VOA Special English Features - 2009
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• [DE] - 2009-12-27 - Disabilities in Old, Young Studied in Developing Nations
• [IN] - 2009-12-25 - A Compromise on Climate Change at Copenhagen
• [DE] - 2009-12-19 - Bringing Light to Homes in Poor Countries
• [IN] - 2009-12-18 - Why We Should Care About Trust, and Worry About a Lack of It
• [EC] - 2009-12-17 - US Banks Under Pressure to Lend More
• [ED] - 2009-12-16 - Educational Technology: Not Just Computers
• [SN] - 2009-12-14 - In Egypt, King Tut's Tomb Getting a Makeover
• [AG] - 2009-12-14 - Officials in US Look for Fixes to Carp Problems
• [DE] - 2009-12-13 - Increase in Illegal Killing of Rhinos in Africa, Asia
• [IN] - 2009-12-11 - Aiming for a Deal on Climate Change
• [EC] - 2009-12-10 - How Islamic Finance Works
• [HE] - 2009-12-08 - 'Gelotophobia' Is No Laughing Matter
• [SN] - 2009-12-07 - How Nine Researchers Won Their Nobel Prizes
• [AG] - 2009-12-07 - An International Treaty Targets Fishing Abuses
• [DE] - 2009-12-06 - Looking for New Ways to Fight Malaria
• [IN] - 2009-12-04 - 'Not Just America's War,' Obama Says in Announcing Afghan Plan
• [EC] - 2009-12-03 - Dubai Feels the Financial Pain
• [ED] - 2009-12-02 - Some Advice on Choosing a College
• [HE] - 2009-12-01 - Experts Say as AIDS Epidemic Changes, So Should Prevention Efforts
• [EX] - 2009-12-01 - Somewhere a Language Dies Every Two Weeks
• [AG] - 2009-11-30 - Making Better Concrete With Rice?
• [SN] - 2009-11-30 - 'On the Origin of Species' Celebrated and Debated 150 Years Later
• [IN] - 2009-11-28 - Corruption Digs Deepest in Countries in Conflict
• [EC] - 2009-11-26 - Junior Achievement Marks 90 Years of Business Education
• [ED] - 2009-11-26 - Number of Foreign Students in US Hits New High
• [HE] - 2009-11-24 - Screening for Breast, Cervical Cancer: The New Advice
• [SN] - 2009-11-23 - How You Look in Pictures Tells a Lot About You
• [DE] - 2009-11-22 - Results of UN Food Summit Seen as Disappointing
• [IN] - 2009-11-20 - Obama, 'First Pacific President,' Turns to Asia
• [EC] - 2009-11-19 - Half of US Jobs Now Held by Women
• [SN] - 2009-11-16 - A Serious Study Looks at Laughter Worldwide
• [IN] - 2009-11-13 - Remembering Wars of the Past, and the Present
• [IN] - 2009-11-06 - A Second Term for Karzai; US Jobless Rate at 10.2%
• [HE] - 2009-11-03 - US to End HIV Travel Ban in January
• [HE] - 2009-11-10 - Vaccine Shortage Complicates Fight Against H1N1
• [HE] - 2009-11-17 - Debate Over New Guidelines for Breast Cancer Screening
• [ED] - 2009-11-19 - US Colleges Set Enrollment Record
• [ED] - 2009-11-04 - High School Exchange Students in US Share Their Thoughts
• [ED] - 2009-11-11 - Bringing Young People Together by Video
• [EC] - 2009-11-06 - So Where Are the Jobs?
• [EC] - 2009-11-12 - On the Road to Health Reform, Congress Moves a Step Closer
• [DE] - 2009-11-08 - Plan Aims to Fight Child Diarrhea in Developing World
• [DE] - 2009-11-15 - Project Finds New Homes for Unwanted Bikes From US
• [AG] - 2009-11-09 - Why Holding Fruit on Trees May Limit Next Year's Crop
• [AG] - 2009-11-16 - Two Efforts Seek to Increase Food Security in Africa
• [AG] - 2009-11-02 - Group Works to Expand Supply of Cattle Vaccine in Africa
• [DE] - 2009-11-01 - In Kenya, a Better Life Through Mobile Money
• [SN] - 2009-10-30 - Researchers Give the Green Flag to a Race Car
• [SN] - 2009-10-26 - Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks Less This Year
• [SN] - 2009-10-12 - Getting Clean in the Shower -- and a Faceful of Bacteria?
• [IN] - 2009-10-23 - Targeting Violence Aimed at Women in Conflicts
• [IN] - 2009-10-16 - Pakistan Under Pressure From Wave of Attacks
• [IN] - 2009-10-02 - Crime Labs in US Come Under a Microscope  
• [IN] - 2009-10-09 - Obama, Faced With Two Wars, Wins Peace Prize
• [IN] - 2009-10-30 - Gays and Disabled Are Now Protected Under Hate Crimes Law in US
• [HE] - 2009-10-06 - Three Scientists Win Nobel Prize in Medicine
• [HE] - 2009-10-13 - Leprosy: An Old Disease That Claimed a New Saint
• [HE] - 2009-10-27 - A Test for Brain Injury Creates Its Own Risks in Children
• [HE] - 2009-10-20 - Punishment or Reward: Which Works Better on Behavior?
• [ED] - 2009-10-21 - College Guide Aims to Help Students Avoid a 'Thin Education'
• [ED] - 2009-10-15 - Getting Students Excited About a Life in the Biosciences
• [ED] - 2009-10-08 - 'Ghost' and 'Guest' Authors Still a Concern for Medical Journals
• [ED] - 2009-10-01 - Authors of Medical Studies Not Always Who They Seem
• [ED] - 2009-10-29 - Write or Wrong: The Death of Handwriting?
• [EC] - 2009-10-09 - Cities Now Home to More Than Half of All People
• [EC] - 2009-10-15 - Nobel Recognizes Research Into Economic Governance
• [EC] - 2009-10-22 - In the US, the New Look of Gas Exploration
• [EC] - 2009-10-29 - US Says Economy Grew 3.5 Percent in Third Quarter
• [EC] - 2009-10-01 - Rebalancing the World Economy
• [DE] - 2009-10-18 - Report Calls Attention to Millions of Preterm Births
• [DE] - 2009-10-26 - Simple, Low-Cost Ways to Cut the Risk of an Early Birth
• [DE] - 2009-10-11 - Need an Answer? Just Ask the Box
• [AG] - 2009-10-19 - Learning the Secrets of the Potato, and an Enemy
• [AG] - 2009-10-26 - With Resistant Crops, Progress Can Raise New Problems
• [SN] - 2009-09-21 - Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch: Where World's Trash Collects
• [SN] - 2009-09-28 - How Changes on the Sun Can Affect Our Climate
• [SN] - 2009-09-04 - Alcohol Linked to One in 25 Deaths Worldwide
• [IN] - 2009-09-18 - Obama Replaces Bush's Missile Defense Plan
• [IN] - 2009-09-25 - G20 Leaders Talk About Economy -- and Iran
• [IN] - 2009-09-11 - Obama Presses Case for Health Care Reform
• [IN] - 2009-09-04 - Japan's Next Leader, Promising Change, Gets Ready to Take Office
• [HE] - 2009-09-01 - Doctors Are Advised on Treating a Hoarse Voice
• [HE] - 2009-09-29 - Findings Raise Hopes for Progress on AIDS Vaccine
• [HE] - 2009-09-15 - Deficits Found in Brain's Reward System in A.D.H.D. Patients
• [ED] - 2009-09-24 - Getting a Fellowship, From the Ford Foundation
• [EC] - 2009-09-10 - Illegal Marketing of Drugs: Pfizer's Record Fine
• [EC] - 2009-09-24 - New Proposals Intensify Debate on Net Neutrality
• [EC] - 2009-09-17 - Looking Back: Wall Street, a Year Later
• [EC] - 2009-09-03 - Commercial Real Estate Could Be Next Economic Threat
• [DE] - 2009-09-27 - For Health of Young People, a Mixed Picture
• [DE] - 2009-09-20 - Diseases Threaten Banana Crops in Africa
• [AG] - 2009-09-04 - Poultry Farms With Unhappy Neighbors? Plant Some Trees
• [AG] - 2009-09-28 - How to Strike Oil (From Seeds, That Is)
• [ED] - 2009-09-09 - Facing America's High Dropout Rates
• [DE] - 2009-09-06 - Brazil Launches First Fuel Cell Bus in Latin America
• [SN] - 2009-08-03 - Getting Inside the Complex Mind of a Baby
• [SN] - 2009-08-31 - Cutting Calories: Monkeys That Eat Less Live Longer
• [SN] - 2009-08-17 - Swearing as Pain Relief: When Bad Words Can Make You Feel Good
• [IN] - 2009-08-07 - Waiting for Next Move From North Korea
• [IN] - 2009-08-21 - Public Urged to Ignore Afghan Candidates' Claims of Victory
• [HE] - 2009-08-25 - Researchers Link Gene to Need for Less Sleep
• [HE] - 2009-08-04 - Pregnant Women at Greater Danger From H1N1 Flu
• [HE] - 2009-08-19 - Study Links Aspirin to Colon Cancer Survival
• [EX] - 2009-08-04 - World's Fringe Festivals Celebrate the Unusual and Experimental
• [ED] - 2009-08-19 - In New Jersey, a Summer Jobs Program With a Bigger Purpose
• [ED] - 2009-08-12 - The Life of a School Nurse? Busy
• [ED] - 2009-08-05 - More Physical Education, but Also More Injuries in Class
• [ED] - 2009-08-26 - Going Digital: California's Textbook Project
• [EC] - 2009-08-13 - Seeking Opinions on Health Reform, and Getting an Earful
• [EC] - 2009-08-20 - Recession Easing, but Many Americans Still Afraid to Spend
• [EC] - 2009-08-06 - Getting Clunkers and Distracted Drivers Off the Road
• [DE] - 2009-08-09 - Making a Difference: Tanya Pinto
• [DE] - 2009-08-30 - Dangerous Lead-Based Paint Common Around the World
• [AG] - 2009-08-17 - In Afghanistan, Preparing for a Threat to Wheat Plants
• [AG] - 2009-08-31 - Study Finds More Trees on Farms Than Was Thought
• [AG] - 2009-08-24 - Watching Out for 'Wicked Plants'
• [AG] - 2009-08-10 - Study Finds Some Ocean Fisheries Are Recovering
• [AG] - 2009-08-03 - Some Crops (Like Some People) Do Well as Companions
• [DE] - 2009-08-16 - The Importance of a Simple Water Pump
• [DE] - 2009-08-23 - 'Non-Formal' Schools Aim to Fill Need in Kenya's Slums
• [SN] - 2009-07-06 - Could Typhoons Help to Prevent Severe Quakes?
• [IN] - 2009-07-24 - Health Reform Fight Heats Up in Washington
• [IN] - 2009-07-31 - Faster Swimming Sinks High-Tech Speed Suits
• [IN] - 2009-07-17 - Sotomayor Likely to Gain Seat on US High Court
• [IN] - 2009-07-03 - China Delays Plan for Web-Blocking Software on New Computers
• [IN] - 2009-07-10 - Poor Nations Get G8 Promise of $20 Billion Toward Food Security
• [HE] - 2009-07-21 - Researchers Take a Closer Look at Energy Drinks
• [HE] - 2009-07-14 - Biomarkers Show Little Help in Predicting Heart Disease
• [HE] - 2009-07-28 - South Africa Tests AIDS Vaccine
• [HE] - 2009-07-07 - Experts Urge Limits on Widely Used Pain Drug
• [ED] - 2009-07-29 - US States Will Compete for School Reform Aid
• [ED] - 2009-07-23 - Out of Class Early: College in Three Years
• [EC] - 2009-07-09 - Does US Need a Second Stimulus Plan?
• [EC] - 2009-07-02 - White Firefighters Win Closely-Watched Employment Case
• [EC] - 2009-07-16 - Microsoft, Google Take Aim at Each Other
• [EC] - 2009-07-30 - California Gets a Budget
• [EC] - 2009-07-23 - E-Books Hold Next Chapter for Book Industry
• [DE] - 2009-07-19 - For Native Groups, the Link Between Cultural Loss and Poor Health
• [AG] - 2009-07-07 - Yard Work: When People Choose Sod Over Seed
• [AG] - 2009-07-13 - Little Lambs Eat Ivy -- and Leaves of Wine Grapes, Too
• [AG] - 2009-07-27 - Unbalanced Fertilizer Use, in an Uneven World
• [AG] - 2009-07-20 - Understanding Farm Animals Begins With a Name
• [DE] - 2009-07-12 - Health Insurance Eases Worries of Senegal's 'Market Women'
• [DE] - 2009-07-26 - A Service Group Built on 'Friendship'
• [SN] - 2009-06-01 - So You Want To Make Your Mother Happy? Become a Doctor
• [SN] - 2009-06-08 - Project Aims to Help Scientists Predict Tornadoes
• [IN] - 2009-06-19 - Khamenei Says Protests Over Iran Vote Must End
• [IN] - 2009-06-13 - Industry Gathers for Paris Air Show at a Rough Time
• [IN] - 2009-06-05 - Obama Seeks 'New Beginning' for US, Muslims
• [HE] - 2009-06-02 - Smoking and the Risk to Women's Lungs
• [HE] - 2009-06-16 - Connecting Africa's Health Workers
• [HE] - 2009-06-09 - WHO Declares Flu Pandemic
• [EX] - 2009-06-02 - Antarctica: A Scientific Laboratory Like No Other in the World
• [EC] - 2009-06-18 - Obama Seeks Reforms in Financial Supervision
• [EC] - 2009-06-04 - General Motors Seeks Quick Bankruptcy
• [DE] - 2009-06-14 - Sakena Yacoobi and the Afghan Institute of Learning
• [AG] - 2009-06-15 - World Food Prize Goes to Scientist From Ethiopia
• [DE] - 2009-06-07 - Putting a Price on the Cost of Forced Labor
• [DE] - 2009-06-21 - From Depths of a Library, Water Filters for the Poor
• [SN] - 2009-05-18 - Looking for New Uses for Spices -- in the Medical Lab
• [SN] - 2009-05-11 - Oldest Examples of Two Coral Species Are Found
• [SN] - 2009-05-04 - Scientists Say Arctic Ice Continues to Shrink
• [IN] - 2009-05-29 - Woman in the News: Judge Sonia Sotomayor
• [IN] - 2009-05-08 - Leaders of Afghanistan, Pakistan Meet With Obama in Washington
• [IN] - 2009-05-22 - Iran Launches a Missile and a Presidential Race
• [IN] - 2009-05-15 - In Sri Lanka, Quarter-Century of War Ends
• [IN] - 2009-05-01 - President Obama Marks 100 Days in Office
• [HE] - 2009-05-05 - US Eases H1N1 Flu Policy for Schools
• [HE] - 2009-05-26 - Study Says Smoking Bans Do Not Hurt Jobs in Bars, Restaurants
• [HE] - 2009-05-12 - Alcohol, the 'Asian Flush' and the Risk of Cancer
• [EX] - 2009-05-12 - For Women in Science, a  World That Is With and Without Limits
• [EC] - 2009-05-28 - Jobs and the Slow Road to Economic Recovery
• [EC] - 2009-05-14 - Obama Seeks Health Reform With New Industry Support
• [EC] - 2009-05-07 - Keeping a Close Eye on Those 'Green Shoots'
• [EC] - 2009-05-21 - Credit Card Companies in US Face New Limits
• [DE] - 2009-05-02 - 'Gone Rural' Project in Swaziland Lets Women Earn Money While Working from Home 
• [DE] - 2009-05-10 - In India, a Cycle Rickshaw With Help From the Sun
• [DE] - 2009-05-22 - Saving Preterm Babies With an Idea From Nature
• [AG] - 2009-05-25 - The Seeds of Weed Control
• [AG] - 2009-05-11 - Letting a Robot Milk Your Cow
• [DE] - 2009-05-17 - Saving the 'World's Most Holy River'
• [AG] - 2009-05-04 - Cow Genome Could Improve Milk, Beef Production
• [IN] - 2009-04-24 - US Charges Somali Accused of Piracy
• [IN] - 2009-04-10 - Obama Returns From First Official Trip to Europe
• [IN] - 2009-04-17 - Obama Turns Attention to Latin America
• [IN] - 2009-04-03 - NATO at 60: A War in Afghanistan, and a Purpose to Redefine
• [HE] - 2009-04-14 - Happy Thoughts for Future = More Time to Live It?
• [HE] - 2009-04-22 - The Global Snakebite Initiative Is Working to Improve Treatment for Victims
• [HE] - 2009-04-07 - A Combination Pill Lowers Blood Pressure and Bad Cholesterol
• [EC] - 2009-04-23 - International Monetary Fund Says World Economy Will Shrink This Year
• [EC] - 2009-04-09 - Teaching Young People About Personal Finance
• [EC] - 2009-04-30 - Chrysler, General Motors Work to Escape Crushing Debt
• [EC] - 2009-04-16 - US Banks See Gains; 'Stress Test' Findings Due May 4
• [DE] - 2009-04-26 - Seven Activists Honored For Improving Environment in Their Nations
• [DE] - 2009-04-11 - Experts Watch for Spread of Chikungunya, a Highly Painful Virus
• [HE] - 2009-04-28 - United States and Mexico Battle Swine Flu
• [AG] - 2009-04-13 - Students Learn About Sustainable Agriculture
• [SN] - 2009-03-30 - Ancient Footprints Let Experts Step Back in Time
• [SN] - 2009-03-23 - Recession Raising Stress Levels in US Workers
• [SN] - 2009-03-16 - Nations Take Steps to Prepare for Ever-Present Threat of Tsunamis
• [SN] - 2009-03-09 - A New Treatment for Those Who Have Lost an Arm
• [SN] - 2009-03-02 - Crime and Punishment: Two Reports
• [IN] - 2009-03-20 - US Newspapers Seek Ways to Rewrite the Sad Story of Their Business
• [IN] - 2009-03-13 - Growing Drug Violence Shakes Mexico, Threatens to Spill Into US
• [IN] - 2009-03-06 - US Sees a Place for Iran at Meeting on Afghanistan
• [IN] - 2009-03-27 - Indian Automaker Launches World's Lowest-Priced Car
• [HE] - 2009-03-04 - Scientists Take Step in Search of 'Universal' Flu Vaccine 
• [HE] - 2009-03-31 - Male Circumcision Reduces Chances of Human Papillomavirus
• [EX] - 2009-03-24 - Environmental Film Festival Shows Beauty of World and Threats to Life
• [EX] - 2009-03-10 - Arabesque Celebrates the Arts and Culture of the Arab World 
• [EC] - 2009-03-12 - Global Recession Hits the Developing World
• [EC] - 2009-03-05 - Slowing Exports, High Debt Shake Central and Eastern Europe
• [EC] - 2009-03-26 - US Treasury Details Plan to Rescue Banks
• [EC] - 2009-03-19 - Bonus Pay at AIG Strikes a Nerve
• [DE] - 2009-03-21 - Growing Crops With Less Water
• [DE] - 2009-03-14 - Teaching HIV Prevention to the Young and Not-So-Young
• [DE] - 2009-03-30 - Service Organizations Help Prevent Loss of Eyesight in India
• [DE] - 2009-03-07 - A Voice for the Victims: Alison Des Forges and the Genocide in Rwanda
• [AG] - 2009-03-30 - A Vegetable Garden Grows at the White House
• [SN] - 2009-02-23 - Tree Deaths in US West Linked to Climate Change
• [SN] - 2009-02-16 - World of Sports Doping: From the Laboratory to the Playing Field
• [SN] - 2009-02-02 - Scientists Re-Examine a Treatment for Parkinson's Disease
• [IN] - 2009-02-07 - Iran Marks the 30th Anniversary of Its Islamic Revolution
• [IN] - 2009-02-20 - More US Troops Going to Afghanistan as Obama Considers Next Steps
• [IN] - 2009-02-13 - Stimulus Aims to Pump Life Into US Economy
• [IN] - 2009-02-27 - Two Cases, Recession Bring New Attention to Domestic Violence
• [HE] - 2009-02-17 - Young Peoples' Risky Behavior on Social Network Sites
• [HE] - 2009-02-24 - A Handful of Findings About Finger Length
• [HE] - 2009-02-10 - Teens, Television, and Depression
• [EC] - 2009-02-26 - Obama Proposes $3.5 Trillion Budget for 2010
• [EC] - 2009-02-19 - Obama Offers a Rescue Plan for Homeowners
• [EC] - 2009-02-12 - Obama's Financial Rescue Plan
• [DE] - 2009-02-14 - Rural Areas of Kenya Get Connected to the Web
• [DE] - 2009-02-21 - A Doctor Who Left His Mark on a World That Lives in Fear of Ebola
• [DE] - 2009-02-07 - A Cool Way to Keep Food From Spoiling
• [AG] - 2009-02-02 - Growing Flowers in a Stormy Economy
• [AG] - 2009-02-09 - Progress on Treaty Against Fish Piracy
• [IN] - 2009-01-30 - Obama Says Report Shows Need to Pass Economic Aid Bill
• [IN] - 2009-01-23 - America Welcomes a New President
• [IN] - 2009-01-09 - Call for Immediate Truce Fails to Halt Fighting in Gaza
• [IN] - 2009-01-08 - Bush Looks Back at Eight Years as President, and Wishes Obama Well

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