2007年VOA标准英语-Consumers Call for Ban on Growth Hormone in Mil

By Melinda Smith Washington 24 April 2007 One of the largest groups of milk producers in the United States has set an August first deadline for its members to stop treating their cows with a growth hormone, or pay more to get their milk to market. Th

2007年VOA标准英语-Space Tourist to Take Books Into Orbit

By Valer Gergely Moscow 05 April 2007 watch Space Library report The next Soyuz spaceflight to the International Space Station is scheduled for launch on Saturday, carrying two Russian cosmonauts and a private American citizen. Jim Bertel narrates t

2007年VOA标准英语-First Somali Shopping Center in Minneapolis, Mi

By Deborah Block Minneapolis, Minnesota 13 April 2007 Since 1991, thousands of people have fled war and anarchy in the East African country of Somalia, and many have settled in the United States. The largest group is in the Midwest state of Minnesota

2007年VOA标准英语-BBC Director, Family Appeal for Return of Kidna

By Sonja Pace London 12 April 2007 The director of the British Broadcasting Corporation and the family of BBC correspondent Alan Johnston are appealing Thursday for the journalist's release. Johnston went missing in Gaza one month ago and is presumed

2007年VOA标准英语-Obama Nearly Matches Clinton In Presidential Fu

By Jim Malone Washington 04 April 2007 Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama says his campaign has raised $25 million in the first three months of this year, nearly matching the $26 million raised by Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton. A

2007年VOA标准英语-Sadr Ministers Quit Iraqi Cabinet Pressuring Ma

By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 16 April 2007 Six cabinet ministers loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr quit the Iraqi government Monday to protest the prime minister's refusal to set a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. and other coalit

2007年VOA标准英语-Turtle Island Quartet Pays Tribute To Jazz Lege

By Doug Levine Washington 03 April 2007 A string quartet that plays jazz? How about a Grammy Award-winning string quartet that plays jazz? VOA's Doug Levine fills us in on the Turtle Island Quartet, whose latest album pays tribute to jazz legend Joh

2007年VOA标准英语-Habitat for Humanity: Jimmy Carter Building Hom

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 03 April 2007 Since 1984, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, have helped build homes for the poor through a charitable group called Habitat for Humanity. As we hear from Mike O'Sullivan, the Cart

2007年VOA标准英语-Revolutionary Guard Wields Power Inside and Out

By Gary Thomas Washington 17 April 2007 Recent events in the Middle East have put the spotlight on Iran's Revolutionary Guard. Guard naval units seized 15 British service personnel in the waters of the Persian Gulf last month, and Revolutionary Guard

2007年VOA标准英语-US Military Academy Home to Top Undergraduate P

By Kane Farabaugh New York 13 April 2007 Watch West Point Training Each year hundreds of cadets become officers when they graduate from the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York. Since 2003, many of the graduates have passed through the acad

2007年VOA标准英语-Ban Ki-moon Observes 100 Days as UN Chief

By Peter Heinlein United Nations 10 April 2007 It has been 100 days since South Korea's Ban Ki-moon took over as secretary-general of the United Nations. In the Korean tradition, 100 days is a significant milestone, and aides say Mr. Ban permitted hi

2007年VOA标准英语-UN Panel Meets On Climate Change

By Ron Corben Bangkok 30 April 2007 Scientists and other experts from 120 countries are meeting in Thailand this week to discuss ways to respond to climate change. The same group warned earlier this year that global warming poses a major threat to ma

2007年VOA标准英语-Three Women Tour US, Call for End to Israeli-Pa

By Mohamed Elshinnawi Washington, D.C. 30 April 2007 Three women from Jerusalem -- a Jew, a Muslim and a Christian -- are touring the United States together, speaking to civic, academic and religious groups about what life is like under the Palestini

2007年VOA标准英语-Palestinian Film Festival Opens in London

By Tendai Maphosa London 30 April 2007 The third-annual Palestinian Film Festival is underway in London. For VOA Tendai Maphosa speaks to one of the participating directors who says even under extreme conditions, people get on with life. The two-week

2007年VOA标准英语-US - EU Leaders Discuss Missile Defense, Enviro

By Paula Wolfson White House 30 April 2007 The latest United States-European Union summit has ended with signs of progress on several issues that have strained trans-Atlantic ties, including alternative energy and pushing ahead on world trade talks.

2007年VOA标准英语-Ivory Coast Mixed Brigades Mired by Dispute Ove

By Nico Colombant Dakar 30 April 2007 Mixed brigades in Ivory Coast are being launched in two towns in a buffer zone separating the government-run south and rebel-held north, but the process is mired in a dispute over military ranks given to rebels.

2007年VOA标准英语-Anti-American Protests Follow Deadly Raid in Af

By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 29 April 2007 An Afghan boy cries after his parents were allegedly killed during a raid in Bati Kot area of Nangarhar province, in Afghanistan, 29 Apr 2007 Hundreds of outraged protesters chanted anti-American slogans in ea

2007年VOA标准英语-Assessing Tony Blair's 10 Years in Office

By Mandy Clark London 30 April 2007 Prime Minister Tony Blair took office 10 years ago, and as leader of Britain's Labour Party fashioned a political marriage with America's top Democrat, U.S. President Bill Clinton. But when a less ideologically com

2007年VOA标准英语-Five British Men Sentenced to Life in Prison in

By Sonja Pace London 30 April 2007 Five British men have been sentenced to life in prison for their involvement in an al-Qaida inspired plot to carry out bomb attacks across Britain. VOA's Sonja Pace reports from London on the outcome of the trial th

2007年VOA标准英语-US Says Terror Attacks Up 25 Percent Worldwide

By David Gollust Washington 30 April 2007 A U.S. State Department report Tuesday said terrorist incidents and casualties attributed to them rose sharply in 2006. Most of the increase was due to the soaring violence in Iraq. VOA's David Gollust report