2001-08-24 Early Plant Study
This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT. American scientists say the first plants may have appeared on Earth hundreds of millions of years earlier than fossil records suggest. They…
2001-08-31 Light Pollution
This is with the VOA Special English Environment Report. We usually think of pollution as a harmful waste substance that threatens the air and water. But some people have become…
2001-08-17 Sea Turtle Recovery Plan
This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT. Endangered turtles in the Indian Ocean and waters of Southeast Asia are about to receive some help. Countries in the area have…
2001-08-10 Climate Change Agreement
This is the VOA Special English Environment Report. Representatives from one-hundred-seventy-eight countries have agreed to a complex plan meant to improve the environment. The nations agreed to limit the production…
2001-12-29 Argentina’s Economic Crisis
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS. Argentina’s new president has announced measures to ease a severe economic crisis in the country. Adolfo Rodriguez…
2001-12-21 The Euro
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS. On January first, many people in Europe will stop using the money they have known for a…
2001-12-15 Bush/ABM Treaty
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Program, IN THE NEWS. President Bush has announced that the United States will withdraw from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. The United…
2001-12-08 Enron Fails
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS. One of the largest companies in the United States has failed. The Enron Corporation has asked a…
2001-12-01 Aid for Afghanistan
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program IN THE NEWS. The United States and twenty-one other countries have agreed to spend thousands of millions of dollars to…
2001-11-24 American Red Cross
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program IN THE NEWS. Since the terrorist attacks on the United States in September, Americans have given millions of dollars to…
2001-11-18 World Trade Organization
This is the VOA Special English Program IN THE NEWS. Members of the World Trade Organization ended six days of intense negotiations in Doha, Qatar, on Wednesday. Trade Ministers from…
2001-11-10 The American Economy
This is the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS. The United States central bank cut interest rates again this week. The Federal Reserve reduced its major, short-term rate to…
2001-11-03 Anthrax in the U.S.
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS. United States officials called on the public Friday for more help in finding whoever is responsible for…
2001-10-27 Food Drops in Afghanistan
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS. On Thursday, three huge American Air Force transport planes took off from Ramstein Air Base in Germany.…
2001-10-20 Financial Campaign Against Terrorism
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program IN THE NEWS. The United States is attempting to cut the supply of money for terrorist groups. Congress has approved…