2007年VOA标准英语-Northern India Sweating Out Summer Power Shorta

By Steve Herman New Delhi 12 June 2007 Temperatures in northern India, soaring above the 50-degree Celsius mark, are heightening the discomfort of widespread power cuts and raising fears of a wider power-grid breakdown. VOA's Steve Herman reports fro

2007年VOA标准英语-Hurricane Forecasters View Storms from Rocky Mo

By Greg Flakus Fort Collins, Colorado 18 June 2007 We are now well into hurricane season in the western Atlantic area. The season lasts until November and forecasters say this year it will be active, producing as many as 17 named storms. They also sa

2007年VOA标准英语-Nigerian Militants Threaten More Violence as Co

By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 08 June 2007 The Nigerian Supreme Court has rejected a request for bail for a jailed Niger Delta militant leader currently facing treason charges. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports that his supporters have vowed to

2007年VOA标准英语-Gunmen Kidnap at Least 3 Oil Workers in Nigeria

By Sarah Simpson Lagos 01 June 2007 At least three foreigners have been kidnapped by gunmen and two people injured in Nigeria's southern oil city of Port Harcourt Friday. The incident comes days after new President Umaru Yar'Adua called for an end to

2007年VOA标准英语-US Preserve Houses Hundreds of Primates

By Ade Astuti and Ariadne Budianto Washington, DC 15 June 2007 In the subtropical climate of southern Florida, a state in the southeast United States, many people each year visit a jungle that advertises itself as the place where humans are caged and

2007年VOA标准英语-Africa Tries Upgrade to E-Government

By Naomi Schwarz Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 14 June 2007 African governments looking for ways to decrease corruption and improve the lives of their citizens are increasingly turning to the idea of e-government, the use computers and the Internet to ex

2007年VOA标准英语-Big City Mayors Promote Congestion Tax

By Paige Kollock London 07 June 2007 When big city mayors, business leaders, and environmentalists gathered recently in New York City to discuss climate change, at the heart of their talks was the effects of carbon emissions on the environment. Paige

2007年VOA标准英语-Massive New Dinosaur Fossil Unearthed in China

By Jessica Berman Washington 13 June 2007 Chinese paleontologists have unearthed a massive dinosaur fossil in Mongolia. They say the giant dinosaur belonged to a family of bird-like dinosaurs that were a tiny fraction of its size. VOA's Jessica Berma

2007年VOA标准英语-Ethiopian Government Defends Conviction of Jour

By Katy Migiro Nairobi 13 June 2007 The Ethiopian government today hit back at critics who say it is using the courts to harass journalists and get revenge against the opposition. Two journalists face a possible death sentence for trying to overthrow

2007年VOA标准英语-US Cool to Israeli Dialogue With Syria

By David Gollust State Department 06 June 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz discussed Syria, and the Iranian nuclear program, in a meeting Wednesday that opened an annual bilateral strategic d

2007年VOA标准英语-Sudanese Government Holds Talks on Darfur Peace

By Katy Migiro Nairobi 11 June 2007 Sudananese officials are discussing the deployment of a peacekeeping force in the troubled Darfur region with United Nations and African Union representatives in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. Katy Migiro repo

2007年VOA标准英语-UN Evaluates Africa's Post-Conflict Disarmament

By Selah Hennessy Dakar 13 June 2007 United Nations officials and delegates from about 20 African nations are meeting in Kinshasa to talk about disarmament strategies that can be implemented when conflicts come to an end. Analysts say the session wil

2007年VOA标准英语-Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal Population Contin

By Zulima Palacio Hawaii 11 June 2007 Monk seals are one of the most endangered mammals in the world. In the Caribbean, they already are extinct. Off the African coast of Mauritania, they are down to a few hundred. In the remote northwestern islands

2007年VOA标准英语-Joe Louis Walker - One of Today's Busiest Blues

By Doug Levine Washington 03 June 2007 One of the today's busiest blues musicians is Joe Louis Walker, a guitarist from San Francisco, California, who's been honing his skills for the better part of 40 years. VOA's Doug Levine has more on this versat

2007年VOA标准英语-Detroit Interfaith Group Teaches Tolerance Thro

By Brian Padden Washington, D.C. 08 June 2007 After September 11th, many religious leaders across the U.S. gathered to pray for peace and understanding. In the Midwest City of Detroit, one of the most ethnically diverse in America, Muslim, Jewish and

2007年VOA标准英语-Sri Lanka's Supreme Court Halts Tamil Evictions

By Steve Herman New Delhi 08 June 2007 Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has halted evictions of ethnic Tamils from the country's capital - after police suddenly deported members of the minority group to the island's war-torn north and east. VOA's Steve Herm

2007年VOA标准英语-Bush Says He Will Veto 'Excessive Spending'

By Scott Stearns Whtie House 16 June 2007 President Bush says opposition legislators want to raise taxes on Americans, undermining what he says is his pro-growth economic policy. Democrats say they want to help boost economic growth by lowering energ

2007年VOA标准英语-UN Expert Says Hunger Growing Worldwide

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 14 June 2007 A U.N. expert says more than 850 million people around the world are starving. The expert, who has submitted a report on the state of world hunger to the U.N. Human Rights Council, says the international community

2007年VOA标准英语-Folic Acid Linked to Colon Polyps

By Melinda Smith Washington, D.C. 07 June 2007 For years, doctors urged women to take folic acid if they planned to get pregnant. Then researchers discovered the nutrient helped reduce the risk of a heart attack. But now a new study shows folic acid

2007年VOA标准英语-Iraqi Homeless Setting Up Ad Hoc Displacement C

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 15 June 2007 U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) officials say camps for internally displaced people are beginning to sprout up across Iraq. This is happening, officials say, because communities in the country are closing their doors t