2001-11-24 American Red Cross
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program IN THE NEWS. Since the terrorist attacks on the United States in September, Americans have given millions of dollars to…
2001-11-18 World Trade Organization
This is the VOA Special English Program IN THE NEWS. Members of the World Trade Organization ended six days of intense negotiations in Doha, Qatar, on Wednesday. Trade Ministers from…
2001-11-10 The American Economy
This is the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS. The United States central bank cut interest rates again this week. The Federal Reserve reduced its major, short-term rate to…
2001-11-03 Anthrax in the U.S.
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS. United States officials called on the public Friday for more help in finding whoever is responsible for…
2001-10-27 Food Drops in Afghanistan
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS. On Thursday, three huge American Air Force transport planes took off from Ramstein Air Base in Germany.…
2001-10-20 Financial Campaign Against Terrorism
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program IN THE NEWS. The United States is attempting to cut the supply of money for terrorist groups. Congress has approved…
2001-09-29 Afghanistan
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Program IN THE NEWS. Afghanistan is one of the world’s least developed countries. It has been the hiding place of suspected…
2001-10-06 Reagan National Airport Re-opens
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program IN THE NEWS. Reagan National Airport near Washington, D-C, re-opened Thursday with a limited number of flights. It was the…
2001-10-13 Homeland Security
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS. Earlier this week, former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge became director of a new Office of Homeland Security.…
2001-09-22 Economic Effects of Terrorist Attacks
This is the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS. The economic effects of the terrorist attacks in the United States last week are spreading across the country and the…
2001-09-15 Explaining Tragedy
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS. Few people escaped from seeing or hearing about the terrorist attacks in the United States Tuesday morning.…
2001-09-08 UN General Assembly
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS. The General Assembly of the United Nations will open its fifty-sixth meeting on Tuesday. Representatives of the…
2001-09-01 Federal Budget/Social Security
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS. American budget experts say the federal government’s budget surplus will be gone soon. Taxes paid by Americans…
2001-08-25 Senator Helms To Retire
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program IN THE NEWS. Wednesday, one of America’s most powerful Senators announced his plans to retire when his term ends in…
2001-08-18 Stem Cell Research
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program IN THE NEWS. Last week, President Bush approved limited federal government support of research on special human cells. The research…