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AS IT IS 2013-07-05 UN: 'Legal Highs' Flood International Drug Market From VOA Learning English, this is As It Is. Welcome to the show. Im Caty Weaver. Today we tell about migrant children detained by Indonesia. We also report on a global fatherhood
By Michael Drudge London 07 July 2006 Londoners pause in central London's Tavistock Square, site of bombed No. 30 bus one year ago, in London, Friday Britain has commemorated the first anniversary of the terrorist bombings that killed 52 passengers
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 12 February 2007 The Dixie Chicks were the big winners at Grammy Awards, Sunday. The singers earned five Grammys -- the highest American music industry honors. Mike O'Sullivan reports from Los Angeles, the evening mark
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week we look at President Obama's first one hundred days in office. The tradition of marking the first one hundred days of a new president began with Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He was sworn-in as pres
By Nico Colombant Kinshasa 22 October 2006 In the Democratic Republic of Congo, recurrent clashes and criticism of police have marked early campaigning for the second-round post-war presidential run-off to be held October 29. ------ Kabila Supporter
By Mil Arcega Washington 28 March 2007 watch Housing Market Stocks fell after the release of a Standard Poor's report on Tuesday showing the worst decline in prices for single family homes in the US in more than 13 years. The drop in housing values
Following the trend in Asia, European markets rose modestly on Monday amid hopes of a renewed U.S. auto sector lifeline from the White House and another possible U.S. interest rate cut this week. But the mood is tempered by concerns about possible e
Optimism Over Euro Crisis Eases Market Pressure Eurozone finance ministers had a spring in their step Friday as they gathered in Cyprus for talks on the debt crisis as market pressure eases on the single currency. Spain - whose debt threatens the who
Sideshows Make Magic in NY Amusement Park The weird, the amazing, and the simply gross are alive and well at Coney Island, where sideshow performers test their limits. Coney Island draws hundreds of thousands of visitors a year. For more than a centu
Global Foods Vie for US Market Mame Diene remembers the ancient baobab tree in the courtyard of her family home. As a child, she was not allowed to climb it or cut its branches. Now, she honors these trees of Senegal by selling their powder as a natu
Student Art Showcased Before Move Into Job Market In the days before graduation, Jessica Marx and Alexz Giacobbe are put the finishing touches on a project theyve been working on for months. Jessica, a photography major, made the hats for their fashi
Automakers Vie for Market Share in China Featuring more than 1,100 flashy, new vehicles, the Beijing Auto Show is now among the largest in the world. Car News web magazine editor Tycho de Feyter says it's an important showcase of China's economic clo
Following Asia's lead, European markets are down Thursday due to persistent worries about the length and depth of the unfolding global recession. In Britain, yet another large central bank interest rate cut was announced to combat the downward econo
Despite Senate passage of its massive stimulus package and the U.S. banking bailout plan announced by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, overseas markets did not react with enthusiasm. A screen showing stock prices at a local bank in Hong Kong, 11
World markets were mostly lower on Wednesday amid more dire U.S. economic news and a move by Germany to facilitate bank nationalization. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up one-tenth of a percent, while other U.S. indexes were just slightly lowe
World Markets on Edge as Greece Misses Deficit Reduction Target U.S. stocks followed European and Asian markets into the red on Monday after Greece announced it will miss deficit reduction targets worked out in a bailout deal with lenders. Despite a
By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 05 October 2006 watch US Stock Market report NY Stock Exchange The Dow Jones Industrial average hit a new high on Tuesday, beating the previous record set in 2000. The index of 30 blue chip stocks ended the session at 11
By Jim Malone Washington 12 October 2006 Former Virginia Governor Mark Warner surprised fellow Democrats Thursday by announcing he will not run for president in 2008. Many Democrats considered Warner a viable alternative to Senator Hillary Clinton o
Historic Civil Rights Ruling Marks 50 Years Fifty years ago this Sunday, on Dec. 11, 1961, the United States Supreme Court reversed the convictions of 16 black college students who had been arrested in a civil rights demonstration in Louisiana. It wa
Deadline Passes for Occupy Washington to End Park Camps On the day the U.S. Park Police planned to enforce a no-camping rule, the mood was festive in McPherson Square. Some chanted Occupy slogans. Others milled around waiting for a noon deadline. Joh