VOA标准英语2009年-US Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace Lobby Holds Its F

By Jeff Swicord Washington 03 November 2009 For decades, AIPAC (The American Israel Public Affairs Committee) has been the pro-Israel lobby in the United States, bolstered by a massive membership -it says 100,000 - among America's six million Jews.

VOA标准英语2009年-President Obama Still to Decide Whether to

By Ravi Khanna Washington 03 November 2009 President Barack Obama met last October 30 with his top military commanders to discuss U.S. strategy in Afghanistan as he considers whether to send thousands of more troops to the war torn country. Some ana

VOA标准英语2009年-Clinton to Ask Egypt for Help; Can Cairo D

By Elizabeth Arrott Cairo 03 November 2009 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is winding up her Middle East trip with a last minute stop in Cairo. While she is expected to seek help in ending the impasse between Israel and the Palestinians, Egy

VOA标准英语2009年-Clinton Says Washington Following Through

By Scott Stearns Marrakech, Morocco 03 November 2009 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers her speech at the opening of the World Policy Conference in Marrakech, Morocco, 03 Nov 2009 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Washington i

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama, EU Push for Climate Deal

By Paula Wolfson White House 03 November 2009 President Barack Obama hosts a climate summit at the White House, 03 Nov 2009 The United States and the European Union are launching a renewed push for an international climate deal. Prospects for such a

VOA标准英语2009年-Negotiators Try to Narrow Differences Befo

By Lisa Bryant Paris 02 November 2009 Negotiators from nearly 180 countries are meeting this week in Barcelona to narrow their differences over issues regarding climate change before a key December summit in Copenhagen. Climate change negotiators ar

VOA标准英语2009年-N. Korea Announces More Production of Nucl

By Kurt Achin Seoul 03 November 2009 North Korea says it has manufactured more material useable in nuclear weapons. The announcement is widely seen as a tactic to pressure the United States into bilateral talks, and comes a little more than a week b

VOA标准英语2009年-Abbas Threatens to Quit Over Stalled Peace

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 05 November 2009 Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he does not want to run for re-election in January. In a televised speech, Mr. Abbas accused the United States of

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Addresses Horrific Outburst Of Viole

By Kent Klein White House 05 November 2009 President Obama preparing to speak about the shooting at Fort Hood, 05 Nov 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama is calling a mass shooting at an Army base in Texas a horrific outburst of violence. The president

VOA标准英语2009年-US Senate Panel Tackles Problems Posed by

By Lisa Ferdinando Washington 05 November 2009 Senator Carl Levin The U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Thursday tackled the problems posed by shell companies, or companies with hidden ownership. The panel heard

VOA标准英语2009年-Clinton Holds Emotional Meeting with Famil

By Meredith Buel Washington 05 November 2009 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at State Department, 5 Nov 2009 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held an emotional meeting Thursday with the families of three American hikers being detain

VOA标准英语2009年-US Diplomats Urge Burma's Military to Talk

By Daniel Schearf Bangkok 05 November 2009 Senior U.S. officials have urged Burma's military government to talk with opposition groups before next year's controversial elections. The call for dialogue came during the highest-level visit by U.S. dipl

VOA标准英语2009年-Kidnappings Plague Kenyan Capital

By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 05 November 2009 Child kidnapping in Kenya. A parent's worse nightmare. Kidnapping has become a serious problem in Kenya's capital, with children being the most common targets. Experts say criminals consider kidnapping to b

VOA标准英语2009年-Minority Communities Say Burma Development

By Ron Corben Bangkok 05 November 2009 Minority communities in Burma say the exploitation of the country's natural resources is damaging the environment and increasing the military presence in their areas. The activists say greater public participat

VOA标准英语2009年-H1N1 Virus Goes Global

By Laurel Bowman Washington 04 November 2009 People everywhere are trying to protect themselves against the swine flu From Europe to Asia to the Middle East, the 2009 H1N1 virus is spreading. The World Health Organization reports the virus has kille

VOA标准英语2009年-Researchers Say Elderly Not Necessarily Im

By Vidushi Sinha Washington 04 November 2009 A new report about the H1N1 flu virus indicates that the elderly are not immune from the disease afterall. And another report seems to support the early decision to make pregnant women among the first to

VOA标准英语2009年-Africa Boycott Steers UN Climate Talks

By Selah Hennessy London 04 November 2009 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Commitments on greenhouse-gas emissions cuts will be the focus of the remaining few days of a U.N. climate conference in Barcelona. African delegates pulled out of t

VOA标准英语2009年-Young Gain Job Advantage in Post- Communis

By Peter Fedynsky Gdynia, Poland 04 November 2009 A red banner with hammer and sickle is seen outside the Polish Embassy in Moscow (File) The symbol of Communism - the hammer and sickle - represents the main tools of physical labor used by industria

VOA标准英语2009年-World War II 'Lost Battalion' Veterans Reu

By Greg Flakus Houston 04 November 2009 In late October, 1944 the First Battalion of the U.S. 141st Infantry Regiment, comprised mostly of men from the Texas National Guard, broke through German lines in northeastern France and then found themselves

VOA标准英语2009年-Ford Posts $1 Billion Third-Quarter Profit

By Robert Raffaele Washington 04 November 2009 The Ford Motor Company posted a third-quarter profit of almost $1 billion US. The U.S. automaker said Monday it expects to be solidly profitable in 2011. Meanwhile, General Motors announced its first mo