2009-01-10 Call for Immediate Truce Fails to Halt Fighting in Gaza
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. There were fierce battles in Gaza on Friday as Hamas and…
2009-01-03 Barack Obama’s Election Voted Top News Story of 2008
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Each December the editors and news directors of the Associated Press…
2008-12-27 Oil Prices Collapse on Falling Demand
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. For much of the year, record prices for oil have made…
2008-12-20 Common Theme Ties Cases of Madoff, Siemens and ‘Light’ Cigarettes
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. An individual, a company and an industry were all in the…
2008-12-13 US State of Illinois Opens New Chapter in Its Corruption History
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, the governor of the American state of Illinois, Rod…
2008-12-06 India Works to Gather Evidence in Deadly Attacks in Mumbai
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. India continues to investigate the terrorist attacks last week in Mumbai.…
2008-11-29 Similarities, but Also Big Differences, Between Today’s Crisis and 1930s
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. What began more than a year ago is often described as…
2008-11-22 Kenya Puts 150 Million Estimate on Payments to Somalia’s Pirates
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Kenya wants to organize a major international conference to discuss how…
2008-11-15 Between Political Left and Right, Obama Is Urged to Seek the Middle Ground
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The most commonly heard advice for Barack Obama when he becomes…
2008-11-08 Number of Foreign Policy Issues Will Test Next President From the Start
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. American President-Election Barack Obama faces a long list of foreign policy…
2008-11-01 For the Candidates, a Last Weekend to Make Their Case to Americans
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The American presidential candidates are in the final weekend of campaigning…
2008-10-25 After Record Month, Obama Fund Raising Slowed in Early October
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Americans will elect a new president one week from Tuesday. As…
2008-10-18 With US Elections Near, ‘Joe the Plumber’ Enters Political Pipeline
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Wednesday’s presidential debate was the third and last between Democrat Barack…
2008-10-11 McCain Wants US to Buy Bad Home Loans; Obama Pushes for Tax Cuts
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. John McCain and Barack Obama held their second presidential debate this…
2008-10-04 Before Next McCain-Obama Debate, Palin and Biden Take Their Turn
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Americans are a month from elections on November fourth. This week…