2011-06-11 Gates Says NATO Could Face ‘Irrelevance’ in the Future
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. American Defense Secretary Robert Gates has told NATO members that they…
2011-06-04 US Seeks to Ease Tensions Between North, South in Sudan
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. South Sudan is preparing to declare its independence on July ninth.…
2011-05-28 Arrest of Mladic Brings Serbia a Step Closer to EU
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, Serbia arrested one of Europe’s most wanted men. Former…
2011-05-21 Obama, in Mideast Speech, Supports Palestinian Demand
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Obama discussed the political unrest in the Middle East and…
2011-05-14 The Mississippi River Floods America’s Heartland
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The Mississippi River flows down the middle of the United States…
2011-05-07 What Now for al-Qaida After Death of bin Laden?
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Al-Qaida on Friday confirmed the death of its leader, Osama bin…
2011-04-30 Royal Wedding Draws a Worldwide Crowd
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. People around the world watched Britain’s Prince William and Kate Middleton…
2011-04-23 Remembering the Gulf Oil Spill, One Year Later
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Last year on April twentieth the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig…
2011-04-16 Fight Over Spending Is Just Beginning in Washington
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. A week ago, the United States government was preparing to suspend…
2011-04-09 150 Years Later, US Still Debate Issues That Fueled Civil War
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This Tuesday is the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of the opening…
2011-04-02 In Ivory Coast, the Great Cost of Conflict
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Ivory Coast gained independence from France in nineteen sixty. It grew…
2011-03-26 What Next With the Military Campaign in Libya?
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The conflict in Libya and the nuclear crisis in Japan were…
2011-03-19 Workers Continue Efforts to Prevent a Nuclear Disaster in Japan
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. A huge earthquake and tsunami destroyed a large part of northeastern…
2011-03-12 Quake, Tsunami May Only Add to Economic Struggles for Japan
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The earthquake that shook Japan with historic strength on Friday created…
2011-02-26 The Making of a Strongman
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Moammar Gadhafi came to power in Libya on September first, nineteen…