They announced their new album only a week before it went on sale to avoid the usual publicity created by critics.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

This week,the United Arab Emirates announced it would block BlackBerry e-mail,web browsing and instant messenger services on October eleventh.

VOA: special.2010.08.06

It was produced by Caty Weaver. Please join us again next week for THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

"I know it's an election year. And after last week, it's clear that campaign fever has come even earlier than usual.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

And it said this week that final results will likely show two thousand nine was the fifth-warmest year on record.

VOA: special.2009.12.12

As recently as last week China said it would not discuss the dispute over its currency at the Toronto summit.

VOA: special.2010.06.25

This week,Bank of America said it received a letter from investors holding almost fifty billion dollars in mortgage-backed securities.

VOA: special.2010.10.22

The railroads made it possible to travel from one side of the country to the other in less than a week.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

It was produced by Lawan Davis. Listen again next week for another American story in VOA Special English.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

It may have played a part. But this week, officials told Congress they were still investigating the causes of the so-called flash crash.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

Then in nineteen eighty-five they moved it to the Tuesday of the first full week of May.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

China,in turn,said this week that it will investigate imports of American chicken products and auto parts.

VOA: special.2009.09.18

This week,Barnes & Noble, the world's largest bookseller, launched what it calls the world's largest e-bookstore.

VOA: special.2009.07.24

In its first week it went to sixth on Billboard magazine's top two hundred albums chart.

VOA: special.2009.08.07