2007-03-24 Fighting in Mogadishu Leads to Appeal for Countries to Keep Their Promise to Help Somalia
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. A plane carrying eleven people aiding the African Union peacekeeping force…
2007-03-17 Presidential Candidates Crowd the Field for a Long Race to November ’08
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The next presidential election in the United States is in November…
2007-03-10 Congress Investigates Treatment of Wounded Troops Returning Home
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Both houses of Congress held hearings this week on conditions at…
2007-03-03 Stock Market Investors Count Their Losses After a Bad Week Felt Near and Far
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Financial markets around the world took investors on a shaky ride…
2007-02-24 Britain to Withdraw 1,600 Troops in Iraq, and More May Follow
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced this week that one thousand…
2007-02-10 Calls for Action Follow UN Report That Human Activity Is ‘Very Likely’ to Blame for Global Warming
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Last week, a United Nations report said humans are “very likely”…
2007-02-17 Harvard Gets a Female President; Progress Slows at Other Colleges
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. On July first, America’s oldest university will get its twenty-eighth president…
2007-02-03 Super Bowl: Coaches Make History Before First Pass Is Thrown
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This Sunday is the biggest sporting event of the year for…
2007-01-27 ‘America Must Not Fail in Iraq’ Is Bush’s Warning; ‘New Direction’ Is Democrats’ Call
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Bush gave his two thousand seven State of the Union…
2007-01-10 UPDATES: US Says Wiretap Program Will Now Require Court Approval | More Trouble for Somalia?
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week — new developments in two stories we reported on…
2007-01-13 Bush Faces Opposition, Low Public Support, for Troop Plan for Iraq
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Bush told the American people this week that he plans…
2007-01-06 Past and Future Come Together During a Busy Week in Washington
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. American history was made, and remembered, this week in Washington. On…
2006-12-30 War in Iraq Voted Top News Story of 2006
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Each year, the editors and news directors of the Associated Press…
2006-12-23 Increase in Violent Crime in US Brings Attention, Theories
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Crime rates in the United States have been dropping for a…
2006-12-09 From the Iraq Study Group, Bush Gets 79 Proposals for a New ‘Way Forward’
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The message was loud and clear: the situation in Iraq is…