They said they want DDT banned, but recognize that some countries use it to protect people from diseases like malaria.

VOA: special.2009.06.23

Vo Ngoc Toan from Vietnam would like to know about the TOEIC - the Test of English for International Communication.

VOA: special.2009.01.15

These included questions from Rwandan students about subjects like drug use, H.I.V./AIDS and girls in school who get pregnant.

VOA: special.2009.11.12

Genes can influence many things, from whom we look like to what we eat to possible treatments for diseases.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

They noted that the grass can absorb and control the spread of harmful wastewaters, like those from pig farms.

VOA: special.2010.02.09

Maybe you like old songs from the nineteen fifties or sixties that are still well known and popular today.

VOA: special.2010.06.06

Each hair on a person's head grows from a single tube-like hole in the skin called a follicle.

VOA: special.2011.04.05

But he did not receive as much interest from the national media as other top players like Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

The report says up to one billion birds die each year from flying into objects like power lines, windows and tall buildings.

VOA: special.2009.05.12

We would like to hear from you. Write to us at Special English, Voice of America, Washington,D.C., two-zero-two-three-seven,U.S.A.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

The scientists found that the affected bees had a number of viruses from a group called picorna-like viruses.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

But some women are finding a lot to like about colorful beads from Uganda made of recycled paper.

VOA: special.2010.06.28

And while they eat the grass, they may need guard animals to protect them from animals that would like to eat them.

VOA: special.2010.01.19

He realized that the perfume from those flowers was like the perfume of Beatrice's breath, but much stronger.

VOA: special.2009.05.30