2005-04-09 Pope John Paul II Is Laid to Rest in Vatican City
I’m Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. (SOUND: Religious singing in Latin) … from the funeral…
2005-04-02 Death of Brain-Damaged Florida Woman Fuels Debate About End-of-Life Issues
I’m Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Americans are debating many questions related to the death…
2005-03-26 Annan Proposes UN Reforms
I’m Bob Doughty with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has presented a…
2005-03-19 Wolfowitz and the World Bank
I’m Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Bush this week nominated Paul Wolfowitz to become…
2005-03-12 I.R.A. Ties Put Pressure on Sinn Fein in Northern Ireland Peace Efforts
This is Steve Ember with In the News, in VOA Special English. This year is the one hundredth anniversary of…
2005-02-26 Bush Trip to Europe
I’m Steve Ember with In the News, in VOA Special English. President Bush was in Europe this week for the…
2005-02-19 Syria, Lebanon and the Killing of Rafik Hariri
I’m Doug Johnson with In the News in VOA Special English. President Bush says the United States supports the international…
2005-02-12 Israeli-Palestinian Truce; Historic Elections in Saudi Arabia
I’m Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel…
2005-02-05 Bush Discusses Middle East Policy in State of the Union Speech
This is Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English. American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will meet…
2005-01-29 Iraqi Elections
This is Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English. On Sunday, for the first time in almost…
2005-01-22 Bush Second Term
I’m Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English. President George W. Bush says the survival of liberty…
2005-01-15 Middle East Peace Prospects
I’m Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English. A Palestinian attack on Israelis at a border crossing…
2005-01-08 Aid for Tsunami Victims
I’m Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English. Kofi Annan says helping survivors of the earthquake and…
2005-01-01 Top News Stories of Two-Thousand-Four
I’m Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English. This week we tell about some of the biggest…
2004-12-18 Google to Put Millions of Books on the Internet
I’m Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English. The Internet search company Google plans to put millions…