VOA标准英语2009-US Leaders May Interact With Burmese at Sing

By David Gollust Manila 12 November 2009 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talks to reporters during Manila press conference, 12 Nov 2009 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she or President Barack Obama might meet Burmese leaders in the c

VOA标准英语2009-First Recorded Dengue Fever Epidemic Hits Ca

By Ricci Shryock Dakar 12 November 2009 Red Cross officials say an outbreak of dengue fever in Cape Verde is the worst ever in West Africa. Hospitals in Cape Verde are running out of room for their patients this week, says the Red Cross' West and Ce

VOA标准英语2009-Kenyan Man Helps Children with Heart Defects

By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 12 November 2009 Doctors estimate that more than 10,000 babies are born with a heart defect each year in Kenya. For most poor children and their families, life-saving operations are too expensive or unavailable. In this edi

VOA标准英语2009-Sri Lanka Military Chief Resigns

By Steve Herman New Delhi 12 November 2009 Government officials in Colombo confirm the chief of Sri Lanka's armed forces has quit his post, but are not commenting on speculation he is poised to challenge the island nation's president in an upcoming

VOA标准英语2009-Iranian Nobel Laureate Ebadi Criticizes Huma

By Margaret Besheer United Nations 12 November 2009 Shirin Ebadi (file photo) Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi urged the international community Wednesday to throw its support behind a U.N. General Assembly resolution condemning the lack of human rights

VOA标准英语2009-Turkey-Iran Ties Continue to Worry West

By Dorian Jones Istanbul 12 November 2009 Relations between Turkey and Iran appear to be getting closer and those ties are raising concerns among some of Turkey's Western allies. This past weekend, Turkish President Abdullah Gul said at a meeting in

VOA标准英语2009-Ahmedinejad Uses Conciliatory Tone Over Nucl

By Edward Yeranian Cairo 12 November 2009 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (file photo) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad says Iran and the West have entered a period of cooperation concerning its nuclear program. The Iranian president did

VOA标准英语2009-Obama To Host Jobs Summit in December

By Mil Arcega Washington 13 November 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama welcomed a Labor Department report Thursday that suggests the pace of job losses is slowing. But with the nation's unemployment rate at 10.2 percent, the president is asking busin

VOA标准英语2009-Clinton Says Burmese Elections Not Legitimat

By David Gollust Manila 13 November 2009 US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (File) U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday elections planned in Burma next year will not be seen as legitimate unless the military government engag

VOA标准英语2009-Obama Promises Strategy, Clear Mission, Publ

By Kent Klein Washington 13 November 2009 President Obama speaks to US troops on way to Asia, 12 Nov 2009 President Barack Obama has told U.S. troops he will not send them into conflict without adequate support. The president spoke to a military aud

VOA标准英语2009-Obama says Afghan Decision to Come Soon

By Paula Wolfson Tokyo 13 November 2009 President Barack Obama during joint news conference with Japanese PM Yukio Hatoyama, not pictured, in Tokyo, 13 Nov 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama says a decision on a revised Afghanistan strategy will come

VOA标准英语2009-Australian PM Calls for Greater Cooperation

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 13 November 2009 Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, left, shakes hands with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh before a meeting in New Delhi, 12 Nov 2009 Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has called for more inv

VOA标准英语2009-Palestinian Elections Postponed Indefinitely

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 13 November 2009 Palestinian elections, originally set for early next year, will not take place on schedule. The elections were postponed because of divisions between rival Palestinian factions: the Fatah movement that con

VOA标准英语2009-More Civilians Flee War-Torn Yemen

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 13 November 2009 Saudi soldiers patrol Jizan province near Yemeni border with Yemen after clearing mountain straddling Yemen border of Shiite rebels, 08 Nov 2009 United Nations and International aid agencies say the plight of

VOA标准英语2009-Ethiopia's Meles says US at Fault for Africa

By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 13 November 2009 Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi (file photo) Ethiopia Prime Minister Meles Zenawi says failures in the U.S. financial system are largely to blame for Africa's economic crisis, and pointed to China

VOA标准英语2009-Union Says Zimbabwe Farm Workers Worst Abuse

By Peta Thornycroft Southern Africa 13 November 2009 A new report from a Zimbabwe union says workers on the country's white-run farms were subjected to even greater violence than their employers during violent farms seizures under Zimbabwe President

VOA标准英语2009-Largest Los Angeles Hotel Goes 'Green'

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 12 November 2009 Many hotels around the United States are going green by recycling their waste and conserving water, power and other resources. The largest hotel in Los Angeles, the Westin Bonaventure, was recently cer

VOA标准英语2009-Paris Youths Occupy Mansion to Protest Lack

By Lisa Bryant Paris 12 November 2009 The economic crisis has taken a toll on young Europeans - especially in France, where nearly one in four French between the ages of 15 and 25 is unemployed. Now a group of young Parisians has found an imaginativ

VOA标准英语2009-Somalia Terrorist Group Suspected in Killing

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 13 November 2009 Shabab militia patrol Bakara Market in Mogadishu (Oct 2009 file photo) Security forces in Somalia's northern semi-autonomous region of Puntland say three people have been arrested in connection with the fatal s

VOA标准英语2009-Human Trafficking Reaches to High Alert Arou

By Kane Farabaugh Dayton, Ohio 13 November 2009 Like slaves on an auction block waiting to be selected, victims of human trafficking have to perform as they are told or risk being beaten (2005 File) The U.S. State Department estimates that 800,000 h