2007年VOA标准英语-Bush Faces Mounting Pressure to Change Iraq Str

By Bill Rodgers Washington 10 July 2007 President Bush is facing mounting pressure to change his Iraq policy as the U.S. Senate begins debate on military spending priorities. The pressure is not just coming from opposition Democrats, but from some se

2007年VOA标准英语-Bush Increases Support for Palestinian Presiden

By Paula Wolfson White House 16 July 2007 President Bush is making a new push for Middle East peace. VOA White House correspondent Paula Wolfson reports he is calling for an international conference this year to move the peace process forward, and is

2007年VOA标准英语-East Timor Prepares to Form Coalition Governmen

By Nancy-Amelia Collins Dili, East Timor 04 July 2007 With the counting from last Saturday's parliamentary elections in East Timor nearly finished, it has become clear that none of the 14 parties has won an outright majority, and deal making has begu

2007年VOA标准英语-Ten Years Later, Asian Economies Remember, Lear

By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 03 July 2007 Ten years ago, an unprecedented financial crisis swept through East Asia requiring the biggest country bailouts in history. VOA's Heda Bayron in Hong Kong looks back at the turbulence that began in July of 1997 a

2007年VOA标准英语-Pakistan's President to Address Nation in Wake

By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 12 July 2007 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is to address the nation Thursday as al-Qaida issues calls to Pakistani Muslims to revolt against the government for its raid against militants in Islamabad's Red Mosque. Sec

2007年VOA标准英语-Militants Attack, Threaten Government in Pakist

By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 15 July 2007 A wave of deadly attacks in Pakistan is raising fears of a widespread militant backlash days after government forces raided a radical mosque in the capital. Suicide bombings in Pakistan's tribal areas have kill

2007年VOA标准英语-Pakistan Police Continue to Battle Religious Mi

By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 04 July 2007 Pakistani officials warned heavily armed militants holed up inside a radical mosque in central Islamabad to lay down their weapons or face attack. After a deadline for 1100 local time passed, several hundred st

2007年VOA标准英语-Nigeria Police Chief Orders Crackdown on Kidnap

By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 11 July 2007 Nigeria's police chief Mike Okiro has ordered police commanders in the troubled Niger Delta to crack down on gangs responsible for kidnappings in the region. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa reports security forces hav

2007年VOA标准英语-Pakistan Police Battle Religious Militants in C

By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 03 July 2007 Pakistani security forces have exchanged gunfire with hundreds of students holed up inside a radical mosque in central Islamabad. Officials have confirmed six deaths, including security personnel and students,

2007年VOA标准英语-International Police Organization to Work with

By Arjun Kohli Nairobi 17 July 2007 INTERPOL is working with the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda to step up efforts to capture the remaining 18 genocide fugitives. As Arjun Kohli reports for VOA from Nairobi, Rwandan officials say 13 years

2007年VOA标准英语-NATO Chief says Taleban, al-Qaida Hide Behind C

By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 03 July 2007 NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer says the alliance must do everything in its power to avoid civilian casualties in Afghanistan. But he warned that NATO opponents in Afghanistan cannot be put on the

2007年VOA标准英语-Kidnapping of British Girl in Nigeria Provokes

By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 06 July 2007 Officials in the tense delta region of Nigeria are searching for the three-year-old daughter of a British oil worker who was abducted on Thursday. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports that the kidnapping o

2007年VOA标准英语-Russia Suspends Participation in European Arms

By Bill Gasperini Moscow 14 July 2007 Russia has suspended its participation in a European arms control treaty, because of what the Kremlin has described as extraordinary circumstances. From Moscow, Bill Gasperini has more for VOA on what is being vi

2007年VOA标准英语-British Court Finds 4 Muslim Extremists Guilty

By Sonja Pace London 09 July 2007 A British court has handed guilty verdicts for four men in plotting to bomb London's transport system in July 2005. Jury deliberations continue for two others implicated in the plot. VOA's Sonja Pace reports from Lon

2007年VOA标准英语-Another US Senate Republican Calls For New Iraq

By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 06 July 2007 A growing number of Republicans are breaking rank with President Bush on Iraq, with Senator Pete Domenici of New Mexico the latest to call for a new strategy. Domenici's comments come as the Democratic-led Se

2007年VOA标准英语-US Senate Debates Plan to Withdraw Troops from

By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 17 July 2007 In the U.S. Senate, Democratic leaders are holding a rare round-the-clock session to press Republicans to vote for a proposal calling for a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. Republican leaders are using pr

2007年VOA标准英语-Suicide Bomb Attack Kills 13 in Pakistan Capita

By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 17 July 2007 A suicide bomb blast ripped through a crowded anti-government rally in central Islamabad, just minutes before the country's suspended chief justice was set to appear. From Islamabad, VOA Correspondent Benjamin

2007年VOA标准英语-US Ambassador to Nepal Says Maoists Biggest Thr

By Liam Cochrane Kathmandu 09 July 2007 The U.S. ambassador to Nepal says the Maoist party remains the biggest threat to holding peaceful elections in November. He says the Maoists are still considering violence as a way to gain absolute control of N

2007年VOA标准英语-Bush Opens White House Briefing Room

By Scott Stearns White House 11 July 2007 President Bush has re-opened a newly renovated press briefing room at the White House. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns was there. President Bush cuts the ribbon in a ceremony for the James S. Brad

2007年VOA标准英语-Fiercest Critic of Zimbabwe's President Sued Fo

By Peta Thornycroft Africa 17 July 2007 Zimbabwe's state-controlled media are carrying explicit photographs of a man they claim is Catholic Archbishop Pius Ncube, allegedly taken with a naked woman inside his bedroom. Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA