2006年VOA标准英语-A New President Takes Over India's Main Op

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 02 January 2006 Former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, right, congratulates Rajnath Singh, the new President of Bharatiya Janta Party A new leader has taken ch

2006年VOA标准英语-Widow of US Civil Rights Icon King Dies

By Mike Cooper Atlanta 31 January 2006 Coretta Scott King, the widow of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., has died. She had been in poor health since suffering a stroke last summer. Co

2006年VOA标准英语-Jury Selected for Trial of Enron's Top Exe

By Greg Flakus Houston 31 January 2006 watch Enron Trial report The trial of two former top executives of the Enron corporation began Monday in Houston with the selection of a 12-person jury. Opening

2006年VOA标准英语-India Announces Major Success Against Lepr

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 31 January 2006 Leprosy patients rub their hands with ayurvedic oil during treatment at the Leprosy Mission in New Delhi (File photo - January 18, 2000) India says it is c

2006年VOA标准英语-US Pledges Another $1 Billion for Afghanis

By Michael Drudge London 31 January 2006 Delegates pose for a group photograph at the London Conference on Afghanistan in central London, Jan. 31, 2006 An international conference on Afghanistan has o

2006年VOA标准英语-Apartheid Human Rights Abusers to Face Pun

By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 31 January 2006 South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority says it is ready to prosecute people who were refused or failed to apply to the Truth and Reconciliation C

2006年VOA标准英语-Cowboy Romance Brokeback Mountain Leads Os

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 31 January 2006 The cowboy romance

2006年VOA标准英语-US Senate Confirms Alito for Supreme Court

By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 31 January 2006 Judge Samuel Alito The U.S. Senate has confirmed Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court in a largely party-line vote. He is poised to become the 110th jus

2006年VOA标准英语-Israelis Have Conflicting Opinions of How

By Simon Marks Jerusalem 31 January 2006 watch Israeli Reaction report The President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, says he will continue to pursue peace with Israel, despite the shock v

2006年VOA标准英语-President Bush Set to Deliver Important Sp

By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 31 January 2006 watch State of Union Preview George W. Bush U.S. President George W. Bush will lay out his vision for the year ahead when he delivers his annual state of t

2006年VOA标准英语-High-Tech Medicine Saving US Military in I

By Deborah Block Washington, DC 31 January 2006 watch Trauma Treatment report The violence in Iraq has cost many people their lives -- Iraqis, American military, and other coalition. So far, more than

2006年VOA标准英语-OPEC Production Unchanged Despite High Pri

By Marlene Smith Vienna 31 January 2006 OPEC's President Edmund Maduabebe Daukoru from Nigeria arrives for final press conference after a meeting of ministers of OPEC, in Vienna, 31 January 2006 The O

2006年VOA标准英语-US National Prayer Breakfast Draws World P

By Margaret Besheer Washington 31 January 2006 Every year on the first Thursday in February, 3,000 people from around the world gather in Washington for the National Prayer Breakfast. Among them are h

2006年VOA标准英语-Lack of Biometric Passports Slows Down Fre

By Lisa Bryant Paris 31 January 2006 Lines are snaking out the door of the U.S. Consulate in Paris, as would-be French travelers to America wait to get newly required visas. The problem: the French go

2006年VOA标准英语-Putin Defends Russia's Role in 'Group of E

By Lisa McAdams Moscow 31 January 2006 Russian President Vladimir Putin disagrees with critics at home and abroad who suggest Russia is rapidly retreating from democratic gains in favor of more author

2006年VOA标准英语-Quartet Warns of Aid Cuts Without Doctrine

By David Gollust London 31 January 2006 watch Quartet report UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan (l) and US Secretary of State Rice The international diplomatic Quartet on the Middle East late Monday pres

2006年VOA标准英语-East Timor's President Takes Control of Nationa

By Nancy-Amelia Collins Dili 30 May 2006 East Timorese President Xanana Gusmao speaks to reporters at presidential palace in Dili The East Timorese president has taken over direct control of the armed forces and declared a state of crisis in an atte

2006年VOA标准英语-Tourists Head To Alaska's Glaciers

By Joseph Mok and Zhan Jun Juneau, Alaska 30 May 2006 watch Glacier Trekkers report Juneau, the capital of Alaska, was founded as a gold-mining camp 200 years ago. Today, it is filled with cruise ship passengers and people known as trekkers, who are

2006年VOA标准英语-Afghan Parliament Seeks Arrest of US Troops Inv

By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 31 May 2006 Afghanistan's parliament has passed a resolution demanding the arrest of U.S. soldiers involved in a deadly car crash. Afghan protesters throw stones at an US military vehicle after a traffic accident in Kabul,

2006年VOA标准英语-Bush Names New Treasury Secretary

By Paula Wolfson Washington 30 May 2006 President Bush, left, listens as Henry M. Paulson Jr. speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House Tuesday, May 30, 2006 President Bush has named a new treasury secretary, choosing Wall Street executive Henry