2011-11-12 Sex Abuse Case Shakes Penn State Football; 72-Game NBA Season?
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, the coach with the most wins ever in major…
2011-11-05 Europe and the Debt Crisis in Greece
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. For months, people around the world have watched the strikes and…
2011-10-29 Coalition Talks, Unrest in Tunisia After First Vote of Arab Spring
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, the first elections of the Arab Spring took place…
2011-10-22 With Gadhafi Dead, What Does Future Hold for Libya?
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Moammar Gadhafi ruled Libya for forty-two years. He was killed Thursday…
2011-10-15 Report of Plot to Kill Saudi Raises US-Iran Tensions
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, American officials accused Iran of being involved in a…
2011-10-08 Protests Against Big Business Spread in US
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Protests that began last month near Wall Street in New York…
2011-10-01 American Air Strike in Yemen Kills Anwar al-Awlaki
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. An American air strike in Yemen has killed Anwar al-Awlaki. He…
2011-09-24 Palestinians Apply to UN; US Links Pakistan to Attacks
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Palestinians brought their calls for independence to the United Nations this…
2011-09-17 US Poverty Rate Highest Since 1993
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. A new report says the poverty rate in the United States…
2011-09-10 Obama Seeks Quick Passage of Bill to Create Jobs
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Obama is urging Congress to approve a plan designed to…
2011-09-03 Hurricane Irene Hits Northeastern United States
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Emergency crews in the eastern United States are still working to…
2011-08-27 Islamist Militant Group Boko Haram Claims Attack in Nigeria
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. A deadly car bombing at the United Nations building in Abuja…
2011-08-20 What the Arab Spring, Europe Protests Have in Common
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Experts say political unrest in the Arab World and protests in…
2011-08-13 Questions for Britain After the Riots
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. (SOUND) This week, Britain faced its worst riots since the nineteen…
2011-08-06 Syria Continues Attack on Dissent; Mubarak Trial Begins in Cairo
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Tens of thousands of Syrians demonstrated against the government on the…