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Focusing on the main problem/issue What is the main problem? What is the real issue (here)? (I think) the major problem is . . . Our primary concern is . . . The crux of the matter is . . . (As I see it), the most important thing is . . . The main pr
In this Business English Pod episode, well be completing our discussion of charts and graphs by studying language for making predictions and for supporting your predictions with analysis. Well also look at a couple of advanced ways to rhetorically em
By Meredith Buel Washington 28 February 2006 A leading specialist on ethnic minorities in the Russian Federation says within the next several decades Russia will become a country with a Muslim majorit
By Al Pessin Washington 24 May 2007 General David Petraeus President Bush and Defense Secretary Robert Gates say a report from their top general in Iraq, due in September, will be a key element in deciding the future of the U.S. commitment in that co
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 19 December 2006 Nigeria's main opposition party, the All Nigeria Peoples Party, has selected a former military ruler, General Muhammadu Buhari, as its representative in next year's presidential ballot. The selection came b
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 28 March 2007 The al-Qaida terrorist organization has issued a call for Islamic extremists around the world to come to the aid of Somalis fighting the country's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and its chief backer in the r
One of the major foreign policy challenges facing the Obama administration will be how to revive the Middle East peace process. Senior Correspondent Andr de Nesnera spoke with three former senior U.S. government officials about the situation in the
One of the first foreign policy challenges facing the Obama administration will be how to proceed with the war in Afghanistan. Three former senior U.S. government officials talk about the situation in Afghanistan: Former Secretary of State Lawrence
By Sean Maroney New York 20 June 2007 In 1967, Israel countered what it saw as a threat of annihilation by its neighbors and defeated three Arab armies in six days. As a result, Israel nearly tripled the terroritory under its control and began an occ
By Meredith Buel Washington 12 January 2007 Middle East analysts are expressing skepticism about President Bush's new strategy to win the war in Iraq, saying his decision to send more than 20,000 additional U.S. troops may not end the violence in Ba
By Kari Barber Dakar 10 January 2007 While current U.S. military attention is focused on removing possible al-Qaida cells in Somalia, some analysts say terrorist threats from other parts of Africa should also be closely monitored. They say Nigeria's
By Gary Thomas Washington 07 December 2006 Central to the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group report is its call to get Iraq's neighbors involved in helping stabilize the country. But, as VOA correspondent Gary Thomas reports, getting their help
By Jim Malone Washington 09 August 2006 The primary defeat of veteran Democratic Senator Joseph Lieberman in Connecticut strongly suggests that the Iraq war will be a central issue in the November midterm congressional elections. ------- Incumbent p
By Kari Barber Dakar 19 March 2007 Mauritanian presidential candidate Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdellahi casts his vote in Nouakchott, 11 March 2007 The third-place finisher in Mauritania's first round of presidential polls, Zeine Ould Zeidane, has thrown in
By Dan Robinson Washington 10 February 2007 The debate in the U.S. Congress on Iraq shifts to the House of Representatives next week, as lawmakers consider a non-binding Democratic-backed resolution opposing President Bush's military surge plan. VOA
While one former Congolese warlord has been ordered released by the International Criminal Court at The Hague, proceedings are just beginning against another one. One analyst says the ICC needs to be more careful about the timing of such cases, espe
U.S. plans to deploy a missile defense system in Eastern Europe continue to be a major source of contention between the United States and Russia. U.S. officials say the proposed missile defense system - made up of 10 missile interceptors in Poland a
By Jim Malone Washington 07 March 2007 Lawyers for former White House aide Lewis Libby are preparing their request for a new trial in the wake of Libby's conviction Tuesday. Libby was found guilty of lying, perjury and obstruction of justice in conn
By Phuong Tran Dakar 02 March 2007 President Abdoulaye Wade was declared the winner of Senegal's presidential election late Thursday, giving him five more years in power. Analysts are already speculating about his second term as well as the octogenar
The slowdown in Indias economy is expected to continue into the next year, as growth in Asia's third largest economy plummets to its lowest level in two years. India's July-to-September quarter registered only 6.9 percent growth, far lower than proje