VOA常速英语2007-UN: North Korean Flood Victims Need Emergency Ai

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 18 October 2007 The United Nations Children's Fund says hundreds of thousands of flood victims in North Korea are in a fragile state and need emergency assistance. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Geneva that UNICEF says food,

2007年VOA标准英语-Taleban Says it Released Two South Korean Hosta

By Benjamin Sand Kabul 11 August 2007 Taleban insurgents say they have released two of the 21 remaining South Korean hostages they kidnapped more than three weeks ago. The word came as the insurgents completed a second day of face-to-face talks with

2007年VOA标准英语-UN Warns North Korean Flooding May Make Dire Fo

By Kurt Achin Seoul 15 August 2007 A team representing several U.N. humanitarian agencies is in North Korea to investigate damage from heavy flooding. A U.N. spokesman says floodwaters may have done extensive damage to crops, further worsening the N

2007年VOA标准英语-South Korean Conservatives Choose Presidential

By Kurt Achin Seoul 20 August 2007 Lee Myung-bak, waves his hand after he was elected presidential candidate in Seoul, 20 Aug 2007 South Korea's main conservative party has selected a former Seoul mayor as its candidate for president. Elections to re

2007年VOA标准英语-South Korean Defense Minister to Make Historic

By Kurt Achin Seoul 07 September 2007 South Korea has announced it will include its minister of defense in an entourage traveling to North Korea for their summit meeting next month. This will be the first such defense visit since the end of the Korea

2007年VOA标准英语-South Korean Military Contributes to Iraq Coali

By Brian Padden Irbil, Iraq 20 September 2007 The South Korean military has deployed over 1,000 troops in the Kurdish region of Iraq. Though they are part of the multinational force, the soldiersdo not patrol the streets or take part in combat opera

2006年VOA标准英语-New Documentary Honors Doomed WWI South African

By Suzanne Chislett London 11 October 2006 watch Chislett report The forgotten role that black South Africans played in World War I is finally being told. Almost 90 years after the sinking of a ship carrying black South African troops, the story has

2007年VOA标准英语-Documentary Film Tells Story About South Africa

By Carolyn Weaver New York City 21 May 2007 We Are Together (Thina Simunye) is an award-winning documentary about the children of Agape Orphanage, in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. It is the first film by a 25-year-old director from Bri

VOA标准英语2010年-Rising Girl Rapper Reaches for the Sta

Filmmaker Gabriel Noble first saw Priscilla Star Diaz perform at age nine in a New York City nightclub. When Priscilla Star Diaz told her father she wanted to be a performer, he did all he could to help achieve not only his child's dream, but also hi

VOA标准英语2010年-How America Looks Through Muslim Eyes

Documentary 'Journey into America' explores freedom, justice and tolerance in US Mohamed Elshinnawi | Washington, DC 03 August 2010 Photo: Courtesy Akbar Ahmed The documentary, 'Journey into America,' explores life for Muslims in the United States in

2007年VOA标准英语-Rice, Olmert & Abbas to Hold Three-Way Summit N

By Challiss McDonough Cairo 15 January 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she will attend a three-way summit next month with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to discuss the establishment of a

voa标准英语2008年-Thousands of Congolese Refugees Flee to Uganda,

The UN refugee agency reports thousands of Congolese refugees have fled to Uganda and Rwanda in the past few days seeking safety from escalating fighting in North Kivu province. Rebel forces loyal to renegade leader Laurent Nkundu have made serious

2007年VOA标准英语-Cape Verde Trades in Cobblestone for Asphalt Ro

By Phuong Tran Praia, Cape Verde 09 June 2007 Off the coast of West Africa, transport officials in the island nation of Cape Verde have begun a road improvement program. They say colonial-era cobblestone roads do not make much sense anymore, and are,

2007年VOA标准英语-Alternative Intelligence on Iraq Called Dubious

By Gary Thomas Washington 09 February 2007 The controversy over the Bush Administration's pre-war intelligence on Iraq was further fuelled Friday by an internal Pentagon critique of the work of a little-known Defense Department office. As VOA corresp

VOA常速英语2007年-Discoverer of Lucy Fossil Weighs in on Human Ev

By Greg Flakus Houston 14 November 2007 The fossilized bones of a female hominid creature who lived about three-million years ago in what is now Ethiopia, continues to draw crowds at Houston's Museum of Natural Science. Recently visiting the skeleton

2007年VOA标准英语-Singapore Statesman Visits Vietnam

By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 17 January 2007 Lee Kuan Yew (file photo) Lee Kuan Yew, the former prime minister of Singapore, is visiting Vietnam. Many people in Vietnam admire Mr. Lee for building Singapore into a modern, developed nation, and they see t

2006年VOA标准英语-Israel-Hezbollah Ceasefire Holds, Lebanese Retu

By VOA News 15 August 2006 watch report on Ceasefire Hold A Hezbollah supporter carries the group's flag as he walks through the rubble from Israeli bombardments in the southern suburbs of Beirut A cease-fire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah gue

VOA常速英语2007年-Nepal Confronts Mystery of Missing Royal Wealth

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 19 December 2007 The Nepalese parliament has ordered the properties of its disgraced royal family nationalized. But as Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the government is making little headway in finding the fabulou

2006年VOA标准英语-Kenya's Maasai Commemorate 9/11 Victims

By Cathy Majtenyi Enoosaen, Kenya 11 September 2006 Maasai dancers from Enoosaen village in western Kenya commemorate the 9/11 terrorist attacks that took place in the U.S. five years ago On the fifth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attack

2007年VOA标准英语-Country Star Darryl Worley Rediscovers Himself

By Larry London Washington 08 August 2007 Country singer Darryl Worley signed his first major record deal in 1999 and made his debut on country music's most famous stage, The Grand Ole Opry, the following year. Since then, he has become known for ser