2007年VOA标准英语-President Bush Offers Health Insurance Proposal

By Carol Pearson Washington, DC 25 January 2007 watch Bush Health Care report Health spending is rising faster than incomes in most developed countries, and that trend is particularly acute in the United States where 46 million Americans lack health

2007年VOA标准英语-Somali, Kenyan Presidents Meet

By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 02 January 2007 Somalia's interim president is in Kenya for talks with President Mwai Kibaki and other top security officials. Meanwhile, Kenyan authorities have arrested and detained at least eight people at a border cross

2007年VOA标准英语-Ford Praised As Courageous Healer in Washington

By Jim Malone Washington 02 January 2007 State Funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral for former President Gerald R. Ford, 2 Jan. 2007 Official Washington bid farewell to former President Gerald Ford on Tuesday. Mr. Ford, the 38th pres

2007年VOA标准英语-Indonesia Steps Up Search for Sunken Ferry Surv

By Chad Bouchard Jakarta, Indonesia 02 January 2007 Emergency workers in Indonesia continue searching for the wreckage of an airliner that disappeared during a flight to Sulawesi Monday. Officials say earlier reports that the crash site had been fou

2007年VOA标准英语-Americans Pay Their Respects to Former Presiden

By Jeff Swicord Washington, D.C. 01 January 2007 watch report on Mourners Thousands of people are expected to pay their respects to former President Gerald Ford at the U.S. Capitol on Sunday and Monday before a memorial service on Tuesday at Washing

2007年VOA标准英语-Americans Honor Former President Ford

By Paula Wolfson White House 01 January 2007 Americans are paying a final tribute to former President Gerald Ford, who died last Tuesday at the age of 93. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports his body is lying in state at the U.S. Capitol in advance of funer

2007年VOA标准英语-Somalia's Islamic Courts Fighters Abandon Kisma

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 01 January 2007 Somalia's interim governments says it has captured the Islamic Movement's Women wait to be brought at a funeral of a family that died from an unknown explosion in Mogadishu, 31 Dec 2006 last stronghold, followin

2007年VOA标准英语-Israel Denies Reports of Imminent Prisoner Swap

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 01 January 2007 Israel is playing down reports of an imminent prisoner swap with Hamas, the Islamic militant group that heads the Palestinian Authority. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, each side is ac

2007年VOA标准英语-US School Builds Bridges of Tolerance Between R

By Shally Zomorodi Los Angeles, California 23 January 2007 watch Bridges of Tolerance report A Jewish school in California is offering its students a unique opportunity to develop empathy and respect for people of different religious backgrounds. Ed

2007年VOA标准英语-Five Arrested in British Anti-Terror Sweep

By Tom Rivers London 23 January 2007 Police officers stand outside a semi-detached house in High Wycombe, England, after a anti-terror raid (File photo) Five men have been arrested in two separate anti-terror raids in northern England. For VOA News,

2007年VOA标准英语-Senegalese Opposition Figure Rejoins President'

By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 23 January 2007 Journalists, politicians and observers in Senegal are expressing surprise at the announcement that popular opposition figure, former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck, is rejoining the camp of President Abdoulaye Wad

2007年VOA标准英语-Seventeen Palestinians Abducted in Baghdad

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 23 January 2007 Palestinian girl, shows wedding picture of her father Adnan Abdullah at her apartment inBaghdad's eastern Baladiat district, after the arrest of her father and uncles by Iraqi police (File photo - 26 March 2006)

2007年VOA标准英语-A Touch Of Italy In NYC

By Liu Enming New York, New York 23 January 2007 watch Little Italy report New York City is teeming with immigrants from around the world, many of who bring the tastes and cultures of their homelands to their new country. In one immigrant neighborho

2007年VOA标准英语-For Senegalese Villagers, Illegal Immigration C

By Kari Barber Thiaroye, Senegal 23 January 2007 watch Senegalese Immigration Tens of thousands of Senegalese and other West Africans left their homes and set out for the Canary Islands during the past year, hoping to find economic opportunity. The

2007年VOA标准英语-UN Calls for Renewed Vigilance as Bird Flu Outb

By Ron Corben Bangkok 23 January 2007 Duck farmer looks to her duck receiving vaccination from Agricultural officials and volunteers in Penati, Bali, Indonesia, 23 Jan 2007 Fresh outbreaks of bird flu have triggered a renewed United Nations call for

2007年VOA标准英语-US President Faces New Pressures From Congress

By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 23 January 2007 On the eve of his State of the Union Address, President Bush faces new resistance and other pressures from Congress to his plan to send more than 21,000 additional troops to Iraq. A new non-binding biparti

2007年VOA标准英语-US Senators of Both Parties Declare Opposition

By Meredith Buel Washington 22 January 2007 A bi-partisan group of U.S. senators, including John Warner, an influential member of President Bush's Republican Party, has announced support for a resolution opposing the president's plan to send more tha

2007年VOA标准英语-Sectarian Violence in Indonesia Reaches Critica

By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 24 January 2007 Experts say a Southeast Asian terrorism network has expanded its influence in Central Sulawesi amid escalating violence during the past month. A new report from the International Crisis Group says terrorist ce

2007年VOA标准英语-Australian Lifeguards Get a New Look

By Phil Mercer Sydney 24 January 2007 For decades the bronzed, blond and blue-eyed lifesaver has been an Australian icon. Now the face of the Australian lifesaving is changing drastically, thanks to a concerted effort to broaden the membership base.

2007年VOA标准英语-US, Iraqi Forces Battle Insurgents in Baghdad

By Jim Randle Baghdad 24 January 2007 Gunfire and explosions could be heard for hours in Baghdad as coalition and Iraqi forces fought gunmen in the central part of the city. VOA's Jim Randle is in Baghdad, where officials report one U.S. soldier was