VOA标准英语2008年-Sri Lankan Minister Killed in Bomb Attack

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 08 January 2008 A Sri Lankan government minister has been killed and10 others wounded in a bomb attack by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the latest attack follows the government's

VOA常速英语2008年-Benin's President Faces More Opposition Two Yea

By Nico Colombant Dakar 04 April 2008 Benin's president Boni Yayi is facing increasing opposition two years after coming to power. Mr. Yayi, an independent banker and political outsider, succeeded Mathieu Kerekou who had ruled the small West African

VOA常速英语2008年-Pope to Host Interfaith Gathering During Visit

By George Dwyer Washington 08 April 2008 Pope Benedict XVI will make his first official visit to the United States next week (April 15 - 20), with stops scheduled in Washington and New York City. Among the other items on his agenda, the pope will hos

VOA标准英语2008年-Air Travel a Curse in the Minds of Many

By Ted Landphair Washington, DC 04 June 2008 Subject a caged laboratory rat to unrelenting stress, and bad things happen. It snarls, bites its tail, trashes its cage. U.S. domestic airline passengers are starting to feel like trapped rats, paying mo

VOA标准英语2008年-Phelps Wins Record-tying 7th Olympic Gold

American Michael Phelps has tied legendary swimmer Mark Spitz's Olympic Gold record, winning his seventh gold medal at the Beijing Olympics. Phelps has been winning by world record times in all of his events. His latest time was only an Olympic reco

VOA标准英语2008年-US Swimmer Phelps Becomes Most Decorated Olympi

American swimmer Michael Phelps surged to a pair of victories in the Olympic pool, Wednesday, to become the most decorated gold medal winner. VOA's Jim Stevenson was at the Water Cube in Beijing, where Phelps made Olympic history. United States' Mic

VOA常速英语2008年-Psychiatrist Calls Excessive Text Messaging, E-

By Carol Pearson Washington 02 April 2008 If you cannot stop sending text messages or e-mails or playing computer or video games, you may have a mental illness. An article in the American Journal of Psychiatry says these addictions should be classifi

VOA常速英语2008年-US Economic Slowdown Hurts Small Immigrant Busi

By Bill Rodgers Washington, DC 07 February 2008 The slowing U.S. economy and rising unemployment are affecting a wide range of businesses across the country, including those owned by immigrants. Small immigrant businesses in Prince William County, Vi

VOA常速英语2008年-Kenya Violence Hurts Flower Exports for Valenti

By Scott Bobb Lake Naivasha, Kenya 14 February 2008 Kenyan flowers account for one-third of Europe's cut flower imports, and Kenyan growers have been working hard to keep exports up for the Valentine's Day holiday, despite ethnic violence that has pa

VOA常速英语2008年-US Presidential Contenders Will Be Center-Stage

By Jim Malone Washington 07 April 2008 The war in Iraq is once again center-stage in the U.S. presidential election campaign. All three major contenders will be in Washington Tuesday for the congressional testimony of the top U.S. commander in Iraq,

VOA标准英语10月-Republicans Adopt Aggressive Tactics Against Obam

Republicans are trying to change the focus of the U.S. presidential race between their candidate, Senator John McCain, and the Democratic nominee, Senator Barack Obama. A new wave of Republican attacks now target Senator Obama's background and raise

VOA标准英语2008年-Hearing Begins for 5 Suspected 9/11 Co-Conspira

By Al Pessin Guantanamo 05 June 2008 Six-and-a-half years after the September 11 terror attacks, the accused mastermind and four other co-conspirators are facing a war-crimes tribunal at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The arraign

VOA标准英语10月-US Stocks Plunge in Volatile Trading Thursday

Financial markets remain under immense selling pressure as the Dow Jones Industrials fell Thursday by another seven percent, or 675 points, to a five year low of 8,579. VOA's Barry Wood has more. Traders David O'Day, center, and Steve Schnibbe, righ

VOA标准英语10月-New Report Finds Hunger Rampant in India

India has the largest number of hungry people in the world, despite the strong economic growth witnessed in recent years. From New Delhi, Anjana Pasricha says a new report shows that India's economic boom has brought new prosperity to its middle cla

VOA标准英语2008年-Russia Holds First Red Square Military Parade S

By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 09 May 2008 Troops, tanks, warplanes and missiles paraded across Red Square in Moscow Friday for the first time since the Soviet collapse. The display came as Russia celebrated its May 9 Victory Day over Nazi Germany. VOA Mos

VOA标准英语2008年-Silvio Berlusconi Sworn in as Italy's Prime Min

By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 08 May 2008 Silvio Berlusconi has been sworn in as prime minister of Italy for the third time in his political career, after emerging as the clear winner in last month's early general elections. Sabina Castelfranco has thi

VOA常速英语2008年-Deadlock Deepens in Kenya Power-Sharing Deal

By Derek Kilner Nairobi 08 April 2008 Kenya's opposition has announced that it is suspending talks about the formation of a power-sharing government until the president's party agrees to conditions on how to implement a plan signed by the two sides i

VOA标准英语2008年-African Athletics Championships Draws Star-Stud

By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 01 May 2008 The African Athletics Championships are underway in Addis Ababa, featuring some of the continent's premier track and field stars. From the site of the competition, VOA's Peter Heinlein reports many athletes a

VOA标准英语2008年-India's Communist Parties Withdraw Government S

In India, a bloc of leftist parties is withdrawing support to the Congress-led coalition to protest the government's decision to go ahead with a controversial civilian nuclear deal with the United States. But as Anjana Pasricha reports, the governme

VOA标准英语2008年-Uganda Pushing Circumcision in AIDS Fight

The Ugandan government says it wants to launch an official drive to circumcise much of Uganda's male population as part of its efforts to reduce the rate of HIV infection in the east African country. Recent studies conducted in several African count