The Italian-born, British architect Richard Rogers has been awarded this year's Pritzker Prize, the world's most prestigious prize in architecture. The jury cited the 73-year-old Rogers as Architect Richard...
Sixty years ago this July, something happened in the desert about 100 kilometers northwest of Roswell, New Mexico. A local newspaper at the time reported that a flying saucer had crashed and that the wreckage had been taken to the U.S. Army Air base just outside of Roswell. The military said it had been a weather balloon that crashed. But many people who research UFOs -- unidentified flying objects -- think aliens from another planet crashed in New Mexico and they have made the Roswell incident a major focus of their attention. Local people have decided to go along with all, much to their profit.There are some scenic places in New Mexico for tourists to visit. But they are all about a two hour's drive from Roswell. Very few tourists came here before the aliens arrived.Roswell's big attraction now is the UFO Museum and Research Center. Sandy James is deputy director. Roswell Alien...
Faramarz Aslani, the Iranian legendary musician attends in VOA Persian's Nowruz special. VOA Persian:...
Iranian reformist MP, Dr. PirMoazen talks about the upcoming parliamentary (Majles) elections of 2008 in VOA. VOA Persian:...
Les Paul may have had more influence upon the sound of modern rock and roll music than any other person in history. It was he who released the solid-body electric guitar that bears his name in 1952. It was built and marketed by Gibson, and, along with constant refinements and innovations from Les Paul himself, it has gone on to become one of the most widely used and respected electric guitars in history. Such noteworthy artists as Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page are all associated with the Gibson Les Paul, but this is not Les Paul's sole contribution to the world of music.Les Paul was born Lester William Polfus in 1916 in Waukesha, Wisconsin. His lifelong interest in electronic innovation began as far back as the age of nine when he built his first crystal radio. He began playing guitar at the same age and was playing semi-professionally by the age of 13. The production of a solid-body electric guitar had been a long time dream of Paul's. He began waorking in early 1941 on his design by putting guitar strings on railroad ties in order to test his ideas. He approached Gibson for the first time in the '40's with his ideas. He was met with reluctance because Gibson did not often align with artists. They only agreed to market the product in 1952 when the idea became a viable option commercially. Les Paul was approached to help with the design and production because of his familiarity with the characteristics of solid-body electric guitars and his popularity as a musician. The result was a beautifully streamlined and attractive version of the plank of wood that Paul had worked with. By that time, Les Paul was already known as an accomplished country and jazz musician. He recorded two number one hits combining his talents with the vocals of his wife Mary Ford in 1951 and had also become known as the father of multi-track recording due to 1948's Les Paul - VOA Story
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Americans have a new real-life, adventure hero to talk about -- a California teen who has climbed the world's highest peaks with her father. Sir Edmund Hillary made the first successful summit of Mt. Everest on 29 May 1953. Today, Samantha Larson, 18, can say she has been there, too.Larson on May 17 became the youngest American to reach the spectacular peak. Teen Climbs...
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On the July eighth the Boeing Company will reveal its newest passenger jet in 13 years, the 787 Dreamliner. It is billed as the hottest-selling and most technologically advanced commercial jet ever. Boeing already has more than 600 orders for planes to 45 airline customers, worth an estimated $100 billion in sales. What makes this aircraft so special? Boeing is claiming that the 787 Dreamliner will change how people fly.The Boeing Company is betting its future on its new 787 Dreamliner. Unlike the last generation of jumbo jets, like the Airbus A-380 which seats 550 passengers, the 787 is smaller. The Dreamliner is designed to carry up to 330 people, and to access regional airports. And it is lighter, made from composite materials, primarily plastic. Boeing's main competitor, Airbus, may be at a disadvantage today, but it is not standing idly by. It is also developing a new generation of airliners. Airbus's Barbara Kracht says, in an industry that is growing at a rate of 4.8 percent a year, there is room for both aerospace giants in the marketplace.While sales for the 787 Dreamliner are brisk and Boeing's immediate future looks promising, there are still concerns. Unforeseen production delays would cut profits and the airplane has yet to actually fly. Boeing 787...
Iranian reformist MP, Dr. PirMoazen talks about the upcoming parliamentary (Majles) elections of 2008 in VOA. VOA Persian:...
Iranian reformist MP, Dr. PirMoazen talks about the upcoming parliamentary (Majles) elections of 2008 in VOA. VOA Persian:...
Nargis tropical cyclone hit Burma - destroyed many cities and killed hundreds of thousands of people. Cyclone Hit Burma...
Burma's most well-known journalist U Win Tin was released after he spent 19 years in prison along with 9,002 prisoners under the military junta's amnesty. U Win Tin is now 79 years old. Prominent...
A persian TV host, Mr Chalengar, of Voice of America does not let a professor of the University of Toronto, Prof Haghighi, speak, cut off his voice, mixes up with him several times and finally humiliates his theory, makes the guest nervous such that the professor startes to mix up words. The VOA host...
Extreme Weather Journalist Faidley as seen in VOA TV special. Faidley, recently called America's Storm Chaser...
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Not far from the hustle and bustle of city life live the Amish of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. These deeply religious people shun the conveniences of modern society to live a simpler life where transportation is a horse and buggy and horsepower really means horsepower.The Amish are very devout and take seriously the biblical commands to separate themselves from the things of the world including electricity. Power comes from propane, kerosene, wood, coal, or natural gas.As the world around the peaceful farmland changes, so have some of the traditions of the Amish. Transportation is no longer limited to horse-drawn buggies. Explaining the...
For CD order: http://cdbaby.com/cd/nikpay2Excerpts from the Shabahang program. Interview by Kambiz Hosseini.09/19/08 (29 Shahrivar87)Visit http://www.hamednikpay.com VOA Interview...
Sen. Mike Gravel interviews with 'Voice of America,' discussing the United States, Turkey, and Iraq.www.gravel2008.us Mike Gravel...
Most people think of St. Valentine's Day as a time for lovers, but for crime buffs and those interested in gangland history the day will always be associated with a gruesome crime on the north side of Chicago in 1929. On that day gunmen, supposedly working for gangster Al Capone, used machine-guns to murder seven men from a rival gang. Civic leaders in Chicago would like to leave all that in the past, but people remain fascinated by the era.Visitors to Chicago can experience the light side of its nefarious past at Tommy Gun's Garage, a dinner theater featuring actors portraying hoods and flappers from the Prohibition era.In the 1920s and early 1930s, U.S. law prohibited the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages nationwide. Gangsters, like Chicago's Al Capone, took advantage of the ban to make a fortune by supplying beer and liquor to the public through a clandestine system.Rival gangs fighting over the illicit profits killed scores of people and tarnished the reputation of Chicago. The most infamous incident was the Valentine's Day Massacre.The gangs of Chicago's Prohibition era will always live on in the movies, keeping the subject alive in the public's imagination. St. Valentine's...
They battled the Nazis in Europe and racism at home. Pioneering WWII black pilots honored for heroism by US Congress Tuskegee Airmen...
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During the Cold War, Greenland was a strategic location for the United States military to track and detect Soviet aircraft and ballistic missiles. The military established radar and tracking sites throughout Greenland's ice sheet. The only way in and out of the remote facilities was by specially equipped aircraft. Since 1975, that mission has belonged to an Air Force unit based in New York state -- the 109th Airlift Wing. A unit that began a now obsolete military mission has found new life in Greenland in the pursuit of science.The C-130 is a robust military cargo airplane first used by the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War. It is now used by many different militaries around the world, but only the 109th has the distinction of flying to both polar regions.VECO Polar Resources is contracted by the National Science Foundation to coordinate travel and cargo for the scientists conducting the research.For the most part, everything does work. The 109th prides itself on its safety record -- it has never lost an aircraft -- and its maintenance record. Ice and snow can easily ground the C-130s. But decades of operating in the difficult conditions have enabled the unit to quickly return the aircraft to service.While the weather frequently wreaks havoc on tight schedules up on the ice sheet, there is no alternate way to get in and out of the remote camps. The 109th is currently the only organization capable of transporting the large amounts of cargo and people needed to conduct the scientific research.The 109th Airlift Wing is made up of Air National Guard personnel. Most typically have other full-time jobs, and serve in uniform part-time -- usually about three weeks a year.The 109th's ongoing support of the National Science Foundation's efforts in Greenland and Antarctica comes at a time of war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Despite the current strain that combat operations have placed on members of the National Guard, it has so far not affected peacetime operations of the 109th in the polar regions.In 1999, the 109th made international headlines when Dr. Jerri Nielsen, a physician at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, discovered a cancerous lump in her breast. A ski-equipped C-130 with the 109th attempted a dangerous landing in Antarctica's winter. Despite battling poor visibility and temperatures reaching negative 50 degrees Celsius, the mission was a success. The 109th airlifted Dr. Nielsen to the United States for treatment. Air National...
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The VOA Persian host in the week after the program in which he insulted the professor, reads many viewer emails in *all* of them they complained to VOA about the behavior of the host. And again he invite Professor Haghighi to speak. Re: The VOA host...
Asian carp are heading north. An innocuous statement, until you consider that this is happening not in Asia, but in the Illinois River. Researchers are concerned that the fish are just months away from making it into the Great Lakes, where a few specimens have been captured, but are thought to have been released there by foolhardy folks who didn't want them as pets anymore. One possible solution to the impending invasion is an electric barrier built earlier this year under the Chicago Canal. The invading Asian carp, nicknamed Crazy Jumping...
Today's Download: Part of History.Historic handshakes in Taipei, a very modern king ascends to a very old throne, agenda item #1 for the new Obama administration, and Ann Nixon Cooper: witness to, and now part of American history VOA Daily...
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On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the United States Embassy in Tehran and took approximately seventy Americans captive. This terrorist act triggered the most profound crisis of the Carter presidency and began a personal ordeal for Jimmy Carter and the American people that lasted 444 days. Voice Of America ( VOA ) , Persian News Network ( PNN ) : Behrouz Souresrafil Hostage Crisis...
Monday, March 26th marks the 25th anniversary of groundbreaking for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. Architect Maya Lin's 1982 design was considered controversial at the time. But today, the wall is widely seen as a simple, moving memorial -- the standard by which other memorials often are judged. VOA's Jeff Swicord talked with several veterans at a recent gathering in Washington - and asked them what the memorial has come to mean to them.The Vietnam War memorial has been called one of the most poignant and meaningful monuments ever conceived.For 25 years, U.S. military veterans and visitors from around the world have come here to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington to remember and honor those who lost lives in the war. Veterans -- such as Steve Ryan who served as a hospital corpsman from 1968 to 1972. He is visiting the wall for the first time. Vietnam Veterans...
Children as young as 10 years old are being forced into the Myanmar army, according to a report released today by New York-based group, US rights group, Human Rights Watch. Burma's Child...

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