VOA标准英语 Indian PM to Discuss Taliban with Obama

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to tell President Barack Obama there is no difference between good and bad Taliban when they meet this week on the G20 sidelines. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (file) India's prime minister wil

VOA标准英语 British Troops End Mission in Basra, Hand Over to US

British forces turned over command of military operations in the southern Iraqi city of Basra to US troops on Sunday. A truck bomb that exploded Tuesday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, however, indicates that the military situation in many plac

VOA标准英语 Clinton Calls US-Iranian Meeting 'Promising'

Senior U.S. and Iranian leaders met Tuesday on the sidelines of an international conference in The Hague aimed at re-energizing international commitments for war-torn Afghanistan. Participants agreed to boost security and development in the central

VOA标准英语 Obama Calls for Strong Message of Unity Ahead of G20

U.S. President Barack Obama is on his way to London, to start his first overseas trip as president. Mr. Obama's eight-day visit to Europe may be as ambitious as his domestic agenda. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama at Andrews Air

VOA标准英语 Clinton Calls for Increased Aid for Afghanistan

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is urging the international community to provide more security and development aid to Afghanistan. Mrs. Clinton spoke at the start of a day-long conference about Afghanistan in The Hague. US Secretary of State

VOA标准英语2009年-Conservative Speechwriter, Columnist Willi

By Adam Phillips New York 28 September 2009 William Safire, the editor of Safire's Political Dictionary, a famed conservative columnist for the New York Times, and a former Nixon speechwriter (file) William Safire, the renowned wordsmith and conserv

VOA标准英语2009年-New NATO Chief Says America's Allies Stand

By Elaine Cobbe Paris 28 September 2009 Anders Fogh Rasmussen (file photo) In his first major speech in the United States, the new head of NATO is expected to respond Monday, to President Obama's concerns that the United States is doing the lion's s

VOA标准英语2009年-Germans Pleased with Universal Health Care

By Sonja Pace Berlin 28 September 2009 With Congress back in session, debate over reforming the American health care system is once again in full swing. Supporters of universal health care want the U.S. system to be more like those in Europe, with t

VOA标准英语2009年-Egyptian Swine Flu Polices Under Scrutiny

By Jessica Desvarieux Cairo 28 September 2009 A CDC Image of H1N1 influenza virus With the global concern over the H1N1 swine flu virus rising, some tourists are finding themselves inside a quarantine cell as their first sightseeing experience. Egyp

VOA标准英语2009年-N. Korean Workers Earn Dollars for Constru

By Young Ran-jeon Vladivostok, Russia 28 September 2009 With the international community tightening economic sanctions on North Korean entities for their alleged involvement in nuclear and weapons activities, Pyongyang is ever more eager to earn har

VOA标准英语2009年-Gabon to Recount Presidential Votes

By Scott Stearns Dakar 29 September 2009 Gabon begins recounting presidential votes following an electoral challenge by opposition leaders, who say the results are fraudulent. Constitutional Court President Marie Madeleine Mboramsou'o ordered the re

VOA标准英语2009年-Iranian Lawmakers Warn West Ahead of Nucle

By Elizabeth Arrott Cairo 29 September 2009 The reactor building (L) dominates the nuclear power plant in Bushehr, Iran (File) Iran's parliament has warned the world's major powers not to repeat what it called their past mistakes during nuclear talk

VOA标准英语2009年-Yemeni Troops Clash With Rebe

By Jessica Desvarieux Cairo 29 September 2009 State media in Yemen are reporting sharp clashes between security forces and local fighters in the south of the country and in the north, where officials say 29 Shi'ite rebels were killed in a government

VOA标准英语2009年-Somali Government Claims Al-Shabab Execute

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 29 September 2009 Somalia's U.N.-backed transitional government has condemned the execution of two men Monday by al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militants and says al-Shabab murdered innocent civilians. Somali government spokesman Fa

VOA标准英语2009年-Legislative Campaigning Opens in Niger

By Scott Stearns Dakar 29 September 2009 Campaigning is under way in Niger for legislative elections that are being boycotted by the country's main opposition parties because President Mamadou Tandja has changed the constitution to extend his time i

VOA标准英语2009年-Niger Media Defamation Trial Begins

By Kate Thomas Dakar 29 September 2009 The trial of a journalist imprisoned on defamation charges has begun today in Niger. Ibrahim Soumana Gaoh, the director of news weekly Le Temoin, or The Witness, was arrested on Sunday in the capital Niamey. He

VOA标准英语2009年-Ivory Coast to Release Voter Lists for Pre

By Anne Look Dakar 29 September 2009 Ivory Coast announced that it will release provisional voter lists Thursday for the country's long-delayed presidential elections, now scheduled for November. With just two months before the presidential poll, th

VOA标准英语2009年-UN's Top Afghan Envoy Supports Call for Mo

By Margaret Besheer United Nations 29 September 2009 Kai Eide, chief of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan(UNAMA) (file photo) The U.N.'s top envoy for Afghanistan, Kai Eide, has expressed support for the top U.S. and NATO commande

VOA标准英语2009年-UN Climate Talks Open in Bangkok Amid Conc

By Daniel Schearf Bangkok, Thailand 28 September 2009 United Nations talks on climate change have opened in Bangkok with more than 4,000 participants from 177 countries trying to narrow differences on ways to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.

VOA标准英语2009年-UN Report Calls for Investigation Into All

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 29 September 2009 A U.N. fact-finding mission accuses both Israel and Hamas militants of committing war crimes during the three-week war in Gaza that began in late 2008. The report, which has just been submitted to the U.N. Hu