2008-03-22 After Five Years of War, Attention Turns to What New President Would Do
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, the war in Iraq entered its sixth year. For…
2008-03-15 ‘Private Failings’: The Rise, and Sudden Fall, of Eliot Spitzer
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, America’s attention was directed away from a tight presidential…
2008-03-08 McCain Can Launch National Campaign; Democrats Still Stuck
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, Arizona Senator John McCain claimed the Republican nomination for…
2008-03-01 American Orchestra Performs in North Korea
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The New York Philharmonic orchestra performed in North Korea’s capital, Pyongyang,…
2008-02-23 Castro Retires as President, but Not Much May Change in Cuba
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. One of the world’s longest serving leaders announced this week that…
2008-02-16 Kosovo Moves Toward Independence, While a Crisis Shakes Timor
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Kosovo is expected to declare its independence from Serbia in the…
2008-02-09 McCain Secures Republican Lead; Clinton, Obama Still in Close Race
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. After Super Tuesday, Republicans have their likely nominee for president in…
2008-01-26 The Federal Reserve Cuts Rates to Calm Financial Markets
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. News of the American central bank’s interest rate cut this week…
2008-01-19 Bush Returns From Mideast, Turns Attention to a Weakening Economy
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Bush returned this week from an eight-day trip to the…
2008-01-12 New Hampshire Primary Leaves Presidential Race Wide Open
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The American presidential campaign took a surprising turn this week. Senator…
2008-01-05 Kenya Election Violence Threatens Gains in East Africas Top Economy
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The violence this week in Kenya has thrown the usually peaceful…
2007-12-29 Virginia Tech Killings Voted Top News Story of 2007
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. On December twentieth, the editors and news directors of the Associated…
2007-12-22 Two Years of Talks Lie Ahead to Write a New Global Warming Treaty
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Ten thousand delegates from one hundred ninety countries attended the United…
2007-12-15 Strike by Writers Throws a Shadow on Hollywood’s Exciting Season
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. More than ten thousand film and television writers in the United…