2006年VOA标准英语-Egypt Suspects Third Human Case of Bird Fl

By Challiss McDonough Cairo 21 March 2006 Egypt says it might have its third human case of bird flu. A woman has preliminarily tested positive for the virus, but further tests are being run to confirm

2006年VOA标准英语-Bush Optimistic About Iraq

By Scott Stearns White House 21 March 2006 President Bush President Bush says there is more fighting ahead in Iraq, but he is confident U.S. troops will be victorious. Mr. Bush held a White House news

2006年VOA标准英语-Aid Agency, Government Work to Improve Foo

By Cathy Majtenyi Mekele 21 March 2006 The northern Ethiopian region, Tigray, is plagued with inconsistent rainfall, environmental degradation, poor quality soils and other problems, making the area p

2006年VOA标准英语-Strictest US Anti-Smoking Ban Now in Effec

By Amy Katz Washington, DC 21 March 2006 watch Smoking Ban report The strictest smoking ban in the U.S. recently took effect in Calabasas, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. The town's mayor says pe

2006年VOA标准英语-Afghan Foreign Minister Says Taleban Train

By Meredith Buel Washington 20 March 2006 Afghanistan's foreign minister says there are Taleban training camps across the border in Pakistan that are sources of terrorism and instability inside his co

2006年VOA标准英语-Uganda President Says Army Will Pursue Reb

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 20 March 2006 Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni says his troops will pursue members of the Ugandan rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army, into neighboring Congo-Kinshasa if the

2006年VOA标准英语-US Military Dog Handler Convicted of Detai

By Al Pessin Pentagon 21 March 2006 A U.S. military court has convicted a soldier of abusing prisoners at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison in 2003 and 2004 by using a dog to intimidate them. Sgt. Michael S

2006年VOA标准英语-Hamas Announces Formation of New Palestini

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 18 March 2006 The Islamic militant group Hamas is ready to assume power in the Palestinian Authority. Hamas has rejected pressure at home and abroad to moderate its position

2006年VOA标准英语-Bush, NATO Leader Discuss Darfur

By Paula Wolfson White House 20 March 2006 The situation in the troubled Darfur region of Sudan was on the agenda when President Bush met Monday with NATO Secretary General Jaap De Hoop Scheffer. Mr.

2006年VOA标准英语-Drought Rages in Ethiopia's Somali Region

By Cathy Majtenyi Gode 20 March 2006 The Somali region of southeastern Ethiopia is being hit by a drought that is also affecting parts of Kenya and Somalia. Residents and aid workers fear that widespr

2006年VOA标准英语-Thai Election Commission Considers Postpon

By Scott Bobb Bangkok 20 March 2006 Thailand's election commission is considering postponing snap parliamentary elections called for next month because of a lack of candidates in some districts and al

2006年VOA标准英语-Newmont Mining Suspends Exploration on Ind

By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 20 March 2006 Newmont Mining Corporation has suspended gold and copper exploration on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa after unknown assailants burned down a camp for i

2006年VOA标准英语-Bush Marks 3rd Anniversary Of Start Of Ira

By Paula Wolfson White House 19 March 2006 Three years to the day after the start of the Iraq War, President Bush is hailing progress in that country on the political front, and praising the work of c

2006年VOA标准英语-Bush: Iraq War Justified

By Scott Stearns White House 18 March 2006 George Bush President Bush says U.S. troops are making progress in Iraq, three years after the start of fighting there. Two-thirds of Americans say they disa

2006年VOA标准英语-Iran Releases Imprisoned Journalist

By Margaret Besheer Washington 18 March 2006 Akbar Ganji has been set free after spending six years in prison Iran's most prominent dissident, journalist Akbar Ganji, has been released from prison, af

2006年VOA标准英语-UN Envoy: Iraq Not Sliding Toward Civil Wa

By Margaret Besheer Washington 17 March 2006 The United Nations' special representative for Iraq says he does not believe Iraq is headed toward a civil war despite an escalation in sectarian violence.

2006年VOA标准英语-Liberia Wants African Decision on Taylor

By Peter Heinlein United Nations 17 March 2006 Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is asking African leaders to decide whether to bring former President Charles Taylor to trial on war crimes cha

2006年VOA标准英语-Zimbabwe's Divided Opposition Holds Congre

By Tendai Maphosa Harare 17 March 2006 Morgan Tsvangirai In Zimbabwe, thousands of delegates loyal to Morgan Tsvangirai, the president of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, are gathering i

2006年VOA标准英语-Syrian Exiles Unite in Opposition to Presi

By Lisa Bryant Paris 17 March 2006 A group of exiled Syrian opposition leaders announced in Brussels Friday it had formed a united front aimed at toppling the government of President Bashar al-Assad t

2006年VOA标准英语-Sri Lanka Elections May Affect Direction o

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 30 March 2006 Sri Lanka has held local government elections that are being widely seen as a referendum on President Mahinda Rajapakse's handling of a peace process with th