VOA Special English News 5/1/2007

Stopping Bird Flu by Spreading Knowledge About Protective Steps
On SCIENCE IN THE NEWS: The third in a series of reports on dealing with the threat to public health from avian influenza. Get advice on how people can protect themselves and their families.Seed Collection Effort Aims to Safeguard 21 Food Crops
On AGRICULTURE REPORT: Many of the crops included in a new $37.5 million project are important to feeding the poor in developing countries.Bigwig: Such an Important Person
On WORDS AND THEIR STORIES: Terms for people who are powerful, at least in their own mind.Queen to Return to Jamestown to Mark 'America's 400th Anniversary'
On THIS IS AMERICA: Queen Elizabeth's visit this week is part of an 18-month effort in Virginia to show how England's first permanent settlement in the New World changed the world.Clearing a PATH to Better Health in Developing Countries
On DEVELOPMENT REPORT: The Seattle-based Program for Appropriate Technology in Health is 30 years old and has programs in 65 countries.Frank Lloyd Wright, 1867-1959: A Building Designer Ahead of His Time
On PEOPLE IN AMERICA: The life and work of the greatest American architect of the 20th centuryYeltsin: Russia's First Freely Elected Leader, but a Mixed Record
On IN THE NEWS: Experts say history will remember Boris Yeltsin as a democratic leader in some ways but not in others. They also say his Russia was more open than now. Teaching the Student Loan Industry a Lesson
On ECONOMICS REPORT: Conflicts of interest between lenders and colleges are investigated in US.Not Enough Room for a Tiger in Your Home? A Toyger May Be Answer
Also on AMERICAN MOSAIC: A question from Pakistan about cowboys. And Cajun music by the Pine Leaf Boys.Virginia Tech: 'As Strong a Place as It Has Always Been'
On EDUCATION REPORT: University officials say there is no sign that foreign students are rejecting admission offers because of the April 16 killings.US History: The '60s Become a Time of Social Revolution and Unrest
On THE MAKING OF A NATION: After the murder of President John Kennedy in 1963, many people felt that their hopes had died, too. The war in Southeast Asia and other issues led to bigger and bigger protests, as well as violence.Breast Cancer in US Stayed Down in '04 for Second Year
On HEALTH REPORT: Authors of a new study see the most likely reason as a drop in users of hormone replacement therapy.The Tuskegee Airmen: First African-Americans Trained As Fighter Pilots
On EXPLORATIONS: During World War Two, the Tuskegee Airmen guarded Allied bombers. The airmen destroyed more than 100 enemy planes in the air and won almost a thousand military awards.