2007年VOA标准英语-Turkey's Gul Approves Cabinet List

By Dorian Jones Istanbul 29 August 2007 Turkey's new President Abdullah Gul, foreground, arrives for a graduation ceremony at the Military Medical Academy in Ankara, 29 Aug 2007 Turkey's new president Abdullah Gul has approved the new cabinet submitt

2007年VOA标准英语-Hostage Crisis Ends As Taleban Frees Remaining

By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 30 August 2007 Taleban insurgents in Afghanistan freed the remaining three South Korean hostages late Thursday bringing to an end a six-week drama that saw two of the 23 original captives executed. Earlier in the day four o

2007年VOA标准英语-New Orleans Jazzman Makes Music in Mississippi

By Erika Celeste Mississippi 30 August 2007 It has been two years since the greatest natural disaster in U.S. history swept ashore in the form of Hurricane Katrina. Lost lives, homes and businesses changed the American South and Gulf Coast forever. Y

2007年VOA标准英语-Farmers Use Llamas to Protect Sheep

By Margaret Kennedy Shenandoah Valley, Virginia 30 August 2007 Sheep producers in the United States face a growing problem with coyotes -- the wild dogs native to America's southwest that in recent decades have extended their range eastward. Agricult

2007年VOA标准英语-Rebels Accuse Sudanese Government of New Attack

By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 30 August 2007 A rebel group in Darfur says Sudanese government forces have launched new attacks in western Darfur despite claims from Khartoum that its troops have stood down in the troubled region for several days. Nick Wadh

2007年VOA标准英语-US Immigration Enforcement Initiative Impacts B

By Michael Bowman Washington 30 August 2007 Months ago, an ambitious attempt to overhaul America's immigration system failed in Congress, and there is little talk of reviving the proposal anytime soon. Absent reform, some federal agencies are redoub

2007年VOA标准英语-African Women, Children Joining Men as Clandest

By Phuong Tran Nouadhibou, Mauritania 30 August 2007 Security officials have caught hundreds of African migrants trying to illegally enter Europe this month. Migration officials say women and children, in small numbers, are starting to join African m

2007年VOA标准英语-New Orleans Marks 2nd Anniversary of Hurricane

By Robert Raffaele Washington 30 August 2007 The city of New Orleans in the southeastern U.S. state of Louisiana on Wednesday marked the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina -- one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the United States

2007年VOA标准英语-Turkey's New President Presides Over Military V

By Dorian Jones Istanbul 30 August 2007 Turkey's new president presided over a ceremony marking the 85th anniversary of the final battle in the 1922 Turkish War of Independence. As Dorian Jones reports for VOA from Istanbul, President Abdullah Gul sa

2007年VOA标准英语-Sierra Leone Police Urge Calm Before Presidenti

By Kari Barber Dakar 30 August 2007 Sierra Leone's police are urging leaders of the two political parties in the presidential runoff to take control of their supporters to avoid the kind of unrest that broke out earlier in the week. Sunday and Monday

2007年VOA标准英语-Foreign Teacher Fined for Public Indecency in S

By Selah Hennessy Dakar 30 August 2007 A 19-year old Irish man has been fined about $300 in Senegal after being found guilty of public indecency. He was also given a four-month suspended sentence. The foreign volunteer worker, who was released from j

2007年VOA标准英语-Climate Change, Trade, Free Trade Zone to Top A

By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 30 August 2007 Climate change and trade liberalizations are expected to top the agenda at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation gathering in Sydney next week. Regional security also will be addressed. But, as VOA corre

2007年VOA标准英语-Red Cross Helps Victims of Fighting in North Ki

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 30 August 2007 The International Committee of the Red Cross says it is launching an emergency operation this week for thousands of people who have fled renewed fighting between government and rebel forces in North Kivu in the E

2007年VOA标准英语-UN to Reduce Number of Peacekeepers in Liberia

By Kari Barber Dakar 22 August 2007 A United Nations plan to reduce the number of peacekeepers in war-scarred Liberia has some Liberians concerned about the security of the country. But others are welcoming the plan for the gradual withdrawal of peac

2007年VOA标准英语-West Africa's Clandestine Migration Creates Ser

By Phuong Tran Nouadhibou, Mauritania 22 August 2007 Every week, hundreds of Africans set out from various ports in often decaying fishing boats in order to slip away from their home countries and chase jobs and dreams of life outside Africa. The out

2007年VOA标准英语-Indian Left Meets to Discuss Government's Nucle

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 22 August 2007 In India, communists are meeting to decide whether they will withdraw crucial support from the Congress-led coalition government if it presses ahead with a civilian nuclear agreement with the United States.

2007年VOA标准英语-Japan's PM Calls For Closer Ties With India

By Steve Herman New Delhi 22 August 2007 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, inspects a Guard of Honor during his ceremonial reception at the Indian Presidential Palace, in New Delhi, India, 22 Aug 2007 Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has

2007年VOA标准英语-German Chancellor Warns Moscow on Human Rights

By Stefan Bos Budapest 21 August 2007 German Chancellor Angela Merkel says that her country's dependence on Russian energy will not prevent her from criticizing Russia's human rights record. Ms. Merkel made the comments during a visit to Budapest, wh

2007年VOA标准英语-Activist Sheehan Takes Anti-Iraq War Message Ov

By Tendai Maphosa London 21 August 2007 Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan is in London after meeting in Jordan with Iraqis working on the massive refugee crisis. Four million Iraqis have been displaced by the war. Half are refugees, mostly in Jordan an

2007年VOA标准英语-US Ponders Next Steps Toward Iran

By Bill Rodgers Washington 22 August 2007 The International Atomic Energy Agency's next progress report on Iran's disputed nuclear program could very well determine whether the U.N. Security Council imposes a third set of sanctions against Tehran. Th