VOA常速英语2008年-Top Hezbollah Commander Killed in Damascus Car

By Edward Yeranian Beirut 13 February 2008 Lebanon's pro-Iranian Hezbollah guerilla group is accusing Israel in the car bomb explosion in Damascus, overnight, that killed Hezbollah terrorist Imad Mughniyeh- wanted in dozens of terror attacks Lebanon

2006年VOA标准英语-Top Terror Suspects Transferred to Guantanamo

By Scott Stearns White House 06 September 2006 President Bush has for the first time acknowledged the existence of secret CIA prisons holding top terror suspects and is asking Congress to approve the creation of military commissions to put them on t

2007年VOA标准英语-AU Officials Believe Members Will Contribute Ne

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 02 August 2007 African Union officials say they are optimistic that member states will contribute more troops to a new hybrid peacekeeping force for the troubled western Darfur region of Sudan. As VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu re

VOA常速英语2008年-Senegal Aid Workers Express Concern About Abuse

By Nico Colombant Dakar 10 March 2008 As a week-long international Islamic conference gets under way in Dakar, Senegal, aid workers are raising the alarm on tens of thousands of Senegalese children who have been given away by their parents to Koranic

2006年VOA标准英语-Sudan's Polio Immunization Campaign at Risk

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 05 November 2006 Sudanese Red Crescent employee vaccinates a boy against polio in Kalma Camp near southern Darfur (File photo) The ministries of health in both northern and southern Sudan, backed by the U.N. children's fund, t

VOA常速英语2008年-Mercury Seen in New Light

By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 15 February 2008 Scientists have started analyzing data and images acquired when the Messenger space probe passed within 200 kilometers of the planet Mercury last month. It was the first flyby of the solar system's inner-

VOA常速英语2007年-Pakistan's Bhutto Detained, Calls for Musharraf

By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 13 November 2007 Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been placed under house arrest ahead of a planned protest march against the emergency law imposed by President Pervez Musharraf. Ms. Bhutto has also soug

VOA常速英语2007年-Detained Human Rights Official Warns Pakistan C

By VOA News 08 November 2007 A leading human rights activist under house arrest in Pakistan says emergency rule may turn her country into the next Burma. Asma Jahangir, head of the Human Rights Committee of Pakistan, told VOA in an interview she fear

VOA常速英语2008年-US Embargo Against Cuba to Remain Despite Castr

By David Gollust Washington 19 February 2008 The United States said Tuesday there will be no early end to the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba, despite Fidel Castro's resignation as head of state after 49 years. U.S. officials do not see Raul Castro, th

2006年VOA标准英语-US Senate Begins Debate on Proposal to Ban

By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 05 June 2006 The U.S. Senate Monday opened debate on a proposed Constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage in what is seen as an appeal by Senate Republican leaders to t

2006年VOA标准英语-World Bank President: Africa Is First Priority

By Carolyn Weaver Washington, DC 04 August 2006 watch World Bank Aid Malaria and HIV/AIDS still afflict Africans disproportionately When he became World Bank president 14 months ago, Paul Wolfowitz said it was clear that Africa had to be at the top

VOA标准英语2012--Prehistoric Amber Reveals Natural Ancient Alliance

Prehistoric Amber Reveals Natural Ancient Alliance Scientists say a piece of amber - recently found in India and dating back at least 52 million years - offers proof of the ancient relationship between fungi and flowering trees, which sustains modern

2007年VOA标准英语-Analysts: US Shows Willingness to Discuss Iraq

By Kane Farabaugh New York City 01 March 2007 watch Jesus Tomb report Academy Award-winning director James Cameron is at the center of a controversy that strikes at the heart of some of Christianity's fundamental beliefs. Cameron has made a document

VOA标准英语2010年-More Effective Diagnostic Test for Mal

WHO releases new guidelines for treatment of malaria, making possible to rapidly diagnose malaria in even poorest settings Lisa Schlein | Geneva 09 March 2010 The World Health Organization is releasing new guidelines for the treatment of malaria. It

2007年VOA标准英语-Rights Group Report: Pre-Trial Detention Leads

By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 14 June 2007 More than three million people around the world are being held in prison awaiting trial, nearly one-third of the world's total prison population. A recent study released in South Africa says pre-trial detention

2007年VOA标准英语-US Oil Workers Abducted in Southern Nigeria

By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 09 May 2007 Attackers carrying assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades stormed a transport vessel carrying oil workers off the southern coast of Nigeria, kidnapping four Americans late Tuesday. Gilbert da Costa reports

VOA标准英语10月-Key International Central Banks Coordinate Intere

U.S. and European central banks have in unison cut their interest rates by half a percentage point. The coordinated move is aimed at bringing some stability back to the shaky global economy and slumping stock markets. For VOA, Tom Rivers reports fro

2007年VOA标准英语-Lebanon Reacts to Yet Another Political Assassi

By Edward Yeranian Beirut 20 September 2007 Stores, banks and some government offices were closed in many parts of Beirut to mourn the slaying of Christian member of parliament Antoine Ghanem in a car bomb explosion, Wednesday. Edward Yeranian report

VOA标准英语2009年-Iraq Announces Preliminary Results of Provincia

Iraq's electoral commission has announced the preliminary results of last weekend's provincial elections, amid some accusations of irregularities and voting fraud. The Iraqi army and security forces, however, say that they will maintain order despit

2006年VOA标准英语-UN Sets Saturday Vote on North Korea Sanctions

By Peter Heinlein United Nations 13 October 2006 The U.N. Security Council has tentatively agreed to impose stiff sanctions on North Korea for its apparent nuclear test. A formal vote is scheduled for Saturday. The United States introduced a comprom