2006年VOA标准英语-Bush: Phone Monitoring Only Aimed at Terro

By Michael Bowman Washington 11 May 2006 President Bush says the federal government's monitoring of telephone activity is limited to instances where authorities believe terrorists are making calls to

2006年VOA标准英语-Google and Yahoo Still Remain Popular

By Barry Wood Mountain View, CA 01 December 2006 watch Google Yahoo report Silicon Valley rivals Yahoo and Google are located only minutes from each other at the southern end of the Silicon Valley not far from San Francisco, California. VOA's Barry

2006年VOA标准英语-Calderon Takes Presidential Oath of Office Befo

By Greg Flakus Mexico City 01 December 2006 In spite of threats by leftist lawmakers, Felipe Calderon went before the Mexican Congress Friday to take the formal presidential oath of office as required by the constitution. As VOA's Greg Flakus report

2006年VOA标准英语-US Presidential Contenders Active for 2008

By Jim Malone Washington 21 March 2006 The 2008 presidential election is more than two years away, but that has not stopped several potential candidates from testing the political waters. It is possib

2006年VOA标准英语-Ugandan Presidential Candidate Acquitted o

By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 07 March 2006 An opposition politician who ran for president in Uganda's recent elections was found not guilty of rape Tuesday. The main contender to the country's president

2006年VOA标准英语-Scope of US Presidential Power Again an Is

By Gary Thomas Washington 10 January 2006 Samuel Alito One key issue dominating the hearings on the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court is the scope of presidential power. The i

2006年VOA标准英语-New Forest Fire-Fighting Technology

By Paul Sisco Washington, D.C. 23 June 2006 Watch Fire Report With the long hot days of summer in the northern hemisphere come wildfires in many parts of the world. Paul Sisco reports on some new technologies being tried in the United States to dete

2006年VOA标准英语-Indonesian Forest Fires Threaten Wildlife, Envi

By Chad Bouchard Jakarta, Indonesia 13 November 2006 Conservationists in Indonesia have warned that fires set to clear land have killed and injured hundreds of endangered orangutans. Environmentalists are also concerned the burning of rainforest and

2006年VOA标准英语-A Street Shines with the ‘Miracle of Lights’

By June Soh Baltimore, Maryland 21 December 2006 watch Miracle of Lights report Jingle bells and Christmas trees. Houses and buildings covered with lights and ornaments. These are all part of the holiday season in the United States -- meant to boost

2006年VOA标准英语-Pakistan in Difficult Position on Eve of O

By Gary Thomas Washington 19 January 2006 US Vice President Dick Cheney shakes hands with Pakistan's President, Pervez Musharraf, left Pakistan's prime minister is in the United States and is schedule

2006年VOA标准英语-US Ambassador to Iraq Emphasizes Positive on Ca

By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 13 July 2006 U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, sought to emphasize the positive when he offered an assessment of the situation in Iraq before a congressional committee Thursday. But he said sectarian violence re

2006年VOA标准英语-Negotiations Continue to Free Five Italian

By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 05 January 2006 Yemeni veiled female artists holding picture of President Ali Abdullah Saleh during a protest in front of Cabinet demanding government to take stiff measure

2006年VOA标准英语-Bush Seeks Increased Funding for Internati

By David McAlary Washington 09 February 2006 Report cover The Bush administration is asking Congress for a 25 percent increase in funding for its emergency global HIV/AIDS program for 2007. The State

2006年VOA标准英语-Study Shows Bacteria Found in Yogurt May H

By Paige Kollock Washington, DC 14 February 2006 watch Yogurt and HIV report Yogurt makers like to advertise the health benefits of eating their product. VOA's Paige Kollock reports they may be right

2006年VOA标准英语-Western Countries, UN Agree to Form Bird F

By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 07 March 2006 Animal health experts from the United States, European Union and UN agencies have agreed on the creation of a new crisis and coordinating center to combat the

2006年VOA标准英语-Cactus Hailed as Viable Food Source in Nor

By Cathy Majtenyi Mekele, Ethiopia 22 March 2006 The prickly pear cactus grows abundantly in many parts of northern Ethiopia's Tigray region. Sometimes known as a

2006年VOA标准英语-Americans Get Ready for Bird Flu

By Mohamed Elshinnawi Washington, DC 23 March 2006 watch US Bird Flu report The World Health Organization says the deaths of five people in Azerbaijan have pushed the world total human deaths from H5N

2006年VOA标准英语-Asian AIDS Conference Focuses on Protectin

By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 23 March 2006 Asia's children are being left behind in the fight against HIV/AIDS a regional conference in Vietnam has heard. The three-day meeting is the first to focus on li

2006年VOA标准英语-Ex-US Congressman Says He Will Name Sexual Abus

By Cindy Saine Miami 18 October 2006 An attorney for ex-Congressman Mark Foley of Florida says his client will reveal the name of the Roman Catholic priest he says sexually abused him as a young boy. Foley abruptly resigned from the House of Represe

2006年VOA标准英语-Fighting the High School Dropout Rate

By Jeff Swicord Howard County, Maryland 18 May 2006 watch School Drop Out report It is estimated between 15 and 30 percent of high school students in the U.S. will not graduate. And among some minorit