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…
2001-08-04 New FBI Director
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, In The News. America’s Federal Bureau of Investigation has a new director. He is a former Marine who served with…
2001-07-28 Group of Eight Conference
This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS. Last week, the heads of government of the Group of Eight held a three-day meeting in Genoa,…
2001-07-21 Olympics
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS. The International Olympic Committee this week chose a doctor from Belgium as its president. Jacques Rogge (RAWG)…
2001-07-14 Chandra Levy Case
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS. The American media is closely following the case of a missing young woman. Chandra Levy disappeared in…
2001-07-07 Microsoft Ruling
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program IN THE NEWS. In November, a Washington D-C judge found the Microsoft Corporation guilty of misusing its power to control…