VOA常速英语2007-Scientists Say 'Most Accurate' Climate Report Fo

By Phil Mercer Sydney 05 October 2007 Australia's main scientific research agency says it has produced the most accurate projections of climate change ever made - and the outlook is not good for Australia. Phil Mercer reports from Sydney, where the g

VOA常速英语2007-Britain's Brown Vows Long-Term Commitment to Afg

By Tom Rivers London 25 October 2007 For the first time as prime minister, Gordon Brown has met Afghan President Hamid Karzai at 10 Downing Street. Brown said Britain's commitment to Afghanistan was long term and he urged other countries to do more i

VOA常速英语2007-Aceh Housing Reconstruction Nears Completion

By Trish Anderton Jakarta 26 October 2007 The agency in charge of rebuilding tsunami-stricken Aceh, Indonesia, says it is on track to finish building houses there next spring. The Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency is now shifting its focus to

VOA常速英语2007-IPU Says Parliament Members Disappeared in Eritr

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 13 October 2007 The Human Rights Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union says the cases of more than 250 parliament members in 32 countries who have been imprisoned, killed or disappeared remain unresolved and continue to be

VOA常速英语2007-Student Newspaper Shows Diversity, Concerns of L

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 08 October 2007 A student newspaper in Los Angeles called L.A. Youth is giving a voice to teenagers, free from censorship by school officials. As Mike O'Sullivan reports, the paper deals with controversial issues from

VOA常速英语2007-Rebuilding Efforts in Haiti Shift to Education

By Brian Wagner Port-au-Prince 09 October 2007 Thousands of Haitian schools reopened their doors for a new school year last month, thanks in part to the support of the United States and other international donors. As Haiti's government works to reco

VOA常速英语2007-Opinion Poll Suggests Kenya Elections Will Bring

By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 15 October 2007 A new opinion poll suggests that most Kenyans believe their parliamentary representatives should be replaced, an indication that the country may see a major political shift in elections set for later this year.

VOA常速英语2007-Experts Offer Modest Praise for Korean Summit Ou

By Kurt Achin Seoul 05 October 2007 Reaction is mixed, but generally positive in South Korea, about the cooperation pact signed at the summit with North Korea. But as VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul, regional experts question whether the ideas on

VOA常速英语2007-Experts Worry That World Oil Production May Soon

By Greg Flakus Houston 17 October 2007 Energy experts from around the world have gathered in Houston for a three-day conference on the issue of peak oil, which involves predictions that world oil production will soon reach its peak and then go into d

VOA常速英语2007-Muslim Speed Dating for Lifelong Commitments

By Ade Astuti and Susy Tekunan Chicago, Illinois 05 October 2007 In the days before Ramadan, young Muslims from all over the United States gathered in Chicago, in the midwestern state of Illinois for the most popular Muslim matchmaking event in the c

VOA常速英语2007-Pittsburgh's Wooden Cable Cars Recall Yesteryear

By Ade Astuti and Nia Sutadi Washington 01 October 2007 Nicknamed the Steel City because of its roots as the center of America's steel industry, today's Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania does not look much like a gritty steel manufacturing town of yesteryea

VOA常速英语2007-Pakistan's Bhutto Says Charges Against Her Remai

By Daniel Schearf Islamabad 03 October 2007 Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto says there is no agreement on granting her amnesty from corruption charges and that power-sharing talks with Pakistan's President General Pervez Musharraf ar

VOA常速英语2007-Charges Filed in Chad Over Alleged Child Abducti

By Lisa Bryant Paris 30 October 2007 Chadian authorities are charging 16 Europeans and two Chadians of being complicit or involved with kidnapping in relation to an effort by a French charity to fly more than a hundred children from Chad to France. F

VOA常速英语2007-Campaign Aims To Register All Births And Deaths

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 29 October 2007 The Health Metrics Network, a global partnership sponsored by the World Health Organization, is launching a drive to get countries to register all births and deaths. The World Health Organization says newborn ba

VOA常速英语2007-Memorial to Late Apartheid Fighter Oliver Tambo

By Tendai Maphosa London 17 October 2007 A memorial to the late South African fighter against apartheid, Oliver Tambo, has been unveiled in London. Tendai Maphosa attended the event for VOA in the neighborhood in which Tambo and his family lived duri

VOA常速英语2007-Hollywood Copes with Cross-Cultural Tensions in

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 12 October 2007 Concerns over the safety of two Afghan child actors have delayed release of the upcoming film The Kite Runner , a story set in a turbulent Afghanistan from the 1970s to 2001. Mike O'Sullivan reports on t

VOA常速英语2007-Musharraf Wins Presidential Vote as Expected, Vi

By Daniel Schearf Islamabad 06 October 2007 Pakistani legislators have cast their votes for president in a controversial election, and President Pervez Musharraf is the victor, as expected. But the Supreme Court could later overturn the result, and i

VOA常速英语2007-Pakistan Earthquake Recovery Declared a Success

By Daniel Schearf Islamabad 08 October 2007 Pakistan is commemorating the second anniversary of a devastating earthquake that took the lives of more than 73,000 people and left millions homeless. The government and aid workers have declared reconstru

VOA常速英语2007-Carter Encourages Continued Negotiations with N.

By Kane Farabaugh New York 15 October 2007 Last October, the international community condemned North Korea for testing a nuclear device, and accused it of destabilizing security in Northeast Asia. As current negotiations with Pyongyang begin to show

VOA常速英语2007-Amnesty International Details Killings and Tortu

By Sonja Pace London 01 October 2007 The human rights group Amnesty International says the Iraqi government and the U.S.-led multi-national forces must do more to protect Palestinians living in Iraq. In its latest report released today in London, Amn