16 July 2010 The burial of Alice Kyalimpa, one of over 70 people killed Sunday in a bombing in Kampala. Al-Shabab claimed responsibility. This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. (SOUND) Ugandans buried their dead this week after bombings that kil...

Russian, front, and American airplanes used Friday in the exchange of 14 people, including four Russian prisoners, at Vienna's Schwechat airport 09 July 2010 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Russia and the United States have completed the...

02 July 2010 A demonstrator protests Arizona's immigration law in Los Angeles before the start of a Los Angeles Dodgers' baseball game with the Arizona Diamondbacks in May. Some people have called for a boycott of Arizona products because of the law...

中国开始修复决堤堤坝 Repairs Begin on Flood-Damaged Dikes in China 在遭受洪水破坏的中国南部，紧急救援队伍正在抢修受损堤坝。与此同时，不断上升的水位对拥有600万人口的湖南省省会长沙构成威胁...

奥巴马：20国首脑应力促经济增长,开展改革 Obama: G-20 Leaders Should Promote Growth, Enact Reforms 美国总统奥巴马表示，他将在加拿大的峰会上努力促进经济增长，巩固全球经济。此次八国峰会和二十国...

25 June 2010 General Stanley McChrystal with Ambassador Karl Eikenberry at a memorial ceremony in Kabul last fall This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, President Obama replaced his top commander in Afghanistan. General Stanley McChry...

18 June 2010 BP chief Tony Hayward speaking before a House committee in Washington Thursday This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Attention turned to Washington this week over the continuing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. On Thursday, the chi...

11 June 2010 Meg Whitman, left, the Republican nominee for California governor, and Carly Fiorina, the party's Senate nominee, celebrate their primary victories This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, twelve American states voted for c...

04 June 2010 An image taken from an Israeli naval ship showing efforts to halt the flotilla of pro-Palestinian activists in international waters Monday This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Monday's raid on ships carrying pro-Palestinian activi...

28 May 2010 Hillary Clinton arrives with South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myun-hwan for a meeting on North Korea Wednesday in Seoul This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, the Obama administration released its first National Security S...