2007年VOA标准英语-Australian Outback Town Reverses Controversial

By Phil Mercer Sydney 17 January 2007 Councilors in Australia's most famous musical city have reversed a controversial decision to reject refugees from Sudan. Authorities in Tamworth, 600 kilometers northwest of Sydney, had earlier said African migra

2007年VOA标准英语-WFP Restores Food Rations to Displaced in Ugand

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 12 May 2007 The World Food Program (WFP) says it will be able to restore food rations it was forced to cut for more than a million displaced people in northern Uganda. As Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Geneva, the WFP says i

2007年VOA标准英语- US Food Aid Groups Debate Practice of Monetiza

By Margaret Besheer Washington 04 September 2007 The U.S.-based charity CARE recently made headlines for turning down some $45 million in U.S. government food aid. The decision to refuse the aid is tied to the group's opposition to the practice of se

VOA常速英语2007-Spike in Food Prices Causes Global Concern

By Michael Bowman Washington 15 October 2007 During the past year, basic foods have become significantly more expensive in many parts of the world, adding to the misery of impoverished regions and straining the budgets of families across the globe. V

2007年VOA标准英语-Senate Republicans Block Iraq Resolution

By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 06 February 2007 watch video report by J. Fry U.S. Senate Republicans have used a procedural vote to block a bipartisan, nonbinding resolution opposing President Bush's plan to send more troops to Iraq. It is a defeat fo

VOA常速英语2007-Marchers Walk for Northern Uganda Peace

By Margaret Besheer Washington 20 October 2007 Young people took to the streets of nearly 100 cities in 15 countries on Saturday to raise awareness about the humanitarian suffering in northern Uganda, where two decades of conflict have taken a severe

2007年VOA标准英语-Somali Clan United Against Peace Conference

By Alisha Ryu Mogadishu 11 June 2007 In a new sign of trouble for Somalia's transitional government, elders of the Hawiye clan, which dominates in the capital, are threatening to boycott a national reconciliation conference, scheduled to begin in fiv

2007年VOA标准英语-Jakarta Cleans Up, Shelters Thousands After Flo

By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 11 February 2007 Indonesian soldiers, volunteers load piles of muddy garbage into a tractor in central Jakarta's Petamburan district. This street was buried under two meters of murky water last week, 11 Feb 2007 As floodwate

2007年VOA标准英语-Sri Lanka Navy Troops Shoot Foreign Aid Worker

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 14 June 2007 A foreign aid worker has been shot by navy troops in northeastern Sri Lanka, where the government is battling Tamil rebels. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, concerns about security of aid workers ar

2007年VOA标准英语-Promising Vaccines Being Developed for Bird Flu

By Martin Secrest Washington, D.C. 06 February 2007 watch Vaccine report Bird flu continues to worry Asia. The H5N1 virus killed 4,000 chickens in southern Japan in recent weeks. The virus has also been reported recently in Indonesia, Thailand, Chin

2007年VOA标准英语-Bluegrass Echoes Through Black Hills

By Jim Kent Rapid City, South Dakota 17 July 2007 Country music enthusiasts from across the Northern Plains gathered in Rapid City, South Dakota in June for the 27th annual Black Hills Bluegrass Festival. A key feature of the three-day music event we

2007年VOA标准英语-Animation Film Festival Ready for Small Screen

By Mil Arcega Washington 06 July 2007 Mobile phone technology is not just revolutionizing the way we communicate - it's also changing the way we are entertained. Take movies for example: once limited to the big screen, consumers can now watch movies

2007年VOA标准英语-British Lawmakers Approve Blair's Nuclear Defen

By Tom Rivers London 14 March 2007 British legislators Wednesday approved British Prime Minister Tony Blair's plan to replace the country's fleet of nuclear submarines. The 409 to 161 vote followed a heated debate in parliament. For VOA News, Tom Riv

2007年VOA标准英语-Childbirth Mortality in Mali Being Fought With

By Nico Colombant Dakar 07 May 2007 While hospitals and doctors in Africa are few and far between, in the impoverished West African country of Mali, the government takes health care to remote villages, by way of little mopeds. A system of so-called m

2007年VOA标准英语-US Defense Chief Links Tehran to Arms in Afghan

By Al Pessin Ramstein Air Base, Germany 13 June 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he believes Iran's government is aware of the shipment of significant quantities of Iranian weapons and explosives to Taleban insurgents in Afghanistan. Gat

2007年VOA标准英语-Security Measures, Speculation Increase in Wake

By Suzanne Presto Bangkok 04 January 2007 Thailand's prime minister, Surayud Chulanont, has warned that additional bomb attacks are possible following the blasts that shook the capital New Year's Eve. VOA's Suzanne Presto reports from Bangkok that p

2007年VOA标准英语-Want to Have a Snarling Good Time?

By Ade Astuti and Ariadne Budianto Everglades, Florida 17 May 2007 The state of Florida in the southeastern United States is called the Sunshine State, a place where tourists from all over the world go to enjoy the beaches, theme parks and other popu

2007年VOA标准英语-Formers Members of Radical Somali Group Give De

By Alisha Ryu Mogadishu 06 January 2007 Before the Islamists lost power in much of southern Somalia earlier this month, the least known but most feared organization in the country was a radical Muslim group called the Shabbab, which means youth in A

2007年VOA标准英语-Pope: Globalization Should Not Ignore Spiritual

By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 06 January 2007 Thousands of families were in Saint Peter's Square Saturday to receive the pope's blessing on the feast day of the Epiphany. At a morning mass the pope said that religious leaders must stress the spiritual

2007年VOA标准英语-Poll Finds Americans Losing Confidence in Milit

By Stephanie Ho Washington 03 April 2007 A new poll shows that declining American public support for the war in Iraq is leading to an increasingly negative public opinion of resorting to military force to settle global conflicts. The findings come in