October | Year 2005 — VOA Special English
- IN THE NEWS - Powerful U.S. Lawmaker Accused of Election Law Violation in Texas Oct 01, 2005
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Country and Western Singer Roger Miller Had Many Hit Songs Oct 02, 2005
- DEVELOPMENT REPORT - World Bank and I.M.F. Approve Debt Relief for Poor Nations Oct 03, 2005
- THIS IS AMERICA - Hong Kong Gets a Disneyland Park Oct 03, 2005
- AGRICULTURE REPORT - Making Cheese the Traditional Way, Part Two Oct 04, 2005
- SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - As Butterflies Head South to Mexico, Humans Fly Along Oct 04, 2005
- HEALTH REPORT - Medical Award Honors Two Scientists Who Found Stem Cells Oct 05, 2005
- EXPLORATIONS - Mauna Kea in Hawaii: Astronomy on the World's Highest Island Mountain Oct 05, 2005
- EDUCATION REPORT - American Students Get Help With Schoolwork From Far Away Oct 06, 2005
- THE MAKING OF A NATION - Vice President Chester Arthur Replaces Murdered Leader Oct 06, 2005
- ECONOMICS REPORT - Allowance Helps Teach Children Early About Money Oct 07, 2005
- AMERICAN MOSAIC - Up, Up and Away ... to a Balloon Museum in Albuquerque Oct 07, 2005
- IN THE NEWS - Conservatives, Liberals Criticize Bush's Choice for Court Oct 08, 2005
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Writer Willa Cather Celebrated Europeans Who Settled in the American Midwest Oct 09, 2005
- DEVELOPMENT REPORT - World Bank Offers Money for Development Ideas Oct 10, 2005
- THIS IS AMERICA - Charities in the United States Came to the Rescue After Two Hurricanes Oct 10, 2005
- AGRICULTURE REPORT - Making a Dairy Farm Work with Grass-fed Cows Oct 11, 2005
- SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - 2005 Nobel Prizes: Medicine Honor Goes to Discovery That Many Dismissed Oct 11, 2005
- HEALTH REPORT - Nations Are Urged to Do More Against Risk of Avian Flu Oct 12, 2005
- EXPLORATIONS - America's Interstate Highway System Has Almost 70,000 Kilometers of Roads Oct 12, 2005
- EDUCATION REPORT - Educational Testing Service Begins New TOEFL Test Oct 13, 2005
- THE MAKING OF A NATION - Grover Cleveland: Wins the White House in 1884 Oct 13, 2005
- ECONOMICS REPORT - Work on 'Game Theory' Wins Nobel Prize for Two Economists Oct 14, 2005
- AMERICAN MOSAIC - Daydreams (and Dragons) Lead Young Writer Paolini to Success Oct 14, 2005
- IN THE NEWS - Germany Awaits a New Leader, and a New Day Oct 15, 2005
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Jackson Pollock Invented a New Kind of Painting That Changed the Way People Looked at Art Oct 16, 2005
- DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Aid Group Designs System to Make Dirty Water Safe to Drink Oct 17, 2005
- THIS IS AMERICA - Hot Dogs and Apple Pie: Just Some of America's Favorite Foods Oct 17, 2005
- AGRICULTURE REPORT - Growing 'Love Apples,' Better Known These Days as Tomatoes Oct 18, 2005
- SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Killer Virus Brought Back From the Past, With the Hope to Avoid a New One Oct 18, 2005
- HEALTH REPORT - U.S. Drug Agency Urged to Approve Inhaled Insulin for Diabetics Oct 19, 2005
- EXPLORATIONS - Isaac Newton: One of History's Greatest Scientists Oct 19, 2005
- EDUCATION REPORT - Some American School Systems Prepare to Cut Middle Schools Oct 20, 2005
- THE MAKING OF A NATION - Immigrants: America's Industrial Growth Depended on Them Oct 20, 2005
- ECONOMICS REPORT - U.S. Supermarkets Face Growing Competition Oct 21, 2005
- AMERICAN MOSAIC - 'Souls Alike': Bonnie Raitt's 18th Album Is the First She Produced Herself Oct 21, 2005
- IN THE NEWS - Millions More Movement Aims to Help Minorities and the Poor Oct 22, 2005
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Bessie Coleman Was the First African-American Female Pilot Oct 23, 2005
- DEVELOPMENT REPORT - New Vaccine Aids Fight to End Polio Oct 24, 2005
- THIS IS AMERICA - PETA at 25: Animal Rights Activists Are Defended, Deplored Oct 24, 2005
- AGRICULTURE REPORT - It's Apple Season in America Oct 25, 2005
- SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - U.N. Report Disputes Link Between Forests and Floods Oct 25, 2005
- HEALTH REPORT - Studies Support Wider Use of a Drug for Some Breast Cancers Oct 26, 2005
- EXPLORATIONS - More Than Half of All Languages in the World Are in Danger of Disappearing Oct 26, 2005
- EDUCATION REPORT - Two U.S. Businesses Aim to Help Students Prepare for Science Jobs Oct 27, 2005
- THE MAKING OF A NATION - American Lawmakers React to Flood of Immigrants in Late 1800s Oct 27, 2005
- ECONOMICS REPORT - Bush Nominates Ben Bernanke as Federal Reserve Chairman Oct 28, 2005
- AMERICAN MOSAIC - Sacred Harp: One of America's Oldest and Purest Musical Traditions Oct 28, 2005
- IN THE NEWS - Wilma Adds to the Damage of a Record Hurricane Season Oct 29, 2005
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Halloween is a good time to celebrate the stories of Edgar Allan Poe Oct 30, 2005
- DEVELOPMENT REPORT - International Migration Reduces Poverty, but at a Price Oct 31, 2005
- THIS IS AMERICA - Grand Ole Opry Celebrates its 80th Anniversary on Radio Oct 31, 2005