2006-06-17 East Timor and Somalia: Two Different Nations, Two Different Reactions to Peacekeepers
I’m Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. East Timor asked for United Nations peacekeepers following the…
2006-06-10 Iraqis Get Full Cabinet; Forces Hunting Zarqawi Get Their Man
I’m Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. On Thursday, Iraqi and American officials announced the death…
2006-06-03 Observing a Killer: 25 Years of AIDS, and 25 Million Deaths
I’m Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, the United Nations held a high-level meeting…
2006-05-27 W.H.O. Members Mourn Death of Agency Chief Lee Jong-wook
I’m Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Health ministers from more than one hundred ninety countries…
2006-05-20 The Difference Between Giving Credit and Taking Credit: Plagiarism
I’m Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This is the opening weekend for the movie version…
2006-05-13 Drug Control Officials Are Warned of Growing Threat From ‘Meth’
I’m Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Among illegal drugs, methamphetamine now has more users worldwide…
2006-05-06 Galbraith and Jacobs: Remembering Two Voices of the 20th Century
I’m Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Two influential thinkers of the twentieth century have died.…
2006-04-29 Politics and Bullets: Facing Maoist Rebels in Nepal and India
I’m Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Mao Zedong led the revolutionary army that established the…
2006-04-22 Investigative Reporting, Coverage of Katrina Earn Pulitzer Prizes for U.S. Newspapers
I’m Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, Columbia University in New York announced the…
2006-04-15 Iran Rejects Appeal to Stop Enriching Uranium
I’m Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Iran has rejected an appeal from the head of…
2006-04-08 Delay, Leaving Congress, Has ‘No Fear’ of Any Wrongdoing Investigation
I’m Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, Tom DeLay announced he will resign from…
2006-04-01 Punish Illegal Immigrants? Welcome Them as Future Citizens? Congress Debates Immigration
I’m Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Immigration was a major subject as President Bush and…
2006-03-25 International Criminal Court Calls First Defendant, From D.R.C.
I’m Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The world’s first permanent court for war crimes was…
2006-03-18 After Three Years, Iraq Still a Major Issue in American Politics
I’m Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Three years ago, on March nineteenth, President Bush ordered…
2006-03-11 United States Releases Yearly Report on Human Rights Around the World
I’m Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, the State Department released its “Country Reports…