Tuesday, November 8, 2011

VOA Special English - Weekly Report

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Political Data Miners Really Get to Know You

To predict votes, they look for connections in the ways that people behave | THIS IS AMERICA

Voters in the state of Illinois cast ballots in 2010

Internet Change Makes Way for Dot-Anything

Get ready for a whole new world of domain names besides dot-com -- and not just in Latin characters | TECHNOLOGY REPORT

A cybercafe in Lagos, Nigeria

Mars Was Not Always Bitterly Cold

Scientists say the planet was warmer and wetter billions of years ago. And some news about fish and walruses. | SCIENCE IN THE NEWS

A picture of Mars from the Hubble Space Telescope

Seeking a Better Way for African Farmers to Fight a Fever

American and Kenyan scientists are looking for a new vaccine against deadly East Coast fever in cattle | AGRICULTURE REPORT

A Masai boy herd his cattle to a dry river bed in search of water in Kenya

International Aid and the Horn of Africa

A look at some of the groups involved in assistance efforts for parts of east Africa | EXPLORATIONS

Food from aid organizations can be misused.  Here food marked by USAID and other aid groups is being sold in a market in Mogadishu.

American History: Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnam War

In the 1960s, the conflict came to define Johnson's presidency | THE MAKING OF A NATION

American forces north of Saigon on November 8, 1965

What to Do About 'Reverse Brain Drain' in US?

Congress considers how to make it easier for highly skilled foreign students to stay and work after they graduate | EDUCATION REPORT

Businessman M. Siddique Sheikh set up a student exchange program between  Pakistan and the United States

New Galleries for Islamic Art Open in New York

Also, more women are playing professional American football. And new music from Demi Lovato | AMERICAN MOSAIC

A room in the Art of the Arab Lands gallery at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

Winslow Homer, 1836-1910: America's Painter

He painted the wide expanse of American life | PEOPLE IN AMERICA

This Winslow Homer painting from 1873 is called "Dad's Coming!"

Words and Their Stories: Grapevine

When information spreads by word of mouth | WORDS AND THEIR STORIES

The person who keeps pulling the grapevine shakes down at least a few grapes

Retirement Savings Rule 2: Plan for Your Future Goals and Needs

Finance expert Sande Taylor says plan for 85 percent of your current costs | ECONOMICS REPORT

Joseph Visintainer waves at other retirees as he sits in the coffee shop of his local senior center in Seattle, Washington

Europe and the Debt Crisis in Greece

Greeks in rural areas say the crisis is hitting them hard and that the government is ignoring their problems | IN THE NEWS

An anti-G20 demonstrator at the France-Monaco border on Thursday

The World at 7 Billion, and Growing

As India moves toward passing China in population, attention is called to problems facing the young | HEALTH REPORT

Commuters at the Churchgate train station in Mumbai, India
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