2009-09-26 G20 Leaders Talk About Economy — and Iran
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, leaders of the top industrial and developing economies gathered…
2009-09-19 Obama Replaces Bush’s Missile Defense Plan
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. In two thousand six, Defense Secretary Robert Gates advised President George…
2009-09-12 Obama Presses Case for Health Care Reform
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, President Barack Obama went before Congress and the nation…
2009-09-05 Japan’s Next Leader, Promising Change, Gets Ready to Take Office
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Japan’s parliament is expected to vote on September sixteenth to make…
2009-08-29 Looking Back at the Life of Edward Kennedy
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, Americans said goodbye to the last son of one…
2009-08-22 Public Urged to Ignore Afghan Candidates’ Claims of Victory
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission has a message: Pay no attention to…
2009-08-15 Eunice Kennedy Shriver: Tireless Activist for the Mentally Disabled
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Thousands of mourners gathered Friday on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, for the…
2009-08-08 Waiting for Next Move With North Korea
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Former president Bill Clinton made a surprise visit to North Korea…
2009-08-01 Faster Swimming Sinks High-Tech Speed Suits
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Swimmers broke many records this week at the world championships in…
2009-07-25 Health Reform Fight Heats Up in Washington
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, President Obama continued to push for health reform as…
2009-07-18 Sotomayor Likely to Gain Seat on US High Court
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Judge Sonia Sotomayor appears headed for confirmation to the United States…
2009-07-04 China Delays Plan for Web-Blocking Software on New Computers
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, China delayed an order to require Internet-filtering software in…
2009-06-27 The Talented but Tragic Life of Michael Jackson
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Fans around the world are remembering the man who called…
2009-06-20 Khamenei Says Protests Over Iran Vote Must End
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Iran’s top leader has demanded a stop to protests over the…
2009-06-13 Industry Gathers for Paris Air Show at a Rough Time
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Next week is the one hundredth anniversary of the Paris Air…