VOA标准英语2009年-Opponents of Niger President Agree to

Niger's opposition coalition has agreed to hold mediated talks after months of refusing to participate. The group had previously said it would accept nothing less than a return to the political order before the August referendum that granted Presiden

VOA标准英语2009年-Global Economic Upturn Seen as 2010 Ap

The global economy is expected to show a 1.1 percent drop in output for 2009, following a five percent expansion in 2007 and three percent growth in 2008 Michael Bowman | Washington 17 December 2009 Photo: AP Emirati man talks on his mobile phone at

VOA标准英语2009年-Third Senior Khmer Rouge Leader Charge

Luke Hunt | Kota Kinabalu 18 December 2009 Photo: AP Khieu Samphan, looks on during hearing at U.N.-backed genocide tribunal in Phnom Penh (file photo) Cambodia's U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal has charged the Khmer Rouge's former head of state with

VOA标准英语2009年-12 Eritrean Footballers Seek Asylum in

The players were reported missing following a regional football tournament on Kenyan soil. Alan Boswell | Nairobi 18 December 2009 Twelve players from Eritrea's national football team have sought asylum in Kenya through the United Nations refugee age

VOA标准英语2009年-Theft of Infamous Sign at Auschwitz Sp

The Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem expresses shock over the theft of the iron sign, which reads 'ARBEIT MACHT FREI' or 'Work makes you free.' Yad Vashem director Avner Shalev says the theft is an attack on the memory of the Holocaust. Rob

VOA标准英语2009年-Western Sahara Activist Returns Home A

A leading campaigner for independence for Western Sahara has returned home after being expelled for refusing to declare Moroccan citizenship. The move ends what supporters say was a 32-day hunger strike. Scott Stearns | Dakar 18 December 2009 Photo:

VOA标准英语2009年-Karzai Presents List of Cabinet Nomine

The Afghan leader has retained most of his top technocrat ministers backed by Western allies of the country. Ayaz Gul | Islamabad 19 December 2009 Photo: AP Afghan President Hamid Karzai Lawmakers in the lower house of Afghan parliament have begun de

VOA标准英语2009年-Our World — 19 December 2009

VOA's weekly science and technology magazine Art Chimes 18 December 2009 MUSIC: Our World theme This week on Our World: President Obama at the Copenhagen climate conference ... an update on the H1N1 'swine' flu ... and Science magazine's breakthrough

VOA标准英语2009年-Website of the Week — SnowCrystals.c

An online guide to snow and other ice phenomena Art Chimes | Washington, DC 18 December 2009 Photo: SnowCrystals.com Time again for our Website of the Week, when we showcase interesting and innovative online destinations. For those of us in the north

VOA标准英语2009年-WHO to Increase Immunizations in Sub-S

World Health Organization agreed on initiatives to increase the immunization of children in sub-Saharan Africa. Ish Mafundikwa | Harare 18 December 2009 The Global Polio Eradication Initiative launched in 1988 has successfully obliterated polio in 45

VOA标准英语2009年-Lead Poisoning Study Shows Damage Grea

Brain scans of men and women exposed to lead during childhood shows residual damage less severe in females Rose Hoban | Washington, DC 18 December 2009 Ever since the ancient Roman era, people have known that lead, a heavy metal long used in paints,

OA标准英语2009年-African leaders Renew Call for Binding

On the final day of UN climate talks in Copenhagen, African leaders have renewed calls for a legally binding deal to fight climate change. Selah Hennessy | London 18 December 2009 Photo: AFP Sweden's PM Fredrik Reinfeldt (L), European Commission chie

VOA标准英语2009年-Small US Retailers Fight for Survival

Some smaller retailers have been forced to close their doors because consumers are spending more carefully and also are favoring warehouse chain stores like Walmart and Costco. Chris Simkins | Rockville, Maryland 18 December 2009 Photo: VOA Image Man

VOA标准英语2009年-Analysts Caution US Banking Crisis May

After receiving billions of dollars in government bailouts, U.S. banks are under increasing pressure to start lending money again. With banks paying back emergency government loans faster than expected, President Obama is reminding bank executives th

VOA标准英语2009年-Muslim Leaders Grapple with How to Pro

At one of the largest mosques in the United States, Muslim leaders are trying to create a safe haven for young people to learn Islam's lessons about peace. Laurel Bowman | Washington, DC 18 December 2009 Muslim leaders are trying to create a safe hav

VOA标准英语2009年-US Signs Nuclear Deal with UAE

The new deal allows the United Arab Emirates to receive sensitive information and materials from the United States to help create the Arab world's first civilian nuclear power industry. Phillip Walter Wellman | Dubai 18 December 2009 Photo: VOA - P.

VOA标准英语2009年-UN Secretary-General Receives Report o

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has received the report of an international commission of inquiry into September's killing of opposition protesters in Guinea. Human rights leaders in Guinea say the international community must hold accountable tho

VOA标准英语2009年-'Avatar' Makes Movie History Thanks to

Twelve years ago, writer-director James Cameron made Titanic, an epic romance that became the highest-grossing film in Hollywood history. He is making cinema history again with groundbreaking new 3D technology that puts audiences in the middle of his

VOA标准英语2009年-Analysts: Democracy in Pakistan Yet to

Two years after the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, the political situation there can best be described as unstable and fragile. Ravi Khanna | Washington 25 December 2009 Pakistani lawyers celebrate Supreme Court deci

VOA标准英语2009年-Israeli Forces Kill 6 Palestinians

Dozens of jeeps carrying masked Israeli commandos rolled into Nablus before dawn, surrounded homes of three Palestinians gunmen Robert Berger | Jerusalem 26 December 2009 Photo: AP Israeli soldiers are seen during an army operation in the West Bank c