President Bush's Trip to Asia

By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: October 25, 2003 This is Steve Ember with In the News, from VOA Special English. President Bush has returned to Washington after visits to six Asian countries. He met this w

Investigation of Intelligence Leak

By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: October 11, 2003 This is Bob Doughty with In the News, from VOA Special English. Officials are investigating who in the Bush administration identified an American intelligen

Cyberschools

By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: July 10, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. About twenty-one-thousand young people in seventeen American states do not attend classes

World Trade Talks

By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: September 20, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, In the News. Countries of 1)the World Trade Organization failed to reach agreement early this we

Alternative Education

By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: July 17, 2003 This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Education Report. Some young people in the United States attend 1)alternative schools. These are schools that

Foreign Students in the United States

By Jeri Watson Broadcast: July 3, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. Foreign students are valuable to the United States. Many take part in important research. Most

Nontraditional Students

By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: August 7, 2003 This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Education Report. In a few weeks, more than one million students in the United States will start their first

Russia's Yukos Oil Arrest

By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: November 8, 2003 This is Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS, from VOA Special English. Many investors are 1)concerned about the possible effects on the Russian economy from the ar

New Doctorate in Chicano Studies Offered in California

By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: August 14, 2003 This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Education Report. The University of California will offer the nation's first doctoral program in 1)Chicano

VOA慢速英语2003年-IMF Aid Plan for Argentina

By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Septemer 13, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, In the News. The International Monetary Fund has agreed to help Argentina 2)refinance some of its

Remembering the Attacks of Sept. 11

By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: September 6, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, In the News. Thursday will mark two years since the attacks on the United States. On September el

Islamic Court in Nigeria Frees Woman

By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: September 27, 2003 From VOA Special English, this is Steve Ember with In the News. This week an Islamic court in northern Nigeria freed a woman who was sentenced to death by

Free Trade Area of the Americas

By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: November 22, 2003 This is Steve Ember with In the News from VOA Special English. Trade ministers from the Americas gathered in Miami, Florida, this week to discuss plans for

California Recall Election

By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: October 4, 2003 This is Bob Doughty with In the News, from VOA Special English. Voters in California will decide Tuesday whether to remove Governor Gray Davis from office. I

Southern California Wildfires

By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: November 1, 2003 This is Steve Ember with In the News, from VOA Special English. Thousands of firefighters from around the United States are battling the wildfires in Southe

United Nations Approves U.S. Resolution on Iraq

By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: October 18, 2003 This is Steve Ember with In the News, from VOA Special English. The United Nations Security Council this week approved an American resolution on Iraq. All f

New Palestinian Government

By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: November 15, 2003 This is Steve Ember with In the News, from VOA Special English. Planning has been taking place for talks between Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia an

Vocational Education

By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: July 24, 2003 This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Education Report. American educational experts are debating the future of 1)vocational training. This kind of

Teaching Fellows

By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: August 21, 2003 This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Education Report. New York City has the largest public school system in the United States. The city Departm

More Male Teachers Wanted in the United States

by Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: August 28, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. The National Education Association says the United States needs more male teachers. The