VOA常速英语2008年-Bush Arrives in Tanzania

By Scott Stearns Dar es Salaam 16 February 2008 President Bush is in Tanzania on the second stop of a five-nation tour of Africa. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the story. President Bush was greeted at the airport in Dar es Salaam by

VOA常速英语2008年-Study Finds Some Plastic Baby Bottles Release T

By Robert Raffaele Washington, DC 12 February 2008 Tests on several plastic baby bottles have found they emit very significant levels of a chemical linked to deadly illnesses in laboratory animals. That is according to a new report released by Americ

VOA标准英语2008年-Young Kurdish Woman Finds Business Opportunitie

By Suzanne Presto Irbil 08 June 2008 Young people in Kurdistan are embracing new opportunities to develop and expand their own businesses. Suzanne Presto speaks to one young woman who balances a family, two beauty salons and entrepreneurial classes

voa标准英语2008-Russia, India Sign Agreement to Build Civil Nucl

Russia and India have signed an agreement to build civilian nuclear reactors in India during a visit by the Russian president to New Delhi. The two countries have also called for greater international cooperation in the fight against terror. Russian

voa标准英语2008-Obama to Foster US-Europe Relations

After Barack Obama takes the oath of office January 20 as the 44th President of the United States, his administration will face a host of problems including the global financial crisis, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and strained relations with Ru

VOA常速英语2008年-Missle Defense to Top Bush, Putin Meeting Agend

By Ivana Kuhar Washington 02 April 2008 U.S. President George W. Bush will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin April 6 at the Russian leader's Black Sea vacation home in Sochi. As VOA's Ivana Kuhar reports, cooperation on antiballistic missile

VOA标准英语2008年-Asian Stocks Plunge After Shakeup of US Financi

Stock markets across Asia followed U.S. and European shares sharply lower, in reaction to the collapse of the investment company Lehman Brothers. The markets in Tokyo, Seoul and Hong Kong - which were closed Monday for a holiday - led the selling. V

VOA标准英语10月-Gulf Markets Plunge, Oil Prices Lower

Fears of a global recession and falling oil prices are driving Gulf stock markets down dramatically, once again, and the generally morose economic climate has Arab investors scrambling for cover, as Edward Yeranian reports for VOA from Beirut. Stock

VOA标准英语10月-Asian Markets Plunge as Fears of Global Recession

Indonesia's stock index plummeted more than 10 percent in one of the worst days of trading ever seen in Asia. In Tokyo, the key index closed more than nine-percent lower, the worst trading day since the global stock market crash in 1987. Katie Haman

VOA标准英语10月-World Markets Plunge in Credit Crisis

Markets around the world have taken a beating, with a key US market average falling to its lowest level in four years. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Washington, the market plunge is being driven by persistent concerns that tight credit could fur

VOA标准英语2008年-India's Stock Markets Plunge Sharply

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 09 June 2008 India's stock markets have plunged sharply, largely on worries increasing oil prices will hurt the country's fast-growing economy. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the Indian stock markets have been f

VOA常速英语2008年-Nepal Election Seen as Referendum for Monarchy,

By Steve Herman Kathmandu 09 April 2008 Seventeen-and-a-half million people are eligible to go to the polls in Nepal, Thursday. They will elect members of a constituent assembly that will draft a constitution to complete the transfer from a feudal Hi

VOA常速英语2008年-EU Launches Kosovo Mission Amid Tensions

By Stefan Bos Budapest 20 February 2008 The European Union has begun setting up its 2,000-member police and judicial mission in Kosovo, to oversee the region's independence. But as Stefan Bos reports for VOA from Budapest, the operation will need su

VOA标准英语2008年-UN Renews Darfur Peacekeeping Mission

The U.N. Security Council has renewed the mandate of its joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur, Sudan, for another year. The decision came less than three hours before the mandate was to expire. From United Nation's headquarters in N

VOA标准英语2008年-Skepticism Surrounds Senegalese President's Med

By Nico Colombant Dakar 10 June 2008 Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade met with envoys from the Islamist group Hamas and the more secular Palestinian movement Fatah in an attempt to lay the groundwork for eventual peace with Israel. But at least o

VOA标准英语2008年-Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Released From

A former prime minister of Bangladesh, jailed for more than a year on corruption charges, is free. Khaleda Zia was released from custody in Dhaka, late Thursday morning. From our South Asia Bureau, VOA Correspondent Steve Herman explains that Khaled

VOA常速英语2008年-Congress Preparing Defense Budget for Remainder

By Carolyn Presutti Washington, DC 14 February 2008 Two top U.S. Defense Department officials have testified before a Congressional committee in charge of military spending. The committee grilled the officials about progress in Iraq and the status of

voa标准英语2008-Zimbabwe's Cholera Epidemic Hits Home

In Zimbabwe more than 400 people have died from an outbreak of cholera and the number of people infected is now believed to be more than 10,000 according to the United Nations. The Zimbabwean government has appealed for aid and blamed the country's

VOA标准英语2008年-Senate Report Says Bush Administration Exaggera

By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 05 June 2008 The Democratic-led U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee has released a report that finds the Bush administration ignored disagreements about intelligence information in making its case for war in Iraq. Key Rep

VOA常速英语2008年-Bush Urges Senate to Move Quickly on Economic S

By Scott Stearns White House 01 February 2008 President Bush says U.S. Senators must move quickly to approve a $146 billion economic stimulus plan already passed by the House of Representatives. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, th