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内容介绍：On another issue, Bush appoints a cabinet group to look for ways to make sure food and other imported goods are safe.This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.A new report says al-Qaida is still, and will remain, the major threat to the UnitedStates... >>详细内容

内容介绍：For now, US rates efforts "satisfactory" in eight areas and "unsatisfactory" in eight others in meeting goals set by Congress.This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.U.S. and Iraqi soldiers in Baqouba, IraqOn Thursday, the Bush administration repo... >>详细内容

内容介绍：A look at the results of the Supreme Court term that just ended, and the president's decision to keep Lewis Libby out of prison.This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.Legal experts had a lot to discuss this week. President Bush intervened to keep... >>详细内容

内容介绍：Most young Americans consider themselves socially liberal.This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.What do young Americans think about the presidential candidates and social issues? A new public opinion study shows that the majority of young people... >>详细内容

内容介绍：The Hamas-Fatah leadership split in the Palestinian territories raises new questions for the future of an independent Palestine.This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.A Hamas militant holds up a Hamas flag on a watch tower of the Preventive Secur... >>详细内容

内容介绍：The World Health Organization publishes its first country-by-country look at health risks linked to the environment, including personal behavior.This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.Smoke from wood fires creates pollution in the homeThis week, ... >>详细内容

内容介绍：Sports professionals are being praised, condemned and investigated.This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.For the last several weeks, professional athletes have been on the first page of newspapers as much as in the sports pages. Some news storie... >>详细内容

内容介绍：Experts say people can do many things to protect themselves from the dangers of extreme heat. Acting quickly will prevent sickness, help you feel better and may even save your life.VOICE ONE:This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Bo... >>详细内容

内容介绍：A 40th anniversary look at the war in which Israel captured the Palestinian territories and more as it fought for its survival.This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.Israeli soldiers stand at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest place, which was c... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.This week in Washington, Congress approved a war spending bill that President Bush said he would sign. There was debate on an immigration bill. And hearings continued into why the Justice Department dismisse... >>详细内容

内容介绍：Rev. Jerry Falwell, who died at age 73, organized Christian conservatives into a movement in the 1980s, the Moral Majority. He had many fans but also many critics.This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.Conservative Christians, known in America as... >>详细内容

内容介绍：Chirac will leave office on Wednesday. Blair announces he will resign June 27. And Turkey looks for a solution to its presidential crisis.This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.Nicolas Sarkosy and Tony Blair meet in Paris on May 11, 2007Nicolas S... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.American history was made, and remembered, this week in Washington.Nancy Pelosi is welcomed by former speaker Dennis HastertOn Thursday, Representative Nancy Pelosi of California became the first female spea... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.President Bush speaking to the nation about his new plan for IraqPresident Bush told the American people this week that he plans to send more troops to Iraq. He called the situation there unacceptable and ad... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week -- new developments in two stories we reported on last year.In August, a federal judge tried to stop what the Bush administration calls the Terrorist Surveillance Program. A presidential order let... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.President Bush gave his two thousand seven State of the Union speech to Congress and the American people Tuesday night.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Dick Cheney as President Bush prepares to ... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.This Sunday is the biggest sporting event of the year for Americans: the Super Bowl. More than ninety million people in the United States watched the National Football League championship game on television ... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.A Greenpeace activist dressed as a polar bear outside the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa on January 29 to bring attention to global warmingLast week, a United Nations report said humans are "very likely" the ... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.Drew Gilpin Faust will be the first president since 1672 without a Harvard degreeOn July first, America's oldest university will get its twenty-eighth president but, most notably, its first female president.... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced this week that one thousand six hundred British troops will leave Iraq in the coming months. Britain has more than seven thousand troops in Iraq. The forces to be ... >>详细内容