VOA标准英语2009年-Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi Ordered to Serve

Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to 18 more months of house arrest. The sentence drew condemnation from foreign governments and human rights groups. Security forces surrounded Insein Prison in Rangoon Tuesday as the verdi

VOA标准英语2009年-India's Ruling Congress Party Emerges Vict

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 22 October 2009 Congress party workers wave party flags and dance to celebrate their victory in the Maharashtra State elections at the party state headquarters in Mumbai, India, 22 Oct 2009 India's ruling Congress Party-

VOA标准英语2009年-Attention Intensifies on Afghan War Strate

By Meredith Buel Washington 21 October 2009 Now that Afghan election officials have agreed to a presidential runoff vote on November 7, attention will intensify on U.S. President Barack Obama's difficult decision about whether to send more American

VOA标准英语2009年-Death Row Inmates in Texas Tell Their Stor

By Greg Flakus Huntsville, Texas 21 October 2009 The U.S. state with the busiest death chamber and one of the largest prison populations is Texas, where public opinion polls show the death penalty is supported by more than 70 percent of the populati

VOA标准英语2009年-California Teacher's Program Helps Underpr

By Mike O'Sullivan San Diego, California 21 October 2009 Immigrant and minority students in the United States often face obstacles getting into college. To help them, California teacher Mary Catherine Swanson started a program that has expanded to m

VOA标准英语2009年-Poor US Economy Has Guitar Makers Singing

By Roger Hsu Nazareth, Pennsylvania 21 October 2009 The Martin Guitar Company in Nazareth, Pennsylvania is world-renowned for making some of the finest guitars ever made. However, the economic downturn in the U.S. has cast a shadow over the company,

VOA标准英语2009年-New Drive to Fight World Hunger With GM Cr

By Selah Hennessy London 21 October 2009 A genetically modified corn plant (file photo) Britain's national academy of science is calling for a multi-billion-dollar research program on global food security. The Royal Society says genetically modified

VOA标准英语2009年-Kuwait to Allow Women to Travel Without Hu

By Edward Yeranian Cairo 21 October 2009 Kuwait's constitutional court ruled Wednesday that Kuwaiti women have the right to travel without their husband's permission, revoking a 1962 passport law. Women in other Gulf States, like Saudi Arabia, still

VOA标准英语2009年-Malian Women Push Condom Use to Reduce Spr

By Scott Stearns Dakar 21 October 2009 Women in Mali are encouraging more men to use condoms to slow the spread of the virus that causes AIDS. The prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Mali is low for West Africa, effecting less than two percent of the adult po

VOA标准英语2009年-Gunmen Kill Pakistani Army Officer in Isla

By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 22 October 2009 Police officer drives away army jeep with bulletholes splattered on windshield, after attacked by gunmen in Islamabad, 22 oct 2009 Police in Pakistan say that unknown gunmen shot and killed a senior army officer

VOA标准英语2009年-S. Korean Scholar: North Experiencing Disc

By Kurt Achin Seoul 22 October 2009 A leading North Korea researcher and adviser to South Korea's president says the North is experiencing some friction at the very top of the ruling Kim family. The North's leader may have temporarily halted a succe

VOA标准英语2009年-Few Surprises, Little Excitement as Indone

By Douglas Bakshian Jakarta 22 October 2009 Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, left, receives a kiss from his wife Kristiani, after his inauguration at the Parliament building, Jakarta, 20 Oct. 2009 Indonesia's new Cabinet contains a mix

VOA标准英语2009年-Rise in Somali Piracy Contributes to Incre

By Alan Boswell Nairobi 22 October 2009 The rise in piracy off the Somali coast has resulted in more global piracy cases in 2009 than in all of 2008, according to a maritime watchdog group. Despite the rise in attacks, the number of successful hijac

VOA标准英语2009年-Israel, Iran Reportedly Held Secret Nuclea

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 22 October 2009 Iranian technicians work at a facility near Isfahan, south of Tehran, that produces uranium fuel for a heavy-water nuclear reactor (File) Several eyewitnesses and news reports say Israeli and Iranian repres

VOA标准英语2009年-UN Special Rappoteurs: Human Rights Abuses

By Margaret Besheer United Nations 22 October 2009 Vitit Muntarbhorn The U.N. Special Rappoteur for North Korea warned Thursday that the human rights situation in that country remains abysmal because of the Pyongyang's repressive government. Vitit M

VOA标准英语2009年-'Kimjongilia' Documents Suffering North Ko

By Kurt Achin Pusan, South Korea 22 October 2009 Human rights organizations say tens of thousands of North Koreans live in forced labor camps for political reeducation, where torture, starvation, and illness are commonplace. North Korean defectors s

VOA标准英语2009年-Australia Oil Spill Spreads Contamination

By Phil Mercer Sydney 20 October 2009 Australia's worst oil slick since the mid-1980s is now tainting Indonesian waters. Fishermen in West Timor say contaminated fish are making villagers ill. Oil began leaking two months ago, following an accident

VOA标准英语2009年-Watchdog Says Media Freedom in Europe Plum

By Selah Hennessy London 20 October 2009 The media watchdog Reporters Without Borders has released its annual press freedom index. Several prominent European countries have slid down the ranking while the United States has made significant moves for

VOA标准英语2009年-UN Chief Learns 'Valuable, Painful' Lesson

By Margaret Besheer United Nations 20 October 2009 Ban Ki-moon (Oct 2009 file photo) The U.N. secretary-general says having learned valuable and painful lessons from the widespread fraud that plagued the first round of Afghanistan's presidential ele

VOA标准英语2009年-Gates: US Effort Not On Hold During Afghan

By Al Pessin Aboard US Military Aircraft Over Pacific Ocean 20 October 2009 US Defense Secretary Robert Gates U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the United States and its allies must work with whatever Afghan government emerges from last month