2007-01-10 UPDATES: US Says Wiretap Program Will Now Require Court Approval | More Trouble for Somalia?
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week — new developments in two stories we reported on…
2007-01-13 Bush Faces Opposition, Low Public Support, for Troop Plan for Iraq
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Bush told the American people this week that he plans…
2007-01-06 Past and Future Come Together During a Busy Week in Washington
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. American history was made, and remembered, this week in Washington. On…
2006-12-30 War in Iraq Voted Top News Story of 2006
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Each year, the editors and news directors of the Associated Press…
2006-12-23 Increase in Violent Crime in US Brings Attention, Theories
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Crime rates in the United States have been dropping for a…
2006-12-09 From the Iraq Study Group, Bush Gets 79 Proposals for a New ‘Way Forward’
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The message was loud and clear: the situation in Iraq is…
2006-12-02 US States Fight Back to Protect Rights of Property Owners
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Local governments in the United States have always had a constitutional…
2006-11-25 International Day Aims to Bring Violence Against Women Out of the Dark
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. For years, activists for the rights of women have marked November…
2006-11-18 Fixing Iraq — by Facing Iran, Syria and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict as Well?
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The Middle East was very much in the news this week.…
2006-11-11 His Party Defeated in Congress, President Bush Awaits the Report of the Iraq Study Group
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. November eleventh is Veterans Day, when Americans honor those who serve…
2006-11-04 Why Say Something Nice? US Elections Bring Out Attack Ads
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The United States will hold local, state and national elections this…
2006-10-28 Women Journalists From Lebanon, China and U.S. Are Honored for Brave Reporting
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The International Women’s Media Foundation presented three Courage in Journalism Awards…
2006-10-21 Immigrants, Births Put US on Way to Population of 400 Million by 2043
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, the national population clock at the United States Census…
2006-10-14 The North Korean Nuclear Development Was a Long-Time Coming
I’m Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. North Korea this week announced it carried out its…
2006-10-07 South Korea’s Ban Seen as Sure to Become Next U.N. Secretary General
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. South Korean Foreign Minister is expected to become secretary-general of the…