VOA标准英语2009年-Poor Urban Planning Partly to Blame for We

Poor urban planning is partly to blame for flooding in West Africa that is affecting nearly 600,000 people. Some people in low-lying areas are being resettled. More than half of those affected by this rainy season's flooding in West Africa are in Bu

VOA标准英语2009年-Afghan Election Commission Rejects Karzai Reque

Afghanistan's election committee has rejected President Hamid Karzai's request to move up the date for presidential elections to late April. In a widely anticipated announcement in Kabul, the committee said it still considers August 20 as the ideal

VOA标准英语2009-Gabonese President Omar Bongo Dead

Gabonese President Omar Bongo is dead. Gabon's prime minister said Africa's longest-serving leader died in a Spanish clinic. Gabon's President Omar Bongo (File) Albert Bernard Bongo was born in December of 1935 near the border with the Republic of C

VOA标准英语2009年-Liberia Caterpillar Threat Not as Bad as Origin

The threat from Liberia's caterpillar infestation is not as bad as originally thought. Entomologists have identified the caterpillars as a species that is easier to kill than those first thought to be devouring farmland near the border with Guinea a

2007年VOA标准英语-Clinton Determined to Become First Woman Electe

By Deborah Tate Washington 06 September 2007 U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton continues to lead the field of candidates seeking the Democratic Party's nomination for president. Stressing her background and experience, she is determined to become the firs

VOA标准英语2010年-Europe Debates Airport Security

European aviation officials are meeting in Brussels to discuss airport security measures and British authorities are doing the same as governments try to decide the best way to protect planes and air passengers in the wake of a failed bombing attempt

2007年VOA标准英语-US Senate Republican Opposition to Bush Strateg

By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 11 July 2007 U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe is the latest Senate Republican to break with President Bush on his strategy in Iraq. She is cosponsoring legislation calling for a withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by Apr

VOA标准英语2008年-Kenya's President Accuses Opposition of Fomenti

By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 03 January 2008 Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, who was declared the winner of last week's disputed elections, is accusing opposition leaders of fomenting post-election violence that has claimed more than 300 lives. Nick Wadhams

VOA标准英语2010年-Our World — 9 January 2010

MUSIC: Our World theme This week on Our World: A new role for coral reefs as cradles of evolution ... a White House initiative on science education ... and solving a lead-poisoning mystery among immigrant children. HESTING: We were hunting around for

VOA常速英语2007年-Red Cross Helps in Mexico's Flooded South

By Greg Flakus Houston 07 November 2007 In Mexico, relief efforts continue in the flooded state of Tabasco and in nearby Chiapas state where a landslide destroyed a village Sunday. Among the various disaster response teams in the flood zone in southe

VOA常速英语2007年-Experts Say Tough US Rhetoric Against Iran Not

By Mil Arcega Washington 01 November 2007 Lawmakers on Capitol Hill heard from experts this week, who say the increasingly strident rhetoric from the White House on Iran's nuclear ambitions could prove counterproductive. Tehran insists its nuclear p

VOA常速英语2007年-Australia to Get Tough With Japanese Whalers

By Phil Mercer Sydney 19 December 2007 Australia says it intends to send planes and a customs ship to monitor Japanese whalers off Antarctica. The government says the surveillance mission will collect video and other evidence that could be used in an

VOA标准英语2011--Apple Unveils iPhone 4S to Tough Competi

Apple Unveils iPhone 4S to Tough Competition The high-tech company Apple has announced a new version of its popular iPhone, called the iPhone 4S. The new device offers some innovative features, but faces growing competition in a crowded market. Apple

VOA常速英语2008年-US Imposes New Sanctions on Burma

By David Gollust State Department 05 February 2008 The United States Tuesday imposed additional sanctions against Burma over the military government's human rights violations and suppression of democracy. The new Treasury Department action targets fa

VOA标准英语2008年-Bowing to Protests, S. Korea Imposes New Condit

By Kurt Achin Seoul 03 June 2008 South Korea is seeking to ease some domestic irritation, with a move that could complicate American-Korean trade relations. Seoul is amending its promise to resume U.S. beef imports by imposing new trade conditions a

VOA标准英语2010年-Tracing Family History Gets Easier for

Artist James E. Taylor produced this sketch of the Freedmen's Bureau office in Richmond, Virginia, issuing food rations to old and sick former slaves in 1866 Some Americans can trace their heritage back to what we sometimes call the old country from

2007年VOA标准英语-Iranian-British Standoff Leaves Domestic, Inter

By Gary Thomas Washington 13 April 2007 Iranian state-run Al-Alam television image of detained British sailors, 30 Mar. 2007 Iran is embroiled in controversy with the West over issues ranging from Iran's nuclear ambitions to its bid to extend its in

2007年VOA标准英语-US General: Iran May be Helping Iraqi Sunni Ins

By Al Pessin Pentagon 13 April 2007 The second-ranking U.S. general in Iraq says his experts suspect that Iran is helping Sunni insurgent groups, as well as Shi'ite groups, as both contribute to ongoing violence in Iraq. VOA's Al Pessin reports from

VOA标准英语2010年-US Vice President Urges Kenyans to Emb

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, speaks during a joint press conference with Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, right, at State House Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, June 8, 2010. Kenya's president asked the United States on Tuesday to lead a greater internat

VOA标准英语2010年-Nepal Political Talks Fail to End Cris

Thousands of Maoist supporters rally in what is normally one of Kathmandu's busiest streets near the government center, 05 May 2020 An indefinite strike is to continue in Nepal with no agreement to end the Himalayan nation's political crisis. Lawmake