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Elephants in Cameroon Fall Victim to Killings
Download this story as a PDF BARBARA KLEIN: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Barbara Klein. MARIO RITTER: And I’m Mario Ritter. Wildlife experts are concerned about the growing number of elephants and rhinoceros being killed in Africa. Today we tell about the issue, and about some efforts to help [...]
Guitar Heroes, Before Anyone Even Heard of Video Games
STEVE EMBER: I’m Steve Ember. PHOEBE ZIMMERMAN: And I’m Phoebe Zimmermann with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about a very popular musical instrument. Listen and see if you can guess what it is. (MUSIC) STEVE EMBER: If you guessed it was a guitar, you are correct. Probably no other musical instrument is [...]
Mali Coup Shows Tensions Over Tuareg Fighters Back From Libya
Download this story as a PDF This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, soldiers in Mali seized power. They said they acted because the president has failed to end a rebellion by ethnic Tuareg rebels in northern Mali. That conflict started again in January after Tuareg fighters returned from Libya. They [...]
