VOA标准英语2010年-Iran Orders Boost in Uranium Enrichmen

Iran says it needs uranium enriched to 20 percent to fuel a medical research reactor Elizabeth Arrott | Cairo 08 February 2010 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wears eye protection goggles as he visits an exhibition of Iran's laser science, in

VOA标准英语2010年-Shelved Machine Translator Gets New Li

Medical dictionary springs from largely forgotten English/Creole database Rosanne Skirble | Washington, DC 08 February 2010 A largely forgotten translator is getting new life in the aftermath of the devastating January 12 earthquake in Haiti which le

VOA标准英语2010年-Indonesian Street Kids Find Rescue in

Every year in Indonesia, thousands of rural poor migrate to big cities in hope of finding a better life. But for many of them, the dream never comes true. A private charity, the Learning Farm, is taking the opposite path: teaching former street kids

VOA标准英语2010年-Former Ivory Coast Rebels Warn of Civi

Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo (R) speaks with Ivorian Defense minister Amani N'guessan (L) at presidential palace in Abidjan, 30 Nov 2009 Ivory Coast's former rebel faction in the North, the New Forces, warn that election-related violence and tens

VOA标准英语2010年-Richmond's Jackson Ward Abounds in Bla

America's first female bank president and vaudeville entertainer Bojangles hail from same Virginia neighborhood Ted Landphair | Washington, DC 09 February 2010 The bright, well-kept home of Maggie Walker, now a National Historic Site, is, unfortunate

VOA标准英语2010年-Germany's Call for Removal of US Missi

Germany's new coalition government is calling for U.S. nuclear missiles to be removed from Europe. A London research organization says Germany's announcement has reopened the global debate about whether nuclear weapons help or hinder global security.

VOA标准英语2010年-Al-Qaida Group in Yemen Reaches Out to

Said Ali al-Shihri, deputy chief of al-Qaida's offshoot in Yemen in a 2009 file photo taken from undated video posted on a militant-leaning Web site, and provided by the SITE Intelligence Group A Yemen-based al-Qaida group is calling for regional coo

VOA标准英语2010年-Israel Calls for 'Crippling' Sanctions

Israel has issued a stern warning after Iran said it had begun making a higher-grade nuclear fuel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Iran's intentions are clear. Iran is racing forward to produce nuclear weapons in brazen defiance of the

VOA标准英语2010年-Do Grunts and Sighs and Laughs Transla

A new study finds that sounds conveying negative emotions could be understood across cultural boundaries more readily than the sounds of positive emotions. Related Links Disa Sauter's paper in PNAS Things like laughter, crying, sighing, grunting ...

VOA标准英语2010年-Researchers Discover Stuttering Gene

Researchers have discovered a gene linked to stuttering, a speech disorder that afflicts an estimated one million adults worldwide. Scientists believe the finding raises hope that a drug might someday be developed to treat this disabling condition. R

VOA标准英语2010年-Sierra Leone Working to Attract Touris

Once a booming tourist destination for Europeans looking for a small stretch of tropical paradise, Sierra Leone is better known these days for its post-war struggles to develop. But many here believe that the tourist trade is just about to take off a

VOA标准英语2010年-Sierra Leone Doctor Returns from US to

Sierra Leone's health system has suffered from decades of corruption and the destruction wrought by a long civil war. The few functioning hospitals are under-staffed and short on medical supplies and equipment. Now a new medical center provides high

VOA标准英语2010年-Iran's Supreme Leader Lauds Turnout at

Pro-government Iranian demonstrators hold posters of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini (R) and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and anti-US placards during a rally commemorating the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Tehr

VOA标准英语2010年-US Aid to Haiti Tops $450 Million

A US Army soldier gives a hand as women leave an aid distribution site carrying sacks of rice on their heads in Port-au-Prince, 01 Feb 2010 U.S. government agencies have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on rescue and relief efforts in Haiti, whi

VOA标准英语2010年-Carter: Sudan Faces Tight Presidential

This will be an intensely competitive election with a lot at stake. - Former US President Jimmy Carter Former United States president Jimmy Carter has said he believes Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is likely to face a second round run-off against

VOA标准英语2010年-Chad, Sudan Signal End to Proxy Wars

The long-running proxy wars between Chad and Sudan could be nearing an end following a rare meeting between the two nations' leaders in the Sudanese capital. The enmity between the two regimes has helped fuel the ongoing conflict in Darfur. Alan Bosw

VOA标准英语2010年-Seriously Injured from Haiti Quake Con

Mike O'Sullivan | Port-au-Prince 10 February 2010 Medical professionals aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) treat a six-year-old Haitian boy in the casualty receiving room aboard the 1,000-bed hospital ship. Hundr

VOA标准英语2010年-Snowstorm Puts Capitol Hill Legislativ

Emily Tibbott skis past a US Capitol Police Officer standing guard on Capitol Hill in Washington, 10 Feb 2010, as more snow fell in the Washington area The second major snowstorm to hit Washington, D.C in less than a week has buried legislative actio

VOA标准英语2010年-Blame it on El Nino!

US blizzards, Asia's typhoons, other extreme weather all linked to Pacific Ocean anomaly Steve Baragona | Washington, DC 10 February 2010 Experts say the oceanic disturbance known as El Ni?o is to blame for severe weather in Washington, D.C. and arou

VOA标准英语2010年-South Africa Marks Mandela's Prison Re

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release from prison of Nelson Mandela, former members of the national reception committee were brought in together in Johannesburg, 04 Feb 2010, by Winnie and Zindzi to reminisce about the event of 11 February