2006年VOA标准英语-Peruvian Populist Leads Presidential Opini

By Michael Bowman Lima 06 April 2006 In Peru, a left-leaning populist firebrand has surged to the top of public opinion polls before Sunday's presidential vote. In the first of a two-part series from

2006年VOA标准英语-Kenya Investigates Sale of Famine Food Aid

By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 13 January 2006 The Kenyan government is investigating claims that some relief food that had been donated to famine victims in the north and east is instead being sold in the

2006年VOA标准英语-Kenya Wants International Help With Somali Refu

By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 12 October 2006 Kenya's foreign affairs minister is expressing his frustration over recent events in Somalia and their effect on his country, saying Somali refugees are carrying guns into Kenya and adding to insecurity. Mea

2006年VOA标准英语-Tejano Music Star Freddy Fender Dies

By Mary Morningstar Washington 16 October 2006 Singer Freddy Fender died of lung cancer Saturday, October 14, at his home in Corpus Christi, Texas. He was 69. During a career that spanned more than four decades, Fender enjoyed success in pop, Countr

2006年VOA标准英语-Leftist Mexican Presidential Candidate To Chall

By Greg Flakus Mexico City 04 July 2006 In Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, candidate of the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution, is charging election officials with manipulation of the vote count in Sunday's presidential election that sh

2006年VOA标准英语-Vietnam Trade Measure Fails Ahead of Bush Visit

By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 15 November 2006 Hopes President Bush may have had of signing Vietnam trade legislation before departing for the Asia economic summit in Hanoi have faded as Republican leaders in the House of Representatives have decided

2006年VOA标准英语-Philippines on Alert in Face of Pre-Independenc

By Douglas Bakshian Manila 11 June 2006 Police investigators take a look at the damage caused by a suspected homemade bomb or a grenade as it exploded in a bus being used as a mobile police station in Manila's suburban Quezon city Philippine police

2006年VOA标准英语-Israel on High Alert After Jail Siege

By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 15 March 2006 Israeli police and defense forces are on high alert, after Israeli forces captured a leading Palestinian militant after storming a jail in the West Bank city, Jer

2006年VOA标准英语-Malaysia Issues Alert in Malacca Strait as Haze

By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 09 October 2006 Malaysia has issued a hazard warning for ships sailing in the Malacca Strait because of a thick haze from bush fires in Indonesia that is blanketing parts of the region, and cutting visibility. Strait

2006年VOA标准英语-Sudan Repatriation Resumes From Ethiopia, CAR

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 13 December 2006 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees begins returning to south Sudan an estimated 11,000 refugees from Ethiopia, Wednesday, and another 8,000 from the Central African Republic, Saturday, to the ho

2006年VOA标准英语-Analysts Say Lieberman Defeat Indicates Iraq Wi

By Jim Malone Washington 09 August 2006 The primary defeat of veteran Democratic Senator Joseph Lieberman in Connecticut strongly suggests that the Iraq war will be a central issue in the November midterm congressional elections. ------- Incumbent p

2006年VOA标准英语-Analysts: Help on Iraq to Have Diplomatic Cost

By Gary Thomas Washington 07 December 2006 Central to the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group report is its call to get Iraq's neighbors involved in helping stabilize the country. But, as VOA correspondent Gary Thomas reports, getting their help

2006年VOA标准英语-Analysts: Iran Elections to Gauge President's P

By Gary Thomas Washington 14 December 2006 Iranian woman, wearing the traditional Islamic black veil, looks at campaign posters of female candidate Masoumeh Kolahi, in Tehran, 13 Dec 2006 Iranians are to vote Friday in elections for local government

2006年VOA标准英语-US Trainer Does Not See Troop Reduction in Iraq

By Al Pessin Pentagon 01 August 2006 A senior U.S. military officer directly involved in training Iraq's army says in spite of notable progress it will likely take years before the new security forces can control the country on their own, and he doe

2006年VOA标准英语-India Promises Visiting Afghan President M

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 10 April 2006 Afghan President Hamid Karzai has won a promise from top Indian leaders of more aid in rebuilding his country. President Karzai is on an official four-day vi

2006年VOA标准英语-Ghana's Weak Currency Problematic for Business

By Efam Dovi Accra 04 December 2006 In Ghana, doing business in the local currency has become increasingly risky and time-consuming, amid spiraling inflation. As the cedi has lost value over the years, Ghanaians have been forced to carry more and mo

2006年VOA标准英语-Mexico's Ruling-Party Candidate Ahead in Vote C

By Greg Flakus Mexico City 06 July 2006 After a detailed vote count, Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute, known as the IFE, is expected to release shortly a final report showing ruling-party presidential candidate Felipe Calderon ahead of leftist r

2006年VOA标准英语-Malaysia's Ruling Party Meets Amid Leaders' Feu

By Roger Wilkison Bangkok 13 November 2006 Malaysia's PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, left, and former PM Mahathir Mohamad Malaysia's ruling party is holding its annual assembly amid a bitter dispute between Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and his predeces

2006年VOA标准英语-Veteran Democrat Senator Joseph Lieberman Defea

By Jim Malone Washington 09 August 2006 In a major upset, veteran Senator Joseph Lieberman was narrowly defeated Tuesday by a political newcomer in the Democratic Party primary in the northeastern state of Connecticut. As VOA National Correspondent

2006年VOA标准英语-Democrat Mark Warner Decides Against US Preside

By Jim Malone Washington 12 October 2006 Former Virginia Governor Mark Warner surprised fellow Democrats Thursday by announcing he will not run for president in 2008. Many Democrats considered Warner a viable alternative to Senator Hillary Clinton o