VOA标准英语2008年-US Presidential Contenders Await Judgment in Io

By Jim Malone Des Moines 03 January 2008 After more than a year of speeches, rallies and campaign promises, voters in the midwestern U.S. state of Iowa will have the first say Thursday in the 2008 race for the presidency. VOA national correspondent J

VOA标准英语2008年-Pakistan Opposition Demands UN Investigation of

By Nancy-Amelia Collins Islamabad 03 January 2008 The party of the slain Pakistani opposition leader, Benazir Bhutto, is demanding the United Nations lead the investigation into Ms. Bhutto's assassination. But the Pakistani government insists a Scotl

VOA标准英语2008年-Kenya Opposition Call Off Protest Rally

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 03 January 2008 Kenya's opposition leaders have called off a mass rally that had been scheduled for Thursday in Nairobi to protest alleged vote rigging in last week's presidential election. Before the march was called off police

VOA标准英语2008年-Doha Free Trade Talks Resume at WTO

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 03 January 2008 Trade experts from 151 countries are resuming international trade talks in Geneva. Delegates to the World Trade Organization talks hope to reach compromises on a number of issues that have been holding up an agr

VOA标准英语2008年-At Least 7 Palestinians Killed by Israeli Strik

By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 02 January 2008 At least seven Palestinian militants have been killed in the Gaza Strip by an Israeli air strike. VOA's Jim Teeple reports from Jerusalem hundreds of Palestinians stranded in Egypt after their Haj pilgrimage be

VOA标准英语2008年-Pakistan Asks for British Help in Bhutto Probe

By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 02 January 2008 Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf has asked Britain help to investigate the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. In a televised speech to the nation Wednesday night, the president also said

VOA标准英语2008年-Kenya's Opposition to Hold Banned Protest Rally

By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 02 January 2008 Kenya's opposition leaders have vowed to go ahead with a massive rally in downtown Nairobi to protest what they say was the fraudulent re-election of President Mwai Kibaki. The government has said the demonstra

VOA标准英语2008年-White House Skeptical North Korea Will Declare

By Paula Wolfson White House 02 January 2008 The Bush administration's top official on North Korea is returning to the region later this week, just days after Pyongyang missed a deadline to file a complete declaration of its nuclear activities. VOA W

VOA标准英语2008年-Polio Virus Spreading in 2 Indian States

By Steve Herman New Delhi 01 January 2008 India remains one of the few countries where polio has not been eradicated. Most of the world's new cases are reported in the subcontinent. While the total number of cases dropped in India last year, VOA cor

VOA标准英语2008年-30 Killed in Kenyan Church as Post-Election Vio

By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 01 January 2008 A mob set fire to a church in western Kenya Tuesday, killing about 30 people inside who were seeking refuge from widespread post-election violence. Witnesses say the fire was set by a gang of young men who pour

VOA标准英语2008年-New Kenyan Administration Facing Political, Eco

By William Eagle Washington 01 January 2008 Corruption was a hot issue in Kenya's election last week, and analysts say it will continue to be during the next several years. Many of the ruling party's best known legislators and Cabinet members were

VOA标准英语2008年-Pakistan Elections Delayed Until February 18

By Nancy-Amelia Collins Islamabad 02 January 2008 Officials in Pakistan say parliamentary elections will be delayed until next month. VOA correspondent Nancy-Amelia Collins in Islamabad reports the Pakistan Election Commission says the delay is due t

VOA标准英语2008年-Youths in Guinea Riot After President Dismisses

By Nico Colombant Dakar 04 January 2008 Angry youth in Guinea have taken to the streets in the capital Conakry, burning tires and building barricades, after the president fired the communications minister. VOA's Nico Colombant reports from our West A

VOA标准英语2008年-Kenyan Violence Threatens Once Thriving Economy

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 04 January 2008 The World Bank is warning that post-election unrest in Kenya is threatening east Africa's largest economy and could wipe out impressive gains the country has achieved in recent years. As VOA Correspondent Alisha

VOA标准英语2008年-Bush to Urge US Mideast Allies to Israeli-Pales

By Scott Stearns White House 05 January 2008 President Bush travels to the Middle East in the coming week in hopes of urging U.S. allies in the region to support Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the sto

VOA标准英语2008年-Republicans and Democrats Debate Before First U

By Meredith Buel Manchester, New Hampshire 06 January 2008 Republicans and Democrats seeking their party's U.S. presidential nomination have debated important foreign policy issues, just days before the nation's first presidential primary in New Hamp

VOA标准英语2008年-Georgia Votes in Favor of NATO

By Peter Fedynsky Tbilisi 06 January 2008 Georgia's snap presidential election on Saturday included a non-binding referendum on whether the country should join NATO. An overwhelming majority voted in favor of such membership. VOA Correspondent Peter

VOA标准英语2008年-Pakistan Rejects US Plans to Strike Terrorists

By Michael Bowman Washington 06 January 2008 Pakistan says it will not permit the United States to unilaterally hunt terrorists on its soil, despite a common desire to defeat radical Islamist militants. VOA's Michael Bowman reports, the statements fr

VOA标准英语2008年-Republican US Presidential Contenders Spar Over

By Jim Malone Bedford, New Hampshire 07 January 2008 In the final hours before Tuesday's New Hampshire presidential primary, the top Republican contenders clashed over taxes, immigration and presidential leadership in a debate broadcast by the Fox Ne

VOA标准英语2008年-Relief Agencies Prepare for Floods in Central M

By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 07 January 2008 Relief agencies are warning that heavy rains in Mozambique and neighboring countries are causing floods that already have killed six people and made 13,000 homeless. Correspondent Scott Bobb reports from our