VOA标准英语2008年-US Lawmakers Respond to Possible Boost in Saudi

U.S. legislators are responding cautiously to statements from Saudi Arabia that hint at possible further increases in oil production, saying the United States must do more on its own to reduce its dependency on foreign sources of fuel. From Washingt

VOA标准英语2008年-Government to Continue With Controversial Inter

By Phil Mercer Sydney 22 June 2008 Australia's Labor government has promised to maintain a controversial policy aimed at protecting Aboriginal children in remote settlements, a year after police and troops were sent into indigenous camps. Aborigines

VOA标准英语2008年-US House of Representatives Approves Foreign Su

By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 20 June 2008 The House of Representatives has approved legislation updating U.S. foreign intelligence surveillance law. President Bush welcomed the bipartisan compromise measure saying it will improve U.S. capabilities t

VOA标准英语2008年-McClellan: Bush Lost Public's Confidence

By Scott Stearns White House 20 June 2008 A former White House spokesman says Americans have lost trust in U.S. President George Bush, because he is refusing to reveal his administration's involvement in leaking the identity of a previously-covert C

VOA标准英语2008年-Russia, Serbia Oppose UN Chief's Plan to Dimini

By Margaret Besheer United Nations 20 June 2008 Divisions within the U.N. Security Council on the subject of Kosovo were apparent yet again on Friday, when the secretary-general spoke about his plan to transfer some responsibilities from the U.N. mi

VOA标准英语2008年-US Farm Belt Faces Economic Disaster From Flood

By Greg Flakus Council Bluffs, Iowa 20 June 2008 Surging water is moving down the Mississippi river devastating towns and farmland along the way. The river has topped close to a dozen levees flooding towns in Iowa, Illinois and Missouri and resident

VOA标准英语2008年-Somali Refugees Head to Nairobi's 'Little Mogad

By Derek Kilner Nairobi 20 June 2008 As fighting in Somalia between Islamist insurgents and the transitional government backed by Ethiopian troops has intensified over the past year, thousands of refugees have been streaming into neighboring Kenya,

VOA标准英语2008年-Berlin Airlift Remembered After 60 Years

By Kent Klein Washington 20 June 2008 June 26, 2008 marks the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift - one of the biggest humanitarian operations ever, and a turning point in the Cold War. VOA's Kent Klein looks back at the Berlin Airlift, with a ma

VOA标准英语2008年-Over 400 People Charged in US Mortgage Fraud Sc

By Brian Wagner Miami 20 June 2008 U.S. prosecutors have announced a massive crackdown on mortgage fraud that has resulted in losses of about $1 bilion around the country. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports the schemes have worsened the problems f

VOA标准英语2008年-Conflicting Reports Arise About Role of French

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 20 June 2008 The office of the president of Somalia's transitional federal government says there have been misleading reports regarding an agreement President Abdullahi Yusuf signed last month with a private French military com

VOA标准英语2008年-Indonesian Police Arrest Ex-Intelligence Deputy

By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 20 June 2008 Indonesian police have arrested the former deputy head of the National Intelligence Agency for involvement in the 2004 murder of prominent activist Munir Thalib. VOA's Nancy-Amelia Collins in Jakarta has

VOA标准英语2008年-WHO Warns of Growing Need for Mental Health Ser

By Stephanie Ho Beijing 20 June 2008 The World Health Organization is praising the Chinese government for taking immediate steps to halt the outbreak of infectious diseases in the aftermath of the huge earthquake that struck southwestern Sichuan pro

VOA标准英语2008年-Polls Suggest Close Race Between Obama, McCain

By Jim Malone Washington 20 June 2008 Recent public opinion polls in the U.S. presidential race give Democrat Barack Obama a lead over Republican John McCain. But the lead is less than expected given some Democratic advantages this election year. VO

VOA标准英语2008年-Coastal Oil Drilling Becomes US Campaign Issue

By Greg Flakus Houston 18 June 2008 President Bush and Republican presidential candidate John McCain are both calling for an end to a moratorium on developing oil and natural gas resources along much of the U.S. coastline. Democratic presidential ca

VOA标准英语2008年-UN Security Council: African Visit Very Product

By Margaret Besheer United Nations 18 June 2008 U.N. Security Council ambassadors back from a mission to five African countries say their trip was productive and gave them an opportunity to personally see the situation in several troubled regions. V

VOA标准英语2008年-Srebrenica Massacre Victims' Families File Dutc

By Lauren Comiteau Amsterdam 18 June 2008 Relatives of the victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia-Herzegovina have asked a Dutch civil court to wave U.N. immunity and allow them to seek damages for their loss. About 8,000 Muslims were mur

VOA标准英语2008年-Experts Debate Possibility, Effectiveness of Fu

By Sonja Pace London 18 June 2008 How best to deal with Iran and its nuclear ambitions was a major theme throughout President Bush's just completed tour of European countries. He spoke again of all options to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weap

VOA标准英语2008年-Can Poets and the Pocket Protector Crowd Learn

By Ted Landphair Washington, DC 18 June 2008 There are three worlds on most American college campuses: The logical World of Science, where students and professors in white laboratory coats lose themselves in that which can be carefully observed and

VOA标准英语2008年-Syria's Assad Forges Economic Ties With India

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 18 June 2008 Syria's president, on an official visit to India, has emphasized the need for peace in the volatile Middle East region. His visit, the first by a Syrian president in three decades, aims at boosting trade and

VOA标准英语2008年-Shuttle Envoys Hop Capitals Prior to Renewed N.

By Kurt Achin Seoul 18 June 2008 International talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons programs are expected to resume soon, possibly within a matter of weeks. As VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul, key players in the talks are engaging