2006年VOA标准英语-US Seeks Swift Progress at Korea Nuclear Talks

By David Gollust State Department 13 December 2006 The lead U.S. delegate to the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program says he wants to see concrete progress before the end of the year. The Chinese-sponsored negotiations reconvene in Beij

2006年VOA标准英语-Polish President's Twin Set to Become Prime Min

By Stefan Bos Budapest 08 July 2006 Polish President Lech Kaczynski, left, and his twin brother Jaroslaw Kaczynski are show in this 2005 file photo The twin brother of Poland's president has been chosen by the governing Law and Justice party to take

2006年VOA标准英语-Georgian Regions of Abkhazia, South Ossetia Cau

By Andr de Nesnera Washington 11 October 2006 Tensions remain high between Russia and Georgia, after Georgia released last month four military officers arrested on spying charges - an accusation rejected by Moscow. The Russian government retaliated

2006年VOA标准英语-French Troops Deploy in Lebanon to Enforce Truc

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 09 September 2006 French troops are arriving in Lebanon to police the ceasefire between Israel and the Islamic militant group, Hezbollah. Israeli forces, which pounded Lebanon for 34 days, are preparing to pull out. ------

2006年VOA标准英语-Milosevic Death a Blow to Victims and Trib

Washington 11 March 2006 The death of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has sparked disappointment among world leaders and victims alike that he did not live to face justice on more than 60

2006年VOA标准英语-Brain-Damaged Victim Regains Speech After Almos

By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 05 July 2006 watch report Brain Regeneration Terry Wallis He has been called a 'medical miracle.' A 42-year-old man from the southern state of Arkansas has regained some ability to speak and move after 19 years of bei

2006年VOA标准英语-Red Cross Says Work On Tsunami Recovery Progres

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 18 December 2006 The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says great progress has been made in helping hundreds of thousands of Indian Ocean tsunami victims recover from the disaster two years ago.

2006年VOA标准英语-US Calls for Urgent UN Security Council Ac

By Peter Heinlein United Nations 09 May 2006 Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has urged the U.N. Security Council to act quickly to stop the genocide and humanitarian crisis in Dar

2006年VOA标准英语-AU Struggles to Seal Peace Deal in Darfur

By Noel King Debbis, Darfur, Sudan 08 June 2006 The task of urging holdout rebels to sign the Darfur Peace Agreement has fallen to the African Union, which brokered the deal in Abuja, Nigeria. It is a difficult job, and across the region, AU peaceke

2006年VOA标准英语-AU Summit Extends Peacekeeping in Darfur

By Franz Wild Abidjan 03 July 2006 African leaders meeting at an African Union summit in Gambia on Sunday agreed to extend the mandate of their peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region until at least December. The summit also endorsed Senegal's decisio

2006年VOA标准英语-AU Raises Alarm Over Renewed Violence in Darfur

By Noel King Khartoum 10 December 2006 Fighting is flaring across Sudan's embattled western Darfur region, the Kenyan woman holds a poster during a protest march in Nairobi, Kenya, 7 Dec 2006 African Union warned Sunday. The AU reports at least 22 p

2006年VOA标准英语-Experts: Moderate Support Boosted Democrats in

By Jim Malone Washington 09 November 2006 A number of experts say that political moderates may have been the big winners in Tuesday's U.S. congressional elections. Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, left, meets with Democratic Senat

2006年VOA标准英语-Middle East Diplomatic Efforts Intensify

By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 18 July 2006 Diplomatic efforts to end the latest conflict in the Middle East intensified, Tuesday, as United Nations diplomats met with senior Israeli officials in Jerusalem, after holding talks in Beirut. The talks took pla

2006年VOA标准英语-Bush Goes to Border in Push for Immigratio

By Paula Wolfson White House 18 May 2006 President Bush went to the southern U.S. border with Mexico Thursday to make the case for immigration reform. Mr. Bush met with Border Patrol agents and Nation

2006年VOA标准英语-At Least Eight Killed as Israel's Gaza Offensiv

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 04 November 2006 Family members mourn during the funeral procession of Mahmoud Sabah, a Hamas militant killed during an Israeli missile strike at the Jebaliya refugee camp At least eight Palestinian militants have been kil

2006年VOA标准英语-Egypt Cracks Down on Dissent

By Challiss McDonough Cairo 17 May 2006 Egyptian human rights groups say about 360 people have been arrested over the past three weeks in what many are calling the biggest crackdown on political disse

2006年VOA标准英语-Haitian Elections Bring Back Long History

By Bill Rodgers Washington, D.C. 08 February 2006 watch Avid report Throngs of voters turned out for elections in Haiti, exactly two decades after the downfall of the Duvalier dictatorship and almost

2006年VOA标准英语-Abbas Vows to Hold Early Elections Despite Viol

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 18 December 2006 British PM Tony Blair, left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, walk past an honor guard before a meeting in Ramallah, 18 Dec 2006 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he is pressing on wi

2006年VOA标准英语-South Korean Speedskater Kim Hyo-Jung Glid

By Steve Schy Washington 17 January 2006 Kim Hyo-Jung Kim Hyo-Jung, 17, left her native South Korea and family two years ago to get a fresh start in speedskating, after what she describes as bad exper

2006年VOA标准英语-South Korean Seen as Front-Runner in UN Secreta

By Peter Heinlein United Nations 14 September 2006 A preliminary poll of U.N. Security Council members has reaffirmed South Korea's foreign minister as the leading candidate to become the world body's next secretary-general. Council diplomats expect