2004-10-30 Missing Explosives in Iraq
This is Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English. On Monday, the United Nations nuclear agency reported that three hundred fifty metric tons of high explosives in…
2004-10-23 Election Roundup
This is Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English. Americans in some states are already voting in the November second general elections. Thousands of people lined up…
2004-10-16 Cheating Investigated in UN Oil-for-Food Program in Iraq
This is Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English. The United Nations will use money left over from its oil-for-food program in Iraq to pay for an…
2004-10-09 Voter Registration Rises in U.S.
This is Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English. Voter lists are growing as the United States prepares for general elections on November second. Some people think…
2004-10-02 First Presidential Debate
This is Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English. President Bush and Democratic party presidential candidate John Kerry held their first presidential debate Thursday night at the…
2004-09-25 Indonesia’s Presidential Election
This is Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is expected to become the next president of Indonesia. With most ballots counted, the former…
2004-09-18 Putin Calls for Changes in Russia’s Political System
This is Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English. This week, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a plan for changes in the political system in Russia. The…
2004-09-11 Russia Offers Reward for Chechen Rebel Leaders
This is Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English. This week, the government of Russia offered ten million dollars for information leading to two commanders of the…
2004-09-04 President Bush Nominated for Second Term
This is Steve Ember with In the News, in VOA Special English. Republicans nominated George W. Bush this week for a second term as president. The election is November second.…
2004-08-28 Investigative Reports on Iraq’s Abu Ghraib Prison
This is Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English. This week, there were two reports on the treatment of Iraqis by American troops at the Abu Ghraib…
2004-08-21 Bush Announces Troop Redeployment Plan
This is Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English. President Bush this week announced a major redeployment of American military forces around the world. Mister Bush said…
2004-08-14 Porter Goss Nomination
This is Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English. President Bush this week nominated Congressman Porter Goss to be the new director of the Central Intelligence Agency.…
2004-08-07 Sudan Update
This is Steve Ember with In the News, in VOA Special English. The United Nations is preparing to send a team of human rights observers to Sudan. Eight observers are…
2004-07-31 IN THE NEWS
This is Steve Ember with In the News, in VOA Special English. John Kerry, now officially the Democratic nominee for president, has started a two-week campaign trip across the United…
2004-07-24 9/11 Commission Report
This is Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English. The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, better known as the 9-11 Commission, gave its…