2009-04-25 US Brings Charges against Accused Somali Hijacker
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. American government lawyers this week brought criminal charges against a young…
2009-04-18 Obama Turns Attention to Latin America
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, President Obama made his first official visit to Latin…
2009-04-11 Obama Returns From First Official Trip to Europe
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Obama returned to the United States this week after his…
2009-04-04 NATO at 60: A War in Afghanistan, and a Purpose to Redefine
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is sixty years old. On…
2009-03-28 Indian Automaker Launches World’s Lowest-Priced Car
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week the world’s lowest-priced passenger car was launched in Mumbai,…
2009-03-21 US Newspapers Seek Ways to Rewrite the Sad Story of Their Business
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has become America’s first major daily newspaper to…
2009-03-14 Growing Drug Violence Shakes Mexico, Threatens to Spill Into US
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. More than six thousand people died last year in Mexico’s drug…
2009-03-07 US Sees a Place for Iran at Meeting on Afghanistan
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The United States is proposing a big conference on Afghanistan and…
2009-02-28 Two Cases, Recession Bring New Attention to Domestic Violence
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Richard Nixon used to say that the first civil right…
2009-02-21 More US Troops Going to Afghanistan as Obama Considers Next Steps
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week marked Barack Obama’s first month as president — and…
2009-02-14 Stimulus Aims to Pump Life Into US Economy
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. American lawmakers agreed this week on an economic recovery plan. Negotiators…
2009-02-07 Iran Marks the 30th Anniversary of its Islamic Revolution
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Iran is observing the thirtieth anniversary of the country’s Islamic revolution…
2009-01-31 Obama Says New Report Shows Need to Pass Economic Plan
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, Democrats in Congress gave Barack Obama an important victory…
2009-01-24 America Welcomes a New President
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The United States got a new president this week. President Barack…
2009-01-17 Bush Looks Back at Eight Years as President, and Wishes Obama Well
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. George W. Bush leaves office on Tuesday after eight years as…