2006年VOA标准英语-Saddam Returns to Baghdad Court, Defense Team C

By Jim Randle Irbil, Iraq 09 October 2006 Saddam Hussein reads the Quran as he listens to witness testimony, Monday, Oct. 9, 2006 Saddam Hussein's genocide trial has resumed in Baghdad after more than a week in recess, but defense lawyers continued

2006年VOA标准英语-Experts Agree Somalia Getting Help From Other N

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 17 November 2006 Experts on Somalia have mixed opinions about some of the findings in a new U.N. commission report that accuses 10 countries from across the Middle East and Africa of supplying money, weapons, troops, and traini

2006年VOA标准英语-Bush: Iran has Weeks, Not Months, to Respond to

By Scott Stearns White House 09 June 2006 President Bush says there will be U.N. Security Council action against Iran, if the country does not stop enriching uranium. The U.N. nuclear agency says Iran this week launched a new round of uranium enrich

2006年VOA标准英语-US Signals Flexibility on Darfur Peace Force

By David Gollust State Department 09 November 2006 The United States signaled flexibility Thursday on the shape of a new international peacekeeping force for Darfur. The Sudanese government has adamantly opposed the introduction of a United Nations

2006年VOA标准英语-US Assists Indonesia with Education Reforms

By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 16 November 2006 Students chat after practicing to chant verses of the holy book of Koran at Al Mukmin Islamic boarding school in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia (File photo) The U.S. launched an initiative in 2003 meant to bo

2006年VOA标准英语-Lawmakers Urge Bush to Heed Iraq Recommendation

By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 06 December 2006 Members of Congress say they hope President Bush gives serious consideration to recommendations by the independent Iraq Study Group. VOA's Dan Robinson reports, Democrats, who will take control of Congre

2006年VOA标准英语-World Leaders Repeat Call for Peace in Middle E

By Deborah Block Washington, DC 03 August 2006 watch Call for Peace report Hezbollah guerrillas Wednesday fired a record number of rockets into Israel. Israel commandos raided the militant group's strongholds deep inside Lebanon. Top officials from

2006年VOA标准英语-Pope, on Second Day in Germany, Calls for Toler

By Sabina Castelfranco Munich 10 September 2006 Pope Benedict XVI wavea to pilgrims, Sunday, September 10, 2002 Pope Benedict spoke out against mockery of what is sacred during his first open-airmass Sunday in the southern German region of Bavaria.

2006年VOA标准英语-Human Rights Activists: Xenophobia in Russia Be

By Anya Ardayeva Moscow 14 November 2006 watch Russian Nationalism Hundreds of ultra-nationalists and far-right demonstrators rallied in the Russian capital a week ago despite a ban imposed on their gathering by the city's authorities. The march fol

2006年VOA标准英语-UN Forecasts Continuing Drought in Horn Of

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 14 February 2006 Maasai cattle walk through an area stripped of vegetation, in the Amboseli national park in Kenya, January 4, 2006 The U.N. World Meteorological Organization fo

2006年VOA标准英语-Bush Meets With Terror Advisors

By Paula Wolfson Washington 15 August 2006 President Bush at a meeting with the Homeland Security Team at the National Counterterrorism Center President Bush says almost five years after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, America is safer, bu

2006年VOA标准英语-Study Group Report Could Form Basis for US Bipa

By Jim Malone Washington 06 December 2006 The long-running political debate in Washington over the war in Iraq took a major turn Wednesday with the release of the report of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group. As VOA National correspondent Jim Malone re

2006年VOA标准英语-Iraqi, US Officials Say Al-Zarqawi Killed

By Challiss McDonough Cairo 08 June 2006 Jordanian-born terrorist mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is seen in these undated photos (File photo) Terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is dead. Iraqi and

2006年VOA标准英语-French Officials Say CAR Rebels Lose Last Town

By Nico Colombant Dakar 10 December 2006 Central African Republic French military officials are saying rebels in the Central African Republic have lost the last northern town they were holding, nearly two weeks into a counter-offensive. VOA's Nico C

2006年VOA标准英语-US Company Builds Large High-Flying Balloon to

By Mike O'Sullivan Palmdale, California 06 September 2006 Engineers in the California desert are testing a new communications platform that blends modern electronics with old technology. Developers say a helium-filled balloon carrying high-tech equi

2006年VOA标准英语-Bush Calls for Diplomatic Solution to Iran

By Paula Wolfson Washington 10 April 2006 President Bush delivers speech at John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, Monday President Bush says he remains committed to find

2006年VOA标准英语-Polio Cases Increasing in Afghanistan

By George Dwyer Washington, DC 06 October 2006 watch Afghanistan Polio report The number of polio cases reported in Afghanistan so far this year is up sharply over figures tallied for the whole of 2005. As VOA's George Dwyer reports, nearly all of t

2006年VOA标准英语-South Africans Travel to US to Learn New Winema

By Patricia Huff Charlottesville, Virginia 14 November 2006 watch South African Winemaker Learning by doing -- that's the goal of a new internship program for aspiring winemakers. Ten South Africans traveled to Virginia and California to learn the a

2006年VOA标准英语-Bush Reinforces State of Union Message wit

By Scott Stearns White House 01 February 2006 President Bush is applauded as he gives his State of the Union speech, with House speaker Dennis Hastert and Vice President Dick Cheney, left, standing be

2006年VOA标准英语-African Leaders Seek Ivory Coast Peace Solution

By Franz Wild Abidjan 17 October 2006 African leaders are trying to find a solution for peace in war-divided Ivory Coast during a private summit meeting in Ethiopia. It is believed they back extending the term of Ivory Coast's president for another