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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Alaska Governor Sarah Palin with her husband Todd and two of their daughters, Piper, center, and Bristol, at the gathering in Dayton, Ohio, where John McCain named Governor Palin his vice presidential choi
By Jim Malone Washington 30 November 2006 Iowa's Democratic governor, Tom Vilsack, officially became the first presidential candidate for 2008 on Thursday. Several other potential candidates have either taken themselves out of the running for the Wh
By Greg Flakus Houston 31 October 2006 The race for governor of Texas has been spiced up this year by two colorful and outspoken candidates, one a tough-talking grandmother and the other a self-described Jewish cowboy. But Governor Rick Perry has be
It has been nearly two weeks since suicide bombers attacked two luxury hotels in Indonesia. The blasts killed seven people and injured more than 50, but appears to have had little long-term economic or political impact. The governor of Jakarta said
AILSA CHANG, HOST: West Virginia teachers are ending their strike which has shut down all the state's public schools since last Thursday. Union leaders met with Governor Jim Justice, and they have settled on higher pay rates. On the line with us now
By Jim Fry Washington 26 October 2007 All this year, three well-known presidential candidates have led in public opinion polls among likely voters in the Democratic Party. Yet there is a tradition in the U.S. of a so-called dark horse candidate emerg
Republican Senator John McCain has chosen a first-term governor from the state of Alaska to run as his vice presidential candidate in the November elections. VOA's Brian Wagner reports, Governor Sarah Palin bolsters McCain's message of reform. Sen.
By Trish Anderton Jakarta 08 August 2007 Polls have closed in a historic election today in Jakarta, in which voters were able to choose their own governor for the first time. But analysts predicted only a third of eligible voters might show up, due t
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 19 April 2006 Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius A U.S. governor who has forged a coalition between Republicans and Democrats says it is time to end the partisan bickerin
President-elect Barack Obama says he did not discuss his vacant Senate seat with Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, who was arrested earlier this week on corruption charges. The scandal has become a distraction for Mr. Obama as he prepares to become
President-elect Barack Obama joined a growing call for Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to resign on Wednesday amid a state corruption scandal that threatens to become a distraction for Mr. Obama's upcoming inauguration. President-elect Barack Obam
Drive Underway to Recall Wisconsin Governor The governor of the U.S. state of Wisconsin faces a possible special election to remove him from office. Opponents are angry at Governor Scott Walker for backing legislation earlier this year that restricte
The assassination of the governor of Pakistan's Punjab province was a shock, coming as it did in the middle of a political crisis for the government. Analysts believe it will have no direct major effect on the central government's precarious stabilit
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Guns and gun safety are very much in the news again this week. This morning, the Justice Department moved forward with a process to ban bump stocks. That's the accessory that enables guns to fire like automatic weapons. Yesterday
NOEL KING, HOST: All right. We're going to go now to Iowa. High stakes there for Democrats who will go to the polls tomorrow to pick a candidate to run against the state's Republican governor. Iowa Public Radio's Clay Masters reports the candidates a
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 17 October 2006 Justice Minister Bayo Ojo The Nigerian government says Monday's removal of the state governor of Ekiti state, in the southwest, was unconstitutional and void. Thedeclaration has added another twist to the dr
By Jocelyn Ford Banda Aceh 08 February 2007 Newly-elected Governor of Aceh Irwandi Yusuf, second from right, and his deputy Muhammad Nazar, right, are congratulated by officials after swearing- in ceremony in Banda Aceh, 8 Feb 8 2007 A former guerill
By Brian Padden Irbil 20 August 2007 Iraqi officials say a roadside bomb has killed the governor of the southern Shi'ite majority province of Muthanna. VOA's Brian Padden reports from the northern Iraqi city of Irbil. Insurgents killed the governor o
Bolivian troops have arrested an opposition governor accused of leading attacks that killed at least 15 government supporters. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports that unrest in Bolivia has prompted U.S. officials to withdraw aid workers from the c
The governor of Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province has confirmed that Pakistan's federal government signed a peace agreement with about 300 tribal leaders in North Waziristan in January. The agreement, which has not been officially acknowledged