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EDUCATION REPORT - Foreign Student Series #20: Agriculture Studies By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Thursday, January 20, 2005 I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Education Report. The United Sta
The 2010 congressional elections in November will be a major test for the president as voters judge his record on the economy, health care, Afghanistan and many other issues. Jim Malone | Washington 29 December 2009 Photo: AP President Barack Obama,
泰国叫停多项工业项目 挫伤海外投资者信心 Foreign investors in Thailand say moves by environmentalists to press for suspension of projects in industrial estates, nationwide, may undermine investor confidence. 泰国的海外投资者表
American journalist Glenn Greenwald responsible for writing many of the stories about the NSA disclosed by Edward Snowden says he will now start publishing material more frequently. The comments come a day after his partner David Miranda was detained
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 28 March 2007 Two U.S. Senate Democrats have introduced legislation that would close a loophole in U.S. sanctions law. The measure would deny federal contracts to U.S. companies that do business - through foreign subsidia
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. This week in our Foreign Student Series, we talk about the Fulbright Program. It sends Americans to study, teach or do research in other countries. And it brings people from other countries to do the
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. We come to the twentieth week of our series on higher education in the United States. Today we answer two e-mails from Thailand. A refugee from Burma and another listener in Thailand both want to know
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Gitek Schoene, a graduate student at the University of Florida, measures the growth of landscape plants in 2004 In the United States, the area of study with the fewest international students is agric
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 23 May 2007 Legislation that would step up pressure on Iran's government has been advanced by two committees in the U.S. House of Representatives. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill. Approved by the committees o
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 21 June 2007 Legislation providing $34 billion for State Department and foreign aid programs has sparked sharp debate over a range of issues in the House of Representatives. VOA's Dan Robinson reports, the Bush administra
By Dan Robinson Washington 26 June 2007 In another step aimed at increasing the economic cost to Iran of its controversial nuclear enrichment program, a key congressional panel has approved legislation to impose sanctions on Iran's energy sector. VOA
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 26 September 2007 A key congressional committee has approved legislation supporting democracy and human rights in Ethiopia. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill, where consideration by the House Foreign Affairs Co
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 25 September 2007 The U.S. House of Representatives has approved legislation to strengthen economic sanctions against Iran over its support for terrorist groups and refusal to halt uranium enrichment. VOA's Dan Robinson
US Senators Call to Counter Russian, Chinese Propaganda U.S. Senators Rob Portman, an Ohio Republican, and Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, have introduced a bill aimed at countering propaganda from Russia, China and other countries. According t
There was a different kind of health care debate Wednesday on Capitol Hill. The topic was how the United States can best build on the success of its global efforts to combat AIDS and malaria. Members of Congress received advice from two leaders in gl
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 19 September 2007 Legislation that would have given detainees held by the United States the right to challenge their detention in U.S. courts has been blocked in the Senate by lawmakers arguing the measure would undermine
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 09 June 2006 The House of Representatives has approved by a vote of 373 to 34 a nearly $21 billion foreign aid bill, including money for key allies in the war on terrorism, as well as assistance for Darfur and funding fo
By Ron Corben Bangkok 14 October 2009 Thailand's perception as a haven for foreign investment has been shaken after environmental activists and residents succeeded in a court order halting dozens of industrial projects worth almost $10 billion. The
BEIJING, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature is considering the country's first national tobacco control law, according to a report released Wednesday. It is quite necessary to enact laws to control the dangers of smoking, says the report adop
By David Gollust Washington 13 October 2009 Pakistani FM Shah Mahmood Qureshi, 12 Oct 2009 The Obama administration and Congressional leaders reiterated Tuesday that a planned long-term U.S. civilian aid program for Pakistan would not impinge on tha