By VOA 2009-10-23 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. On September twenty-eighth, security forces attacked unarmed pro-democracy demonstrators in Conakry, the capital of Guinea. Protesters were shot, beaten and stabbed. Human rights groups an...
By George Grow and Jerilyn Watson 2009-10-19 VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus. This week, we will tell the story of aspirin. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: People have known since an...
By Brianna Blake 2009-10-16 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Two weeks of suicide bombings and other attacks have shaken Pakistan. The interior minister says, The enemy has started a guerrilla war. Pakistani soldiers surround buildings dam...
By June Simms, Jerilyn Watson and Caty Weaver 2009-10-12 VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus. This week, we will tell about an experimental vaccine against the disease AIDS...
By Brianna Blake 2009-10-9 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This was the surprise announcement Friday from Oslo, Norway: THORBJOERN JAGLAND, CHAIRMAN: The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for two thousand ni...
By Jerilyn Watson 2009-10-5 VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith. Today we tell about efforts to save an island in the American state of Maryland. Poplar Island lies about...
By Brianna Blake 2009-10-2 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The use of scientific knowledge in legal cases is called forensics, from the Latin term for a public forum. The public may get the idea from TV that forensic science can solve alm...
By VOA 2009-9-25 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, leaders of the top industrial and developing economies gathered in the eastern United States. They met in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for a summit on the world's financial future....
By VOA 2009-9-18 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. In two thousand six, Defense Secretary Robert Gates advised President George W. Bush to base a missile defense system in Europe. Russia objected to what it saw as threat to its security. Bu...
By Brianna Blake 2009-9-11 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, President Barack Obama went before Congress and the nation to better explain his health care proposals. He said they would provide security and stability to people who...
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