Top 10 Words Looked Up Online in 2004 For years, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary has been one of the most popular and authoritative dictionaries of the American language in use -- even when it was just...

Present Perfect Tense AA: I’m Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: practice makes perfect . RS: With us from Los Angeles is English teacher Lida Baker to explain a part of...

Scottish Pipe Band J: Hello, I'm Jody! Y: 大家好 , 我是杨晨 ! J: And welcome to American Cafe. Y: 欢迎您到美语咖啡屋 . (Enter pipe band music) Y: Jody, 今天的这个音乐 , 我怎么觉...

Kramer's Cafe Y: 欢迎您到美语咖啡屋。 J: Hello everyone, my name is Jody! And welcome to American Cafe! American Cafe is a place where you can improve your spoken English by meeting people w...

South Koreans Protest Over Disputed Islands with Japan South Korean authorities say they will allow and encourage citizens to visit a set of tiny islands at the heart of a dispute with Japan. The anno...

'Million Dollar' Night at the Academy Awards Million Dollar Baby earned four Oscars, including one for best actress for Hilary Swank. She played a woman determined to become a boxing champion and play...

Remembrance of Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II was elected in 1978. When white smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on October 16 that year, the world was stunned to learn that the newly...

Indonesia Eathquake: Relief Operations Fully Underway After trickling in for two days, aid to the shattered island began pouring in Thursday, with international aid organizations and the Indonesian mi...

Indian Group Promotes Development by Bringing Water , Toilets to 700 Million People Hundreds of millions of homes across India lack running water and, therefore, toilets - which leads to disease and h...

47th Grammy Awards Kanye West : When I had my accident, I found out at that moment nothing in life is promised except death. If you had the opportunity to play this game of life, you need to appreciat...

World's First Anti-Tobacco Treaty Goes into Force The world's first treaty aimed at cutting tobacco-related deaths has come into force. The World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco...

Americans Recover Record of Couple's Last Moments Before Asian Tsunami We all know about the power of the Internet to connect people in a community or on opposite ends of the earth. But one family, gr...

Wolfowitz Nomination as World Bank President Brings Swift Reaction President Bush has nominated Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz to be the next president of the World Bank. Mr. Wolfowitz is con...

American Singer Bobby Short Dead At 80 Bobby Short's devotion to the works of Rodgers and Hart, George Gershwin and Cole Porter made him a household name among followers of popular music. But it was h...

Watchdog Group Calls for Anti-Corruption Crackdown in Global Construction Sector The watchdog group Transparency International says on a worldwide basis, corruption is greater in the construction indu...