VOA常速英语2008年-Iran's President to Visit India to Discuss Ener

By Steve Herman New Delhi 21 April 2008 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected to make a brief visit to India before the end of the month. It will be the first trip to the South Asian nation by an Iranian head of state in five years. Discu

VOA常速英语2008年-Kofi Annan Says Polluters Must Pay For Climate

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 22 April 2008 Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is calling for united action to help the world's poorest people adapt to climate change. He says the poor, who have contributed the least to climate change, suffer the most

VOA常速英语2008年-Indonesian Court Gives Suspected Terrorists 15-

By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 21 April 2008 An Indonesian court has sentenced two top leaders of the Southeast Asia terrorist group, Jemaah Islamiyah, to 15 years in prison each. VOA's Nancy-Amelia Collins in Jakarta has more. Zarkasih, believed to

VOA常速英语2008年-Cambodia Hit Hard By Inflation

By Rory Byrne Phnom Penh 21 April 2008 As in other developing countries from Egypt to Haiti, soaring inflation has recently emerged as a threat to Cambodia's hard won social stability. While wages have remained low, the prices of rice and other stapl

VOA常速英语2008年-Oil Prices Reach a Record High

By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 21 April 2008 Government energy ministers from oil-rich nations and international oil company executives are attending a three-day International Energy Forum in Rome. Sabina Castelfranco reports from Rome the meeting, whic

VOA常速英语2008年-Zimbabwean Opposition Leader, Former Mine Worke

By Chris Simkins Washington 21 April 2008 Morgan Tsvangirai is the head of Zimbabwe's opposition party and over the last decade has made unsuccessful attempts to unseat the country's longtime president Robert Mugabe. Now in 2008, the 55-year old Tsva

VOA常速英语2008年-Bodies of Several Clerics Found In, Around Soma

By Derek Kilner Nairobi 21 April 2008 At least nine people have been found dead at a mosque in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Residents say the victims, a number of them clerics from the mosque, were killed by Ethiopian troops during a weekend of hea

VOA常速英语2008年-US Sees No Change From Hamas After Carter Talks

By David Gollust Washington 21 April 2008 The U.S. State Department says it sees no policy changes by the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the wake of former President Jimmy Carter's meetings with Hamas leaders. VOA's David Gollust reports from th

VOA常速英语2008年-Nigerian Government Lawyers Work on Settlement

By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 21 April 2008 Lawyers representing Nigeria's federal government say they have begun work on an out-of-court settlement with U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer in the legal dispute over a controversial clinical trial by the com

VOA常速英语2008年-African, International Business Leaders Share T

By Uma Ramiah Ouagadougou 21 April 2008 African government and international business leaders have gathered in the capital of Burkina Faso to share innovative technology in use across Africa. Participants at the second annual ICT Best Practices Forum

VOA常速英语2008年-Rights Groups Press New Mining Code in West Afr

By Nancy Palus Dakar 21 April 2008 Throughout West Africa gold, bauxite, uranium and other lucrative minerals are being extracted from the land, but local communities benefit little or in many cases lose out. Human-rights and development experts at a

VOA常速英语2008年-Plan to Harness Congo River Could Double Electr

By Tendai Maphosa London 21 April 2008 Seven African governments and some of the world's largest banks and construction firms are meeting in London to plan the biggest hydro-electric power project in the world. Tendai Maphosa reports from London that

VOA常速英语2008年-Bush Says Small Businesses Will Lead US Economi

By Mil Arcega Washington 21 April 2008 President Bush praised the achievements of the nation's small business sector on Friday. Speaking to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the president pledged continued support for the small business community and out

VOA常速英语2008年-Widespread Political Violence Reported in Zimba

By Peta Thornycroft Harare 21 April 2008 Zimbabwe's private hospitals are full of people who have suffered violence since results of parliamentary elections were announced early this month. Peta Thornycroft reports from Harare that the victims, mostl

VOA常速英语2008年-Pennsylvania Voters to Cast Key Votes in Race f

By Paula Wolfson Pittsburgh 20 April 2008 All eyes in the U.S. presidential election campaign are on Pennsylvania, where voters will cast ballots Tuesday in the race for the Democratic Party nomination. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from southwestern P

VOA常速英语2008年-California Museum Visitors Watch Dinosaur Being

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 21 April 2008 A 66-million-year-old dinosaur is being readied for exhibition in Los Angeles. Mike O'Sullivan reports, visitors can watch scientists as they work on the remains of the Tyrannosaurus rex known as Thomas. U

VOA常速英语2008年-British PM and Pop Singer Shakira Lead Educatio

By Kent Klein Washington 21 April 2008 Grammy-winning pop singer Shakira is teaming up with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to call for more global help in sending poor children to school. VOA's Kent Klein reports from Washington. The glamorous C

VOA常速英语2008年-Bush Wants Colombian Free Trade Agreement

By Scott Stearns White House 19 April 2008 President Bush says opposition Democrats in Congress are making a serious error by refusing to vote on a free trade agreement with Colombia. VOA White House correspondent Scott Stearns has the story. Preside

VOA常速英语2008年-Immigration Tops Agenda at North American Summi

By Greg Flakus New Orleans 21 April 2008 President Bush is in New Orleans, playing host to his North American counterparts, Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. As VOA's Greg Flakus reports from New Orleans, i

VOA常速英语2008年-Pope Benedict Visits 9/11 Terrorist Attack Site

By Barbara Schoetzau New York 20 April 2008 Pope Benedict XVI began his last day in the United States at Ground Zero, the site of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on New York. From VOA's New York Bureau, correspondent Barbara Schoetzau has the