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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Crime rates in the United States have been dropping for a number of years. Rates of violent crime have fallen to their lowest levels since the nineteen seve

CNN 2010-03-31

The ink is dry, the pens are down, the gloves are off. And Jill Dougherty is filling us in on where health care reform goes next. And remember the government program that helped save you from foreclosure? Well, guess what? The program itself might ne

NPR 2009-4-28

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Barbara Klein. The World Health Organization has raised its pandemic alert level to four because of the outbreak of the new swine flu virus which has been confirmed in Mexico, the US, Canada, Spain and Scotland. Keij

CNN 2011-05-30

Today we have arrested Ratko Mladic. Extradition prosess is on the way. This is the result of full cooperation of Serbia with The Hague tribunal. We can always believe in our strategy and the work of every one involved in this prosess. Today we close

NPR 2010-02-23

From NPR News in Washington, Im Craig Windham. An Afghan immigrant is slated to appear in a federal courtroom in New York within the hour and Najibullah Zazi is expected to plead guilty to terrorism charges. Hes accused of plotting a bomb attack on N

CNN 2012-04-30

You are spot out, this is CNN Student News, thanks to the students in Michigan for getting things started for today, now let's get to the headlines. Thank you for that welcome, and thank you, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New

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Bernanke Argues for Stronger Economic Stimulus

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U.S. Senate approves postponement of debt ceiling deadline

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Senate on Thursday approved the postponement of the federal government's debt ceiling until May to keep the federal government in operation and give lawmakers more time to mull over how to rein in the government's

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Congress would never give up its control over raising the federal government's debt limit to enhance U.S. fiscal sustainability, John Boehner, speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives, said here on Thursday.

经济学人474:美国医疗改革遇阻

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AP 2011-04-09

1. 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four alleged co-conspirators are being referred to the system of military commissions for trial. The decision by the Obama administration is an about-face from earlier plans to have the five go on trial i

VOA双语新闻 ---Asian Markets Higher on US Interest Rate C

Markets posted steady gains in Asia following an interest rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank. Earlier this week most Asian stock exchanges plummeted on fears that the U.S. credit crisis is far from over. Investors are still fearful that the Fe

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Living in DC During the Government Shutdown No city experiences a government shutdown like Washington, DC. In addition to the economic effect, a suspension of government operations affects Washington on a cultural and recreational level. It influence

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美国联邦当局调查波音777飞机坠毁

WASHINGTON, July 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. federal transportation authorities are still in the initial stages of their investigation into Saturday's deadly crash landing of an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 commercial plane at San Francisco International Airpor

US Central Bank to Hold Interest Rates Low

The U.S. central bank says Americas economic recovery has slowed, and that near-zero interest rates are expected to remain in place for another year. The statement from Federal Reserve policymakers came after a U.S. credit rating downgrade and signif

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But then, last year, the administration issued the Cole memo (these things are named after the deputy attorneys-general who draft them). It seemed, in dense verbiage, to suggest that the Ogden memo had been misunderstood, and that federal prosecutors