VOA标准英语2009年-Hariri Names New Lebanese Government After

By Edward Yeranian Cairo 09 November 2009 Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri (file photo) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri announced the formation of a new Lebanese government late Monday following weeks of bickering and a five month

VOA标准英语2009年-New Law Tightens Press Freedom in Togo

By Ricci Shryock Dakar 09 November 2009 Legislation recently passed in Togo gives the government power to seize equipment, suspend and even organize hearings against media professionals that make what it deems serious errors. Media rights activists

VOA标准英语2009年-Aid Agency Calls for New Global Economic A

By Selah Hennessy London 30 September 2009 An International aid agency is calling for the World Bank to abandon old trade policies that it says harm the developing world. The British-based Christian Aid says developing country governments must have

VOA标准英语2009年-Afghans React To Possible US Troop Surge

By Sean Maroney Kabul 09 November 2009 As U.S. President Barack Obama debates with his advisers on whether to increase the number of American troops in Afghanistan, Afghans have their own opinions. This year has been the deadliest for foreign troops

VOA标准英语2009年-US, Germany Press Afghan President on Refo

By David Gollust Berlin 09 November 2009 A US armored personal carrier drives past a defaced election poster of Afghan Pres. Hamid Karzai in Kabul (File) The United States and Germany say the new Afghan government being formed by President Hamid Kar

VOA标准英语2009年-Sudanese Leader Will Not Attend Islamic Me

By Dorian Jones Istanbul 09 November 2009 Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has canceled a planned visit to Turkey to attend a summit of the Islamic conference in Istanbul. Turkey has faced mounting criticism from the international community

VOA标准英语2009年-Iraq Electoral Official Says Vote Will Hap

By Elizabeth Arrott Cairo 09 November 2009 Election officials in Iraq say the next general election will take place January 21. The announcement one day after a last-minute deal on the nation's electoral law, means the vote will be held within the t

VOA标准英语2009年-Clinton Urges Europeans to Bring Down "Wal

By David Gollust Berlin 09 November 2009 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives a Tegel airport in Berlin, Germany to take part in the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall Secretary of State Hillary Clinton o

VOA标准英语2009年-Interpol Cracking Down on Central Africa T

By Scott Stearns Dakar 09 November 2009 The international law enforcement agency Interpol is cracking down on the sale of stolen luxury cars in Central Africa. Interpol says thousands of luxury cars stolen in Belgium, France, and Japan enter Cameroo

VOA标准英语2009年-Sri Lanka to Boost Investment in Tamil Pro

By Steve Herman New Delhi 09 November 2009 Sri Lanka Minister of Public Administration Home Affairs, Sarath Amunugama, at World Economic Forum's India summit, 09 Nov 2009 Sri Lanka plans to pour development money into Tamil-dominated provinces that

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama: Delay on Economic Plan Invites 'Catastro

U.S. President Barack Obama says Congress is flirting with catastrophe by failing to agree on a massive economic stimulus package. Mr. Obama spoke after the government reported another month of severe job losses in the United States. President Barac

VOA标准英语2009年-Economic Crisis Causes Spike in Crime in Russia

President Dmitri Medvedev is calling for constant police monitoring to maintain social order in Russia amid growing unemployment and crime linked to the global economic crisis. Mr. Medvedev is also warning law enforcement officials to fight crime in

VOA标准英语2009年-US Economic Measure Now Goes to House-Senate Ne

With Tuesday's Senate vote approving its version of economic recovery legislation, the focus has shifted to a House-Senate conference committee beginning work on resolving differences between slightly different versions of the measure. Tough bargain

VOA标准英语2009年-Global Economic Gloom Spooks Stock Investors in

Most Asia-Pacific stock markets closed lower on their first trading day of the week. Market analysts say investors have yet to see relief in the global economic gloom as more statistics point to a deepening downturn. Pedestrian walks past share pric

VOA标准英语2010年-Educator Links Students in Minnesota a

US kids raise money, collect goods for their East African pen pals Jan Sluizer | Gulu, Uganda 02 August 2010 Photo: Courtesy Diane Kroska A Ugandan student reads a letter from her American pen pal. She says the stories she heard about the widespread

2006年VOA标准英语-Retired Generals Call for Defense Secretar

By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 17 April 2006 watch Resignation report Donald Rumsfeld (file photo) President Bush has rejected calls from a group of retired generals for the resignation of Defense S

2007年VOA标准英语-Retired Top US Generals Say Troop Surge Require

By Mil Arcega Washington 06 April 2007 Growing opposition in Congress to the war in Iraq is raising hard questions about whether the president's plan to send nearly 30,000 additional troops to Baghdad is too little, too late. But a former chairman of

VOA常速英语2007-US, Russia Fail to Resolve Strategic Differences

By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 12 October 2007 The U.S. secretaries of state and defense and their Russian counterparts say experts from the two countries will seek to narrow differences over a series of strategic issues that the ministers failed to resolv

VOA常速英语2008年-Key US Lawmakers Seek to Resolve Standoff Over

By Deborah Tate Washington 15 February 2008 The chairman of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee is to meet with his House counterpart Friday to try to resolve the political standoff over legislation to overhaul wiretapping legislation before curre

VOA标准英语10月-New Talks Aim to Resolve Georgia, Russia Tensions

Talks aimed at resolving tensions between Georgia and Russia after this summer's brief war get underway in Geneva Wednesday. The one-day meeting is being held under the auspices of the United Nations, the European Union and the Organization for Secu