HOST:Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English.(MUSIC)I'm Bob Doughty. 2006 is almost over. On this special show, Shirley Griffith and I ...
This is the VOA Special English Development Report.Today we tell you about the LifeStrawwater-purifying device. Then learn about a wood-burning cookst...
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.These days, if we hear about two different plants being combined, the first thing we think of might...
As well as being the eve of the Olympics, yesterday was Double Seventh Festival day, an ancient celebration similar to Valentine's Day.The Qixi Fe...
A string of bomb attacks hit Kuqa county in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region yesterday, killing one security guard and injuring several civilians,...
According to the International Sailing Federation (ISAF), 400 competitors from 62 nations and regions will compete for medals in 11 competitions in Qi...
Italy will seek closer engagement with China on major global issues when Rome holds the presidency of the Group of Eight (G8) next year, Italian Forei...
The Games heated up yesterday as some world and meet records were shattered, with Michael Phelps setting the pool on fire and China adding four more g...
Spanish cyclist Maria Isabel Moreno has become the first competitor at the Beijing Olympics to fail a drug test, said the International Olympic Commit...
Abhinav Bindra's mother joked that his Olympic triumph had made him "the country's most eligible bachelor" as Indians celebrated a h...