2007年VOA标准英语-Australian Taleban Back Home, Behind Bars

By Phil Mercer Sydney 23 May 2007 The first Guantanamo Bay detainee to be convicted of terrorism is back in his home country, Australia. David Hicks, who had joined militant groups in Kosovo, Kashmir and Afghanistan, pleaded guilty to supporting extr

2007年VOA标准英语-Iraqi Police Find Body That May Be Missing US S

By Barry Newhouse Mosul 23 May 2007 The U.S. military is trying to determine if a body found in the Euphrates River south of Baghdad is one of three missing U.S. soldiers. Elsewhere in Iraq, suicide bombs, roadside blasts, and gunbattles killed at le

2007年VOA标准英语-US Official: Violence, Poor Management Hamperin

By Dan Robinson Washington 22 May 2007 The U.S. official responsible for auditing reconstruction efforts in Iraq has told Congress that violence, management problems, and inadequate Iraqi government contributions continue to hamper economic recovery

2007年VOA标准英语-Forecasters Predict Higher Number of Atlantic H

By David McAlary Washington 22 May 2007 U.S. government weather forecasters are predicting more Atlantic Ocean hurricanes this year than normal. They say last year's relatively calm hurricane season should not lull anyone into thinking that the upsur

2007年VOA标准英语-Former Political Rivals Team Up Against Pakista

By Gary Thomas Washington 22 May 2007 The growing political crisis in Pakistan has driven two onetime rivals into an alliance. Former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, who are both in exile, have teamed up to raise the pressure on Pres

2007年VOA标准英语-US Calls Iranian Charges Against Washington Aca

By David Gollust State Department 22 May 2007 Haleh Esfandiari, Director of the Middle East program at the Woodrow Wilson Center The U.S. State Department said Tuesday charges from Tehran that an Iranian-American academic has sought to topple Iran's

2007年VOA标准英语-India's Government Promises More Inclusive Grow

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 23 May 2007 India's government is promising more inclusive growth as it begins its fourth year in office. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the pledge follows a series of recent electoral setbacks that have raise

2007年VOA标准英语-Liberia's May Day Marked by Strike at Firestone

By Nico Colombant Dakar 01 May 2007 As workers around the world mark May Day, in Liberia, a strike is ongoing at the rubber plantations of the Firestone tire company, highlighting long standing problems between the country's biggest private employer

2007年VOA标准英语-Ex-Spy Chief Memoir Reignites Iraq Intelligence

By Gary Thomas Washington 01 May 2007 The publication of the former U.S. intelligence chief George Tenet's memoirs has sparked anew the controversy over the prewar intelligence on Iraq. Tenet says the intelligence provided to the Bush administration

2007年VOA标准英语-The Ancient Art of Engineering - as Art

By Odil Ruzaliev Washington 01 May 2007 For centuries, nomads wandered the steppes of Central Asia living in tents. One of the critical engineering elements of these flimsy structures was the tent band designed to brace the roof. Over time, these ban

2007年VOA标准英语-Citizens' Group Gets Food to Needy Residents

By Jeffrey Young Washington 01 May 2007 To most Americans, the governments in their towns and regional areas called counties are the governments they interact with the most. And alongside these local governments are groups of citizens who work on the

2007年VOA标准英语-US Envoy Says Reported Death of Iraq al-Qaida L

By David Gollust Washington 01 May 2007 US ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker The new U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker, says the reported death of Iraqi terrorist leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri would be a welcome development. But he says it would not e

2007年VOA标准英语-Israeli, Palestinian Scholars Team Up to Teach

By Kane Farabaugh New York 01 May 2007 Middle East Fulbright Scholars Israeli Dan Bar-On and Palenstinian Sami Adwan As the United States works to renew flagging peace efforts in the Middle East, other forms of diplomacy are also at work. One such ef

2007年VOA标准英语-Cameroon to Distribute AIDS Medication for Free

By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 01 May 2007 Starting Tuesday, Cameroon will offer free anti-retroviral drug treatment to all eligible HIV-positive people in the country. The program, funded by the government and various external groups, aims to reach as many

2007年VOA标准英语-Researchers Find Better Blood Test for Prostate

By Carol Pearson Washington 01 May 2007 Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers for men in the developed world. Some 400,000 new cases are likely to be diagnosed this year in the United States and Europe, and close to 90,000 men are expecte

2007年VOA标准英语-Bush and EU Agree Climate Change is Problem

By Leta Hong Fincher Washington 01 May 2007 President Bush and European Union leaders have agreed to work together on the issue of climate change. In a wide-ranging meeting Monday, the leaders also agreed to continue pressuring Iran to give up its nu

2007年VOA标准英语-Olmert Faces Pressure to Resign Following Leban

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 01 May 2007 There is political turmoil in Israel after an official probe issued a damning report on the government's handling of last year's war in Lebanon. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, Israel's emb

2007年VOA标准英语-UN Frustrated by Nepal's Maoist Former Rebels

By Steve Herman New Delhi 01 May 2007 U.N. officials in Nepal had hoped to begin verifying the identities of thousands of people in U.N-supervised camps who claim to be members of the Peoples' Liberation Army. But as Steve Herman reports from New Del

2007年VOA标准英语-Lawyers' Fees Dispute for Khmer Rouge Tribunal

By Rory Byrne Phnom Penh 01 May 2007 Cambodian and foreign judges meet to try to hammer out their disagreement over internal rules for Khmer Rouge genocide trial proceedings in Phnom Penh (File) The Cambodian Bar Association and international judges

2007年VOA标准英语-Pro-Immigrant Leaders Voice Concerns Over US Re

By Brian Wagner Miami 24 May 2007 Immigrant advocacy groups are raising concerns that a U.S. Senate reform bill may not benefit foreign workers as promised. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports that pro-immigrant leaders fear the measures may place u