IN THE NEWS - French Officials Act to End Two Weeks of Riots By Jill Moss Broadcast: Saturday, November 12, 2005 I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Rioters in France have been at...
Broadcast: Jan 18, 2003 By Cynthia Kirk Last Saturday, the top official in the American state of Illinois canceled court orders to execute1 one-hundred-sixty-seven prisoners. Illinois Governor George...
By Anjana Pasricha U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce Kenneth Juster says improving cyber security will help increase trade and technology ties between the United States and India. Experts say data prote...
By Heda Bayron Hong Kong's top health executive has resigned after strong criticism for his handling of the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome last year that killed nearly 300 people. Healt...
Ursula Lindsey Saudi commandos freed about 50 hostages early Sunday. When the commandos landed on the roof of the building Sunday morning, their immediate goal was to free the hostages. But leading Ar...
'World is Safer Now,' say US Officials on Anniversary of Iraqi Invasion Paula Wolfson The Bush administration is marking Friday's one-year anniversary of the invasion of Iraq with a weeklong series of...
High-Ranking Former Iraqi Official Arrested in Baghdad Kirk Troy A high-ranking official from Saddam Hussein's government was arrested in Baghdad as insurgents attacked U.S. military convoys . Iraq's...
UN Official Says Iraqi Elections Must Be Credible Kirk Troy A U.N. official said Friday holding general elections in Iraq is important, but cast doubt on whether such elections could be held before th...
N. Korea Nuclear Talks May Start Soon, say US Officials Amy Bickers Diplomatic efforts to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis continue in Tokyo and Seoul, where two top U.S. officials have been me...
Officials Unveil Revisions to NY City's Memorial to 9/11 Victims Jenny Falcon The planned memorial for victims of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York has been revised to include a park,...