2006年VOA标准英语-Press Group Says Ethiopia Censors Internet

By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 24 May 2006 An international press-freedom organization accuses the Ethiopian government of blocking personal Internet Web sites known as blogs that are critical of the government, a charge the authorities deny. Paris-based

2006年VOA标准英语-Journalists Call for Press Freedom in Ethi

By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 02 May 2006 On the eve of World Press Freedom Day, Ethiopian journalists and others in Kenya are calling for the Ethiopian government to release more than a dozen journalists

2006年VOA标准英语-Moscow Police Break Up Planned March by Gay Rig

By Bill Gasperini Moscow 27 May 2006 Russian police prevented gay rights activists from marching in Moscow Saturday, and dozens of people, including the rally's main organizer, were arrested as Russian nationalists confronted the activists. --------

2006年VOA标准英语-Israeli PM Heads to Washington as Palestin

By Meredith Buel Washington 17 May 2006 Newly elected Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is scheduled to visit the White House May 23 for talks with President Bush. The visit comes at a time when the

2006年VOA标准英语-Nearly $2 Million Needed to Save Historic

By Paige Kollock Washington, D.C. 03 May 2006 watch Heurich House report Nestled on the corner of New Hampshire Avenue and O Street in Washington D.C.'s Dupont Circle sits a historic gem that is now i

2006年VOA标准英语-Egyptian Judges Stage Sit-In

By Challiss McDonough Cairo, Egypt 25 May 2006 Egyptian pro-reform judges stand in front the Supreme Court house during an anti-government protest in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, May 25, 2006 At least 300 pro-reform judges in Egypt stood in silent protes

2006年VOA标准英语-World Cup Security Plans Set

By Parke Brewer Washington 22 May 2006 Security issues always play a role at major sporting events and that is no different for next month's World Cup football finals in Germany. Allianz-Arena stadium

2006年VOA标准英语-Jamaican Music Legend Desmond Dekker Dies of He

By Brian Wagner Miami 26 May 2006 Desmond Dekker album cover Jamaican singer Desmond Dekker, who helped bring reggae to an international stage in the 1960s, died at his home in Britain on Thursday. His manager said the 64-year-old suffered a heart a

2006年VOA标准英语-Darfur Peace Agreement Faces Challenges

By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 18 May 2006 U.S. officials say implementing the Darfur peace agreement requires sustained international attention to Sudan in coming months. A congressional hearing examin

2006年VOA标准英语-Satellites Show Dramatic Melting At Poles

By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 24 May 2006 watch Melting Poles report NASA scientists, working with 10 years of satellite data, find a dramatic thinning of ice around the edges of Greenland, and Antarctica too. satellite view of earth Using satellite

2006年VOA标准英语-Volatility Seen in Precious Metals Market

By George Dwyer Washington, DC 29 May 2006 watch Gold Prices report Last week the price of gold on the New York Mercantile Exchange declined by 7 and a half percent, the most since 1990. By Wednesday of this week it was down again: 13 percent off fr

2006年VOA标准英语-Car Bomb Kills 7 in Ingushetia, Including

By Bill Gasperini Moscow 17 May 2006 A Russian special forces officer guards the wreckage of a car outside Nazran 17 May 2006 A powerful car bomb killed a top police official in the southern Russian r

2006年VOA标准英语-Annual Awards Honor Philosophies of ‘The

By Mohamed Elshinnawi Washington, D.C. 16 May 2006 watch report on Gibran Awards The Lebanese-American poet, painter and philosopher Kahlil Gibran lived and wrote in the United States in the late 19th

2006年VOA标准英语-Bush: Phone Monitoring Only Aimed at Terro

By Michael Bowman Washington 11 May 2006 President Bush says the federal government's monitoring of telephone activity is limited to instances where authorities believe terrorists are making calls to

2006年VOA标准英语-Fighting the High School Dropout Rate

By Jeff Swicord Howard County, Maryland 18 May 2006 watch School Drop Out report It is estimated between 15 and 30 percent of high school students in the U.S. will not graduate. And among some minorit

2006年VOA标准英语-US Military Plans Joint Exercise in West A

By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 13 May 2006 Senior military officers from the United States and officials of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have been meeting in Abuja, Nigeria to dra

2006年VOA标准英语-Rice Rejects UN Criticism of Guantanamo De

By Stephanie Ho Washington 21 May 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is rejecting criticism from the U.N. Committee Against Torture, which last week called for Washington to close the detention

2006年VOA标准英语-Indian Students Protest Plans for More Col

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 21 May 2006 Anti-reservation demonstrators shout slogans during a protest rally in New Delhi An Indian government plan to raise college quotas for lower castes and disadva

2006年VOA标准英语-Iran Talks Tough Ahead of Developing Natio

By Nancy-Amelia Collins Bali 11 May 2006 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on a state visit to Indonesia, continued the tough rhetoric about Israel and nuclear matters. Speaking in Jakarta, he sa

2006年VOA标准英语-Rumsfeld Faces Tough Questioner on Iraq Wa

By Al Pessin Pentagon 04 May 2006 U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld faced tough questioning during an appearance before a foreign affairs group in the southern United States on Thursday. Several