2007年VOA标准英语-Albanian PM Says Independent Kosovo Key to Balk

By Barry Wood Tirana 08 August 2007 As a new and presumably final round of negotiations aimed at determining the status of Serbia's Kosovo province gets under way, Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha says independence is the only solution that will

2007年VOA标准英语-Iowa State Fair Mixes Pleasure, Competition

By Jeffrey Young Des Moines, Iowa 17 August 2007 Every August, the Midwestern U.S. state of Iowa holds a 10-day-long fair that celebrates agriculture and everything else Iowa has to offer. VOA's Jeffrey Young takes you to the Iowa State Fair. Carniva

2007年VOA标准英语-Iowa Republicans Make Early Presidential Choice

By Jeffrey Young Washington 15 August 2007 Fifteen months before the November 2008 presidential election, Iowans belonging to the Republican Party (GOP)have held an informal preference poll on the GOP White House contenders. VOA's Jeffrey Young looks

2007年VOA标准英语-UN Calls For Action to Reduce Climate-Related R

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 10 August 2007 United Nations Disaster Reduction officials say the effects of climate change are having a dangerous impact now and governments must urgently take action to protect their communities from floods and other hazards

2007年VOA标准英语-UN Conference Aims to Reduce Threat of Biologic

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 20 August 2007 Experts attending an international conference are calling for quick action to reduce the threat posed by biological weapons. Participants attending the week-long meeting at the United Nations in Geneva say the so

2007年VOA标准英语-Female Astronauts Discuss Upcoming US Missions

By Greg Flakus Houston 02 August 2007 In October, NASA, the U.S. Space Agency, plans major additions to the International Space Station (ISS) in two separate missions, both of which will be under the command of female astronauts. The two women who wi

2007年VOA标准英语-Livestock Disease Spreads in Britain as Contain

By Sonja Pace London 07 August 2007 British police officers block a public footpath leading to a farm outside Normandy, England, where a nsecond outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease was was discovered Tuesday, 7 Aug. 2007 Foot and mouth disease has spr

2007年VOA标准英语-As Europe Unites, Migrant Workers Spread

By Sonja Pace London 15 August 2007 A British parliamentary committee has said that tightening restrictions for highly skilled immigrant workers is illegal and unfair and could mean thousands might be deported. Some 50,000 immigrants could be affecte

2007年VOA标准英语-Aga Khan Inaugurates New Health Sciences Facult

By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 13 August 2007 Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki (R) receiving The Aga Khan at the State House in Nairobi, 13 Aug 2007 The Aga Khan is on a 12-day visit across East Africa to celebrate 50 years as the leader of the world's 15 mill

2007年VOA标准英语-US 'Founding Father' Thomas Jefferson Honored w

By Robert Raffaele Washington 16 August 2007 New Jefferson $1 coin The face of one of their nation's founding fathers will soon stare back at Americans reaching for pocket change. The United States Mint has unveiled a new coin, honoring the American

2007年VOA标准英语-India Lowers Estimate of HIV, AIDS Infections

By Steve Herman New Delhi 17 August 2007 India was once thought to have the world's highest number of people with HIV -- the virus that causes AIDS. But the estimate was recently reduced by more than half -- down to 2.5 million from 5.7 million. The

2007年VOA标准英语-Fossil Lucy Leaves on Controversial US Tour

By Caroline Sawyer Nairobi 08 August 2007 One of the world's oldest hominid fossils, which revolutionized theories of early man, has left Ethiopia to begin a controversial tour of the United States. Anthropologists want the remains of the fossil, kno

2007年VOA标准英语-Bush Says Iraqis Will Decide Their Own Future

By Scott Stearns White House 21 August 2007 U.S. President George Bush says, despite Washington's frustration with the slow pace of political progress in Iraq, it is up to Iraqis to decide the future of their government. VOA White House Correspondent

2007年VOA标准英语-Gingrich to Decide by October on US Presidentia

By Jim Malone Washington 07 August 2007 Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says he will decide by October whether to join the already crowded field of Republican presidential contenders. VOA National correspondent Jim Malone reports from Washington.

2007年VOA标准英语-Signs Of Weaker Hearing Found In SIDS Babies

By Melinda Smith Washington 02 August 2007 Doctors estimate that one out of every 1,000 babies around the world die of a condition called Sudden Infant Death Syndrome [also known as 'crib death' or 'cot death']. It is a parent's worst nightmare: the

2007年VOA标准英语-New Round of Kosovo Status Talks Launched

By Barry Wood Pristina 12 August 2007 A new and possibly final round of negotiations to determine the status of the majority of ethnic Albanian in Serbian province of Kosovo have been launched in Belgrade and Pristina. VOA's Barry Wood reports what a

2007年VOA标准英语-Tenuous Calm Returns to Nigerian Oil City After

19 August 2007 Nigeria Nigerian troops are continuing their crackdown on gangsters in Port Harcourt, the main oil city in the southeastern Rivers State. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa reports that residents are terrified at the prospect of more violence.

2007年VOA标准英语-Nigerian Oil City Calm After Gang Violence

By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 13 August 2007 Security officials say gang fighting that broke out over the weekend in the main oil city of Port Harcourt has been quelled. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa reports from Abuja. Local police chief Felix Ogbaudu told

2007年VOA标准英语-Study: Western Diet Increases Risk of Colon Can

By Jessica Berman Washington 14 August 2007 The cells in certain cancers, like breast cancer and colon cancer, have been shown in labs to start with a high level of genetic instability and then in later stages this level goes down A new study has fou

2007年VOA标准英语-Turkey's Gul Fails to Secure Presidency in Firs

By Dorian Jones Istanbul 20 August 2007 Turkey's new parliament, divided along party lines, could not elect a president Monday, as frontrunner Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul failed to secure the two-thirds majority needed in a first round of voting. F