VOA标准英语2010年-UN: Significant Progress in Providing

The United Nations reports significant progress has been made in providing assistance to hundreds of thousands of quake victims in Haiti. A senior U.N. official says the relief operation is being scaled up on all levels, with shelter topping the list

VOA标准英语2010年-Scientists Convert Feathers Into Biode

If you're a home gardener you may soon find that the pots you buy flowers and plants in are made from chicken feathers. Yes, tons of feathers that go to waste every year can now be transformed into plastics. Two Washington-area scientists are using f

VOA标准英语2010年-Segregationist Signs Reappear at a Pre

One hundred years ago, a Delaware chemical tycoon, William duPont, ordered a train depot built at Montpelier, which was once the Virginia estate of America's fourth president, James Madison. DuPont owned Montpelier at the time. The station was needed

VOA标准英语2010年-Southern African Leaders Discuss Madag

Southern African leaders have rejected plans by the leader of Madagascar to unilaterally organize national elections in March. And the leaders examined the situation in Zimbabwe at a summit Thursday evening in Maputo. The leaders expressed concern ov

VOA标准英语2010-Nigeria's Acting President Says New Cabin

Nigeria's Acting President Goodluck Jonathan shakes hands with new minister of finance Olusegun Aganga in Abuja, 6 Apr 2010 Nigeria's acting president says his new Cabinet will improve security in the volatile Niger Delta, where years of violence hav

VOA标准英语2010年-Slide into Homelessness Jolts Middle C

There are people out here who have master's degrees and college education and are not high school dropouts. We've had people who came out of $300,000 homes. Every American neighborhood seems to have one mom to whom all the children gravitate. In a co

VOA标准英语2010年-New Experimental Drug for Pancreatic C

I never take credit for God's healing in people. - PastorDaniel Negroni Nearly a year ago, Daniel Rocha, a television producer in the Washington area, received a death sentence. He had an aggressive form of pancreatic cancer that was spreading rapidl

VOA标准英语2010年-Analysts: Times Square Plot May Signif

In this image taken from video, a police officer approaches the vehicle containing a car bomb, which stands with the door open and the police officer reaches down to lift one of the red canisters on the roadway at New York's Times Square, New York, 0

VOA标准英语2010年-Actor-Director Orson Welles Casts Long

Christopher Welles Feder Orson Welles' Citizen Kane is considered by many critics to be the greatest film ever made Actor and director Orson Welles was just 26 years old in 1941 when he wrote and directed his first film, Citizen Kane. A dark, cinemat

VOA标准英语2010年-Hungry Haitian Farmers Urged to Burn D

Peasant group resists ties to multinational corporation Steve Baragona | Washington, DC 08 June 2010 Farmers near Petit Guave, Haiti prepare the soil for planting. Haiti's farmers are being urged to burn seeds donated by U.S. agriculture giant Monsan

VOA标准英语2010年-Marine Artist Receives Stamp of Approv

He is known by a single name: Wyland. Born and raised in Detroit, the automotive capital of the United States, Wyland's hero was ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau - whose adventures he watched on television during the 1960s and 1970s - inspired him as

VOA标准英语2010-New York Delis are in a Pickle

Faced with high costs and increased competition, traditional delicatessens are a vanishing breed. Adam Phillips | New York City 06 April 2010 The dinnertime crowd gathers for a meal at the 2nd Avenue Deli. Related Links: 2nd Avenue Deli Save the Deli

VOA标准英语2010年-AU Mission Arrives in Togo for Electio

With Togo elections set for March 4, the former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo recently landed in the West African country as head of the African Union's mission to monitor the vote. The most recent presidential election in Togo resulted in vio

VOA标准英语2010年-Fallout From Contested Iran Election O

Hundreds of thousands of supporters of leading opposition presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi turn out to protest the result of the election at a mass rally in Azadi (Freedom) square in Tehran, Iran, 15 Jun 2009 One year ago Iran held a presid

VOA标准英语2010年-Call to Exclude Top Iraqi Sunni Leader

The ruling to exclude Sunni politician Salah al-Mutlak from the election, issued by parliament's Accountability and Justice Committee, could derail weeks of patient effort to insure the partication of all parties in the polling. Edward Yeranian | Cai

VOA标准英语2010年-Escaped Slaves Followed the North Star

Recreating the escape route to northern states and Canada for fleeing slaves Dora Mekouar 12 February 2010 Follow the North Star participants learn about slavery at a re-enacted outdoor auction. History by immersion, is how the Conner Prairie interac

VOA标准英语2010年-Residents of Port-au-Prince Slum Say A

As international aid continues to flow into Haiti, residents of the Port-au-Prince slum of Cite Soleil say they are still waiting for tents and other essentials more than three weeks after a devastating earthquake. Cleanup has begun in parts of Port-

VOA标准英语2010年-Australia Holds Multinational War Game

111 of the Royal Australian Air Force showcases a fuel dump and burn procedure during the flight display in Singapore during the opening day of the Singapore Airshow 2010 (file photo) The Australian military is fine-tuning its defensive capabilities

VOA标准英语2010-New Constitution in Kenya Could Bring Lon

The opening session of parliament in Nairobi, Kenya (file photo) After nearly two decades of waiting, Kenyans may finally receive a new constitution. Political leaders are calling for Kenya to support the proposed set of laws, but controversial amend

VOA标准英语2010年-Pakistani Gunman Found Guilty for Role

India's Special Public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, center, speaks to reporters as he holds a report following the verdict outside the special court set up for the trial of Pakistani Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, accused of being the sole surviving gunman in the