2010-05-01 Oil Spill Spreads Fears Along US Gulf Coast
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Five years ago this August, Hurricane Katrina struck. Now, American states…
2010-04-24 Height, Hooks: The Passing of Two Civil Rights Leaders
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. In recent days, Americans have lost two civil rights leaders of…
2010-04-17 Seeking to Secure All Nuclear Materials in Four Years
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. World leaders agreed this week to protect all nuclear materials within…
2010-04-10 Sports: Butler Scares Duke, Tiger Returns
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This was a big week in American sports. In college basketball,…
2010-04-03 Russian President Calls for Tougher Measures to Fight North Caucasus Terrorists
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. In Russia this week, a series of suicide bombings increased concerns…
2010-03-27 Obama’s Heath Care Victory Also a Political Risk
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Earlier this week, President Obama won a major political victory with…
2010-03-20 Policies, Politics and Dollars Rest on US Census
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Census forms have been mailed across America. Every ten years since…
2010-03-13 Counting the Votes in Iraq Only the First Step
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Iraqi officials are still counting votes from Sunday’s elections. More than…
2010-03-06 Tea Party Conservatives Make Their Voices Heard
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Some conservatives in the United States have found a new voice.…
2010-02-27 What Next for Health Care Effort?
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, President Obama led a meeting of Democratic and Republican…
2010-02-20 Group Says 2009 Was a ‘Bad Year’ for Journalists
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The Committee to Protect Journalists says at least seventy-one members of…
2010-02-13 Yanukovych Is Greeted as Ukraine Winner
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. World leaders have been congratulating Viktor Yanukovych as Ukraine’s next president.…
2010-02-06 Top US Military Officer: Let Gays Serve Openly
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Last week President Obama again called for ending a ban against…
2010-01-30 Obama Urges His Party Not to ‘Run for the Hills’
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Obama gave his first State of the Union speech Wednesday…
2010-01-23 Weighing the First Year of Obama as President
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Barack Obama has begun his second year in office. The…