voa标准英语2008-UNICEF Calls for End to Forced Recruitment of Ch

The United Nations Children's Fund is calling for a halt to the forced recruitment of child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It says all warring parties in North Kivu Province forcibly recruit children into their armies. Lisa Schlein re

VOA常速英语2008年-Australian Intelligence Agency Asked to Catch L

By Phil Mercer Sydney 07 April 2008 Australia's spy agency has been brought in to help combat a rise in the number of so-called laser attacks on aircraft landing at the country's busiest airport in Sydney. Pilots say they are being hit with laser lig

VOA标准英语2008年-Fighting Spreads to Mountains Near Beirut

By Challiss McDonough Beirut 11 May 2008 Fighting between pro-government and opposition militants in Lebanon has spread to the mountains overlooking the capital, prompting the country's main Druze leader Walid Jumblatt to appeal to the army to interv

VOA标准英语2008年-Russian Airliner Crashes, Killing All 88 People

Russian officials say 88 people were killed early Sunday when a Boeing 737 crashed in the Ural mountains just outside the Siberian city of Perm. The passenger jet was getting ready to land after making the trek eastward from Moscow. Emma Stickgold h

VOA标准英语10月-Roadside Bomb Kills Senior Shi'ite Lawmaker in Ir

The Iraqi Shi'ite faction led by cleric Moqtada al-Sadr says one of its senior lawmakers has died of wounds suffered in a bomb attack in Baghdad. But U.S. commanders in Iraq say the security situation has improved in three southern Iraqi provinces.

VOA标准英语10月-DRC Says Rwanda Threatens Attack

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is accusing the military of neighboring Rwanda of participating in attacks on its forces in eastern Congo in recent days, and of preparing a larger assault. Derek Kilner reports from VOA's East Africa bureau in N

VOA常速英语2008年-Bush Says US Must Change Energy Habits

By Mil Arcega Washington 06 March 2008 President Bush says the United States must change its habits and reduce its dependence on foreign oil. President Bush says the country's reliance on fossil fuels harms the environment and puts Americans at the m

VOA常速英语2008年-Climate Change Issue Dominates EU Summit

By Lisa Bryant Paris 13 March 2008 Climate change and a proposed Mediterranean Union top the agenda of a two-day European Union summit opening Thursday in Brussels. Lisa Bryant has more from Paris about the issues involved. Leaders from the 27-member

VOA常速英语2008年-EU Agrees On Climate Change Legislation

By Lisa Bryant Paris 14 March 2008 European Union countries wrapped up a two-day summit in Brussels Friday agreeing to forge laws to meet climate change goals and create a new union that would group the European Union and Mediterranean countries outs

VOA常速英语2008年-Experts Say Climate Change Drives Migration in

By Nancy Palus Dakar 20 March 2008 The effects of climate change are increasingly driving people in sub-Saharan Africa to migrate in search of better living conditions, according to experts who gathered this week in the Senegalese capital, Dakar. Nan

VOA常速英语2008年-WHO Warns Climate Change Endangers Human Health

By Lisa Schlein Paris 07 April 2008 The World Health Organization says climate change endangers human health and developing countries will be most at risk from the increasing spread of disease. The organization is marking World Health Day with a glob

VOA常速英语2008年-Opposition, Analysts Say Zimbabwe Election Will

By Peta Thornycroft Harare 06 March 2008 All three presidential candidates in the Zimbabwe election have launched their campaigns for the election scheduled for the end of this month. But, as Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA, there are already indica

VOA常速英语2008年-Iran Announces Installation of More Centrifuges

By Aya Batrawy Cairo 08 April 2008 Iran's President Mahmoud Ahamadinejad announced on Tuesday that Iran is installing 6,000 new centrifuges at an uranium enrichment plant. The announcement drew sharp criticism from the United States and is expected t

voa标准英语2008年-Time Running Out For US Presidential Campaign

The major party candidates for president of the United States are campaigning almost non-stop in the final hours before Election Day. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports both Democrat Senator Barack Obama and Republican Senator John McCain are focusing on a

VOA标准英语2008年-US Warns Time Running Out for India-US Nuclear

A senior U.S. Congressman visiting India says time is running out for New Delhi to finalize a civilian nuclear deal with the United States. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi that India's Congress Party-led coalition government indicated it will

VOA标准英语2008年-Angolans to Vote For First Time in 16 Years

Voters in Angola go to the polls Friday for the first time in 16 years. They are to cast their ballots for a new parliament in what is seen as preparations for presidential polls next year. VOA's Scott Bobb reports from Luanda. More than 8 million r

VOA标准英语2008年-Bush Administration Previews Trip to Middle Eas

By Carolyn Presutti Washington, D.C. 04 January 2008 The Bush administration is providing details of the president's planned nine-day trip to the Middle East, beginning Tuesday. The trip will include his first visit to Israel and the West Bank since

VOA常速英语2008年-Top Hezbollah Commander Killed in Damascus Car

By Edward Yeranian Beirut 13 February 2008 Lebanon's pro-Iranian Hezbollah guerilla group is accusing Israel in the car bomb explosion in Damascus, overnight, that killed Hezbollah terrorist Imad Mughniyeh- wanted in dozens of terror attacks Lebanon

VOA常速英语2008年-Senegal Aid Workers Express Concern About Abuse

By Nico Colombant Dakar 10 March 2008 As a week-long international Islamic conference gets under way in Dakar, Senegal, aid workers are raising the alarm on tens of thousands of Senegalese children who have been given away by their parents to Koranic

VOA常速英语2008年-Mercury Seen in New Light

By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 15 February 2008 Scientists have started analyzing data and images acquired when the Messenger space probe passed within 200 kilometers of the planet Mercury last month. It was the first flyby of the solar system's inner-