April Fools Day is on the first of April every year. It is a day when people can play tricks, practical jokes and hoaxes on each other. No one really knows the exact origin of this day. The writer Mark Twain famously said: This is the day upon which

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Rights Group Challenges US Security Policy on Airline Passenger Lists Jim Malone A leading U.S. civil liberties group has filed a legal challenge to a program that seeks to bar people with suspected l

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Minute EnglishApril Fool's Day Kate: Hello, Im Kate Colin and this is 6 minute English. Today I'm joined again byJackie Dalton. Hi Jackie. Jackie: Hi KateKate: As you may know, yesterday, April 1st was April Fool's Day! Jackie: Well, to be honest, I

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The Secretary of the US Army delivers a stinging indictment today against those accused of sloppy record keeping at Arlington National Cemetery. And John McHugh tells the families of those resting in that hallowed ground that he is deeply sorry. Toda

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - Remembering the Wild And Wonderful Maurice Sendak JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im June Simms. This week on our program, we play new music from Jack White And we remember the wildly creative

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. This Saturday night at eight thirty, all the lights will be shut off at the Tokyo Tower in Japan. The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin and the Eiffel Tower in Paris are also expected to go dark. So is the

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