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内容介绍：This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.Each year, the editors and news directors of the Associated Press choose what they believe are the top ten news stories of the year. AP voted the Iraq War the top news story of the yearThey chose the war in ... >>详细内容

内容介绍：I'm Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English.This week we tell about some of the biggest news stories of twothousand four. We start in Asia, with what is being described as oneof the worst natural disasters ever.Last Sunday, huge waves mov... >>详细内容

内容介绍：I'm Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English.AP PhotoKofi Annan says helping survivorsof the earthquake and killer waves in the Indian Ocean last week isa race against time. The United Nations secretary-general sayscountries that have offe... >>详细内容

内容介绍：I'm Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English.Graphic ImageA Palestinian attack on Israelisat a border crossing has added to the pressures Mahmoud Abbas willface in his new job. The attack came two days before the swearing-inceremony for th... >>详细内容

内容介绍：I'm Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English.President George W. Bush says the survival of liberty in America"increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands."AUDIO: "The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion offr... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This is Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English.On Sunday, for the first time in almost fifty years, Iraq willhold parliamentary elections with more than one party competing.Some Iraqis have already been voting in other countries.Around f... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This is Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English.American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will meet withIsraeli and Palestinian leaders before those leaders hold talks nextweek. Her trip is part of the Middle East peace efforts thatPre... >>详细内容

内容介绍：I'm Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English.Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime MinisterAriel Sharon met in Egypt this week and declared a cease-fire. Themeeting Tuesday was the first in more than four years betweenleade... >>详细内容

内容介绍：February 19, 2005I'm Doug Johnson with In the News in VOA Special English.Graphic ImagePresident Bush says the UnitedStates supports the international investigation that will take placeto identify the killers of Rafik Hariri. The former prime ministe... >>详细内容

内容介绍：I'm Steve Ember with In the News, in VOA Special English.President Bush was in Europe this week for the first time sincehis re-election in November.Graphic ImageOn Thursday he met with RussianPresident Vladimir Putin in Bratislava, the capital of Slo... >>详细内容

内容介绍：Jerilyn WatsonI'm Steve Ember with In the News, in VOA Special English.All week there was discussion about the future of Hong Kongleader Tung Chee-hwa. Mister Tung, in comments Friday, defended therecord of his seven years in office. Yet there were r... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This is Steve Ember with In the News, in VOA Special English.This year is the one hundredth anniversary of Sinn Fein, the main political party for Roman Catholics in Northern Ireland. But these days there is little to celebrate. Sinn Fein serves as t... >>详细内容

内容介绍：I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.President Bush this week nominated Paul Wolfowitz to become president of the World Bank. The current head of the bank, James Wolfensohn, has held that position for ten years. His second term end... >>详细内容

内容介绍：I'm Bob Doughty with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has presented a major plan to reform the U.N. Mister Annan presented his plan Monday in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly. His report is called "I... >>详细内容

内容介绍：I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.Americans are debating many questions related to the death of Terri Schiavo. Treatment of the severely brain-damaged woman has raised important questions about hopelessly sick and injured patie... >>详细内容

内容介绍：I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. (SOUND: Religious singing in Latin) Pallbearers carry the coffin of Pope John Paul II. He is buried at St. Peter's Basilica. ... from the funeral in Vatican City on Friday for Pope John Paul th... >>详细内容

内容介绍：I'm Steve Ember with In the News, in VOA Special English.Chinese security forces guard a street near the Japanese Embassy.Tensions deepened this week between China and Japan. Japan announced that it will begin to consider proposals to explore for nat... >>详细内容

内容介绍：I'm Steve Ember with In the News, in VOA Special English. Pope Benedict XVIThis Sunday, a special ceremony will take place for the new leader of the world's Roman Catholics, Pope Benedict the Sixteenth. The event is called the Ceremony of Investitu... >>详细内容

内容介绍：I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.PRESIDENT BUSH: "Millions of American families and small businesses are hurting because of higher gasoline prices. My administration is doing everything we can to make gasoline more affordable.... >>详细内容

内容介绍：A democratically elected government was sworn into office Tuesday in Iraq. The new prime minister, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, was sworn in first. He placed his hand on a Koran and promised to protect the independence of Iraq. The ceremony took place at a... >>详细内容