VOA标准英语2011--Islamists Show Solidarity in Massive Egy

Islamists Show Solidarity in Massive Egypt Rally Tens of thousands of Egyptians supporting a variety of political movements rallied on Cairo's Tahrir Square Friday. The groups don't necessarily agree on what kind of country to build in the wake of th

VOA标准英语2013--AU Gives $50 Million for Mali Peacekeeping

AU Gives $50 Million for Mali Peacekeeping Heads of state who gathered at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa did something they have never done before. The world body unanimously approved $50 million to help fund an African military intervention

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By Mario Ritter Broadcast: October 24, 2003 This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. People invest money in the hope their wealth will grow over time. Some have financial adv

VOA标准英语2013--捐助者承诺捐助近120亿美元

Donors Pledge $12 Billion for Global Fund 捐助者承诺捐助近120亿美元 Donors showed strong support this week for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. They pledged 12-billion dollars at the funds replenishment meeting in W

EU finance ministers lay out details of future bailout fund

BRUSSELS, March 21 (Xinhua) -- European Union (EU) finance ministers Monday laid out details of the permanent bailout(紧急救助) fund which will have a capital base of 700 billion euros (987 billion U. S. dollars) to deal with future sovereign deb

VOA常速英语2008年-Senegal's Islamic Summit Draws Both Praise and

By Uma Ramiah Dakar 17 March 2008 In the impoverished west African nation of Senegal, delegates from oil-rich Gulf nations and other Islamic countries have wrapped up a week-long conference. But for many Senegalese, questions remain over whether they

VOA标准英语2008年-Bush Expresses Solidarity With Pakistan

U.S. President George Bush has expressed solidarity with the people of Pakistan in a phone call with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. VOA White House correspondent Paula Wolfson reports Mr. Bush talked earlier to former Pakistani President Pervez

VOA标准英语2012--New York Firebombing Prompts Solidarity with Muslims

New York Firebombing Prompts Solidarity with Muslims Authorities suspect that a man arrested in connection with a series of firebombings against Muslim and Hindu targets in New York may have acted out of revenge after being thrown out of a neighborho

VOA标准英语2011--US Occupiers Turn To History, Art and Solidarity

US Occupiers Turn To History, Art and Solidarity Participants getting classes in political activism from how to deal with police to learning tactics from recent upheavals in North Africa. Participants in the multi-city Occupy movement in the United S

VOA标准英语2010年-British Man Accused of Conspiring to S

A British man has appeared in court in London Thursday, accused of conspiring to sell missile parts to Iran in breach of international sanctions. Wealthy golf club president Christopher Tappin denies the charge, and is fighting an extradition request

VOA标准英语2013--London Marathon Runners in Solidarity With Boston

London Marathon Runners in Solidarity With Boston Before the start of Sundays marathon, runners observed a 30-second silence to honor the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. This was the first race in the World Marathon Majors series since the Bo

OECD: Eurozone Needs Bigger Bailout Fund, Reforms

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) demanded more reforms and a stronger financial rescue fund to help the eurozone recover from its debt crisis. The call by the Paris-based group comes just days before a key European fin

Eurozone Finance Ministers Launch Bailout Fund

Eurozone Finance Ministers Launch Bailout Fund PARIS Europe's new bailout fund is being unveiled as finance ministers from the 17-nation eurozone meet in Luxembourg, amid more gloomy indicators about Europe's economic health. Officially called the Eu

VOA常速英语2007年-Global Fund Says Insecticide-Treated Bed Nets R

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 27 November 2007 The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria reports nearly every family with children in Africa soon could have a bed net to protect against malaria. The Geneva-based Global Fund says it has delive

VOA常速英语2008年-Israelis Pay Solidarity Visit to Town Battered

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 22 February 2008 Thousands of Israelis have rallied in small town that has been the target of Palestinian rockets. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the Israeli government is facing mounting public press

VOA标准英语2009年-World Bank Calls on Countries to Boost

Goal to Eliminate HIV/AIDS by 2015 Carolyn Presutti | Washington, DC 11 December 2009 Beldina Atieno is a survivor. Nine years ago, the Kenyan woman tested HIV positive At the World Bank in Washington, D.C., leading experts highlighted the achievemen

人物:GoFundMe骗局

A GoFundMe Scam? Caught in a $400,000 hoax GoFundMe骗局？陷入40万美元的骗局 After a New Jersey couple make headlines with a crowdfunding campaign for a local homeless man they say helped them, authorities charge all three with inventing th

VOA标准英语2009年-Poland's Solidarity Falls Victim to Own Su

By Peter Fedynsky Gdansk, Poland 02 November 2009 The collapse of the Berlin Wall ended decades of anti-communist protests by people living in Eastern and Central Europe. Authorities there often used deadly force to put down protests, yet they were

Fund established to fight child abduction in China

BEIJING, May 24 (Xinhua) -- A fund dedicated to fighting child abduction via online microblogging services was established Thursday by the China Social Assistance Foundation (CSAF). The CSAF said the public fund, which was initiated by some Chinese c

Eurozone Finance Chiefs Fall Short on Bailout Fund

European finance ministers have failed to raise $261 billion to help contain the continent's governmental debt crisis. Finance chiefs from the 17 nations that use the euro agreed Monday to raise $195 billion from eurozone central banks to help the In