2007年VOA标准英语-Militants Attack, Threaten Government in Pakist

By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 15 July 2007 A wave of deadly attacks in Pakistan is raising fears of a widespread militant backlash days after government forces raided a radical mosque in the capital. Suicide bombings in Pakistan's tribal areas have kill

VOA常速英语2008年-Afghan Official: Kabul Government Has Presence

By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 03 March 2008 Afghanistan's top intelligence officer is rejecting a U.S. estimate that only 30 percent of the country is under the control of the central government in Kabul. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad tha

VOA常速英语2008年-Somali Militants Behead 3 Government Soldiers

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 14 March 2008 In a fresh sign that militant Muslim fighters in Somalia have adopted tactics used by the al-Qaida terror network, Somalia's radical Islamist Shabab group has beheaded three government soldiers guarding a road nort

VOA标准英语2010年-Fair Trade Campaign Kicks Off in Brita

Fair trade has become an increasingly important campaign in today's global market place. Its focus is the rights of millions of workers in developing countries who earn low wages and face harsh working conditions to produce low cost products many of

VOA常速英语2007年-Debate Continues Over Fate of Ugandan Rebel

By Derek Kilner Nairobi 09 November 2007 A senior northern Ugandan official says the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army rebel group has detained his own deputy, Vincent Otti. Derek Kilner reports from VOA's East Africa bureau in Nairobi that a rebe

2007年VOA标准英语-European Court Upholds Key Antitrust Ruling Aga

By Teri Schultz Brussels 17 September 2007 Microsoft Corporation suffered a major legal setback Monday when a European Union court rejected the software giant's appeal of a 2004 anti trust ruling. The court also upheld a record fine of more than $600

VOA标准英语2008年-US Pledges to Uphold Its End of India Nuclear D

The Bush administration Thursday stressed its determination to fulfill its side of the landmark U.S.-India nuclear agreement after the government of Indian Prime Minister Monmohan Singh said it is ready to risk a confidence vote to get the deal thro

2007年VOA标准英语-Tensions Mount Over Forces in Europe

By Barry Newhouse Irbil 10 June 2007 Traveling Iraq's highways is a perilous undertaking, and few understand the risks as well as the country's truckers. It is a job where ambushes are expected and breakdowns can be deadly. But one group of trucker

2007年VOA标准英语-Insecurity, Displacement Escalate in Eastern Ch

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 09 January 2007 The U.N. refugee agency says it remains extremely concerned over the security situation in eastern Chad where there are now more than 220,000 Darfur refugees from neighboring Sudan and over 100,000 internally d

2007年VOA标准英语-UN Warns of Health Crisis in Flood-Stricken Sou

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 07 August 2007 A woman wades through a flooded street to collect food in Sirajgonj, about 104 kilometers (65 miles) north of Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, 03 Aug 2007 United Nations aid agencies are warning that millions of peopl

VOA常速英语2008年-Kenya Crisis Negotiators Turn to Political Issu

By Scott Bobb Nairobi 05 February 2008 Negotiations aimed at ending the crisis in Kenya are focusing on a political solution to December's disputed elections that left nearly 1,000 people dead and 300,000 homeless. Correspondent Scott Bobb reports fr

VOA标准英语2010年-EU Wants Sronger Measures to Fix Greek

EU Commissioner Oliver Rehn is in Athens to discuss Greek proposals to straighten out its government finances. The European Union has urged Greece to implement greater austerity measures immediately to tackle a debt crisis that has shaken the entire

VOA标准英语2010年-Obama, Haitian President Discuss Earth

Haiti's President Rene Preval has discussed his country's earthquake recovery and economic needs with President Barack Obama in a meeting at the White House. It was President Obama's first meeting with the Haitian leader. Nearly two months after a ma

VOA常速英语2007年-Pakistan's Opposition Rejects New Caretaker Gov

By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 16 November 2007 A caretaker government has been installed in Pakistan to oversee parliamentary elections in January. But as VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad, political opposition parties are dismissing the new

VOA标准英语2008年-Pakistani Lawyers Prepare Cross-Country March f

By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 09 June 2008 Thousands of lawyers gathered in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi to begin a cross-country march demanding the return of senior judges sacked by President Musharraf last November. VOA's Barry Newhouse re

VOA标准英语2008年-Georgia Charges Russia Violating Hours-Old Truc

Georgia says dozens of Russian tanks rolled into a strategic city and seized a military base, violating an EU-mediated agreement to end a six-day conflict. Emma Stickgold reports for VOA from Moscow that Russia said some of its soldiers went into th

2006年VOA标准英语-Efforts to Convene Israeli-Palestinian Summit B

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 15 October 2006 Efforts to convene a rare Israeli-Palestinian summit have broken down. The thorny issue of the release of Palestinian prisoners is at the heart of the dispute. Israeli PM Ehud Olmert is seen at the weekly c

VOA标准英语2008年-Pakistan Warns Cross-Border Raid Could Provoke

Pakistani lawmakers have denounced Wednesday's raid by foreign troops in Pakistani territory, passing a resolution condemning the operation and vowing to repel similar attacks in the future. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad that the Pakis

VOA常速英语2007-US Military Says 6 Terrorists Killed in Iraq

By Jim Randle Irbil, Iraq 06 October 2007 The U.S. military says coalition forces have killed six more terrorists in Iraq. They also deny that an air attack on Friday hit innocent civilians. VOA's Jim Randle reports from northern Iraq. In an e-mailed

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Makes Final Pitch For Chicago to Hos

By Tom Rivers London 02 October 2009 Video: Obama Olympic Bid Download (WM) In an impassioned final pitch to members of the International Olympic Committee in Copenhagen, President Barack Obama made the case Friday for the mid-Western U.S. city of C