VOA双语新闻2008年：Ethnic Tensions Running High in Keny

Ethnic tensions continue to run high in Kenya where there have been threats of revenge following the deaths on Tuesday of at least 30 children and adults who had taken refuge in a church in the Rift Valley town of Eldoret. Diplomatic efforts, includi

VOA双语新闻2008年：Sri Lanka's Government

The government of Sri Lanka says it is withdrawing from a cease-fire agreement with Tamil rebels because the pact has become meaningless. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi the withdrawal is largely symbolic because the Norwegian-brokered truce c

VOA双语新闻2008年：Kenya Opposition Call Off Protest Ra

Kenya's opposition leaders have called off a mass rally that had been scheduled for Thursday in Nairobi to protest alleged vote rigging in last week's presidential election. Before the march was called off police used tear gas and water cannons to bl

VOA双语新闻2008年：Bhutto Assassination

The party of the slain Pakistani opposition leader, Benazir Bhutto, is demanding the United Nations lead the investigation into Ms. Bhutto's assassination. But the Pakistani government insists a Scotland Yard investigative team arriving to help in th

VOA双语新闻2008年：Kenyan Violence

The World Bank is warning that post-election unrest in Kenya is threatening east Africa's largest economy and could wipe out impressive gains the country has achieved in recent years. Widespread violence, triggered by allegations of vote-rigging in l

VOA双语新闻2008年：Lebanese Political Crisis

The secretary general of the Arab League says he is heading for Beirut this week for talks on a new plan to end the Lebanese political crisis. 阿拉伯国家联盟秘书长说，他将于本星期前往贝鲁特，讨论结束黎巴嫩政治危机的新

VOA双语新闻 2008年1月：End-of-Year Nuclear Declaration

The U.S. State Department says it is unfortunate that North Korea has not yet met its commitments in six-nation diplomacy aimed at getting rid of its nuclear weapons. Japan's Foreign Ministry issued a statement Monday using similar language. 美国国务

VOA双语新闻 2008年1月：Polio Virus Spreading in 2 Indi

India remains one of the few countries where polio has not been eradicated. Most of the world's new cases are reported in the subcontinent. While the total number of cases dropped in India last year,that one variant of the virus is actually on the in

VOA双语新闻 2008年1月：Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

A new report from an Israeli human-rights group says the death toll in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict fell sharply in 2007. 一个以色列人权团体发布报告说，2007年死于以色列和巴勒斯坦人冲突的人数急剧下降。 Last yea

VOA双语新闻2008年：30 Killed in Kenyan Church

A mob set fire to a church in western Kenya Tuesday, killing about 30 people inside who were seeking refuge from widespread post-election violence. Witnesses say the fire was set by a gang of young men who poured fuel on the structure before setting

VOA双语新闻2008年：Fight Against Global Warming Heats U

This year, the United Nation's International Panel on Climate Change issued a series of reports that concluded there is no longer any doubt that human activities are causing the planet to warm up. The IPCC called for an immediate response from the in

VOA双语新闻2008年：Pakistan Elections Delayed

Officials in Pakistan say parliamentary elections will be delayed until next month. The delay is due to the destruction of election offices and materials in violence that broke out last week after Benazir Bhutto's assassination. 巴基斯坦官员说，

VOA双语新闻：16、乌克兰伊拉克冲突使北约获得新生机

乌克兰伊拉克冲突使北约获得新生机 The role of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] in the 21st century is in sharp focus now with the conflicts underway on the bloc's eastern and southern borders. The alliance born at the outs

VOA双语新闻：17、各地世界杯球迷云集科帕卡巴纳海滩

各地世界杯球迷云集科帕卡巴纳海滩 Fans from around the globe have congregated on the world-famous Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro to celebrate the 2014 World Cup tournament. It's a great time to be a fan at the biggest soccer party

VOA双语新闻：18、奥巴马宣布保护太平洋倡议

奥巴马宣布保护太平洋倡议 President Barack Obama has announced a new initiative to protect parts of the Pacific Ocean from overfishing and environmental damage. He announced his plan in a video message to an international conference on the

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—巴勒斯坦人抗议 以色列边界起暴力

Israeli troops have fired at protesters along Israel's borders with Lebanon and Syria. At least 10 people have been killed as thousands of Palestinians mobilized to mark the anniversary of the uprooting of Palestinians that resulted from the creation

VOA双语新闻：21世纪儿童如何学习

One size does not fit all. That's the philosophy behind an innovative approach to primary education which started in Britain less than a decade ago. The International Primary Curriculum (IPC) is now taught in more than 1,000 primary schools in 58 cou

VOA双语新闻：美穆斯林团体忧国会听证使人

Many Muslim-American organizations are worried that congressional hearings under way in Washington could stereotype their community as a source of Islamic radicalism in the United States. One of those organizations, the Council of Islamic Organizatio

VOA双语新闻：日本核电灾难影响全球能源政策

Experts and diplomats are predicting Japans recent deadly earthquake and tsunami, along with its ongoing nuclear reactor crisis, will not have too much of an effect on Japan itself in the long-term, but rather on energy policies in other countries. D

VOA双语新闻：卡扎菲称联合国对利比亚决议无效

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has sent urgent messages to world leaders Saturday, claiming that his country is fighting al- Qaida and that the United Nations resolution on Libya was invalid. 利比亚领导人卡扎菲星期六向世界领导人发出紧