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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Copies of the budget plan at the Government Printing Office in Washington President Barack Obama on Thursday proposed his first budget to Congress. He wants to let the Bush administration's tax cuts
The Magic Shop written by H. G. Wells narrated by Michael Scott produced by ThoughtAudio.com I had seen the Magic Shop from afar several times; I had passed it once or twice, a shop window of alluring little objects, magic balls, magic hens, wonderfu
By Paula Wolfson White House 14 August 2006 President Bush says Hezbollah militants in Lebanon suffered a defeat in their month-long conflict with Israel. Mr. Bush spoke at the State Department just hours after a fragile cease-fire went into effect.
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Both the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund expect the world economy to shrink this year for the first time since World War Two. As recently as January, the I.M.F. had predicted growth of
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Leaders of the European Union met Sunday in Brussels to discuss measures to deal with the world financial crisis. But the emergency meeting showed growing divisions between western European countries
By Challiss McDonough Beirut 20 July 2006 VOA Correspondent Challiss McDonough has been reporting from Beirut since last week, but has only rarely been able to venture into the southern suburbs, which have been heavily bombed. Hezbollah's offices ar
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 21 July 2006 watch Hezbollah report The kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah in Lebanon provoked a military response that has devastated the Lebanese civilian population and infrastructure. VOA's Peter Fed
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 26 July 2006 watch Middle East report The Israeli assault in Lebanon has prompted varying degrees of praise and criticism of Hezbollah throughout the Middle East. Hezbollah is the organization accused of provoking th
By Margaret Besheer Washington 28 September 2006 U.S. counterterrorism officials say Lebanon-based Hezbollah terrorists remain a threat to the survival of Lebanon's government, Israel's security, and regional stability following its month-long war w
By Margaret Besheer Beirut 20 August 2006 Lebanon's defense minister said Sunday he is certain Hezbollah will not violate a U.N.-brokered ceasefire with Israel, and has warned of harsh consequences for any violator in Lebanon. ------- Elias Murr Def
Opposition supporters in Bahrain have held protests for a third straight day, calling for more rights and for the prime minister to step down. Wednesday's demonstrations passed without incident, in contrast to earlier in the week when two people were
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 03 October 2006 Tensions are running high in the Gaza Strip, where fighting between rival Palestinian factions has left 12 people dead since Sunday. It is part of an escalating power struggle between the ruling Islamic mil
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 16 June 2007 Gunmen from the Palestinian Fatah faction have seized institutions of the rival Islamic militant group Hamas in the West Bank. Fatah went on the offensive after Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip earlier th
By Challiss McDonough Beirut 14 July 2006 Hassan Nasrallah The leader of the Lebanese-based militant group Hezbollah has vowed to wage open war on Israel after an apparently failed attempt on the group's leader. Israel's military offensive in Lebano
By Robert Raffaele Washington, D.C. 04 August 2006 Watch Middle East report Hezbollah fired dozens more rockets into northern Israel Friday, while Israeli warplanes continued to pound southern Lebanon. The latest Israeli offensive is again targeting
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 03 August 2006 A barrage of more than 100 rockets fired by Hezbollah militants has killed at least eight Israelis. Military authorities say they plan to expand what they intend to be a security zone in Lebanon to at least 15
By Brian Padden Turin, Italy 15 February 2006 watch Olympic Sponsors report Visibility for CocaCola, one of the corporate sponsors of the Olympics Much of the over $4 billion in revenue taken in by th
By Brian Padden Salt Lake City, Utah 03 February 2006 watch Paralympics report The upcoming Olympic Winter Games in Turin, Italy will showcase the best athletes in the world competing at the highest l
Israel and the Lebanese Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah carried out a prisoner exchange Wednesday - swapping five Lebanese prisoners for the bodies of two Israeli soldiers. VOA's Jim Teeple has details from our Jerusalem bureau. Two years after the
By Challiss McDonough Beirut 07 December 2006 Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah addresses supporters on giant screen in downtown Beirut 7 Dec 06 The leader of Hezbollah has vowed that protests in central Beirut will continue until the government cha