Obama: Ratification of
President Barack Obama is mounting an all-out push for U.S. Senate ratification of the New START nuclear treaty with Russia, calling it crucial for U.S. national security. The president summoned a bipartisan group of former White House off...详细
Inhaling Tuberculosis
A new way of taking tuberculosis drugs shows promise in laboratory tests. Instead of taking a pill or getting a shot, patients would inhale their medicine to get the drug deep into the lungs. Tuberculosis is one of the world's most serious...详细
UN Says Violence Jeopa
UN aid agencies say access to health facilities and rapid treatment are key to preventing the spread and escalation of deaths from cholera in Haiti. The aid agencies warn violence is jeopardizing their ability to help the victims. Latest f...详细
Persecuted Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists lists 25 journalists from around the world who were murdered this year because of their work. And countless others face threats, prison time and harassment. Each year, the U.S.-based Committee honors jo...详细
Christmas Tree Rises I
America's Thanksgiving holiday is nearly two weeks away, but there are already some signs that the Christmas season is here. That was the impression at New York's Rockefeller Center on Friday as workers carefully put in place and secured a...详细
American History Serie
MARIO RITTER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English . The years after World War One were an important turning point in the making of the American nation. The country turned away from the problems of E...详细
Words and Their Storie
I'm Susan Clark with the Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. In the nineteen thirties, a song, Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?, was very popular in the United States. It was the time of the big Depression. The song had meaning...详细
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: I'm Shirley Griffith. STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember with the Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Every week we tell about someone important in the history of the United States. Today we tell about writer F. Scot...详细
Groups Offer Ideas to
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Continuing debt problems in Greece and Portugal. The banking crisis in Ireland. A trillion-dollar deficit in the United States. These are all reasons why high levels of public debt are a bi...详细
On Stage: The Great Am
On Stage: The Great American Novel, All of It, In 'Gatz' DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English . (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week we play music from winners of the Country Music Association awards ... And answe...详细
UN Chief, Security Cou
The U.N. Secretary-General and members of the U.N. Security Council have expressed concern that resolution of the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region not be overlooked as international attention is focused on the upcoming North-South referen...详细
Madagascar to Vote in
Voters in Madagascar will decide Wednesday on a new constitution that its supporters hope will end the crisis caused by the ouster of President Marc Ravalomanana. In the days leading up to Wednesday's Madagascar referendum, supporters of t...详细
Dominican Republic Rep
Health officials in Haiti say the death toll from the nation's cholera epidemic has risen to more than 1,100, as the government and the United Nations appeal for an end to unrest linked to the outbreak. Haiti's health ministry reported Wed...详细
EU Finance Ministers M
Finance ministers from the 16-member zone that shares the euro currency are meeting Tuesday in Brussels to figure out how to help debt-strapped Ireland, and avoid chances Dublin's fiscal problems will spread elsewhere. Earlier this year, t...详细
US Pushes to Keep Midd
The Middle East peace talks remain at a standstill as Israel considers a U.S. plan to extend a freeze on West Bank settlements in exchange for a number of incentives, including a squadron of advanced American warplanes. The U.S. Department...详细
Pearl S. Buck, 1892-19
FAITH LAPIDUS: Im Faith Lapidus. JIM TEDDER: And Im Jim Tedder with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the award-winning writer Pearl S. Buck. (MUSIC) FAITH LAPIDUS: The year was nineteen thirty-one. Americans we...详细
American History Serie
BOB DOUGHTY: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. In nineteen eighteen, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, a truce took effect between the Allies and Germany. But not until...详细
Prison Program Aims to
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A program in the eastern United States invites young people into a prison to try to scare them away from prison. The goal is to teach them to avoid bad choices and bad influences that could...详细