NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-08-16

Under a nighttime curfew ,the city of Cairo ,another city cross Egypt are reportedly to be relatively quite this hour .Security forces are trying to restore order following last 40 hour street battles that resulted in death of more than 600 people ac

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-08-15

The death toll is surging from todays street battles across Egypt much of which is under a curfew this hour. The ministry of health is now reporting at least 235 death and more than 200 people wounded in street battles today. Gunshots swing out in Ca

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-08-13

Former Boston mob boss James Whitey Bulger once among the most fugitives in the country is convicted of racketeering and murder. WBUR's Asma Khalid reports jurors reached a verdict not long ago. The indictment against him was a racketeering indictmen

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-08-12

The father of former NSA contractor Edward Snowden says he's gotten a VISA to travel to Russia. Lon Snowden says he plans to visit his son there where he has temporary asylum. Speaking to ABC's This Week, Lon Snowden says he'd like his son to return

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-08-11

President Obama spoke at the convention of disabled American veterans this afternoon. He praised veterans for their continuing commitment to help others despite facing their own difficulties. Volunteering in communities, building homes, being a mento

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-08-14

Federal and state antitrust officials are suing to block America and US Airways for merging into what it said to be the worlds largest airlines by passenger miles. Attorney general Eric Holder argues that if the $11billion deal goes through, air trav

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-08-06

Major League Baseball is suspending 13 players for using performance-enhancing drugs. Twelve of them have accepted their 50-game penalty. But New York Yankees Alex Rodriguez is getting a more than 200-game suspension that could take him out of play t

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-08-01

The Obama administration has partially declassified a court order that authorizes and sets the rules for the NSA抯 collections of US telephone information. NPR抯 Dina Temple-Raston reports the disclosure came ahead of a Senate Judiciary Committee h

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-08-02

Russias decision to grant temporary asylum to former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has drawn a sharp reaction from the White House, which calls the move deeply disappointing. NPRs Ari Shapiro reports high-level talks that were sc

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-08-03

The State Department has issued an alert to all US citizens traveling overseas, and its closing some embassies in the Middle East and North Africa this Sunday. NPRs Dina Temple-Raston reports some unusual al-Qaeda activity has officials worried. The

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-08-04

The State Department has closed 21 embassies and consulates around the world. The New York Times reports this is based on intercepted communications between senior al-Qaeda members. Joint Chiefs Chairman Martin Dempsey says the threat now was more sp

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-08-05

More than 20 US consulates and embassies are closed, mostly in North Africa and Middle East this weekend. The move comes after the US learned of a potential threat against American government or private business interests. The chairman of the US Join

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-08-07

Against the backdrop of a construction company in Phenix, President Obama is outlining a plan to overhaul the way mortgages are guaranteed in the United States. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports this would involve winding down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-08-08

In a rare rebuke, President Obama's turning down Russian President Vladimir Putin's invitation to meet in Moscow next month, though he still plans to attend the G20 summit in St. Petersburg. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports the White House says Russia's dec

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-08-09

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are going to meet next week in Jerusalem in their latest round of peace talks. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports US diplomats will be on hand. On August 14th, just two weeks after Secretary of State John Kerry relaunch

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-08-10

President Obama has plans for a sweeping review of the National Security Agency's surveillance programs and an overhaul of the secret court that monitors and authorizes those programs. NPR's Craig Windham reports Obama's telling reporters at the Whit

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-08-23

The Army staff sergeant who massacred 16 Afghan villagers during a nighttime raid last year says what he did was an act of cowardice behind a mask of fear and bravado. NPR's Martin Kaste describes Robert Bales' demeanor today. When Sgt. Bales took th

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-08-22

The government is now allowing the pubic to see some court opinions it had previously tried to keep secret. The documents show that the National Security Agency illegally collected tens of thousands of e-mails that had no connection to terrorism. NPR

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-08-21

The Obama Administration is rejecting reports that have quietly cut off aid to Egypt where nearly a thousand people have been killed in political unrest. But this afternoon the issue is a subject of a senior-level meeting. After the White House said

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-08-20

The U.S. says it has nothing to do with Britain's decision to detain a partner of American journalist Glenn Greenwald who broke the NSA surveillance story with materials leaked by Edward Snowden. Britain's independent monitor of terrorism legislation