VOA标准英语2009年-US Treasury Secretary says Economy Still "

By Michael Bowman Washington 01 November 2009 US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner - File Photo The Obama administration says the U.S. economy is rebounding from a painful recession and a severe financial crisis, but the recovery will be slow and unev

VOA标准英语2009年-Palestinians Accuse US of Damaging Peace P

By Luis Ramirez Jerusalem 01 November 2009 Palestinian leaders are voicing frustration after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised Israel for making what she said are unprecedented concessions in efforts to restart peace negotiations. Isra

VOA标准英语2009年-Clinton in Morocco for Talks on Middle Eas

By Scott Stearns Marrakech 01 November 2009 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Morocco for a meeting of foreign ministers from the Middle East and the world's leading industrialized nations. They will discuss democracy in the region and w

VOA标准英语2009年-Jazz Musician, Actress, Former Detroit Art

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 03 November 2009 Classic love songs have never gone out of style. Barbra Streisand's new romantic CD, Love is the Answer, became a surprise best seller and Rod Stewart's latest album, called Soulbook, has a generous sp

VOA标准英语2009年-Environmentalist: New Thinking Needed on N

By Carol Pearson Washington 03 November 2009 A CDC Image of H1N1 influenza virus The World Health Organization says that since April nearly 5,000 people around the world have died from the H1N1 virus, mostly in the Western Hemisphere. Doctors initia

VOA标准英语2009年-Global Wages Drop Despite Economic Recover

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 03 November 2009 The International Labor Organization reports global growth in real wages slowed dramatically in 2008 as a result of the economic crisis and wages are expected to drop even further this year, despite signs of a

VOA标准英语2009年-Social Networking Costing Companies

By Mil Arcega Washington 03 November 2009 Recent surveys of online Internet users shows the amount of time people spend on social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter is growing, and it may be costing employers time and money. In t

VOA标准英语2009年-Iranian Opposition Supporters Return to St

By Edward Yeranian Cairo 04 November 2009 Photo obtained by AP outside Iran shows a man running from police in anti-government protest in Tehran, 04 Nov 2009 Iranian police have clashed with opposition demonstrators who tried to take over a governme

VOA标准英语2009年-UN Takes Up Report on Israeli Palestinian

By Margaret Besheer United Nations 04 November 2009 An Israeli army artillery battery fires a smoke bomb into the Gaza Strip from the border, 06 Jan 2009 The U.N. General Assembly began discussion Wednesday of a U.N. report on war crimes allegedly c

VOA标准英语2009年-Israel Seizes Ship Loaded With Weapons

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 04 November 2009 Israel says it has seized an arms shipment on the high seas and it is pointing a finger at Iran. Israeli naval commandos stormed onto a ship loaded with weapons near Cyprus and took it to Israel's southern

VOA标准英语2009年-British Leader Vows Afghan Mission Unchang

By Tom Rivers London 04 November 2009 Video grab made 04 Nov 2009 of a casualty being taken to a base hospital after 5 British soldiers were shot dead in Helmand Province, Afghanistan While calling the deaths of five British soldiers gunned down in

VOA标准英语2009年-Fiji's Diplomatic Tussle With Australia, N

By Phil Mercer Sydney 04 November 2009 Australia has ordered Fiji's most senior diplomat to leave the country in response to a decision by the Fijian military to expel its Australia's high commissioner. New Zealand's top official in Suva also has be

VOA标准英语2009年-India PM Calls for Development of Tribal C

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 04 November 2009 Manmohan Singh (File) India's prime minister is calling for more attention to the development of tribal communities, who have been sidelined by the country's economic boom. His message comes as the gover

VOA标准英语2009年-West Africa Coup Plotter Lands in Britain

By Selah Hennessy London 04 November 2009 In this video image, Simon Mann talks to reporters in a courtroom following his pardon by the government in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, 03 Nov 2009 A British man who was part of a failed plot to overthrow the

VOA标准英语2009年-Elbaradei Reports On Global Nuclear Activi

By Bernard Shusman New York 04 November 2009 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei (file photo) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei has given what amounts to his final report on gl

VOA标准英语2009年-US House Overwhelmingly Passes Resolution

By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 04 November 2009 A cloud of smoke billows from the Gaza Strip following an Israeli strikes as seen from the Israel-Gaza border, 15 Jan 2009 The U.S. House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a resolution condemn

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Challenges States To Overhaul School

By Kent Klein White House 04 November 2009 President Barack Obama at a middle school in Madison, Wisconsin, 04 Nov 2009 President Barack Obama is challenging the 50 U.S. states to reform their education systems. The president says the U.S. needs bet

VOA标准英语2009年-Debate Still Rages Over Who Won the Cold W

By Mark Snowiss Washington 03 November 2009 The 20th anniversary of the 1989 East European revolutions has re-opened contentious debate over who won the Cold War and what caused Soviet communism to disintegrate so rapidly in its final years. The fal

VOA标准英语2009年-Hungarians Have Mixed Feelings About Colla

By Peter Fedynsky Budapest 03 November 2009 In this June 27, 1989 file picture, then Hungarian Foreign Minister Gyula Horn, right, with Austrian counterpart Alois Mock cut through barbed wire of former Iron Curtain marking border between East, West

VOA标准英语2009年-Germany's Merkel Presses US Lawmakers for

By Lisa Ferdinando Washington 03 November 2009 German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses a joint session of the U.S. Congress in Washington D.C., 03 Nov 2009 German Chancellor Angela Merkel was afforded a rare honor Tuesday as she addressed a joint