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US House Representatives Voting on Debt Ceiling Plan |
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 | Warren Johnson - Nguyen Nam Tran | Wednesday, Aug 03, 2011 |
(VOA) – The United States House Represen - tatives has passed a measure to cut spending and raise the United States debt limit. The measure is a compromise among Democratic and Republican lawmakers and the Obama administration. It permits the debt ceiling to rise by 2.4 trillion dollars. It also cuts 900 billion dollars in spending over ten years. And the proposal would set up a new congressional committee to find ways to reduce the deficit and additional 1.5 trillion dollars. If the committee fails, cuts will be made to programs already identified in a measure. |
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Somalia Famine Declared |
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 | Benjamin Parker | Tuesday, Jul 26, 2011 |
(VOA) – Somalia’s president has declared a food crisis in his country. Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed says food supplies have become so limited that there is, in his words, a famine in Somalia. He also called for more international aid to deal with the crisis. He spoke while visiting a camp for displaced people in Mogadishu. The United Nations is expected to declare a famine in at least parts of Somalia on Wednesday. East Africa has been experiencing its driest weather in 60 years. U.N. officials say more than 11 million people are in need of emergency food aid. |
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Geithner: China Needs to Do More |
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 | Warren Johnson - Nguyen Nam Tran | Tuesday, Jul 19, 2011 |
(VOA) – American Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says there have been hopeful changes in China’s economic policies. Mr. Geithner spoke Tuesday after two days of talks in Washington between China and the United States. He said American officials urged China to do more to move from an export economy to one that serves its own national market. He urged Chinese officials to not limit a value of Chinese money but to permit it to gain value equal to the country’s strong economy. |
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Train and Truck in Fatal Smash |
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 | Huynh Thi Bich Ngoc | Sunday, Jul 17, 2011 |
(Reuters) – At least two people were killed and about 60 injured when this Amtrak passenger train and a gravel truck collided in the U.S. state of Nevada. The crash happened at a crossing point on a rural highway east of Reno. Amtrak said in a statement the truck drove into the side of the train. There were more than 200 passengers and 14 crew on board. The train was en route from Chicago to Emeryville in California.
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William and Kate in Canada |
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 | Banh Thi Uyen Uyen | Monday, Jul 04, 2011 |
(Reuters) - Royal newlyweds Prince William and Kate's a third day Canada was jam-packed with activities. Morning found the couple shoveling dirt to plant saplings in Ottawa. By the afternoon, they were meeting with war veterans from World War II up to Afghanistan and the Prince was presented with a gift from a young girl. The newlyweds enjoyed the coolest reception in Montreal from a handful of protesters to gather outside a local hospital. |
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Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru Singed a Trade Agreement |
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 | Warren Johnson - Nguyen Nam Tran | Thursday, Jun 30, 2011 |
(VOA) – The presidents Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru have met in Lima to sign a trade agreement. Mexican President Felipe Calderon described the Pacific Accord as the start of an important trade area. The agreement increases economic ties among the four countries with a goal of creating a market that is competitive with larger economies such as Brazil. It also is designed to develop a plan to grow trade with Asian markets. The leaders say the agreement could be expanded later to include Ecuador and other countries in the area. |
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U.S.-Vietnam Begin Agent Orange Clean-up |
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 | Ian Taylor & Thien Tri | Thursday, Jun 23, 2011 |
(Reuters) - A joint project between the Vietnamese defence ministry and the United States to clean up contamination from Agent Orange caused during the Vietnam War gets underway on Friday. The US military sprayed up to 12 million gallons of the defoliant onto Vietnam's jungles over a 10-year period, and the question of compensation for the health problems caused became the biggest remaining post-war issue. |
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Angelina Jolie Uses her Star Power for Good |
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 | Banh Thi Uyen Uyen | Saturday, Jun 18, 2011 |
(Reuters) - UN Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie is lending her star power to the upcoming World Refugee Day. The UN will start rolling out the "One" campaign, which features a message from Jolie that ties in with the agency's crusade calling on people to "Do 1 Thing." The UN refugee agency will mark World Refugee Day with a variety of events worldwide to launch the new global awareness campaign. |
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HIV Rates Fall in Worst-Affected Countries |
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 | Warren Johnson - Nguyen Nam Tran | Friday, Nov 26, 2010 |
(VOA) – The United Nations is reporting a drop in the number of new cases of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The UN AIDS agency says the number of new cases dropped nearly 20% in the past 10 years. However, more than 33 million people are still infected by the virus. The UN agency said Tuesday that the rate of new HIV infections has stayed the same or dropped in 56 countries, 34 of those countries are in Africa, South of the Sahara. However, nearly 70% of all new HIV infections are still in sub-Saharan Africa. |
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Obama Arrives in South Korea |
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.jpg ) | Warren Johnson - Nguyen Nam Tran | Friday, Nov 12, 2010 |
(VOA) – President Obama has told America’s trading partners that their own economic success is linked to an economic recovery in the United States, and he says all must work together to guarantee an international economic recovery. The Obama administration released the president's message as Mr. Obama arrived in South Korea, Wednesday. He will join leaders of the world’s largest economies Thursday for talks in Seoul. The president’s message said America will do its part to regain strong economic growth and keep world markets calm. |
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