2007年VOA标准英语-Pentagon: No US Military Action Planned for Dar

By Al Pessin Washington 06 February 2007 Senior U.S. defense officials say they are not planning any military intervention to end the killing and suffering in Sudan's Darfur region. The comments came at a U.S. Senate committee hearing Tuesday, and in

2007年VOA标准英语-US Military Leaders Give Details of New Africa

By Marissa Melton Washington 09 February 2007 The U.S. military released more details Friday about its plans for a new Africa Command center or AFRICOM. The center is going to coordinate U.S. military activities for almost all of the African contine

2007年VOA标准英语-Lawmakers Press Former US Iraq Administrator on

By Dan Robinson Washington 06 February 2007 Paul Bremer The former head of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq has testified before a congressional oversight committee investigating how more than eight billion dollars in Iraqi development fun

2007年VOA标准英语-Defense Chief Says US Could Begin Iraq Withdraw

By Al Pessin Washington 06 February 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday the United States could begin withdrawing troops from Iraq later this year, if several security and political factors are right. VOA's Al Pessin reports from th

2007年VOA标准英语-General Casey Defends Iraq Record from US Senat

By Al Pessin Pentagon 01 February 2007 The officer President Bush has nominated to head the U.S. Army defended his record in his current job as commander of coalition forces in Iraq amid sharp criticism at a Senate hearing Thursday. VOA's Al Pessin

2007年VOA标准英语-Opposition Democrats Give Bush Budget Chilly Re

By Dan Robinson Washington 06 February 2007 The $2.9 trillion federal budget President Bush sent to Congress on Monday is receiving a chilly reception from majority Democrats. VOA's Dan Robinson reports on Democratic criticisms on domestic and foreig

2007年VOA标准英语-Guinea, Guinea Bissau Alliance Plays Role in Un

By Kari Barber Dakar 06 February 2007 Guinea's President Lansana Conte has been getting help and advice from the government of neighboring Guinea Bissau to put an end to union-led protests. Union leaders in Guinea are threatening to resume a nationw

2007年VOA标准英语-Iraqi Refugees in Syria Fear Deportation

By Sonja Pace Damascus 06 February 2007 Some hundreds Iraqi refugees in Syria stage a protest against new visa regulations before offices of UNHCR, 5 Feb 2007 The United Nations estimates nearly one million Iraqis have fled violence in their homeland

2007年VOA标准英语-US Defense Secretary: Iraq Must Send More Troop

By Al Pessin Pentagon 02 February 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the Iraqi military must do better at meeting its commitment to send more forces to Baghdad, as part of the new security plan. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the Pentagon. D

2007年VOA标准英语-American Young Adults Learn About Islam

By Deborah Block Washington, D.C. 02 February 2007 watch Understanding Muslims A group of 60 young adults held discussions in Washington recently (in late January) designed to break down ignorance and misperceptions about Muslims and the Islamic rel

2007年VOA标准英语-Democratic US Presidential Candidates Focus on

By Jim Malone Washington 02 February 2007 Several Democratic presidential contenders auditioned before a crowd of party activists in Washington Friday. All six candidates who spoke focused largely on the war in Iraq, as we hear from VOA National cor

2007年VOA标准英语-Iraq Violence Continues as Bush Defends New Sec

By Barry Newhouse Irbil 05 February 2007 President Bush is defending the new joint security operation aimed at reducing sectarian violence in Iraq by putting more troops on Baghdad's streets. Meanwhile, several bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital have

2007年VOA标准英语-US Aerospace Industry Hopes for Military Sales

By Steve Herman New Delhi 05 February 2007 India's defense minister says his country is prepared to collaborate with other nations to build combat aircraft, tactical missiles and other military equipment. The announcement comes as an unprecedented r

2007年VOA标准英语-Senegalese Presidential Contenders Tour Country

By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 05 February 2007 On the second day of campaigning for presidential elections in Senegal, incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade took his campaign to the southern Casamance region, the site of a long-running separatist movement. Ot

2007年VOA标准英语-US Supreme Court Justice Urges Congress to Rais

By Jim Malone Washington 14 February 2007 A U.S. Supreme Court justice made a rare appearance before a Senate committee Wednesday and appealed to Congress to increase the pay for federal judges. Associate Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy made h

2007年VOA标准英语-Indonesian President Calls on Moderate Islamic

By Al Pessin Jakarta 13 February 2007 A U.S. official in Jakarta says Indonesia's president told the top U.S. military officer Tuesday that moderate Islamic nations should help Iraq's new government stabilize the country. And the official says the Am

2007年VOA标准英语-US Lawmakers Begin Debate on President's Iraq T

By Dan Robinson Washington 13 February 2007 The U.S. House of Representatives has begun the first major congressional debate on President Bush's Iraq strategy since Democrats won control of Congress in last November's mid-term election. VOA's Dan Ro

2007年VOA标准英语-WHO Appeals for Greater Commitment Against 'Neg

By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 14 February 2007 The World Health Organization has called for a renewed commitment from governments around the world to combat tropical diseases that affect a third of the world's population and cause social and econo

2007年VOA标准英语-Supreme Court in India Proposes Ban on Street F

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 12 February 2007 India's Supreme Court has proposed a ban on hawkers (street vendors) who Indian roadside food stall worker fries an egg in Kolkata, 14 Oct 2006 cook food at roadside stalls in New Delhi - a city famed for

2007年VOA标准英语-Guinea's Capital Breaks Out in Protests, Firefi

By Nico Colombant Dakar 12 February 2007 Remains of a bus that was burnt by demonstrators are seen as people drive past in Conakry, Guinea (File photo - 25 jan 2007) At least three people were killed in Guinea Monday, bringing the death toll to over