2006年VOA标准英语-UN Warns of Rapid Rise in Drug Smuggling b

By Ron Corben Bangkok 01 March 2006 A United Nations international drug report says the world is facing an increase in the smuggling of both illegal and legal drugs through the international mail syst

2006年VOA标准英语-UN Warns Sudanese Refugees in Chad Have No

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 16 April 2006 The UN refugee agency warns some 200,000 Sudanese refugees who fled to Chad from Darfur would have nowhere to go were they to be expelled from the country. A UNHCR

2006年VOA标准英语-Hamas Cancels Fatah Decisions in First Par

By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 06 March 2006 The Islamic militant group Hamas moved quickly on Monday to take control of the Palestinian parliament - voting to revoke a series of legislative measures passed

VOA标准英语2011--Exhibit Salutes Children's Author Who Introduced Minority Characters

Exhibit Salutes Children's Author Who Introduced Minority Characters Shakespeare asked, What's in a Name? A lot, it turns out. Take Ezra Jack Keats, the famous childrens book author and illustrator, who died in 1983. Keats wrote and illustrated more

VOA标准英语2011--French Class Connects Haitian Children with Their Heritage

French Class Connects Haitian Children with Their Heritage The U.S. state of Florida is home to one of the largest Haitian communities outside the Caribbean nation. The city of Miami even has a neighborhood known as Little Haiti, where Haitians maint

VOA标准英语2009年-Children in Somalia Facing Acute Malnutrition C

A new report casts doubt on the viability of America's biggest carmaker, General Motors, despite costly government attempts to rescue the domestic automobile industry. Cleaning staff rests next to the signs of carmakers Opel, above, and GM, General

VOA标准英语2008年-Pakistani Leaders Denounce Suspected US Strikes

A suspected U.S. missile strike has killed at least 14 people in a militant stronghold in northwest Pakistan. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Pakistan's capital where lawmakers and the military are responding to a surge in strikes against militant

VOA标准英语2009年-Soldiers in Guinea Searching for Shoot

Authorities say Toumba's men opened fire on military ruler Captain Moussa Dadis Camara late Thursday at an army camp in downtown Conakry Scott Stearns | Dakar 05 December 2009 Guinea's military ruler Captain Moussa Dadis Camara (Oct 2009 file photo)

VOA常速英语2008年-UNICEF Warns Thousands of Children Could Die in

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 14 February 2008 The U.N. Children's Fund warns tens of thousands of children in Somalia could die unless international donors immediately provide the money needed to keep them alive. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Geneva, U

VOA常速英语2008年-Popular Children's Book 'Horton Hears A Who!' H

By Alan Silverman Hollywood 14 March 2008 A beloved children's book first published 50 years ago has been made into a computer-animated feature film with the comic actors Jim Carrey and Steve Carell as the voices of the main characters. Alan Silverma

VOA常速英语2008年-West African Children Trafficked, Abandoned to

By Kari Barber Forecariah, Conakry 15 April 2008 Children in West Africa are being trafficked at an alarming rate, often sold by their own families. Many of these children are then forced to work as manual laborers or as domestic servants without pay

VOA标准英语2008年-DNA Tests ID Russian Czar's Children

DNA tests have positively identified the remains of two children of the last Russian czar, settling a mystery that had long surrounded their fate. VOA Moscow Correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports the memory of the murdered czarist family is still hon

VOA常速英语2007-Recruitment of Children into Militias Skyrockets

By Noel King Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo 17 October 2007 Prospects for children in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are darkening, as fighting continues between forces loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda and the Congolese army. Prote

VOA常速英语2007年-Children on Dialysis Maintain Hope Despite Diff

By Alex Villarreal Washington 05 November 2007 The United Network for Organ Sharing reports that more than 73,000 Americans are on the waiting list for a kidney transplant. Most of them suffer from kidney failure, or end-stage renal disease. Kidney d

2007年VOA标准英语-Children's High Blood Pressure Often Undiagnose

By Melinda Smith Washington 12 September 2007 A recent study indicates that a disturbing number of American children with high blood pressure go undiagnosed. The study has prompted discussion worldwide about whether hypertension among children is jus

2007年VOA标准英语-UN Calls for Stop to Trafficking of Children in

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 16 June 2007 United Nations and international aid agencies are calling for a stop to the trafficking of children in Africa. As the world marks the Day of the African Child, the agencies condemn a practice that exploits and ens

2007年VOA标准英语-Zimbabwe's Children Enter New Phase of Hardship

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 16 July 2007 Zimbabwean children wait for food at Masarira primary school, for some it is the only meal they will have in the day, said headteacher Zvinavashe Takabvirakare (File Photo) The U.N. Children's Fund says the childre

2006年VOA标准英语-One-Third of African Children Are Undernou

By Rowan Reid Johannesburg 03 May 2006 A study by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that almost one-third of children in southern and eastern Africa are undernourished and that

2007年VOA标准英语-New Study Links Obesity in Children With Lack o

By Carol Pearson Washington, D.C. 13 February 2007 watch Sleep report Children who do not get enough sleep are often irritable and unable to concentrate in school. But now a new study suggests lack of sleep could also contribute to the epidemic of ch

2007年VOA标准英语-Libya Commutes Medics' Death Sentence in AIDS C

By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 17 July 2007 The death sentence of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor accused of infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the AIDS virus, HIV, has been commuted to life in prison. Sabina Castelfranco reports