VOA常速英语2007-South Korean Festival 'Goes Strong' on Ginseng M

By Kurt Achin Geumsan, South Korea 01 October 2007 Have you heard about the health benefits of ginseng? It is pretty likely you have, as marketers in both the East and the West have long promoted the root's healthful properties to build athletic str

VOA常速英语2007-Sierra Leone Struggles to Rebuild Tourism after

By Kari Barber Washington 01 October 2007 Sierra Leone's long civil war was especially brutal, with children serving as soldiers and rebels hacking off the limbs of civilians. When it ended, the country lay in ruin, a once thriving tourist industry

VOA常速英语2007-Senegal Demands Probe into Attack on AU Troops i

By Kari Barber Dakar 01 October 2007 The government of Senegal is warning it will consider pulling its troops out of the African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur if steps are not taken to guarantee the safety of their contingent. At least 10 Africa

VOA常速英语2007-Nickelback CD Hits 8-Million Global Sales Mark

By Larry London Washington 01 October 2007 One of the most recent musical success stories is the comeback of the band Nickelback. In 2001, they achieved major success with their album, Silver Side Up , with 10 million copies sold worldwide. In 2005,

VOA常速英语2007-South Korea's Roh Makes Historic Border Crossing

By Kurt Achin Seoul 01 October 2007 South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun Tuesday made a historic walk across the heavily-fortified border with North Korea to attend a summit with Kim Jong Il. As VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul, few details are kn

VOA常速英语2007-Israel Releases Dozens of Palestinian Prisoners

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 01 October 2007 give a boost to the peace process. But as Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, there is mixed reaction among Israelis and Palestinians. Israel released the prisoners Monday as a goodwill gestu

VOA常速英语2007-Australia Welcoming More Arab Gulf Tourists

By Phil Mercer Sydney, Australia 01 October 2007 Tourism officials in Australia say the number of visitors from Arab Gulf nations is increasing. Airlines are scheduling more flights between the Middle East and Australia to accommodate the rising popu

VOA常速英语2007-World Bank Calls Singapore Easiest Place to Do B

By Claudia Blume Hong Kong 01 October 2007 Singapore has been ranked the world's easiest place to conduct business and Japan's trade surplus almost quadrupled in August. Claudia Blume at VOA's Asia News Center in Hong Kong has more on these and ot

VOA常速英语2007-Ukrainian Exit Poll Shows Presidential Party Dis

By Peter Fedynsky Kyiv 01 October 2007 An early exit poll for the special Ukrainian parliamentary election shows the party of President Viktor Yushchenko coming in a distant third against the political organization of the man he defeated for the pres

VOA常速英语2007-UNHCR Says More People On the Move

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 01 October 2007 The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, is calling for new strategies and greater international commitment to deal with increasing numbers of people fleeing their homes. At the start of the UN

VOA常速英语2007-American Priest Brings AIDS Relief to Kenyan Slu

By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 31 October 2007 In the Kenyan capital Nairobi lives a priest named Father Ed Phillips. For the past 14 years, Phillips has tended to the sick in one of the world's largest slums and conducted groundbreaking, but unheralded, re

VOA常速英语2007-Britain Receives Saudi Arabia's King

By Tom Rivers London 31 October 2007 King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia met Wednesday with Prime Minister Gordon Brown at 10 Downing Street as part of his state visit to Britain. The two discussed a variety of bilateral issues. For VOA, Tom Rivers reports

VOA常速英语2007-Clinton Is Focus of Attacks From Democratic Pres

By Jim Malone Washington 31 October 2007 Senator Hillary Clinton of New York was the main target at the latest debate among Democratic presidential contenders held in Philadelphia. VOA National Correspondent Jim Malone reports Clinton's rivals went a

VOA常速英语2007-Julius Shulman Still Photographing Los Angeles a

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 31 October 2007 Julius Shulman is one of the world's leading architectural photographers, and today at 97, he is still taking pictures of his long-time home, Los Angeles. Mike O'Sullivan reports, Shulman's famous im

VOA常速英语2007-NASA Shifts Mission Priorities at International

By Alex Villarreal Washington 31 October 2007 NASA has delayed the fourth spacewalk of a complex two-week mission by U.S. space shuttle Discovery to boost the capability of the International Space Station. The walk, originally set for Thursday, is no

VOA常速英语2007-Higher Oil Prices Blamed on Peaking Production

By Greg Flakus Houston 31 October 2007 As oil prices reach record levels, industry observers ponder a future of increased demand and a possible peak in production. A European group announced last week that world production peaked last year and will d

VOA常速英语2007-Iraqi Official Says New Efforts Will Restrain Ku

By Deborah Block Irbil 31 October 2007 In Baghdad Wednesday, Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari met with his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki. They discussed ways to keep Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq from striking inside Turkey. VOA's

VOA常速英语2007-Van Gogh Letters Offer Insight Into Artist's Lif

By Mona Ghuneim New York 31 October 2007 Vincent van Gogh painted some of the most recognizable and most valuable paintings in the history of art, and he is often remembered in the context of being a poor and mentally ill eccentric. But a current exh