Counterterrorism analyst Brian Fishman of the New America Foundation says the Times Square plot is an indication that al-Qaida is either not willing or not able to deploy seasoned, well-trained operatives.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

A ship that sailed from New York to San Francisco had to travel around the bottom of South America.

VOA: special.2009.12.23

Lin's design for the new Museum of Chinese in America building in New York City is to open this summer.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

The owners asked the new workers to write letters to friends still in the old country, urging them to come to America.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

And he continued to say them. Readers began to understand that America had a great new poetic voice.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

And America would pay Mexico five million dollars for New Mexico and twenty-five million more for California.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

But Cole made a clear case for creating a new art for the new land of America.

VOA: special.2009.05.01

The race to save two of America's big three carmakers is entering a new and intense period.

VOA: special.2009.05.01

A new book about America's public universities explores the complex causes of the high dropout rate.

VOA: special.2009.09.10

The Washington Post newspaper described America's growing power this way: "A new understanding seems to have come upon us, an understanding of our strength.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

Soldiers of the new Confederate States of America shelled the Union base at Fort Sumter, built on an island in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

He spoke about the importance and the promise of America's new position in the world.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

Roosevelt spoke of America's success as a new economic and political power in the world.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

The new film, directed by Ken Burns, is called "The National Parks: America's Best Idea."

VOA: special.2009.09.28

Researchers tested new household enamel paints from twelve countries in Africa, Asia and South America.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

Today we go to New York City to visit the Museum of Chinese in America.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

It describes Puerto Ricans in America, whether they are in New York or not.

VOA: special.2009.04.27

Chicago is America's 3rd biggest city by population, after New York and Los Angeles.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

The researchers studied small sharks called smooth dogfish, common to America's New England coast.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

Mister Toibin describes how she slowly gets used to her new life in America.

VOA: special.2010.01.01

We wish you all happiness and good fortune in the New Year, and hope will join us again next time for THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

Joe is talking about America's best known celebration on New Year's Eve.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland,Ohio is celebrating the record company's anniversary all year with a new exhibit "Motown: The Sound of Young America Turns Fifty."

VOA: special.2009.05.11

The spacecraft will launch from Spaceport America in New Mexico.

VOA: special.2009.12.18