2007年VOA标准英语-US Defense Secretary Presses Iraqis on Reconcil

By Al Pessin Baghdad 15 June 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in Baghdad, where he says he will press Iraqi leaders to move toward reconciliation and prove they can lay the foundation for a peaceful society. He is the third senior U.S. off

VOA常速英语2007年-Human Rights Watch Says Rights Suffers Setback

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 14 December 2007 The international group Human Rights Watch has accused the United Nations Human Rights Council of letting Sudan off the hook for continuing human rights abuse in Darfur. The group criticized the Council for pas

2006年VOA标准英语-South Africans Remember Soweto Uprising

By Rowan Reid Johannesburg 16 June 2006 South Africans have been celebrating the role played by young people in the fight against apartheid, three decades after their protests spawned a movement against white minority rule, which was finally ended i

VOA标准英语2009年-UN Chief Voices Concern Over Afghan Civilian De

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is deeply concerned about civilian casualties in Afghanistan. Mr. Ban called for closer cooperation between civilian and military leaders. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and Afghan President Hamid Karz

2007年VOA标准英语-UN Human Rights Chief Voices Concern About Viol

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 13 September 2007 In a speech to the United Nations Human Rights Council, High Commissioner Louise Arbour expressed her concerns about serious rights violations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran and Burma. Lisa Schlein

VOA常速英语2008年-Nepal Election Seen as Referendum for Monarchy,

By Steve Herman Kathmandu 09 April 2008 Seventeen-and-a-half million people are eligible to go to the polls in Nepal, Thursday. They will elect members of a constituent assembly that will draft a constitution to complete the transfer from a feudal Hi

2006年VOA标准英语-US African-American Research Center Celebrates

By Amanda Cassandra New York 12 October 2006 A center for African-American culture in the United States is celebrating its 80th anniversary by honoring international role models for their professional and humanitarian work on behalf of people of Afr

2007年VOA标准英语-Rice Begins Peace Mission as Israel Declares Ga

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 19 September 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has begun a two-day peace mission to the Middle East. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, her visit coincided with an unexpected Israeli announcem

VOA常速英语2008年-EU Launches Kosovo Mission Amid Tensions

By Stefan Bos Budapest 20 February 2008 The European Union has begun setting up its 2,000-member police and judicial mission in Kosovo, to oversee the region's independence. But as Stefan Bos reports for VOA from Budapest, the operation will need su

VOA常速英语2007年-US Commerce Secretary Leads Trade Mission to Vi

By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 05 November 2007 United States Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez is leading a trade mission of 22 American companies to Vietnam - the first since Vietnam joined the World Trade Organization. American businesses are eager

VOA标准英语2008年-UN Renews Darfur Peacekeeping Mission

The U.N. Security Council has renewed the mandate of its joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur, Sudan, for another year. The decision came less than three hours before the mandate was to expire. From United Nation's headquarters in N

VOA常速英语2007年-Africa Assistance Workers Report Ready-to-Eat F

By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi, Kenya 10 December 2007 Many medical aid workers in countries facing nutritional emergencies extol the virtues of ready-to-eat foods. A nutrition specialist for Doctors Without Borders reported such therapeutic foods were us

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

2007年VOA标准英语-UN Force for Darfur Faces Challenges

By Anita Elash Paris 02 August 2007 The international community has thrown its support behind the United Nations resolution authorizing a 26,000-strong peacekeeping force in Darfur. The force is to be in place by January. But some experts say getting

VOA标准英语2008年-Skepticism Surrounds Senegalese President's Med

By Nico Colombant Dakar 10 June 2008 Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade met with envoys from the Islamist group Hamas and the more secular Palestinian movement Fatah in an attempt to lay the groundwork for eventual peace with Israel. But at least o

VOA标准英语2008年-Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Released From

A former prime minister of Bangladesh, jailed for more than a year on corruption charges, is free. Khaleda Zia was released from custody in Dhaka, late Thursday morning. From our South Asia Bureau, VOA Correspondent Steve Herman explains that Khaled

2007年VOA标准英语-Bush Prepares for State of the Union Speech

By Scott Stearns White House 19 January 2007 U.S. President George Bush stands before the American people next Tuesday for the annual State of the Union address. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, administration officials say this

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常速英语2008年-Congress Preparing Defense Budget for Remainder

By Carolyn Presutti Washington, DC 14 February 2008 Two top U.S. Defense Department officials have testified before a Congressional committee in charge of military spending. The committee grilled the officials about progress in Iraq and the status of

voa标准英语2008-Zimbabwe's Cholera Epidemic Hits Home

In Zimbabwe more than 400 people have died from an outbreak of cholera and the number of people infected is now believed to be more than 10,000 according to the United Nations. The Zimbabwean government has appealed for aid and blamed the country's