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Ron Paul Picks Up Arab-American Endorsements We believe that Dr. Paul brings to this campaign sense, sanity and sincerity, said Osama Siblani, publisher of the largest Arab-American newspaper in the United States - The Arab-American News - telling a

VOA标准英语2012--US Energy Experts Learn from Japan's Ordeal

US Energy Experts Learn from Japan's Ordeal Tokyo University earthquake researcher Kenji Satake explored the Japanese quake zone last year, after the initial emergency response had wound down. A year later, speaking at a scientific conference in Vanc

VOA标准英语2012--Women on Front Line of Arab Spring Protests

Women on Front Line of Arab Spring Protests Many women have been among the protesters on the front lines of anti-government movements in the Middle East and North Africa. They helped to topple longtime leaders in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. They played

VOA标准英语2012--NGO: Disaster Relief Efforts Insufficient

NGO: Disaster Relief Efforts Insufficient A development organization says the 21st Century has brought an increase in urban disasters. Its calling for a new approach to relief efforts as the worlds urban centers continue to grow. CHF International sa

VOA标准英语2012--New Guidelines Would Help Ensure HIV Treatment

New Guidelines Would Help Ensure HIV Treatment 新指南将有助于帮助艾滋病治疗 New guidelines have been released to help HIV infected people get on treatment and stay on it. The recommendations appear in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Th

VOA标准英语2012--Episcopal Church, Breakaway Anglicans Fight Over Property

Episcopal Church, Breakaway Anglicans Fight Over Property Outside the U.S. capital stands a red brick church with white wooden pews where George Washington served as a vestryman, or lay leader. The Falls Church was founded in 1732 and even gave its n

VOA标准英语2012--Owner of Crippled Japanese Nuclear Plant Fights for Survival

Owner of Crippled Japanese Nuclear Plant Fights for Survival Facing tens of billions of dollars in liabilities, clean-up costs and the eventual decommissioning of its Fukushima power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company, known as TEPCO, is in a fight

VOA标准英语2012--Endangered Primate Offers Clues to Climate Change

Endangered Primate Offers Clues to Climate Change Scientists are studying a rare African monkey thats endangered both from climate change and humans. They hope the primates past can give clues to the future effects of rising temperatures. Its called

VOA标准英语2012--SAF New Fire-Building Method Reduces Air Pollution

SAF New Fire-Building Method Reduces Air Pollution With their megaphones and orange uniforms, these fieldworkers do not go unnoticed. This is Fine Town, a township south of Johannesburg. Every day, the fieldworkers walk around the townships to show t

VOA标准英语2012--Internet Opens World to Microloan Investors

Internet Opens World to Microloan Investors A $2 loan lets a woman in Burundi start a business brewing banana beer, and a $65 loan helped a woman in Pakistan start an embroidery business that now supports 30 local families. These small entrepreneurs

VOA标准英语2012--Los Angeles Sees Improvements 20 Years After Riots

Los Angeles Sees Improvements 20 Years After Riots Twenty years ago on Sunday [April 29, 1992], parts of Los Angeles, California, erupted in race riots that left 53 people dead and caused more than $1 billion in damage. Local leaders recently toured

VOA标准英语2012--Tranquil Arizona-Mexico Border Masks Nogales' Economic Woes

Tranquil Arizona-Mexico Border Masks Nogales' Economic Woes People who live on the hillside in Nogales, Arizona look out on Mexico every day, and all looks tranquil. Yet resident Mary Darling-McCune says people she meets in other parts of Arizona thi

VOA标准英语2012--Former Libyan Rebel Sues Britain Over Torture Claim

Former Libyan Rebel Sues Britain Over Torture Claim Abdul Hakim Belhadj was part of the dissident Libyan Islamic Fighting Group before the uprising last year. The U.S. State Department considered the group a terrorist organization. Belhadj claims he

VOA标准英语2012--Translators Bridge Communication in Kenya Healthcare

Translators Bridge Communication in Kenya Healthcare Peer educator Susan Mwangi explains the finer points of reproductive health. The secret to Mwangis successful counseling is her ability to make her message understood. It is very important to know

VOA标准英语2012--Text Messaging Reminders for Flu Vaccinations Get Results

Text Messaging Reminders for Flu Vaccinations Get Results In a world of seven billion people, communications industry records show that nearly six billion of us have access to a cell phone. In developing countries, health care workers in rural areas

VOA标准英语2012--Immunization Week Highlights Efforts to Save Lives Worldwide

Immunization Week Highlights Efforts to Save Lives Worldwide Haiti, Nigeria, Ghana -- 180 countries in all -- stepped up their immunization drives against deadly childhood infections to mark World Immunization Week. The GAVI Alliance -- a Geneva base

VOA标准英语2012--Illegal Immigration Not an Issue for Legal Immigrants in New York

Illegal Immigration Not an Issue for Legal Immigrants in New York Mudassa Khan came to the United States from Pakistan as a teenager and now owns an electronics store in New York City. He said his family waited 12 years for legal permission to immigr

VOA标准英语2012--Manufacturer Adapts Factory Plant for Disabled Workers

Manufacturer Adapts Factory Plant for Disabled Workers The sewing machines at the Peckham factory in Lansing, Michigan, churn out 300,000 garments a month for the American military, from long underwear to fleece jackets. About 1,200 employees work tw

VOA标准英语2012--Teachers Taught to Combat Homophobia

Teachers Taught to Combat Homophobia The instructor training program begins with a staged scene. High school actors, playing high school students, walk into their English class talking about a teen who was beaten up the day before. If Travis wanted g

VOA标准英语2012--Bruce Springsteen Headlines Jazz Fest

Bruce Springsteen Headlines Jazz Fest Its been six years since Springsteen made his first appearance at Jazz Fest. New Orleans was still reeling from Hurricane Katrina which had devastated much of the city eight months earlier. His latest excursion m