VOA常速英语2007-Uncertainty Haunts Refugees as Ethiopia-Eritrea

By Peter Heinlein Shimelba Refugee Camp, Northern Ethiopia 31 October 2007 Rising tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea have led to an increasing flow of refugees across their common frontier. A border war between the Horn of Africa neighbors from 19

VOA常速英语2007-Revised Job Figures Paint Improved Picture of US

By Mil Arcega Washington 08 October 2007 A new government report shows the U.S. economy is not doing as badly as some had initially assumed. The Labor Department report shows the economy added 110,000 new jobs in September. It also revises payroll fi

VOA常速英语2007-UNHCR: Iraqis Running Out of Escape Routes

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 05 October 2007 The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, says Iraqis fleeing violence and persecution are finding fewer avenues of escape and he is appealing to countries to keep borders open to Iraqi asylum s

VOA常速英语2007-UN: More than 850 Million Still Hungry

By Leta Hong Fincher Washington 12 October 2007 The United Nations says that more than 850 million people in the world do not have enough to eat. Poverty, disease and conflict have always threatened food security. But other causes of hunger have emer

VOA常速英语2007-US Navy Rescues Crew of North Korean Ship Off So

By Al Pessin Washington 30 October 2007 The U.S. Navy rescued the crew of a North Korean cargo ship off the coast of Somalia Tuesday, after it was attacked by unidentified men who took control of part of the vessel. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the P

VOA常速英语2007-Cemeteries in Zimbabwe Reflect Gravity of Crisis

By VOA News Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 22 October 2007 The cemeteries of Zimbabwe are filled these days with fresh graves, many of the smallest mounds covering some of what was the southern African nation's future. An opposition leader says the acres of fres

VOA常速英语2007-Preservationists, Artists Work to Revive Traditi

By Lisa Bryant Tarato, Ivory Coast 10 October 2007 The West African country of Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) has long been a musical hub,attracting artists from across the continent as well as producing its own talent -- like international reggae star,

VOA常速英语2007-Rare Video Inside Zimbabwe Shows Impact of Hyper

By VOA News Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 18 October 2007 We bring you a rare look inside the troubled southern African nation of Zimbabwe. Today, this nation of between 10 million and 12 million is teetering on the edge of what a member of its own parliament i

VOA常速英语2007-UNHCR Sees Military Build-up in Eastern Congo

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 07 October 2007 The United Nations refugee agency says there are worrying signs that fighting could erupt again among government forces, renegade troops and rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province. Lisa

VOA常速英语2007-Re-Opened Bridge Unites Sierra Leoneans, Liberia

By Kari Barber Dakar 20 October 2007 Residents in the region along the Sierra Leone-Liberian border say the re-opening of a bridge connecting the two countries has brought increased trade as people cross to buy and sell goods. During recent civil war

VOA常速英语2007-Ceasefire Breaking Down: Deadly Combat In DRC

By Selah Hennessy Dakar 08 October 2007 Renegade general Laurent Nkunda says his rebel forces are abandoning a U.N.-mediated ceasefire with the Congolese government. Congo's defense minister says the government wants to use dialogue to solve the cris

VOA常速英语2007-Jerusalem Emerges as Stumbling Block in Mideast

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 11 October 2007 Jerusalem is emerging as a major stumbling block in new peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, both Jews and Muslims are claiming the ci

VOA常速英语2007-Malaysia Hopes Space Voyage Will Inspire Future

By Chad Bouchard Bangkok 11 October 2007 Malaysia's first astronaut is orbiting the Earth after months of training and a successful launch from Kazakhstan. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor is accompanying American Astronaut Peggy Whitson and Russian Cosmonaut

VOA常速英语2007-Concern Raised About Possible Closing of Iraq-Tu

By Deborah Block Ibrahim Khalil, Iraq 30 October 2007 Truck and taxi drivers at the main crossing point of the border between Iraq and Turkey worry it could be closed soon, as the Turkish government threatens a military incursion into northern Iraq.

VOA常速英语2007-Technology Giants Push to Alleviate African Pove

By Noel King Kigali 30 October 2007 Some of the world's leading information technology corporations are in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, for what organizers are calling a historic summit focusing on Africa's growing IT sector. Representatives of tech

VOA常速英语2007-Fresh Fighting Dampens Hope for Darfur Peace Acc

By Sarah Simpson Nairobi 26 October 2007 Fresh fighting has erupted between Sudanese government troops, allied militias and rebel factions in Sudan's troubled Darfur region. At the same time, rebels have attacked a Sudanese oil field. Sarah Simpson r

VOA常速英语2007-Tensions Between Somaliland, Puntland Heat Up

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 15 October 2007 Officials in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland in Somalia are warning that a full-scale war could break out within days between Puntland and its neighboring breakaway republic of Somaliland. The warning foll

VOA常速英语2007-Recent Slaying Highlights Dangers Faced by Journ

By Sarah Simpson Nairobi 22 October 2007 Paris-based press-freedom group, Reporters Without Borders, says Somalia is the deadliest place to be a journalist in Africa and the situation is deteriorating rapidly. The group's comments follow the shooting

VOA常速英语2007-Immigrant Murder Case From Texas Goes To Supreme

By Greg Flakus Houston 09 October 2007 U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in the case of a convicted murderer from Mexico who is trying to escape the death penalty by arguing that he was not informed at the time of his arrest in Texas o

VOA常速英语2007-Indonesian Volcano Erupts, No Damage Caused

By Trish Anderton Jakarta 25 October 2007 A volcano on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has erupted, spewing a column of smoke and ash high into the air. But, officials say the activity at Mount Soputan does not present a threat to people living nea