americans have made news for all the wrong reasons. Some young people have fallen victim to drug abuse or the appeal of gang violence. Others have turned to extremist ideology. But youth organizations in the American state of M
AS IT IS 2014-09-04 Rights Groups: Thailand Suppresses Freedom Thailands military and police have stopped the release of an independent report on human rights. The report examines human rights in Thailand during the first 100 days under military rule
By Al Pessin Pentagon 24 March 2008 The U.S. command in Baghdad says Iranian operatives are continuing to provide money, weapons and training to Shiite insurgents in Iraq, in spite of promises by Iran's leaders that the activity would stop. VOA's Al
By Margaret Besheer Baghdad 02 July 2007 The American military says it has evidence Iran is using the Lebanese Shiite militia group Hezbollah as a proxy to arm Shiite militants in Iraq. Officials also say Iran's elite Quds Force was aware of and help
By Al Pessin Pentagon 22 June 2007 The second-ranking U.S. commander in Iraq says the week-old offensive against insurgent groups in and around Baghdad could create conditions for the start of a U.S. withdrawal sometime between this fall and next spr
USAID Democracy Programs Can Complicate International Relations After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the leaders of Russia asked the U.S. for assistance in building a democracy and a market economy. Over the past 20 years, election-monitoring grou
Nature, Nurture Required for Elite Athletes Doctors Michael Joyner and Michael Bostwick at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota studied this and also looked at other research. Most high-level athletes have something that distinguishes them from regular peopl
Elite Sailors Circle Globe in Volvo Ocean Race One of the toughest, most grueling events in sports offers no prize money, only a trophy. Its challenging, thrilling and dangerous. And takes a long time. The Volvo Ocean Race is a marathon sailing event
The killing of the governor of Pakistan's most populous province has highlighted the ongoing clash in Pakistani society between secularism and religious radicalism. Some of that radicalism is fueled by resentment against a privileged and often secula
By Brian Wagner Miami 02 October 2007 Ecuador's leftist President Rafael Correa is promising to move quickly on government reforms following Sunday's vote that apparently gave his supporters a majority in a special assembly to rewrite the country's c
AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- English teacher Lida Baker in Los Angeles talks about improving English pronunciation by understanding the idea of thought groups. RS: Thought groups are something we don't even
Colombia's largest armed rebel groups, the FARC and ELN, have met to strengthen their unification process. In a statement, the FARC says incidents which led to the distancing between the groups have been overcome. The FARC has also stressed the need
Iberia Star win UEFA Cup Futsal Elite Group D qualifiers TBILISI, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Iberia Star Tbilisi from hosts Georgia on Sunday overwhelmed a one-man-short SL Benfica of Portugal to win the Group D of the Elite qualification for the 2012-2013
今天我们要学的词是 elite. Elite 意思是最棒的,顶尖的。Presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney both attended elite private high schools. 总统候选人奥巴马和罗姆尼上的都是一流的私立高中。America h
By Al Pessin Pentagon 13 April 2007 The second-ranking U.S. general in Iraq says his experts suspect that Iran is helping Sunni insurgent groups, as well as Shi'ite groups, as both contribute to ongoing violence in Iraq. VOA's Al Pessin reports from
By Claudia Blume Hong Kong 16 November 2007 Hong Kong-based human rights groups who recently returned from a fact-finding mission to the Philippines found that the frequency of extrajudicial killings in the country has gone down. Disappearances, howe
By Noel King Kigali 19 October 2007 Congo's 2006 democratic elections were intended to usher in a new era of peace in the once war-torn nation. And while improvements have been seen in certain areas across the vast country, holdout armed groups in th
Occupy Wall St which began in New York in September has spread around the world. By last Saturday, there were 2,668 groups in about 100 countries. Occupy protest groups have been in our main cities for the last six weeks but now councils are getting