RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Corinthians have appealed a decision by South American football's governing body Conmebol forcing the club to play its Copa Libertadores matches behind closed doors. In a statement released on Friday night, Corinth...
ROME, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Napoli returned to the second place in Serie A standings after having had their two-point penalty annulled on appeal in the match-fixing scandal on Thursday. The club had been docked two points and fined 70,000 Euros by the...
Obama Appeals to Public About 'Fiscal Cliff' Obama took his campaign to a toy factory near Philadelphia on Friday, asking middle-class workers and business leaders to press Republican lawmakers to pass his tax plan. And if we could just get a few Hou...
U.S. President Barack Obama visited American college campuses on Tuesday, looking for support for his plan to hold down federal student loan rates. The president is appealing to young voters, who overwhelmingly supported him in the 2008 election. Pre...
Agriculture Report - The Appeal of Urban Farming 农业报道 - 生态城市农场的魅力 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。 Old properties and empty lots in cities and towns around...
EXPLORATIONS - Picking Apart the Timeless Appeal of 'The Nutcracker' DOUG JOHNSON: I'm Doug Johnson. FAITH LAPIDUS: And I'm Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we enter a world of Christmas magic, snowflakes, sweets and suga...
LONDON, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- The FA has confirmed on Friday that it will be appealing UEFA's three-match ban against striker Wayne Rooney who received a red card in England's Euro qualifier against Montenegro. Rooney was sent off during the 2-2 draw fo...
By Michael Drudge London 11 May 2006 The British government has confirmed it will fight to overturn a judge's ruling that a group of Afghan hijackers be granted residency rights. ---------------------...
By Jim Malone Democratic presidential contender John Kerry has appealed for votes in a speech to a leading civil rights organization. President Bush declined a similar invitation to speak to the group...
UN Issues Urgent Appeal for Emergency Aid to Haiti Jim Teeple The United Nations on Tuesday issued an urgent appeal for emergency aid to Haiti to help Haitians who are affected by political turmoil ....
