2011-04-09 150 Years Later, US Still Debate Issues That Fueled Civil War
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This Tuesday is the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of the opening…
2011-04-02 In Ivory Coast, the Great Cost of Conflict
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Ivory Coast gained independence from France in nineteen sixty. It grew…
2011-03-26 What Next With the Military Campaign in Libya?
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The conflict in Libya and the nuclear crisis in Japan were…
2011-03-19 Workers Continue Efforts to Prevent a Nuclear Disaster in Japan
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. A huge earthquake and tsunami destroyed a large part of northeastern…
2011-03-12 Quake, Tsunami May Only Add to Economic Struggles for Japan
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The earthquake that shook Japan with historic strength on Friday created…
2011-02-26 The Making of a Strongman
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Moammar Gadhafi came to power in Libya on September first, nineteen…
2011-02-19 Calls for Political Change Keep Protests Going in Mideast
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Anti-government protests continued this week in several countries across the Middle…
2011-02-12 Egyptians Celebrate as Mubarak Resigns; Military in Control of Country
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak after eighteen days of…
2011-02-05 What Kinds of Changes Will Arab Unrest Bring?
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Earlier this week, Hosni Mubarak promised to leave office, but not…
2011-01-29 Mubarak Moves to Replace Government in Egypt After Protests Intensify
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Egypt is a nation of eighty million people — the largest…
2011-01-22 Tunisians Mourn Loses in Jasmine Revolution
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Tunisia is observing three days of mourning for people killed in…
2011-01-15 For Arizona Girl, a Life of Hope With Tragic Endpoints
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Christina Taylor Green was born on September eleventh, two thousand one,…
2011-01-08 South Sudan Decides its Future in Vote on Independence
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. On Sunday, the people of southern Sudan begin deciding whether or…
2011-01-01 Gulf Oil Spill was Top Story in 2010
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. At the end of each year, the Associated Press releases a…
2010-12-25 United States Releases Results of 2010 Population Count
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, the United States Census Bureau released its official count…