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By Barbara Schoetzau He was one of the giants of American history: a hero in the American Revolution; the new nation's first Treasury secretary; architect of the nation's monetary system; an early and
Broadcast: Mar 27,2003 The Bush administration's decision to include about one billion dollars in aid to Turkey as part of its Iraq war budget has boosted investor confidence, 1) perking up financial
World Bank-IMF Protesters State Demands For Next Month ' s Meetings Barry Wood Washington 28 Aug 2001 21:41 UTC Organizers of anti-globalization protests planned in Washington during a meeting of the
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama was hurt in a basketball game Friday morning, and got 12 stitches in his lip, the White House said. Obama got the stitches after his basketball game in the morning with personal aide Reggie
WASHINGTON In the past three years, Americans have endured three threatened government shutdowns, two legislative brawls over raising the debt limit, and another fight over automatic tax hikes and spending cuts. Fiscal drama has become the norm in Wa
Well, their lives changed in an instant. Suddenly Jim and Carolyn McCullar from Washington state are mega millionaires. Jim says he knows exactly what to do with the money. Been married 41 years, I know what to do with this check. That's right. Happy
Iran's state-run television station says three American tourists have been arrested after entering the country from northern Iraq without permission. The State Department is looking into the reports, as NPR's Allison Keyes reports. The three were re
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Craig Windham. A plane carrying the ousted president of Honduras Manuel Zelaya is reportedly being denied permission to land in that country. Honduras's civil aviation director says the plane has been diverted to El
Disgraced New York money manager Bernard Madoff has pleaded guilty to all 11 criminal charges related to a massive Wall Street Ponzi scheme he had masterminded over the past two decades. NPR's Dina Temple-Raston reports from New York. Madoff told a
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. The White House is wrapping up its effort to get a nuclear arms treaty with Russia through Congress this year. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports on the latest big Republican gun to come to the White House's aid. T
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Obama is calling new employment numbers out today encouraging. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports on the president's comments at the White House before Mr. Obama left for a trip to Asia. President Obam
AMERICAN MOSAIC - The Green Movement at US Universities DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week on our show, we have a new album from guitarist Pat Metheny ... And we tell you what some uni
VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, Explorations. Join us today as we travel along the Potomac River in the eastern United States. The Potomac is one of America's most historic
AMERICAN MOSAIC - Small-Town Georgia Influences Singer Lizz Wright's Latest Effort Also: A listener asks what the Democratic Party candidates plan to do if elected president. And a home used by President Abraham Lincoln is opened to the public. Tran
AMERICAN MOSAIC - Jumping, Climbing and Running: Nothing Stands in the Way of Parkour Also: The Environmental Film Festival in Washington. And music by the British band the Chemical Brothers. Transcript of radio broadcast: 20 March 2008 HOST: Welcom
THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History Series: How a Dispute Helped Lead to Party System Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton disagreed about how the U.S. should be led. At times, their attacks in newspapers were personal. Transcript of radio
VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. What do you get when the people who design buildings ask members of the public to choose their favorites? You get the subject of our pr
ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. George Washington by artist Laugier The United States declared its independence from Britain on July fourth, seventeen seventy-six. The new nation was a loosely
VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. This week on our program, we take a look at Washington's newly opened museum of news, the Newseum. (SOUND) There's a big story breaking a
VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. Visitors to Washington, D.C., in the summer often want to stay inside air-conditioned museums. The cooler days of fall are a good time to