Added: May 1, 2009
From: EnglishVOA
Duration: 6:25
AIDS / 2009 SURVEY (MICHAEL LIPIN) A US health research group says Americans have become much less concerned about HIV/AIDS as a national health problem, even as the epidemic spreads more quickly than previously thought. The group also says that many Americans still view HIV/AIDS infection as a stigma. The Obama administration says it plans to tackle those problems through a new public awareness campaign. KENYA TAX ISSUE (CATHY MAJTENYI) Members of Kenya's Parliament are highly paid compared to lawmakers in many other parts of the world. The MPs pay taxes on their basic salary but not on their allowances, which amount to more than four times their salary. In a recent poll, almost all Kenyans interviewed said they want their leaders' allowances to be taxed, and many vowed not to pay their taxes until this happens. LOST VOICES: Episode 3, "Palm Oil" (BART CHILDS) Traveling to remote parts of Sierra Leone and Guinea, VOA's Bart Childs joins his brother, Linguistics Professor Tucker Childs of Portland State University on two research projects to document three dying languages in this part of the world, Kim, Bom and Mani before they die for good. In this episode, Bom speakers collecting nuts for palm oil. SOJOURNER TRUTH CEREMONY (JULIA RITCHEY) Democratic and Republican leaders gathered at the US Capitol Tuesday to unveil a sculpture of the famous nineteenth century abolitionist and former slave Sojourner Truth. Truth, considered a crusader for women's rights as well, is the first black woman to be honored with a bust at the US Capitol. NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS (SUSAN LOGUE) President Obama made national service a theme of his campaign. The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, which he signed on Tuesday, expands current AmeriCorps programs for Americans who wish to serve. These offer opportunities for people of all ages. One puts about 11-hundred, 18 to 24-year-olds to work on a variety of community service projects. The National Civilian Community Corps was inspired by a program created 75 years ago, during the Great Depression.
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