VOA标准英语2009年-12-Year-Old Boy Broadcasts 'Positive' News

By Steve Mort Orlando, Florida 24 September 2009 The news on television and radio sometimes can be dominated by wars and global economic troubles. But one U.S. school student from is trying to change that. Max Jones is making a difference by reporti

VOA标准英语2009年-Winners of Video Challenge Create Videos o

By Deborah Block Washington 24 September 2009 What is democracy? That is the question more than 900 people from 95 countries answered by submitting original, short videos to the first Democracy Video Challenge. The competition was sponsored by sever

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Leads Security Council Session on Si

By Margaret Besheer United Nations 24 September 2009 President Barack Obama chairs a meeting of the United Nations Security Council at the United Nations headquarters, in New York, 24 Sep 2009 President Barack Obama chaired a summit level-session of

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama, Gadhafi , Ahmadinejad Address UN Ge

By Margaret Besheer United Nations 24 September 2009 President Barack Obama addresses the United Nations General Assembly, New York, 23 Sep 2009 World leaders addressing the U.N. General Assembly underscored issues of domestic and international conc

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Chairs UN Security Council Disarmame

By David Gollust United Nations 24 September 2009 US President Barack Obama delivers his opening remarks the United Nations Security Council, in New York, 24 Sep 2009 U.S. President Barak Obama chaired a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on nucle

VOA标准英语2009年-US Targets Senior Kenyan Officials for Imp

By Alan Boswell Nairobi 24 September 2009 The U.S. government says it sent warning letters to 15 senior Kenyan officials who are viewed as impeding the implementation of key governance reforms. The U.S. ambassador to Kenya further stated that travel

VOA标准英语2009年-India Begins Project to Issue Biometric Id

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 24 September 2009 India has embarked on an ambitious project to give biometric identity cards to its 1.2 billion citizens. If implemented, the project could help millions of poor people gain easier access to public servi

VOA标准英语2009年-Guatemala Gripped by Severe Drought

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 19 September 2009 Gregorio Jimenez, 34, eats lunch with his son Darwin, 3, who suffers from malnutrition, at a hospital in Japala, Guatemala, 10 Sep 2009 United Nations agencies say Guatemala is facing the worst drought in 30

VOA标准英语2009年-Vietnam's Prime Minister Declares All Prop

By Stefan Bos Budapest 19 September 2009 Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (r) and his Hungarian counterpart Gordon Bajnai inspect the honor guards in front of the Parliament building in Budapest, 18 Sep 2009 Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen

VOA标准英语2009年-IOM Launches Campaign on Dangers of Crossi

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 19 September 2009 Yemeni NGO workers give newly arrived Somali migrants water on the beach of Hasn Beleid village, 230 kms east of the Red Sea port of Aden, 15 Oct., 2008 The International Organization for Migration and the Un

VOA标准英语2009年-Scottish Law Chief Denounces Convicted Loc

By Tom Rivers London 19 September 2009 Abdel Baset al-Megrahi in his room, in Tripoli international hospital, Libya, 09 Sep 2009 Scotland's chief prosecutor has denounced convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi for posting the first of hun

VOA标准英语2009年-Clinton: US is Not Shelving Missile Defens

By David Gollust State Department 18 September 2009 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton responds during qa session at Brookings Institution in Washington, 18 Sep 2009 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a policy speech Friday defended the Obam

VOA标准英语2009年-US Envoy Ends Israeli-Palestinian Meetings

By Luis Ramirez Jerusalem 18 September 2009 US Mideast envoy George Mitchell (L) meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in West Bank city of Ramallah, 18 Sep 2009 U.S. special envoy for the Middle East George Mitchell has left Israel and th

VOA标准英语2009年-CIA Chief Makes High-Profile Recruiting Tr

By Jeff Swicord Dearborn, Michigan 18 September 2009 CIA Director Leon Panetta told Arab-American and Muslim leaders this week to join efforts to reduce the threat of terrorism in the U.S. Speaking in the heart of Michigan's large Middle Eastern com

VOA标准英语2009年-CIA Chief: Karzai Apparent Afghan Election

By Gary Thomas Dearborn, Michigan 18 September 2009 Official preliminary final totals in Afghanistan's recent presidential election have incumbent president Hamid Karzai the winner, but the election was marred by allegations of massive vote fraud. A

VOA标准英语2009年-CIA Chief: Iranian Leaders Debating Nuclea

By Gary Thomas Dearborn, Michigan 18 September 2009 The United States and its allies have long contended that Iran is embarked on a path to becoming a nuclear weapons power. CIA Chief Leon Panetta In an exclusive VOA interview, CIA Director Leon Pan

VOA标准英语2009年-Experts Study Challenges to Anti-Retrovira

By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 18 September 2009 Experts in the battle against HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases have met in Pretoria, South Africa to discuss ways to more effectively deliver Anti-Retroviral (ARV) medicine. Many believe improving A

VOA标准英语2009年-NATO Chief Proposes Closer Ties With Russi

By Lisa Bryant Paris 18 September 2009 NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks during a speech at the Concert Noble in Brussels, Belgium, 18 Sep 2009 In another sign of closer ties between western nations and Russia, NATO's new secretary

VOA标准英语2009年-Australia Debates Revamping Controversial

By Phil Mercer Sydney 18 September 2009 Australia is revising controversial citizenship tests, to make sure applicants are more aware of their rights and responsibilities rather than examine their general knowledge about sports and culture. The gove

VOA标准英语2009年-WFP to Distribute Food Aid to Internally D

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 18 September 2009 The World Food Program says it will start distributing food next week to 40,000 internally displaced people returning to their homes from camps around the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.