Kenya - the birthplace of Barack Obama's father - will host the Africa and International Friends Inaugural Ball.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

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

One of America's best-loved writers of short stories was William Sydney Porter -- better known as O.Henry.

VOA: special.2010.12.17

A list of American colleges and universities that offer financial aid to foreign students can be found at edupass.org -- e-d-u-p-a-s-s dot o-r-g.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

America's third party at that time -- The People's Party -- had a difficult decision to make.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

C.D.C. official Janet Collins says breathing secondhand smoke has immediate harmful effects on a person's heart-and-lung system.

VOA: special.2009.01.07

It showed that a treatment called dorsal column stimulation could re-establish movement in rodents with Parkinson's-like problems.

VOA: special.2009.04.07

Exactly. Now,all the fans would enjoy half-smokes and Natty-Boh's - That's National Bohemian, the local brew.

VOA: special.2011.03.07

The Conservancy raises about eighty-five percent of the park's twenty-seven million dollar yearly budget.

VOA: special.2009.10.30

He's got a full-feathered headdress. Or he's sitting cross-legged with his moccasins and a bow and arrow and a tepee in the background type of thing."

VOA: special.2010.11.29

This week in our series, Maurice Joyce and Frank Oliver continue the story of the man who served as America's twenty-second and twenty-fourth president, Grover Cleveland.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

His words -- sung to Sir Arthur Sullivan's music -- make listeners smile.

VOA: special.2011.03.13

An up-and-comer who's now a down- and-outer. Do you remember that scene in the back of the car with his brother Charlie a small time racket guy?

VOA: special.2009.11.30

And you can experience it all on the Internet at americanhistory-dot-s-i-dot-e-d-u.

VOA: special.2010.01.11