VOA常速英语2007年-Report: Foreign Language Study in US at Highest

By Barbara Schoetzau New York 13 November 2007 A new study shows significant increases in foreign language study in the United States since 2002. From VOA's News York bureau, correspondent Barbara Schoetzau reports Arabic is leading the surge. The su

VOA常速英语2007年-Hanson Still a Family Act After 15 Years

By Larry London Washington 05 November 2007 In 1992, three brothers Zac, Taylor, and Isaac formed a band with their family surname, Hanson. Five years later, they released an album called Middle Of Nowhere which contained MMMBop, the song that would

VOA常速英语2007年-US Pakistanis Keep Wary Eye On Events Back Home

By Greg Flakus Houston 10 November 2007 The state of emergency and continuing violence in Pakistan are of special concern to the estimated half a million people of Pakistani descent living in the United States. Many of them are following events in th

VOA常速英语2007年-Talk of Belgian Split Grows Louder as Coalition

By Teri Schultz Brussels 10 November 2007 Belgium has been called an artificial country, a conglomeration of three individual states that have no real affinity for each other: Dutch-speaking Flanders, French-speaking Wallonia and a small German-speak

VOA常速英语2007年-McDonald's Garbage Heats and Lights Buildings i

By Mandy Clark London 13 November 2007 A city in Britain and a U.S.-based fast food chain are teaming up to cut carbon emissions as well as save energy and space in the local landfill. Some 130 buildings in the City of Sheffield are now being powered

VOA常速英语2007年-US Oversight Officials Report Iraq Reconstructi

By Leta Hong Fincher Washington 01 November 2007 U.S. oversight officials say attacks in Iraq against coalition forces in September dropped to their lowest levels since mid-2006. But they also report that efforts by the U.S. and Iraqi to rebuild the

VOA常速英语2007年-Turkish Soldiers Continue to Deploy at Iraqi Bo

By Dorian Jones Istanbul 19 November 2007 Turkey is still massing tens of thousands soldiers on the Iraqi border, a response to a series of attacks by Kurdish militants that have claimed the lives of more than 50 soldiers and civilians. Rebels of the

VOA常速英语2007年-Mukasey Sworn in as US Attorney General

By Scott Stearns White House 14 November 2007 President Bush says America's new top law enforcement official will bring clear purpose and resolve to the Justice Department. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Mr. Bush attended the ce

VOA常速英语2007年-Insulin Pills Studied as Possible Way to Preven

By Carol Pearson Washington 16 November 2007 November 14th marks the United Nation's first World Diabetes Day. It is meant to be an indicator of how serious diabetes has become. World Health Organization statistics show that more than 180 million peo

VOA常速英语2007年-Funeral Held for Murdered Nepalese Journalist

By Liam Cochrane Kathmandu 09 November 2007 A journalist who was murdered by Maoists a month ago but remained missing until yesterday has been cremated in southern Nepal. Before the funeral there were angry scenes as mourners tried to burn down the h

VOA常速英语2007年-Serbia War Crimes Tribunal Opens

By Lauren Comiteau The Hague 07 November 2007 The trial of Serb-Nationalist leader Vojislav Seselj has opened at the U.N. war crimes Tribunal in The Hague. He faces nine charges related to his use of hate speech and recruiting paramilitary groups, wh

VOA常速英语2007年-Business, Political Leaders Hope to Boost US In

By Terry FitzPatrick Cape Town 15 November 2007 American corporate investment in Africa is not keeping pace with other parts of the world. That's according to 800 business and political leaders meeting this week in South Africa. They're searching for

VOA常速英语2007年-Pakistani Police Prevent Bhutto-led Protest Ral

By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 09 November 2007 Pakistani forces have stopped former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto from leaving her home to lead a demonstration against the country's emergency laws. VOA's Barry Newhouse was at Ms. Bhutto's Islamabad res

VOA常速英语2007年-Pan-African Summit Aims to Improve Security

By Noel King Kigali 05 November 2007 Security Chiefs from 21 African nations are in the Rwandan capital Kigali for a meeting of the Committee of Intelligence and Security Services of Africa, knows by its acronym CISSA. The summit will tackle a number

VOA常速英语2007年-Scientist in Texas Runs NASA's Lunar Laser Prog

By Paul Sisco Washington 14 November 2007 At the McDonald Observatory in western Texas, a unique space program has been quietly underway for more than 30 years. It is called the Lunar Laser Ranging Program. VOA's Paul Sisco has more. Research scienti

VOA常速英语2007年-More Makeshift Settlements for Displaced Appear

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 06 November 2007 The U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) says a team of aid workers that traveled during the weekend to Afgooye, a small town west of Mogadishu, found thousands of newly displaced Somalis living in extremely harsh condi

VOA常速英语2007年-Georgian Orthodox Patriarch Mediating Crisis

By Peter Fedynsky Tbilisi 09 November 2007 The Parliament of Georgia has unanimously approved President Saakashvili's 15-day state of emergency following preliminary government and opposition reconciliation talks under the auspices of the country's O

VOA常速英语2007年-Palestinian Police Deploy in Nablus

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 02 November 2007 The Palestinian Authority has taken a step toward resuming security control in the volatile West Bank. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the move comes ahead of another round of high-lev

VOA常速英语2007年-Activists Warn Climate Change Will Reverse Asia

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 19 November 2007 A new report warns that global warming could reverse decades of economic and social progress across Asia, home to two-thirds of the word's population. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the devel

VOA常速英语2007年-Former Rhodesian PM Ian Smith's Death Ends Era

By Peta Thornycroft 21 November 2007 Former Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith who died in Cape Town late Tuesday brings to an end an era, which haunted citizens of independent Zimbabwe. Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA that Ian Smith, who took his c