VOA标准英语2008年-Comedy Allows More Biting Expression In Senegal

By Nico Colombant Dakar 20 May 2008 African countries like Senegal, where journalists regularly get sentenced to jail for what they say and write, or where the quality of reporting is not good, comedians are playing an expanding role as government wa

VOA常速英语2008年-IMF: Credit Squeeze in US Could Get Worse

By Barry Wood Washington 08 April 2008 The International Monetary Fund Tuesday said the turmoil in world credit markets that began with rising home loan defaults in the United States is not over and losses could hit $945 billion as the impact spreads

VOA常速英语2008年-Marketing Executives Tout Rise of India's Small

By Raymond Thibodeaux Cavelossim Beach, Goa, India 07 April 2008 Top media and advertising executives are touting the rise of the India's smaller cities and towns as the country's fastest-growing consumer market. Raymond Thibodeaux files this report

VOA常速英语2008年-UN Calls for Strategy to Confront Resilient Tal

By Margaret Besheer United Nations 12 March 2008 A top U.N. official warns that the insurgency in Afghanistan has been much worse than expected and the U.N.'s mandate in that country must be sharpened if international efforts there are to succeed. Fr

VOA标准英语2008年-World Bank Launches New Strategy to Combat AIDS

By Zulima Palacio Washington 16 May 2008 With the HIV/AIDS epidemic now 25-years-old, the World Bank has launched a new strategy to combat the disease where it is the most prevalent -- Africa. Nearly two million have died on the continent and HIV has

VOA标准英语2008年-WHO Promotes New Strategies to Combat Threats t

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 28 May 2008 The World Health Organization calls the adoption of a strategy that will help developing countries access life-saving drugs a breakthrough. WHO officials say several other resolutions adopted by the 193-member World

VOA标准英语2008年-On the Job, Biases Can Be Deep and Subtle

Most U.S. companies act swiftly and forcefully to root out discrimination based on race, sex, age, or appearance when they discover it. And there are good reasons to do so: intolerance on the job hurts morale and productivity. It's illegal under civ

VOA常速英语2008年-Moscow's Changing Skyline Sign of Nation's Oil-

By Anya Ardayeva Moscow 23 April 2008 There are more billionaires living in Moscow these days than anywhere else in the world. Thanks to a booming economy fueled by record high oil prices, the Russian capital is awash in cash. Modern new buildings ar

VOA常速英语2008年-Abbas in Moscow to Push for Mideast Peace Confe

By Colin McCullough Moscow 17 April 2008 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Moscow earlier this week. In meetings with Russian officials, Mr. Abbas will discuss the Mideast peace process and plans for a Mideast conference Russia is expect

VOA常速英语2008年-Think Tank Calls for Monitoring of Regional Ter

By Marianne Kearney Jakarta 29 February 2008 An international research organization is calling on the Indonesian government to monitor the publishing arm of Jemaah Islamiyah, the group blamed for the Bali bombings and other terrorist attacks in Indon

VOA标准英语10月-Rice: 'No Stone Unturned' in Effort for Mideast P

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she will explore every possibility in her quest for a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians before the end of this year. Secretary Rice made the remarks before a conference on Palestinian business

VOA标准英语2008年-ICRC To Deliver Relief Supplies To Burmese Deta

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 11 May 2008 A Red Cross plane loaded with 35 tons of equipment and materials has landed in Burma. The International Committee of the Red Cross says most of the relief supplies are to assist thousands of people held in Burmese p

VOA常速英语2008年-US Senators Deliver Deadline to India on Nuclea

By Steve Herman New Delhi 20 February 2008 Three leading U.S. senators have told India's prime minister his government has only weeks to finalize a civilian nuclear deal with the United States or senators in Washington will not have time to ratify th

voa标准英语2008-September 11 Defendants at Guantanamo Say They W

Five alleged conspirators in the September 11 attacks, who are on trial at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have told the judge they want to confess, and have withdrawn all legal motions filed as part of their defense. In the specially b

VOA标准英语2008年-Some Americans Have No Interest in the Hottest

Over the course of American history, several religious sects and utopian societies have flowered, only to fade away. But out in the country in 28 U.S. states, a group that is deliberately living in a 19th-century time warp is prospering. The Amish d

VOA标准英语2008年-San Francisco Ballet Turns 75

America's oldest professional dance company turns 75 this year. The San Francisco Ballet is marking the milestone by sharing the joy of dance with its community and beyond. San Francisco Ballet Turns Seventy-five We start our basic day from 10 o'clo

VOA标准英语2008年-Obama Moves Closer to Democratic Nomination

By Jim Malone Washington 21 May 2008 Democratic presidential contenders Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton each won a primary on Tuesday, but the net result is that Obama is one step closer to securing his party's presidential nomination. VOA National

VOA标准英语2008年-US Says North Korea 'Getting Closer' to Restart

The United States said Friday North Korea is continuing to take steps to reverse the shutdown of its Yongbyon reactor complex. The State Department urged North Korea to remain in compliance with the six-party accord, under which is to scrap its nucl

VOA常速英语2008年-Youth Vote Growing in US Presidential Contests

By Alex Villarreal Washington, DC 07 February 2008 The Millennial Generation -- Americans 30 and younger -- is a growing force in U.S. politics. Political researchers say millennials of voting age now number nearly 50 million, close to a quarter of t

VOA常速英语2008年-No Contest in Russian Presidential Election

By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 27 February 2008 Russians go to the polls on Sunday for a presidential election in which the victory of Kremlin-backed candidate Dmitri Medvedev is considered a foregone conclusion. VOA Moscow Correspondent Peter Fedynsky rep