VOA标准英语2010年-Silence Breeds Violence Against Girls

Anne Look | Dakar 29 June 2010 Fearing social stigma, families in Senegal's southern region are remaining silent in the face of widespread sexual violence against girls, says a study released this month. A study released this month revealed alarming

VOA标准英语2010年-US Growth Slows in Second Quarter

Slower economic growth in the United States pushed global stocks lower Friday. The U.S. Commerce Department reports the country's gross domestic product, the broadest measure of the nation's economic health, grew by a disappointing 2.4 percent in the

VOA标准英语2010年-BP Replaces Chief Executive Amid Recor

Members of the British Petroleum executive, from left, outgoing CEO Tony Hayward, Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg, and incoming CEO Bob Dudley, pose for the media outside their global headquarters in London, 27 Jul 2010 The international oil giant BP h

VOA标准英语2010年-BP's Damaged Gulf Oil Well to Be Seale

Lee Witt (R) and BP PLC CEO of Gulf Coast Restoration Organization Bob Dudley at a news conference to announce Witt's hiring as advisor to BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill response in Biloxi, Miss., 30 Jul 2010 Both U.S. government and BP officials o

VOA标准英语2010年-Iraq Exile Hopes Music Can Help Rebuil

Naseer Shamma, performing at the Iraqi embassy in Cairo, Egypt, demonstrates a one-handed technique he developed for a friend wounded in the Iran-Iraq war With Iraq suffering from sectarian violence, lack of a new government and such basic services a

VOA标准英语2010年-Political Outreach Leaders in Zimbabwe

The people of Zimbabwe are in the process of drafting a new constitution that is aimed at bringing new elections and ending years of political strife. As part of the process, specially trained leaders are consulting with citizens across the country i

VOA标准英语2010年-WikiLeaks Organization Sparks Controve

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks during a press conference in London, 26 Jul 2010. Assange said he believes there is evidence of war crimes in the thousands of pages of leaked U.S. military documents. WikiLeaks is a website that posts formerly

VOA标准英语2010年-The Past Comes Alive in Historic US Ci

More than 1,500 costumed interpreters and re-enactors roam the streets of colonial Williamsburg every day. Colonial Williamsburg, in the eastern U.S. state of Virginia, is an open-air living museum, populated by historical re-enactors, also called in

VOA标准英语2010年-Life is Better for Americans With Disa

Twenty years ago this week, President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA. It mandates minimum standards for the inclusion of the disabled in public buildings, the workplace and other areas. An anniversary celebration

VOA标准英语2010年-Obama Facing New Pressure From Left on

New questions are being raised about U.S. domestic support for the war in Afghanistan in the wake of leaked secret documents about the war and a recent congressional vote on funding for the conflict. Jim Malone 30 July 2010 President Barack Obama (fi

VOA标准英语2010年-Obama Tours Auto Plants to Spotlight I

President Barack Obama steps out of a 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee during his tour the Jefferson North Chrysler Plant in Detroit, Friday, July 30, 2010. President Barack Obama visited two automobile manufacturing plants near Detroit, Michigan, to spotlig

VOA标准英语2010年-Law Helps Immigrants Facing Female Cir

Forced marriage, honor killing and female genital mutilation are just a few of the human rights abuses directed against women solely because of their gender. In the United States, a number of organizations are trying to help women who are trying to f

VOA标准英语2010年-Palestinian Rocket Hits Israeli City o

Israeli police officers remove the shell of a Grad rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip and landed in the southern city of Ashkelon, 30 Jul 2010 A rocket attack is raising tensions on the Israeli border with the Hamas-ruled Gaza

VOA标准英语2010年-Arizonans React to Court Ruling as Lim

Two men illegally cross the border fence separating Nogales, Ariz., and Nogales, Sonora, Mexico Residents of the Western U.S. state of Arizona reacted Thursday to a federal judge's ruling that blocked key parts of a controversial state immigration la

VOA标准英语2011--Cleverest are Often Quickest to Cheat

Cleverest are Often Quickest to Cheat It seems for the past few years, the news has been filled with stories of people who cheat: bankers bilking investors out of millions of dollars, politicians who cheat on their wives and constituents. The cheater

VOA标准英语2011--Rural Women in Africa Speak Out at Climate Conference

Rural Women in Africa Speak Out at Climate Conference It looked and sounded like a celebration. But participants at this gathering of rural women from across Africa have a serious message for the delegates at the COP-17 climate conference. We've come

VOA标准英语2011--Unlikely Pair Find Solace in Traditional Chinese Music

Unlikely Pair Find Solace in Traditional Chinese Music A Chinese musical program near Oakland, California's Chinatown has been offering a safe haven for children of working class Chinese American families. It's a place where students can spend free t

VOA标准英语2011--Reducing HIV Risk with Painless Male Circumcision

Reducing HIV Risk with Painless Male Circumcision Studies have shown that male circumcision greatly reduces the risk of HIV transmission. The World Health Organization is weighing approval of a new device that could make the procedure simple and pain

VOA标准英语2011--Idled Atom-Smasher Yielding Data Months After Shutdown

Idled Atom-Smasher Yielding Data Months After Shutdown The Tevatron Accelerator at the U.S. government's Fermi National Laboratory in suburban Chicago once led the world in studying what happens when subatomic particles are thrown together at nearly

VOA标准英语2011--Doctor 'Brain Drain' Costs Africa $2.2 Billion

Doctor 'Brain Drain' Costs Africa $2.2 Billion There are more than a hundred million health care workers around the world, but in many poor countries, there are only a handful of doctors and nurses to care for tens or, even hundreds of thousands of p