What You Need to Know About Vitamins
May 14, 2012
BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Bob Doughty.
FAITH LAPIDUS: And I’m Faith Lapidus. This week, we tell about vitamins.
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User Contracts Aim to Censor Sina Weibo Users in India
13 May 2012
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report.
Recent developments in India and China have put the issue of Internet censorship back in the news. Last week, China’s largest microblogging service announced new policies that will restrict what its users can place online.
Maurice Sendak 1928-2012 Helped Redefine Children’s Literature
13 May 2012
FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus.
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And I'm Shirley Griffith. This week on our program, we remember the life and work of Maurice Sendak. He was the award- winning writer and illustrator of more than one hundred children’s books.
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Words and Their Stories: Green Expressions
12 May 2012
Now, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories.
Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees. It is also the color of most growing plants.
Obama's Decision to Support Same-Sex Marriage
11 May 2012
Mario Ritter
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.
This week, President Obama said he now supports same-sex marriage.
BARACK OBAMA: "I think same-sex couples should be able to get married."
He became the first sitting American president to express that opinion. Earlier he had said his thinking on the issue was "evolving."
