VOA标准英语2009年-Officials Say Somali Piracy is Declining

By David Axe Aboard the USS Donald Cook 07 October 2009 In 2008, Somali pirates captured more than 100 large commercial vessels in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, provoking a massive international response. Today, some 40 warships patrol Soma

VOA标准英语2009年-Family of Son Killed In Somalia Speaks Out

By Jeff Swicord Minneapolis, Minnesota 07 October 2009 In the past 18 months, 20 young Somali men have disappeared from Minneapolis, Minnesota -- only to re-emerge in Somalia as part of an al-Qaida-backed militia. Some claimed they didn't know they

VOA标准英语2009年-Japan's New Foreign Minister Considers Wid

By Akiko Fujita Tokyo 07 October 2009 Japan Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (file photo) Japan's new foreign minister has laid out his plan for his first 100 days in office, elaborating on discussions to build an East Asian Community and to alter the

VOA标准英语2009年-Washington Post: UN Data Shows Vote Discre

By Sean Maroney Islamabad 07 October 2009 Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) worker takes photograph after looking for patterns of irregularities in Kabul, 13 Sep 2009 U.N. officials have confirmed that data on Afghanistan's disputed election was

VOA标准英语2009年-Support for Balkans' EU Membership Growing

By Stefan Bos Budapest 07 October 2009 The Visegrad Group of European Union Foreign Ministers have agreed to support Serbia and other western Balkans countries to become full fledged members of the EU and North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The deci

VOA标准英语2009年-Hijab, Niqab, Hair: Egyptian Women Choose

By Elizabeth Arrott Cairo, Egypt 07 October 2009 An Egyptian woman, right, wears a niqab a veil which shows only the eyes, as she walks with another, wearing the hijab, or headscarf, left, in downtown Cairo, Egypt (file) Egypt has long valued its ro

VOA标准英语2009年-India Says Kabul Bombing Targeted Its Emba

By Steve Herman New Delhi 08 October 2009 India's government says no embassy personnel were killed or severely injured in a car bombing outside its diplomatic compound Thursday morning in Kabul. But Indian officials contend the attack, indeed, targe

VOA标准英语2009年-UN Security Council Extends NATO Mandate i

By Margaret Besheer United Nations 08 October 2009 U.N. Security Council (file photo) The U.N. Security Council has extended the mandate of the NATO-led military forces in Afghanistan for another year. The 15-member council also urged the protection

VOA标准英语2009年-UN Launches Multimillion Dollar Appeal for

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 06 October 2009 The United Nations is appealing for $74 million to provide emergency assistance to hundreds of thousands of victims of two catastrophic typhoons that have struck the Philippines in less than two weeks. A reside

VOA标准英语2009年-Indonesian Earthquake Aid Distribution Und

By Brian Padden Jakarta 06 October 2009 A Muslim woman looks on as US military personnel build a field hospital in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, 06 Oct 2009 The United States today sent the first installment of a multi-million dollar assistance p

VOA标准英语2009年-Recovery Effort Beginning in American Samo

By Mike O'Sullivan American Samoa 06 October 2009 Recovery efforts are underway in American Samoa, which was struck last week by a major earthquake and tsunami, along with the nearby nations of Samoa and Tonga. One-hundred-77 are confirmed dead in t

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Meets With Lawmakers On Afghanistan

By Kent Klein Washington 06 October 2009 Senator Harry Reid speaks at White House after meeting President Obama on Afghanistan, 6 Oct 2009 The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate says lawmakers in both parties will support whatever decision President Ba

VOA标准英语2009年-Masaais in Southern Kenya Suffer From Drou

By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 06 October 2009 Cattle struggle to survive in Kenya's drought The Masaai community in the Kajiado area of southern Kenya is struggling to cope with a drought that is now in its third year. At least half of the area's cows h

VOA标准英语2009年-Gold Hits Record High as US Dollar Weakens

By Michael Bowman Washington 06 October 2009 Gold coins and bars at California Numismatic Investments in Inglewood, California (file photo) Officials in several Middle Eastern capitals are denying a published report that petroleum producing countrie

VOA标准英语2009年-Jerusalem Tense as Arab Leaders Visit Disp

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 07 October 2009 Tension remains high between Jews and Muslims at a disputed Jerusalem holy place after several days of unrest that have overshadowed a Jewish festival of pilgrimage. Israeli Arab leaders visited the Mosque

VOA标准英语2009年-Former IAEA Chief: Iran Inspections Step i

By Jennifer Glasse London 05 October 2009 The former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says it is a step in the right direction for Iran to let agency inspectors visit its uranium-enrichment site. But he says questions about Iran's nucl

VOA标准英语2009年-Britain's New Supreme Court Opens, Separat

By Jennifer Glasse London 05 October 2009 A new high court has begun proceedings in Britain, replacing the appeals court in the House of Lords. Its title, The Supreme Court, has led some British lawyers to be concerned that it might eventually take

VOA标准英语2009年-US Supreme Court Opens Annual Term

By Jim Malone Washington 05 October 2009 The U.S. Supreme Court opened its annual term with much of the attention focused on the high court's newest member, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who was confirmed by the Senate in August, is the first Hispanic ju

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Renews Push for Health-Care Reform

By Paula Wolfson The White House 05 October 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama is renewing his push for health-care reform, as a key vote nears in Congress. Mr. Obama is urging the nation's physicians to join the reform effort. Pres. Barack Obama shak

VOA标准英语2009年-UN Condemns Pakistan Suicide Bombing

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 05 October 2009 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (Oct 2009 file photo) The U.N. Secretary-General is condemning the terrorist attack that killed five World Food Program aid workers in Islamabad, Pakistan. Several other people