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The Pope has signed into law new rules aimed at making the financial dealings of the Vatican Bank more transparent. The move comes as the bank is being investigated over money laundering claims. The Vatican is setting up a financial watchdog to monit
I am Anderson K. Thanks for watching the ? Here is the latest on the Washington shooter. Standing at southeast Washington, just down the street from the Washington navy yard, where at 8:20 this morning a gunman shot and killed a dozen people and woun
Authorities in Washington state working at the scene of a devastating landslide north of Seattle say the death toll remains at 16, but at least eight additional bodies located but not recovered. However, the number of missing people or unaccounted fo
President Barack Obama is urging the U.S. Senate to pass his financial reform legislation. The president says the bill will protect consumers, banks and the financial system. 奥巴马总统正在敦促美国参议院通过他的金融改革议案。奥
U.S. President Barack Obama is angrily blasting oil industry officials who he says are failing to accept blame for the massive oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico. The president says all parties need to take responsibility, including the government. 美国
A sense of optimism is said to have been generated about Asia's overall economic health from the now-concluded Asian Financial Forum in Hong Kong, with the role of the Chinese mainland being lauded in the region's development. The 11th Asian Financia
1. Russia foreign minister Sergel Lavrov met with US secretary of state John Kerry and other western diplomats during talks taking place in Paris on Wednesday. Their meeting included an apparently informal coffee break in garden of Elysee Palace. Ker
Economics Report - President Appoints Consumer Agency Chief 经济报道 - 奥巴马任命消费者金融保护局局长 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。 This week, President Obama app
By Melinda Smith Washington 24 March 2008 Scientists who have worked for decades to find a vaccine for the HIV and AIDS infections will meet next week at the U.S. National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland to chart a future course for researc
By Deborah Block Washington 26 September 2007 Fifty years ago this week (Thursday, September 27th) the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1957 was signed into law. It was the first of several civil rights acts over the next several decades to protect the right
The Bush administration says Saturday's G-20 meeting in Washington laid the foundation for a coordinated international effort to tackle the global financial crisis. VOA's Michael Bowman reports. U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez (file photo)
As Congress and the Bush administration continued negotiations on a $15 billion loan for U.S. auto companies, a group of autoworkers traveled to Washington to draw attention to their concerns about the future of the American auto industry. Autoworke
The crisis in world financial and stock markets has not dramatically affected most African nations. But African economists say the continent could experience considerable repercussions as lending and investment abilities tighten in the industrialize
By Sean Maroney Washington 14 October 2007 The chairman of the American security company Blackwater USA is defending his company's guards, who are under investigation over a September shooting incident in which 17 Iraqis were killed. VOA's Sean Maron
By Scott Stearns Washington 07 July 2007 President Bush says he will veto domestic spending bills if opposition Democrats want to spend more money than he is asking for. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Democrats say the president
LASIK eye surgery is used to correct people's vision and end their need for glasses or contact lenses. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the procedure 15 years ago. But now, a former government regulator is publicly expressing concerns a
By Jim Stevenson Washington 13 February 2008 Major League Baseball great Roger Clemens and his former personal trainer have given conflicting testimony to a U.S. Congressional Comittee about claims the pitcher used performance enhancing drugs. VOA's
The crisis in world financial and stock markets has not dramatically affected most African nations. But African economists say the continent could experience considerable repercussions as lending and investment abilities tighten in the industrialized
The Bush administration says Saturday's G-20 meeting in Washington laid the foundation for a coordinated international effort to tackle the global financial crisis. 布什政府说,星期六在华盛顿举行的20国集团会议为处理全球金融危
A former White House spokesman says Americans have lost trust in U.S. President George Bush, because he is refusing to reveal his administration's involvement in leaking the identity of a previously-covert CIA operative. The Bush administration dismi