2006年VOA标准英语-In CAR, Displaced Reluctant to Return Home

By Kari Barber Dakar 16 December 2006 In the Central African Republic, people displaced by fighting between government forces and rebels are reluctant to return home. Government forces say they have recaptured areas in the north that were seized by

2007年VOA标准英语-Displaced Chadians Wait for Return to Burnt Vil

By Phuong Tran Bandala, Chad 18 May 2007 Over the past year in eastern Chad, dozens of communities have fled fighting between rebel groups and Janjaweed militias based in Sudan. The scorched landscape along the remote far east, along the border with

VOA常速英语2007年-DRC Conflict Intensifies Forcing More Civilians

By Selah Hennessy Goma, DRC 14 December 2007 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is visiting eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DCR) Friday. Hundreds of thousands of civilians in eastern Congo have been forced to flee their homes sin

2006年VOA标准英语-Diplomatic Efforts Intensify to End Israeli-Leb

By Challiss McDonough Beirut 17 July 2006 The sixth day of Israeli bombardment of Lebanon on Monday killed more than 40 people, bringing the death toll in the country to over 200, mostly civilians. Another 24 people have been killed in Israel, where

2007年VOA标准英语-Protests Over Suspended Judge Continue in Pakis

By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 13 April 2007 Protests against Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's suspension of the country's chief justice are continuing, despite the detention Thursday of about 200 lawyers and other critics of the suspension. VOA's

2006年VOA标准英语-Four Oil Workers Seized in Latest Nigeria Kidna

By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 14 August 2006 Militant patrols creeks of the Niger Delta area of Nigeria (File photo) Armed men seized four foreign oil workers Sunday in the latest kidnapping in the oil-rich Niger Delta. It was the fifth kidnapping in th

2007年VOA标准英语-Inter-Korean Cooperation Grows

By Kurt Achin Seoul, South Korea 04 June 2007 From trains to tourism, from industry to sports, cooperation between the two Koreas is picking up momentum again, less than a year after the North tested its first nuclear weapon. VOA's Kurt Achin reports

VOA标准英语2008年-US Urges Energy Cooperation With China

By Michael Bowman Washington 10 June 2008 The Bush administration says the United States and China face daunting energy challenges that the two nations should confront together. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Washington, where Treasury Secretary

2007年VOA标准英语-UN's Ban Ki-moon Supports Sudan Comprehensive P

By Lisa Schlein Juba, Sudan 04 September 2007 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he fully supports the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, which ended Sudan's decades-long civil war. He says he told southern Sudan's president th

2006年VOA标准英语-American Heart Association Has New Guidelines f

By Carol Pearson Washington, D.C. 05 July 2006 Watch Health Report Nutrition facts What you eat can determine how long you live. A recent report in the Journal of the American Heart Association recommends new diet and lifestyle choices for a longer

VOA常速英语2008年-US Presidential Nominating Process Complicated,

By Gary Thomas Washington 07 February 2008 The United States is trying to get more help in fighting Islamic militants in Afghanistan, but is running into resistance from reluctant allies. As VOA Correspondent Gary Thomas reports, insurgents have ratc

2006年VOA标准英语-Bush Departs for Europe, G-8 Summit

By Paula Wolfson Washington 12 July 2006 President Bush is on his way to Germany for talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel, before they attend the G-8 Summit this weekend in St. Petersburg, Russia. -------- White House National Security Advisor Stephe

VOA标准英语10月-African Officials Troubled by Timing of Genocide

At the annual U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York, the African Union reaffirmed its opposition to issuing an arrest warrant at the International Criminal Court for Sudan's president, in connection with crimes committed in the conflict in the c

VOA标准英语2008年-S. Korea Recalls Tokyo Envoy As Decades-Old Isl

South Korea is calling its ambassador to Japan home, in the latest flare-up of a decades-old dispute. As VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul, the islands at the heart of the conflict trigger some very painful memories for Koreans. South Korean Forei

VOA常速英语2007年-Huge US Reserves of Oil Shale Hold Promise, But

By Greg Flakus Piceance Basin, Colorado 12 November 2007 As the price of oil soars on world markets and demand for energy grows, energy companies are looking at so-called unconventional sources such as Canada's oil sands and the vast deposits of oil

VOA标准英语10月-Kenya Denies Ukrainian Ship Bound for Southern Su

Kenya's foreign minister has dismissed a BBC report suggesting that a consignment of tanks and other military hardware aboard a hijacked Ukrainian ship was bound for South Sudan when it was seized by Somali pirates last month. The Kenyan government

VOA常速英语2008年-Bush Backs Colombia in Dispute With Venezuela

By Scott Stearns White House 04 March 2008 President Bush is backing Colombian President Alvaro Uribe in his stand-off with Venezuela and Ecuador. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Venezuela and Ecuador cut diplomatic ties with Col

VOA常速英语2008年-Colombia, Ecuador, Veneuzuela Agree to End Bord

By Brian Wagner Miami 07 March 2008 The presidents of Colombia and Ecuador say they have resolved a dispute sparked by a Colombian attack on a rebel base inside Ecuador last week. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports the agreement came after the two

2006年VOA标准英语-New Research Suggests Infections May Run in Fam

By Jessica Berman Washington 04 October 2006 New research suggests that infectious diseases may run in families. Investigators say the discovery represents a major shift in the way scientists view human disease. Experts have always accepted that cer

VOA常速英语2008年-Iraqi Government: Mistrust Slowing Political Pr

By Daniel Schearf Irbil 14 March 2008 The Iraqi government says a lack of trust between politicians is slowing progress on national reconciliation. Critics have warned the government needs to start providing much needed social services to Iraqis or r