This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The Federal Reserve and other major central banks pumped extra money into financial markets on Thursday. The aim was to help calm investors and persuade nervous banks to lend to each other. President...
The United States and the Czech Republic have signed an agreement that will allow construction of part of a missile defense shield. Stefan Bos from Budapest that the document was signed by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Czech count...
By Katherine Cole Washington 31 March 2008 The official motto of Austin, Texas, is Live Music Capital of the World. That's certainly true for 10 days in mid-March each year, when the annual South By Southwest (SXSW) music, film and interactive-arts f...
By Phuong Tran Dakar 07 August 2007 For the past six weeks, representatives of Chad's main rebel groups have been in negotiations with Chad government officials to end a conflict that has recently shifted from the northern to the eastern part of the...
By Jeffrey Young Washington 22 May 2007 To most Americans, the governments in their towns and regional areas called counties are the governments they interact with the most. And alongside these local governments are groups of citizens who work on the...
By Mil Arcega Washington 28 March 2007 watch Housing Market Stocks fell after the release of a Standard Poor's report on Tuesday showing the worst decline in prices for single family homes in the US in more than 13 years. The drop in housing values...
By Michael Bowman Washington 26 February 2006 Iraqi father carries his injured son to a hospital in Baqouba, Iraq, February 26, 2006 A mortar attack in southern Baghdad has killed at least 15 people a...
By Douglas Bakshian Manila 18 February 2006 Rescue operations continue on Leyte island in the Philippines, a day after a landslide buried a village under a sea of mud. Authorities say only several doz...
Scott Stearns President Bush says he is continuing an enduring national commitment to protect the environment. Democrats say the president's environmental policies are heading in the wrong direction....
Sonja Pace Israeli helicopters have fired missiles into a neighborhood of Gaza City on Wednesday. Initial reports say at least three Palestinians were killed and more than a dozen others injured. The...