VOA标准英语2009年-N. Korea Announces More Production of Nucl

By Kurt Achin Seoul 03 November 2009 North Korea says it has manufactured more material useable in nuclear weapons. The announcement is widely seen as a tactic to pressure the United States into bilateral talks, and comes a little more than a week b

VOA标准英语2009年-Abbas Threatens to Quit Over Stalled Peace

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 05 November 2009 Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he does not want to run for re-election in January. In a televised speech, Mr. Abbas accused the United States of

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Addresses Horrific Outburst Of Viole

By Kent Klein White House 05 November 2009 President Obama preparing to speak about the shooting at Fort Hood, 05 Nov 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama is calling a mass shooting at an Army base in Texas a horrific outburst of violence. The president

VOA标准英语2009年-US Senate Panel Tackles Problems Posed by

By Lisa Ferdinando Washington 05 November 2009 Senator Carl Levin The U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Thursday tackled the problems posed by shell companies, or companies with hidden ownership. The panel heard

VOA标准英语2009年-Clinton Holds Emotional Meeting with Famil

By Meredith Buel Washington 05 November 2009 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at State Department, 5 Nov 2009 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held an emotional meeting Thursday with the families of three American hikers being detain

VOA标准英语2009年-US Diplomats Urge Burma's Military to Talk

By Daniel Schearf Bangkok 05 November 2009 Senior U.S. officials have urged Burma's military government to talk with opposition groups before next year's controversial elections. The call for dialogue came during the highest-level visit by U.S. dipl

VOA标准英语2009年-Kidnappings Plague Kenyan Capital

By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 05 November 2009 Child kidnapping in Kenya. A parent's worse nightmare. Kidnapping has become a serious problem in Kenya's capital, with children being the most common targets. Experts say criminals consider kidnapping to b

VOA标准英语2009年-Minority Communities Say Burma Development

By Ron Corben Bangkok 05 November 2009 Minority communities in Burma say the exploitation of the country's natural resources is damaging the environment and increasing the military presence in their areas. The activists say greater public participat

VOA标准英语2009年-H1N1 Virus Goes Global

By Laurel Bowman Washington 04 November 2009 People everywhere are trying to protect themselves against the swine flu From Europe to Asia to the Middle East, the 2009 H1N1 virus is spreading. The World Health Organization reports the virus has kille

VOA标准英语2009年-Researchers Say Elderly Not Necessarily Im

By Vidushi Sinha Washington 04 November 2009 A new report about the H1N1 flu virus indicates that the elderly are not immune from the disease afterall. And another report seems to support the early decision to make pregnant women among the first to

VOA标准英语2009年-Africa Boycott Steers UN Climate Talks

By Selah Hennessy London 04 November 2009 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Commitments on greenhouse-gas emissions cuts will be the focus of the remaining few days of a U.N. climate conference in Barcelona. African delegates pulled out of t

VOA标准英语2009年-Young Gain Job Advantage in Post- Communis

By Peter Fedynsky Gdynia, Poland 04 November 2009 A red banner with hammer and sickle is seen outside the Polish Embassy in Moscow (File) The symbol of Communism - the hammer and sickle - represents the main tools of physical labor used by industria

VOA标准英语2009年-World War II 'Lost Battalion' Veterans Reu

By Greg Flakus Houston 04 November 2009 In late October, 1944 the First Battalion of the U.S. 141st Infantry Regiment, comprised mostly of men from the Texas National Guard, broke through German lines in northeastern France and then found themselves

VOA标准英语2009年-Ford Posts $1 Billion Third-Quarter Profit

By Robert Raffaele Washington 04 November 2009 The Ford Motor Company posted a third-quarter profit of almost $1 billion US. The U.S. automaker said Monday it expects to be solidly profitable in 2011. Meanwhile, General Motors announced its first mo

VOA标准英语2009年-Post-Communist Tensions Between Civic, Mat

By Peter Fedynsky Budapest 04 November 2009 The collapse of the Berlin Wall came as the result of social, political and economic pressures that built up over decades behind the Iron Curtain. Its demise has exposed some glaring material differences i

VOA标准英语2009年-New York Yankees Compete in World Series

By Paige Kollock New York 31 October 2009 The New York Yankees are America's World Series again this year. It is one of two professional baseball teams in the country's largest city. The players who wear the Yankee's famous pinstripes are part of a

VOA标准英语2009年-British PM Defends Military Mission in Afg

By Tom Rivers London 10 November 2009 Britain's PM Gordon Brown during his monthly news conference at 10 Downing Street in London, 10 Nov 2009 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says the costly, lengthy fight in Afghanistan must go on, but he says

VOA标准英语2009年-More Civilians Fleeing Conflict In Norther

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 10 November 2009 The U.N. refugee agency says it is extremely concerned about the recent escalation of the conflict in northern Yemen between the government and rebel Houthis. The UNHCR says there has been a significant increa

VOA标准英语2009年-APEC Economies Report Improved Trade Finan

By Daniel Schearf Singapore 09 November 2009 The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum has released a survey that shows an improvement in financing trade in more than half of their economies. The survey was released during APEC meetings in Singapo

VOA标准英语2009年-Maldives Asks Most Vulnerable Countries to

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 09 November 2009 President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed (file photo) The Maldivian President is asking nations most vulnerable to climate change to take the lead in reducing global warming.The leader of a country thre