2006年VOA标准英语-Iraqi Baby with Spina Bifida Recovering fr

By Deborah Block Washington, DC 11 January 2006 watch Baby Noor report Doctors in the southern U.S. city of Atlanta, Georgia say an Iraqi infant known as Baby Noor is doing well after surgery Monday t

VOA标准英语2008年-Petraeus Ends Momentous Command Tour in Iraq

The coalition commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, has left his post after a momentous year and a half, during which he is widely credited with turning around the fight against a variety of insurgent groups. He will now become the overall comm

2007年VOA标准英语-Petraeus Has Key Job As New US Iraq Commander

By Al Pessin Pentagon 12 January 2007 Along with his new Iraq strategy and troop increase, President Bush has named a new commander for U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq. He is Lieutenant General David Petraeus, the man who has spent the last year s

VOA常速英语2008年-Petraeus Report Means Large US Troop Presence i

By Al Pessin Pentagon 10 April 2008 In congressional testimony this week, the top U.S. military and civilian officials in Iraq reported what they called real but fragile progress, and urged caution in any discussion of further U.S. troop withdrawals,

2007年VOA标准英语-ASEAN Ponders New Charter

By Nancy-Amelia Collins Manila 02 August 2007 Foreign Ministers from the ASEAN and its Dialogue Partners pose for an official group photo in Manila, 02 Aug 2007 Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have completed a draft of

2007年VOA标准英语-Global Development Through Sports Program Launc

By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 11 February 2007 Multiple gold medalist and track legend, Michael Johnson, runs with children in Nakulabye, a suburbs in Ugandan capital Kampala (File) A global program to promote development through sports has been launched

VOA标准英语2010年-No Girls Allowed: Public School Tries

In public high schools across America, large classes containing a mix of both boys and girls are the norm. However, in a move that's drawing high marks from students, one public school in Maryland has decided to buck that tradition. Class experimentA

2006年VOA标准英语-Attack by Three Israelis at Nazareth Churc

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 04 March 2006 There's been trouble at one of the holy sites of Christianity in the Holy Land. At least eight people, including five police, were injured in the unrest. Three

2006年VOA标准英语-Israelis Celebrate Passover Under Tight Se

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 12 April 2006 Israelis are celebrating the weeklong biblical holiday of Passover under tight security. Ultra-Orthodox Jews, some in prayer, gather around a fire as they burn

2007年VOA标准英语-Israelis Celebrate Passover Under Tight Securit

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 02 April 2007 Israel is observing the biblical holiday of Passover under tight security. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the holiday brings ancient traditions together with the complex realities of a m

2007年VOA标准英语-Israelis, Palestinians Downplay Expectations fr

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 20 June 2007 Expectations are low in the Middle East following a White House Summit between President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, last week's

2006年VOA标准英语-US: If N. Korea Launches Missile Without Notice

By Al Pessin Washington 19 June 2006 S. Koreans use binoculars to look at the North side from Imjingak near the border village of the Panmunjom, north of Seoul, June 18, 2006 The Defense Department says in the absence of any statement by the North K

2006年VOA标准英语-Bush Says N. Korea Diplomacy Will Take Time

By Scott Stearns Washington 06 July 2006 President Bush says the international community is united in its desire to convince North Korea to give up nuclear weapons.Mr. Bush is consulting with world leaders ahead of possible U.N. sanctions. --------

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Administration Defends Budget, Economic P

In appearances before Congress on Tuesday, Obama administration officials have defended the president's budget and economic recovery plans. Testimony by President Barack Obama's Budget Director, Peter Orszag, and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner

VOA标准英语2010年-More Oil Captured from Spill in Gulf o

The Obama administration says the effort to contain the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is making progress, with more oil captured each day. But oil continues to escape from the leaking well, and clean up will take years, and no one really kn

2006年VOA标准英语-Sundance Festival's Latest: Dial Up a Movie

By Amanda Cassandra New York 09 November 2006 Movie star Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival is teaming up with global cell phone operators to bring short films to cell phones to give people around the world access to independent films. Robert R

2007年VOA标准英语-US Congressional Democrats Call for Troop Reduc

By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 04 January 2007 Members of the new Democratic majority in the U.S. Congress are calling for American troop reductions in Iraq, amid reports that President Bush is preparing to announce an overhaul of his Iraq policy that

2007年VOA标准英语-Top US Congressional Democrats Urge Bush Not to

By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 05 January 2007 The top leaders of the new Democratic-led U.S. Congress are urging President Bush not to increase the number of U.S. troops in Iraq. Their comments, in a letter to the president Friday, come as Mr. Bush i

2006年VOA标准英语-Afghan FM: Pakistan Should Do More to Prevent C

By Meredith Buel Washington 07 July 2006 Afghan Foreign Minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta says Pakistan needs to do more to stop terrorist groups from crossing its border and launching attacks against Afghan civilians and U.S.-led coalition troops. The

2006年VOA标准英语-Democrats Applaud Decision to Replace Rumsfeld

By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 08 November 2006 A day after Democrats took control of the U.S. House of Representatives in key midterm elections, they came a step closer to doing so in the Senate, with television networks projecting a Democratic victo