President Bush Pledges Aid for Florida Hurricane Victims

By Jim Teeple President Bush visited hurricane-damaged Florida on Wednesday. His trip came one day after the U.S. Congress approved $2 billion in emergency aid to help Floridians recover from the two

Hurricane Forecasters Predict Stormy Trend

By Jim Teeple First there was Charley, then Frances, and now Ivan; three major hurricanes in a month that have destroyed lives, homes and property across the Caribbean and the southeastern United Stat

Muslims Struggle for Understanding in US

By Quinn Klinefelter At a recent campaign stop near Detroit, President Bush used the stump speech he's honed since the September 11 attacks. The U.S., he says, is bringing democracy to the Middle East

New Generation of Immigrants Flock to US

By Leah Krakinowski The United States has once again become a magnet for millions of men and women from around the globe. A century ago, the U.S. willingly opened its doors to legions of immigrants. T

Olympics: Men's 800-Meter Hotly Contested

By Parke Brewer The men's 800-meter run is expected to be one of the most hotly contested races at the Athens Olympics. Most of the favorites are from Africa. The 800 meters is two laps around the tra

US Women Take First-Ever Gold in Olympic Beach Volleyball

By Rebecca Ward Misty May and Kerri Walsh gave the United States its first-ever women's gold medals in beach volleyball at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. The Brazilian team of Shelda Bede and Adriana Be

Argentines Celebrate First Olympic Gold in Half Century

By Brian Byrns Argentina has won its first Olympic gold medal in more than 50 years in Athens, and in Buenos Aires, people are in the streets celebrating the Argentine men's football team's 1-0 victor

Perseverance Pays Off in African-American Rower's Quest for

By Julie Goldberg Aquil Abdullah is set to become the first African-American male rower to compete for the United States at an Olympics. Aquil Abdullah failed to make the 2000 Sydney Olympics team, bu

Controversial Greek Sprinters Withdraw from Olympics

By Roger Wilkison Greece's two top track and field stars have pulled out of the Athens Olympics after apologizing to their embarrassed nation for a scandal that arose after they missed drug tests next

American Phelps Wins Gold, Sets 400m Individual Medley Recor

By David Byrd American Michael Phelps hopes to surpass Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals and the 19-year-old American took the first step Saturday in record time. Phelps won the men's 400-meter

Hong Kong Hopes for Another Olympic Medal in Windsurfing

By Parke Brewer Lee Lai Shan competes in women's windsurfing, or Mistral, competition. Her first Olympics was in 1992 in Barcelona, where she placed 11th. But she won the gold four years later in Atla

Michael Phelps Wins 6 Gold Medals in Swimming in Athens

By Parke Brewer The eight days of Olympic swimming competition ended Saturday night at the Athens Summer Games. And the big star was American Michael Phelps. On Sunday he met with members of the media

Dominican Felix Sanchez Favored to Olympic 400-Meter Hurdles

By Parke Brewer For an athlete who had hoped to be a baseball player, Felix Sanchez is doing quite well. He had to turn to athletics after breaking his hand in an off-season wrestling match. The injur

First Palestinian Olympic Swimmer Set to Compete

By David Schickert Raad Aweisat is planning to travel to Athens, Greece, this August and become the first-ever Palestinian swimmer to represent his people at the Olympics. Though he lives in a war-tor

2006年VOA标准英语-White House Vigorously Defends Controversi

By Gary Thomas Washington 26 January 2006 The Bush administration launched a vigorous defense of its controversial electronic eavesdropping program this week. Senior legal and intelligence officials s

2006年VOA标准英语-Joy, Despair, Shock and Hope - All Greet H

By Sonja Pace Jerusalem 26 January 2006 Initial reactions to the apparent victory by the militant Islamic group Hamas in Wednesday's Palestinian elections run the gamut from shock and despair to cauti

2006年VOA标准英语-Bolivia's New President Inspires Region's

By Michael Bowman Washington 26 January 2006 For the first time, Bolivia has an indigenous president. Native American leaders throughout Latin America say Sunday's inauguration of Evo Morales was a so

2006年VOA标准英语-Russian-British Spy Flap Entangles Pro-Wes

By Lisa McAdams Moscow 26 January 2006 Russian President Vladimir Putin says allegations that surfaced this week that British spies are funding non-governmental Russian charities justifies the controv

2006年VOA标准英语-Nigerians Dubious of Efforts to Eradicate

By Nico Colombant Abidjan 24 February 2006 With Reporting by Pauline Bax in Kaduna and Kano, Nigeria Even as Nigeria's government gets serious about tackling bird flu among its poultry, many Nigerians

2006年VOA标准英语-EU, Opposition Say Ugandan Election Biased

By Raymond Thibodeaux Mbuwa, Uganda 24 February 2006 Leaders of Uganda's main opposition party and European Union observers are saying the Ugandan election was biased toward the ruling party and its p