1、From NPR News in Washington, Im Korva Coleman.Foreign donors have promised 16 billion dollars in aid to Afghanistan over the next four years. Its intended to help that country stabilize after foreign troops leave in 2014. As NPRs Jim Hawk reports.Secretary of State Hillary Radom Clinton is joining o
2、ther nations and making pledges of assistance to Afghanistan. She says the four-year civilian assistance program is aimed at completing Afghanistans recovery.We know Afghanistans security can not only be measured by the absence of war, it has to be measured by whether people have jobs and economic o
3、pportunity.Meeting in Tokyo, dozens of countries and organizations are pledging an estimated total of 16 billion dollars in civilian aid. The donors also want to set up a system to make sure the aid is used for development and that it isnt wasted by corruption and mismanagement. Jim Hawk, NPR News.N
4、ATO says bombs and gunfire have killed at least 16 Afghan civilians and five Afghan police officers this weekend. The civilians including women and children, died in three explosions in a region along the countrys border with Pakistan. The officers died when they responded to a firefight. NATO is no
5、w saying six NATO service members have been killed today by a roadside bomb.The heat wave thats been gripping parts of the mid-West is expected to break today. Northeast Indiana Public Radios Sean Bueter reports a clod front moving in from Chicago should give residents in the Huger state some relief
6、.The storms that sacked to northern Indiana a week ago buffeted * temperatures in the week. For wind strong to get a record four days in a row of triple digit temperatures, leaving many residents without power at home, seeking other ways to keep cool. National Weather Service meteorologist Evan Bent
7、ley says relief is finally on the way.The cold front thats coming through, will actually cool temperatures of pretty significantly * 15 to 20 degrees. But with how warm weve been, thats going to get it back to normal.The weather service says Fort Wayne is still on track to have its warmest year on r
8、ecord. For NPR News, Im Sean Bueter, in Fort Wayne, Indiana.Democrats and Republicans are squaring over the economy. Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Democratic Congresswoman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, of Florida says while more needs to be done, Americans are slowly seeing economic employment.We had 2
9、8 straight months of job growth in the private sector, 4.4 million jobs created. The progress that we are making is moving us forward. We need to continue to make more progress obviously. And you know, we havent gone far enough. But the chairman of Republican National Committee Reince Priebus was as
10、tonished at Wasserman Schultzs remarks.I dont know if she in on vacation in New Hampshire or on Mars, I cant figure it out, but the fact of the matter is, people are not better off today than they were three or four years ago and the statistics bear it out. RNC Chairman Reince Priebus.The winner of
11、this years title at the Wimbeldon Tennis Championship is Roger Federer.This is NPR.Angry protesters continue to take to the streets in Mexico City to dispute the results of last Sundays presidential elections. They accused the winner, the PRI Partys Enrique Pena Nieto a fraud including outright vote
12、 vying. From Mexico city, NPRs Carrie Kahn reports.Shouting out Pena get out, tens of thousands of students and residents marched from miles through the capital. * marched with his two-year-old daughter who held the sign that read my futures in danger, get out Pena. * public at Mexico needs a transp
13、arent democracy, not a fraudulent one. The protesters say Enrique Pena Nieto and his PRI party bought votes with prepaid grocery cards and other expensive giveaways. Second place finisher Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador refuses to concede, he says he will sue to overturn the election results. Carrie Kah
14、n, NPR News, Mexico city. Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered an investigation into this weekends surprised and deadly flooding in the black sea region. Torrential rain perhaps as much as a foot fell on the area, about 750 miles south of Moscow. At least 150 people died as flooding engulfed
15、 homes and villages mostly overnight. Putin says investigators will check the work of emergency responders and how warnings were issued.The National Hurricane Center is watching two named storms in the Pacific Ocean. Hurricane Daniel is far out to sees about a thousand miles off the tip of Baja California. Now tropical storm Emilia is gaining strength but its more than 500 miles off the western coast of Mexico. Im Korva Coleman, NPR News, in Washington.
