VOA标准英语2009年-US Army Troops Ready for Afghanistan D

News of the Afghanistan buildup comes less than a month after a deadly shooting incident at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead and created additional grief. Greg Flakus | Fort Hood, Texas 03 December 2009 Soldiers in formation at Fort Hood in Texas S

VOA标准英语2009年-Poland's Communist Nostalgia at Odds w

Poles can now be fined or even imprisoned if they are caught with a red star, a hammer and sickle or even a Che Guevara t-shirt. Hilary Heuler | Warsaw 15 December 2009 People wave Red flags in front of Vladimir Lenin's monument in Kiev, Ukraine, dur

VOA标准英语2009年-Gates Cites Arab-Kurd Progress in Iraq

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Iraqi Arab and Kurdish leaders have made progress in recent weeks toward resolving their differences over power sharing and the status of the city of Kirkuk. Gates met Friday with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al

VOA标准英语2009年-Former UK PM: Saddam's Removal Correct

Interviewed on British television just weeks before he faces intense questioning before a high-powered inquiry into why Britain went to war in Iraq, former Prime Minister Tony Blair says it was right to oust Saddam Hussein regardless of whether there

VOA标准英语2009年-Training Afghan Forces Poses Challenge

Training a competent, well-equipped Afghan security force is key to the U.S.-led war effort in Afghanistan, even with President Obama's decision to commit thousands of more Americans to the fighting. But U.S. military officers in Afghanistan say lang

VOA标准英语2009年-Study Finds High Rate of Infection at

More than 1,200 intensive care units in 75 countries examined Carol Pearson | Washington, DC 08 December 2009 Researchers found that more than half of the 14,000 patients in the study on that one day, developed infections in intensive care units Stay

VOA标准英语2009年-Inquiry Highlights Divisions Between U

Senior British officials questioned in wide-ranging inquiry on Britain's role in Iraq war Jennifer Glasse | London 08 December 2009 UK inquiry includes not only the decision to invade, but the country's actions while there, and its withdrawal Witness

VOA标准英语2009年-US Diplomat Arrives in Seoul Ahead of

Ambassador Stephen Bosworth will try to bring the Kim Jong Il government back to six-nation talks on giving up its nuclear weapons, which North Korea abandoned Jason Strother | Seoul 07 December 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama's special envoy for No

VOA标准英语2009年-Study Shows US College Students Active

But study says universities are not responding to Generation E Zulima Palacio | Washington, DC 07 December 2009 A recent study by the National Wildlife Federation concludes that although students are increasingly committed to sustainability, universi

VOA标准英语2009年-Group Calls on Liberian President Sirl

Patrick Nimely Sie-Tuon of the U.S.-based Liberia Human Rights Campaign says the group has nothing personal against President Sirleaf only to end impunity in LIberia James Butty | Washington, DC 08 December 2009 Five months after releasing the unedit

VOA标准英语2009年-Iran Plans to Protest International At

Iran's foreign ministry spokesman says Tehran plans to take legal action after being rebuked by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over its nuclear program Edward Yeranian | Cairo 01 December 2009 This Sept. 26, 2009 satellite file image p

VOA标准英语2009年-Nanotechnology Offers Some Solutions t

Tiny nanomaterials show promise in many efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions Rosanne Skirble | Washington, DC 03 December 2009 Sir Lankan village shop at dusk lit by solar panels - Nanotechnology could help make solar cells more accessible, eff

VOA标准英语2009年-Bombings in Baghdad, Mosul Kill 8; Man

The attacks occurred near the Iranian Embassy, the Foreign Ministry and the Immigration Ministry. Edward Yeranian | Cairo 15 December 2009 An Iraqi man reacts at the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, 15 Dec 2009 Iraq police say three blasts

VOA标准英语2009年-Europe-NATO React Positively to Obama

U.S. President Barack Obama has announced his new strategy for Afghanistan, which has military and civilian goals. Reaction from Kabul is mixed. Sean Maroney | Kabul 02 December 2009 Watch: Maroney report on Afghan Reaction to Obama speech Windows Me

VOA标准英语2009年-Russian Authorities Investigating Trai

Ultranationalist group also claims responsibility, but investigators say Chechen terrorists likely behind attack that killed 26, injured about 100 others Anya Ardayeva | Moscow 11 December 2009 Russian officials say this bombing was the first deadly

VOA标准英语2009年-Violence, Political Dynasties Overshad

Filings for candidates for the Philippines next presidential election show that powerful families continue to dominate the political landscape. Benigno Aquino, the son of a late president, is the current leader in opinion polls. Brian Padden | Jakart

VOA标准英语2009年-Israel Says Settlement Freeze Proves i

Palestinian officials say the Israeli move is insufficient because it does not include disputed East Jerusalem or 3,000 homes already under construction in the West Bank Robert Berger | Jerusalem 06 December 2009 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netan

VOA标准英语2009年-US Conservatives Wary of Climate Chang

Some Americans feel cost of climate change legislation is greater than benefit Laurel Bowman | Washington, DC 04 December 2009 Some Americans feel cost of climate change legislation is greater than benefit Climate change legislation, passed by the U.

VOA标准英语2009年-Study Provides New Evidence for Geneti

Vronique LaCapra | Washington 02 December 2009 A very small genetic difference between humans and chimpanzees may help explain why chimpanzees can't speak, but humans can The ability to communicate using complex spoken language is a uniquely human ch

VOA标准英语2009年-Major Powers Call for Nuclear Talks With I

Major world powers meeting on Wednesday in Germany have urged Iran to return to negotiations over its nuclear program before the U.N. General Assembly opens its new session in New York later this month. Iran's top nuclear negotiator said earlier thi