2006年VOA标准英语-Stock Market Climbs to New High

By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 05 October 2006 watch US Stock Market report NY Stock Exchange The Dow Jones Industrial average hit a new high on Tuesday, beating the previous record set in 2000. The index of 30 blue chip stocks ended the session at 11

2006年VOA标准英语-Coalition of US Colleges and WFP Launch 'War' o

By Catherine Maddux Washington 16 October 2006 An alliance of American colleges and universities along with the U.N. World Food Program kicked off a new campaign Monday, choosing World Food Day to announce a new partnership to tackle world hunger. -

2006年VOA标准英语-Survivors Still at Risk a Year after Pakistan E

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 06 October 2006 A Pakistani boy runs past the ruins near his family's refugee tent in Muzaffarabad in the Kashmir region of Pakistan, Sept. 23, 2006 International aid agencies say hundreds of thousands of people in northern Pa

2006年VOA标准英语-Nigerian Vice President Charged With Corruption

By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 10 October 2006 A special court in the Nigeria Tuesday started a hearing on corruption charges filed against Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports that the charges flow from a public dispute betwe

2006年VOA标准英语-Britain's Brown Poised to Succeed Blair

By Simon Marks London 11 October 2006 watch Brown Rise to Power The battle to succeed Tony Blair as Britain's Prime Minister has cast the spotlight onto one of the country's most senior government ministers. Gordon Brown is Britain's Chancellor of t

2006年VOA标准英语-UN Drug Agency Reports Sharp Fall in Golden Tri

By Ron Corben Bangkok 16 October 2006 The United Nations' drug agency says there has been another sharp fall in opium cultivation in the area of Southeast Asia known as the Golden Triangle, where Burma, Thailand and Laos meet. But, U.N. officials ar

2006年VOA标准英语-Musicians Bring Music of Eurasia to New York

By Amanda Cassandra New York 17 October 2006 The Silk Road Project musical ensemble recently brought its unique blend of sounds to New York as part of a museum program designed to immerse visitors in the art and sounds of regions around the Himalaya

2006年VOA标准英语-Millions Benefit From Measles Campaign in Niger

By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 08 October 2006 Five year-old Abubaker Kabir who is suffering from measles receives medication while his mother Ladi Kabir, left, watches in Kano hospital, Nigeria (File photo) In Nigeria, health officials who have fanned o

2006年VOA标准英语-Australia Tests Bird Flu Defenses

By Phil Mercer Sydney 19 October 2006 One-thousand people in Australia have conducted a four-day bird flu exercise that simulated the arrival of a planeload of flu-stricken passengers at Brisbane's international airport. The drill included customs o

2006年VOA标准英语-Allegations of a White House in Denial Over Ira

By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 03 October 2006 watch State of Denial report The White House is fighting off allegations that President Bush is concealing the truth about the situation in Iraq. The charges appear in a new book entitled State of Den

2006年VOA标准英语-Director Scorcese Returns With All-Star Cast in

By Alan Silverman Hollywood 08 October 2006 Jack Nicholson stars as Frank Costello, the ruthless boss of an underground criminal empire in Southy, the working class neighborhood on the south side of Boston. Law enforcement agencies have been trying

2006年VOA标准英语-UN Pushes Back Elections in Ivory Coast for Ano

By Franz Wild Abidjan 15 October 2006 The United Nations' elections supervisor in Ivory Coast, Gerard Stoudman, has said it will take another year to organize elections in the war-divided country. The United Nations had already said elections would

2006年VOA标准英语-General Says Afghan Development Must Come This

By Al Pessin Pentagon 17 October 2006 The British general who commands NATO forces in Afghanistan says he launched the country's first nationwide security plan on Tuesday, and that the international community must take advantage of gains made in fig

2006年VOA标准英语-Bangladeshi Anti-Poverty Banker Wins 2006 Nobel

By Tom Rivers London 13 October 2006 Muhammad Yunus waves to well-wishers at his home in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct.13, 2006 Muhammad Yunus and the Bangladesh bank he set up 30 years ago have been jointly awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. --- Muhammad

2006年VOA标准英语-Republicans Try to Maintain Control of US Congr

By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 13 October 2006 Several issues are expected to be key in influencing how people vote in next month's U.S. congressional elections, from public perceptions about President Bush's handling of the war in Iraq, [and] the sta

2006年VOA标准英语-South Dakota a Battleground in Abortion Debate

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 03 October 2006 A landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion in 1973, but the issue remains divisive. The latest battleground is the state of South Dakota, where voters will decide in November wheth

2006年VOA标准英语-Palestinian Fatah Faction Threatens to Kill Lea

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 03 October 2006 Tensions are running high in the Gaza Strip, where fighting between rival Palestinian factions has left 12 people dead since Sunday. It is part of an escalating power struggle between the ruling Islamic mil

2006年VOA标准英语-US To Accept 10,000 Burundian Refugees From Tan

By Catherine Maddux Washington 17 October 2006 The United States says it will accept around 10,000 Burundian refugees from Tanzania, many of whom have lived outside their home country for more than three decades. Some of the Burundians being conside

2006年VOA标准英语-South African President Ends Ivory Coast Mediat

By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 18 October 2006 South African President Thabo Mbeki says he has relinquished his role as mediator in the Ivory Coast political crisis. The announcement came at a meeting of top African Union officials in Ethiopia. ----- Th

2006年VOA标准英语-New Initiative Aims to Restart Arab-Israeli Pea

By Meredith Buel Washington 18 October 2006 The International Crisis Group, a public policy research organization, has launched an initiative to restart the Arab-Israeli peace process, following the recent month-long war between Israel and Hezbollah