This week: We play music by Somali-born hip-hop artist K'naan, And answer a listener question about the nation's capital,Washington,D.C.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

"In high income countries such as the United States, the U.K.and Australia,death rates are around forty-five per hundred thousand per year.

VOA: special.2009.09.28

Another successful jewelry designer is Karen Lewis,also known as KLEW, spelled K-L-E-W.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

It was a short way of writing a different spelling of the words all correct. Some foreign-born people wrote all correct as o-l-l k-o-r-r-e-c-t, and used the letters O.K.

VOA: special.2010.02.28

K.C.McAlpin is executive director of a national nonprofit group called Pro-English.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

"That's kind of fun!" "What's your name?" "Broklin,B-R-O-K-L-I-N."

VOA: special.2010.04.30

"What grade are you in?" "Kindergarten.Pre-K."

VOA: special.2010.04.30

No problem. Got to go.I'm double-parked. O.K. Thanks.

VOA: standard.other

"I do believe we probably should step up the relatively unobtrusive and relatively easy, although sometimes somewhat expensive, means of looking for explosives perhaps many more K-9 bomb teams at these kinds of places and we should continue put a lot of resources in intelligence work."

VOA: standard.2010.03.30