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Full-time virtual schools can now be found in 18 American states. Transcript of radio broadcast: 25 June 2008 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Forty-two of the fifty American states offered some kind of public online learning this p
By Jim Malone Washington 27 April 2007 The war in Iraq continues to be the focus of debate in the early stage of the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign. VOA national correspondent Jim Malone has more from Washington. Iraq remains the top issue among bot
By Sonja Pace London 29 March 2007 Britain is pressing its demand for the immediate release of 15 sailors and marines, seized by Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces last Friday, while Tehran is warning of delays and says an apology would help speed u
By Ana Ward Washington 16 May 2008 When people think of the capital of the United States, Washington, D.C. - they usually think of monuments, museums and the White House. But for some, a small family restaurant comes to mind. Ben's Chili Bowl has bee
The European Union has given the West African country of Mauritania a month to restore constitutional order or face unspecified measures. Lisa Bryant has more from Paris where members of the Mauritanian junta met with E.U. officials on Monday. An E.
The 24 nations that comprise the International Monetary Fund's policy-making committee agreed Saturday to an immediate $250 billion increase in the lending agency's resources. The decision is in line with the recommendation made by world leaders at
UN Security Council Urges Somalis to Resolve Political Crisis The U.N. Security Council expressed its grave concern Wednesday at the continued instability in Somalia, which it says has led to a multitude of problems, including terrorism, piracy and a
标准英语,VOA,pressure,AU,By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 16 January 2006 Hissene Habre Activists are calling on leaders attending next week's African Union summit to recommend that Chad's former president be extradited to Belgium t
By Kent Klein White House 03 November 2009 German Chancellor Angela Merkel is in Washington to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall by addressing a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress. Ms. Merkel met earlier with U.S. President Ba
By Leta Hong Fincher Washington, DC 02 August 2006 watch Raul Castro report Raul Castro attends a rally in Havana, Cuba in this Jan. 24, 2000 file photo Raul Castro is Cuban President Fidel Castro's younger brother and designated successor. Leta Hon
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 01 February 2008 A United Nations report released February 1shows rape is being used as a weapon in Kenya as the country is roiled in ethnic violence since the December elections. The survey of rape victims was conducted in the
By Michael Bowman Lima 06 April 2006 In Peru, a left-leaning populist firebrand has surged to the top of public opinion polls before Sunday's presidential vote. In the first of a two-part series from
Bushfires in southeastern Australia have killed 108 people and the authorities are warning that the number of victims could increase as outbreaks continue to burn out of control. Giant walls of flame have destroyed hundreds of homes, forests and far
By Nico Colombant Dakar 10 March 2008 As a week-long international Islamic conference gets under way in Dakar, Senegal, aid workers are raising the alarm on tens of thousands of Senegalese children who have been given away by their parents to Koranic
By Scott Stearns Dakar 07 October 2009 Political opponents in Guinea say the country's military ruler must resign before they take part in regional mediation efforts following last week's killing of at least 157 protesters. Guinea's military rulers
By Jim Malone Washington 02 February 2007 Several Democratic presidential contenders auditioned before a crowd of party activists in Washington Friday. All six candidates who spoke focused largely on the war in Iraq, as we hear from VOA National cor
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 04 May 2007 Republican presidential candidates debated the war in Iraq, taxes and terrorism in a wide-ranging exchange Thursday evening. Mike O'Sullivan reports, 10 Republicans faced off in their first debate of the cam
By Kurt Achin Seoul 12 June 2008 South Korea is sending its chief trade official to Washington for what he describes as additional negotiations on a controversial beef import deal. However, leaders of mass protests say nothing short of scrapping the
A group linked to al-Qaida has taken responsibility for last week's rocket attacks from Lebanon into Israel. Two Lebanese women next to an Indonesian UN peacekeepers' armored personnel carrier on the border with Israel a day after rockets launched f
By Scott Stearns Accra 20 February 2008 President Bush is in Ghana where American money is helping slow the spread of HIV/AIDS. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Mr. Bush is again pressing the Congress to double AIDS funding over t