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内容介绍：I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. On Wednesday, a grand jury in Texas brought a charge against the Republican leader of the United States House of Representatives.Tom DeLayTexas Representative Tom DeLay has temporarily surrende... >>详细内容

内容介绍：I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers has been visiting senators this week to press her case for confirmation. On Monday, President Bush nominated Miz Miers to the court to fill a place created b... >>详细内容

内容介绍：I'm Doug Johnson with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.The major political parties in Germany are working to complete negotiations for a new government. When they finish, Parliament is expected to elect Angela Merkel as the new chancellor. She is... >>详细内容

内容介绍：I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.Last Saturday, thousands of people gathered in Washington, D.C., to observe the tenth anniversary of the Million Man March. Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan organized the event, known as ... >>详细内容

内容介绍：I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.People in the American state of Florida are trying to recover from the twenty-first powerful storm to develop in the Atlantic Ocean this year.The hurricane called Wilma hit the southeastern stat... >>详细内容

内容介绍：I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.Democrats and Republicans in the United States Senate are preparing to question President Bush's latest nominee for the Supreme Court.On Monday, Mister Bush named Samuel Alito to replace retirin... >>详细内容

内容介绍：I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.Rioters in France have been attacking cars, businesses and public buildings for more than two weeks.French officials now say violence levels have begun to decrease. The violence is the country's... >>详细内容

内容介绍：I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.More women are becoming national leaders.The newest include Angela Merkel.She is expected to become the first female chancellor of Germany on Tuesday.Germany has the biggest economy in Europe. A... >>详细内容

内容介绍：I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.This week, General Motors announced a three-year plan to lower its costs.The plan calls for G.M. to reduce its number of workers in North America by thirty thousand.That is a cut of seventeen pe... >>详细内容

内容介绍：I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.World AIDS Day is observed each December first.World health ministers started the campaign eighteen years ago.This year, the message was "Keeping the Promise."The idea was to urge governments to... >>详细内容

内容介绍：I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.The trial of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in Baghdad has been suspended until after parliamentary elections.The elections will take place on Thursday.The trial is to continue on December t... >>详细内容

内容介绍：I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.Two meetings this week in Asia could set the direction for the future of world trade, and the future of Asia itself.In Kuala Lumpur, leaders of sixteen countries held the first East Asia Summit.... >>详细内容

内容介绍：(MUSIC)I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.The editors and news directors of the Associated Press have chosen the following as the top ten news stories of two thousand five. The AP chose Hurricane Katrina as this year's top news s... >>详细内容

内容介绍：02 Jan 2004, 22:06 UTCThis is Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.American news experts at the Associated Press have chosen the topstories of two-thousand-three. Almost all the news directors namedthe war in Iraq as the most important... >>详细内容

内容介绍：GeorgeBushBroacast: January 10, 2004This is Steve Ember with In the News, in VOA Special English.President Bush has proposed a temporary worker program formillions of people illegally in the United States. He announced theplan Wednesday at the White ... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This is Steve Ember with In the News, in VOA Special English.Leaders of thirty-four countries in the Americas met this week inMonterrey, Mexico. The leaders from north, central and south Americaand the Caribbean discussed trade, terrorism and poverty... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English.Graphic ImagePresident Bush gave his yearlyState of the Union message Tuesday. He spoke to a joint meeting ofCongress. Mister Bush's State of the Union speech marked his thirdsuch message. The ... >>详细内容

内容介绍：DavidKayThis is Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English.Former chief United States weapons inspector David Kay has calledfor an independent investigation into the United States intelligencefailure over weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.... >>详细内容

内容介绍：AbdulQadeer KhanThis is Steve Ember with In theNews, in VOA Special English.Debate continues in Pakistan over the decision to pardon nuclearscientist Abdul Qadeer Khan. Mister Khan admitted Wednesday that hesold nuclear technology to North Korea, Lib... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This is Steve Ember with In the News, in VOA Special English.Iranians this week observed the twenty-fifth anniversary of theirIslamic Revolution. Many thousands of people gathered Wednesday inAzadi Square in Tehran.President Mohammed Khatami praised ... >>详细内容