NPR 2009-03-27

From NPR news in Washington. I'm Jack Speer. A key Senate committee has sighed off on President Obama's budget blueprint setting the stage for debate on the 3.6 trillion dollars spending package some time next week. Approval by the Senate Budget Com

NPR 2009-4-30

The World Health Organization today raised its pandemic flu alert level to five, its second highest threat level. As it says the number of confirmed swine flu cases in the US has now risen to 94 with health officials also reporting the first death i

NPR 2009-5-28

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. General Motors has taken another step toward bankruptcy, Jerome Vaughn of member station WDET has more. The automaker's bondholders have rejected a plan to exchange 27 billion dollars of debt for GM stock

NPR 2009-09-24

Speaking to the United Nations General Assembly in New York today, President Obama said the world's leaders who have criticized the US for acting on its own need to join him in tackling global problems. At his first address as president to UN attend

NPR 2009-12-25

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The Senate has approved the most sweeping change to the nations health care system in decades. On a party-line vote of 60-39, this morning Senate Democrats pushed through President Obamas plan to provid

NPR 2009-12-26

Federal authorities are now questioning a man, they say, apparently tried to light some kind of incendiary device aboard a northwest flight landing in Detroit today. However there are conflicting reports about what kind of device was involved, with s

NPR 2009-12-28

Federal criminal charges have been filed against Abdul Farouk Mutallab, the Nigerian man, accused of trying to trigger an explosion aboard a Northwest Airliner's jet bound for Detroit yesterday. He was arraigned at the University of Michigan Hospital

NPR 2009-12-01

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. The health overhaul bill now being debated in the Senate will boost average premiums for people who buy their own coverage. Thats according to a new report but theyll get more for their money. NPR's Julie

NPR 2009-12-23

Senate leaders have worked out an agreement for a vote on final passage to the Democrat's health care bill. Senate majority Leader Harry Reid says the vote will take place early on Christmas Eve at around 8 a .m. It had been tentatively scheduled for

NPR 2009-04-19

Secretary of State Hilary Clinton says the US will vigorously raise to the Iranian government, the administration's concerns about the eight-year-prison sentence given to Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi. She was convicted this week by a co

CNN 2009-02-27

Good morning, happy Thursday to you. From the CNN center in Atlanta, I'm Reggie Aqui. Thanks for checking in. Here is a quick look at what's making news right now. President Obama laid out an aggressive agenda for the nation on Tuesday night. And th

NPR 2009-12-04

President Obama meeting with members of his economic team said today that we cannot hang back and hope for the best with unemployment continuing to rise. The president told participants at a White House jobs forum that despite some signs the economy

CNN 2009-08-14

Good morning, I'm Melissa Long here at the CNN center in Atlanta. It's a Thursday morning, the 13th of August. Here is a look at some of the stories happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Up to 3, 000 people are running from a huge wildfire in Northern Californ

CNN 2009-05-19

Good morning from the CNN center here in Atlanta, I'm Melissa Long with a look at some of the news happening. This morning on this Monday, top republicans are demanding an apology from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for accusing the CIA of misleading Co

CNN 2009-04-09

Good morning from the CNN center in Atlanta, I'm Reggie Aqui, thanks for checking in. We are going to do a quick look at the headlines right now. Pirates have seized the cargo ship along with its crew of 20 Americans. A spokesman for the ship's owne

NPR 2009-12-02

An additional 30, 000 US troops are headed to Afghanistan and senior administration officials say NATO will also contribute a significant number of fresh troops to the war. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports. The first Marines will arrive as early as Ch

NPR 2009-09-09

The Federal Reserve says that consumers sharply cut back on their borrowing in July. That decline suggests the economic rebound will not come as quickly as many economists have predicted. Food manufacturers now have to tell the Food and Drug Adminis

NPR 2009-5-16

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. General Motors has become the latest domestic automaker to sharply slash its dealer network. GM said today it has told more than a thousand of its dealer franchises they will be terminated by late next ye

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Faces Momentous Decision on Afghanis

By Al Pessin Washington 09 October 2009 President Obama (file photo) President Barack Obama is grappling with the difficult decision of whether to send even more U.S. troops to Afghanistan to reverse recent gains by the Taliban and help establish a

VOA标准英语2009年-UN Calls for More Spending on Agriculture

By Selah Hennessy London 08 October 2009 The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization says major investment needs to be made in developing world agriculture. The FAO says that with rapid population growth and changing diets, agricultural pro