2007年VOA标准英语-India to Host South Asia Summit

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 30 March 2007 Leaders from South Asian countries will gather in India in the coming days for a regional summit expected to focus on trade and terrorism. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, Afghanistan will join the

2007年VOA标准英语-US Lawmakers Debate Closure of Guantanamo Facil

By Dan Robinson Washington 29 March 2007 A detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba being escorted by two U.S. soldiers Arguments for and against the closure of the U.S. facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba used for the interrogation and detention of suspected t

2007年VOA标准英语-Boundary Dispute Seen as Root of Iranian Seizur

By Jim Teeple Washington 29 March 2007 Britain continues to insist that it was within Iraqi territorial waters when Iranian Revolutionary Guards seized two small patrol craft and 15 sailors and marines. Iran maintains the boats were in Iranian waters

2007年VOA标准英语-US Senate Approves Iraq Spending Bill With Troo

By Paula Wolfson White House 29 March 2007 The U.S. Congress and the White House have moved a step closer to a major confrontation on Iraq. The Senate has passed a war funding bill that includes wording on a troop withdrawal. VOA's Paula Wolfson repo

2007年VOA标准英语-Iraq Differences Continue to Define US Presiden

By Jim Malone Washington 29 March 2007 The political showdown over the war in Iraq between President Bush and the Democratic-controlled Congress has become a defining issue in the early stages of the 2008 U.S. presidential election campaign. VOA nat

2007年VOA标准英语-Houston Livestock, Rodeo Show Draw Big Internat

By Greg Flakus Houston, TX 29 March 2007 Watch Houston LIvestock Show Rodeos and livestock shows are a common part of life in many parts of the United States, but if there is one special event of this kind, it is the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

2007年VOA标准英语-48 Hours or Bust - Filmmakers Vie in Extreme Co

By Brent Hurd Washington, D.C. 29 March 2007 Watch 48 Hour Film The 48-Hour Film Project contest gives local filmmakers a chance to showcase their creativity and talent by producing a short film in only two days. Since its start in 2001, the contest

2007年VOA标准英语-US College Basketball's 'March Madness' Tournam

By Parke Brewer Atlanta, Georgia 29 March 2007 Four highly rated men's college basketball teams survived the first two weeks of the single-elimination U.S. men's national tournament known as March Madness and are prepared to square off in the so-call

2007年VOA标准英语-Opposition Party Demands Poll Cancellation in N

By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 29 March 2007 An opposition party in Nigeria has filed an action in court seeking to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission from conducting next month's general elections. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa in Abuja repo

2007年VOA标准英语-Guineans Have Cautious Optimism Over New Govern

By Phuong Tran Dakar 29 March 2007 In Guinea, the newly-appointed Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate has named more than 20 new government members, the latest step in the strike-ending deal reached last month that ended weeks of violent unrest and work s

2007年VOA标准英语-Southern Africa Critical of Mugabe Crackdown

By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 29 March 2007 Southern Africa leaders are meeting the Tanzanian capital in special session called to discuss the crisis in Zimbabwe and recent political events in the Democratic Republic of Congo. VOA's Delia Robertson

2007年VOA标准英语-UN Human Rights Council Adopts Resolution on Da

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 30 March 2007 The U.N. Human Rights Council has unanimously adopted a resolution Friday expressing concern over the situation in Darfur, but it fails to condemn Sudan for its actions. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from U.N. Euro

2007年VOA标准英语-Southern African Leaders to Discuss Zimbabwe at

By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 27 March 2007 Leaders of 14 nations in Southern Africa are to meet Wednesday and Thursday in Tanzania to discuss the political situation in Zimbabwe. Meanwhile, senior leaders of Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party are preparin

2007年VOA标准英语-White House Spokesman Faces New Cancer Battle

By Paula Wolfson White House 27 March 2007 White House Spokesman Tony Snow is facing yet another battle with cancer. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports the news has shaken members of the president's staff. Tony Snow Tony Snow has always pointed with pride t

2007年VOA标准英语-UN Proposes Global Fund to Battle Human Traffic

By Tendai Maphosa London 27 March 2007 The United Nations along with other organizations has proposed a new global fund to fight international human trafficking and forced labor, which it says have grown to epidemic proportions. The report was launch

2007年VOA标准英语-Human Rights Groups Say DRC Needs Dialogue, Not

By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 27 March 2007 In the Democratic Republic of Congo, human-rights organizations say they are not reassured by President Joseph Kabila's statement that the military action that left dozens dead last week was necessary to maintain

2007年VOA标准英语-Novel Development Concept Spreads Beyond Nepal

By Brent Hurd Washington 27 March 2007 watch Rural Community Library The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has granted one million dollars to the group Rural Education and Development or READ, a non-government organization that establishes village li

2007年VOA标准英语-FBI Chief Faces Tough Questions from Congress a

By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 27 March 2007 The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is vowing reforms in the wake of an internal report that revealed the agency abused its powers in obtaining personal information during investigations of s

2007年VOA标准英语-Musician Embraces Ancient Musical Roots

By Valer Gergely Washington 27 March 2007 watch Sephardic Music report The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. held a concert this week to help revive traditional Sephardic music from the former Yugoslavia. For producer Valer Gergely, VOA's Jim

2007年VOA标准英语-Iranian-American Becomes Beverly Hills Mayor

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 27 March 2007 Beverly Hills, the upscale California community many movie stars once called their home, is getting a new mayor - an immigrant from Iran named Jimmy Jamshid Delshad. VOA's Mike O'Sullivan reports, the mayo