VOA标准英语2010年-Welcome Home, Baby

Karen Kramer with daughter, Stella Grace, shortly after giving birth at home. The use of midwives to help with home childbirths is an ancient and honored tradition in many societies around the world. But in the United States, midwifery began to fall

VOA标准英语2010年-Growing World Population Stresses Gove

According to the 2010 World Population Data Sheet, there will be fewer workers to support an aging population in the coming decades. The booming population growth of the past century has slowed, but improving health conditions and stubbornly high bir

VOA标准英语2010年-'127 Hours' Tells True Story of Man's

The new film from Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle tells a remarkable true story of courage and survival. James Franco stars as a young outdoorsman who makes an unthinkable decision when his arm is trapped by a boulder in a remote canyon. Alan Silv

VOA标准英语2010年-Australian Summit to Boost Global Defe

Researchers from around the world have gathered for Australia's first international conference focused entirely on adapting to the impact of climate change. Organizers of the meeting say the effects of a warming planet are already being felt and that

VOA标准英语2010年-Commando-Style Terror Plot Targeted Eu

Sally Leivesley, a security advisor based in Britain, said, The potential for three countries - France, Germany, and Britain - to be attacked simultaneously is actually a global shock attack and it comes out of the maturity in the style of attacks th

VOA标准英语2010年-Iran Inaugurates New Gas Pipeline to P

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, waves to the media during his departure ceremony as he leaves Tehran's Mehrabad airport, while accompanied by Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi (file photo) Iran inaugurated part of what it said is a new

VOA标准英语2010年-Zimbabwe's Mugabe Says No to More Poli

Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe delivers a speech during the closing ceremony of the 30th Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit in Windhoek, Namibia, 17 Aug 2010 Days after hopes were raised at the Southern Africa Development Commun

VOA标准英语2010年-'Theater of War' Seeks to Heal Soldier

Maj. Joseph Geraci speaks at a town hall-style discussion following a 'Theater of War,' performance. Wars may differ in their circumstances, but the toll on those who fight them has been strikingly similar over the centuries. The violence, clamor and

VOA标准英语2010年-Thailand Cancels Curfew

Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva talks during his meeting with foreign journalists at the government house in Bangkok, Thailand, 29 May 2010 Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva stands by his decision call in troops to end the two month l

VOA标准英语2010年-Robert Plant Revives 'Band Of Joy'

Long before singer Robert Plant formed the legendary rock group Led Zeppelin, he was a member of a blues band called Band of Joy. Now, some 40 years later, he's released a new CD by the latest incarnation of Band of Joy, with members that now include

VOA标准英语2010年-New Album a Tribute to the Late Arif M

Arif Mardin (far right) and his classmates, at VOA in the early 1960s. Grammy-award winning producer Arif Mardin died in 2006 after being diagnosed with cancer a year earlier. Now, four years after his death -- and through a loving tribute by his son

VOA标准英语2010年-New Film Opens Window to Daily Lives o

Mark Hopkins's award winning documentary Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders, was recently released in movie theaters. The film offers an intimate look into the daunting missions of doctors who volunteer for the international huma

VOA标准英语2010年-Diabetes Risk Higher Among Overweight

The World Health Organization says by the year 2015, more than two billion adults will be overweight and 700 million will be classified as obese. In recent years, doctors have focused on the growing rate of diabetes among children and young people. B

VOA标准英语2010年-India Witnesses Growing Conflict Over

Indian villagers attack a policeman during a protest by farmers demanding better compensation for their land acquired by the state government for an upcoming expressway project near Agra, 17 Aug 2010 In India, protests by farmers about land acquisiti

VOA标准英语2010年-Chevrolet's Battery-Powered Volt Now o

The new gasoline/electric hybrid Chevrolet Volt Today President Obama visits a U.S. auto plant that makes the battery-powered Chevrolet Volt. Some analysts think the Volt could revitalize the struggling American auto industry with its high-tech batte

VOA标准英语2010年-Smell of Rotting Flesh Attracting Crow

Visitors to the Museum of Natural Science in Houston revel in the sight and smell of the corpse flower (Amorphophallus Titanum) Over the past few weeks, thousands of people flocked to the Museum of Natural Science in Houston, to see - and smell - a r

VOA标准英语2010年-Spirited American Fans Impressed at Fo

Americans buy tickets en masse for tournament, party on in South Africa despite World Cup exit Darren Taylor | Johannesburg, South Africa 29 June 2010 As the drama of the later rounds of the World Cup in South Africa unfolds, hundreds of thousands of

VOA标准英语2010年-FIFA to Re-Examine Video Replays After

Germany's goalkeeper Manuel Neuer eyes the ball shot by England player Frank Lampard before the goal was disallowed during the 2010 World Cup round of 16 soccer match, 27 Jun 2010 The head of football's world governing body, FIFA's Sepp Blatter, says

VOA标准英语2010年-New York Islamic Center Protests Conti

Protesters in New York City hold posters to express their opinions about the proposed Islamic Center to be built near the site of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, 22 Aug 2010 Opponents of the proposed Islamic center near the site of the 2001 te

VOA标准英语2010年-Cleopatra Headlines New Philadelphia E

No matter what image the name Cleopatra conjures up - a seductress who swayed two Roman rulers, the actress Elizabeth Taylor or the tragic heroine in a play by William Shakespeare - Egypt's last queen continues to fascinate and intrigue more than 2,0