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People in America - Michael Jackson, 1958-2009: He Amazed the World with His Music and Dancing FAITH LAPIDUS: Im Faith Lapidus. BOB DOUGHTY: And Im Bob Doughty with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about one of the most famous
AMERICANMOSAIC-ChicagoArchitectJeanneGangNamedMacArthurFellowforherStriking DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Doug Johnson. Today we listen to new music from the Red Hot Chili Peppers And we visit an unusual
By Lisa McAdams Moscow 31 August 2006 Uzbek women sit in a tent at a bleak refugee camp 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the Uzbek border in Kyrgyzstan (File photo) Human Rights Watch says Kyrgyzstan is not protecting asylum seekers and refugees and is
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 21 May 2007 Israel confirms that it is targeting the leaders of the Islamic militant group Hamas, hours after a deadly attack on the home of one of its lawmakers in the Gaza Strip. At least 12 Palestinians have been killed
By Douglas Bakshian Manila 10 June 2006 Militant Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir Abu Bakar Bashir, the accused spiritual leader of the militant group Jemaah Islamiyah, is due to be released from prison soon. A top terrorism expert says his release s
Skelling Loreena McKennitt O light the candle, John The daylight has almost gone The birds have sung their last The bells call all to mass Sit here by my side For the night is very long There's something I must tell Before I pass along I joined the b
A nonprofit called Give the Gift of Sight holds clinics to provide free eye exams and used glasses. Transcript of radio broadcast: 20 July 2008 This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Millions of people need eyeglasses to see clearly but
By Suzanne Presto Hong Kong 24 December 2006 General Bo Mya sitting in his wheelchair during celebrations marking 57th anniversary of army's rebellion against Myanmar junta (file) A longtime leader of Burma's largest ethnic rebel group has died. VOA
By Cindy Saine Washington 25 September 2007 The non-profit group One-Laptop per Child has announced a program to sell its durable laptop computers to American and Canadian residents for $399. The profit from the sale of each computer will allow the p
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 19 June 2008 An Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire has taken effect in the Gaza Strip. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. Backdropped by the Gaza Strip, an Israeli tank drives on the Israel-Gaza border, 19
By Pearse Lynch Nairobi 13 July 2006 The leader of the Ugandan rebel group the Lord's Resistance Army says he will not attend peace negotiations with the Ugandan government to end nearly two decades of fighting. The next round of negotiations is due
By Franz Wild Korhogo, Ivory Coast 15 August 2006 Supporters of Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo block a road as part of a protest Wednesday, July 19, 2006 In Ivory Coast, rebel soldiers, who have patrolled the north of the divided country, are
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 07 May 2007 Israeli aircraft have attacked a car in the Gaza Strip that Israeli military authorities say was carrying Palestinian militants planning to launch rockets against southern Israel. One militant was reported wounded
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 15 March 2006 The U.S. Congress has commissioned a bipartisan panel to provide an independent assessment of the situation in Iraq. The panel's leaders say their group will
By Gilbert Da Costa Abuja 04 July 2006 Militants patrol the creeks of the Niger Delta area of Nigeria (File photo - Feb. 24, 2006) Ethnic militants fighting for local control over Nigeria's oil wealth have threatened to attack the police in Rivers s
By Jim Malone Washington 08 December 2006 President Bush and members of Congress from both political parties have generally welcomed the recommendations put forward by the Iraq Study Group headed by former Secretary of State James Baker and former C
Lebanon is a fractured land that has a long-standing struggle among a mixture of Christian sects, Sunnis, Shias, Druze and other religious factions. Since a resurgence of hostilities in 2006, when Israel launched a major military campaign against th
By Jeff Swicord Washington 03 November 2009 For decades, AIPAC (The American Israel Public Affairs Committee) has been the pro-Israel lobby in the United States, bolstered by a massive membership -it says 100,000 - among America's six million Jews.
By Jessica Berman Washington 02 October 2009 Anthropologists from around the world have added another million or so years to the history of human evolution. Scientists say the latest fossil find - while not a direct ancestor of modern humans, may of
A new report says more civilians were killed in Gaza than Israel admits An Israeli human rights group says many more Palestinian civilians were killed in the Israeli military's campaign in Gaza than the army admits. B'Tselem said detailed research w