VOA标准英语2009年-UN Chief: Bombing Will Not Deter UN from A

By Margaret Besheer United Nations 28 October 2009 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (Oct 2009 file photo) U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says Wednesday's suicide attack on a U.N. guest house in Kabul that killed nine people, including six U.N. s

VOA标准英语2009年-Asylum Debate Stirs Political Debate in Au

By Phil Mercer Sydney 26 October 2009 A sharp increase in illegal migrants heading by boat to Australia has prompted accusations that the government has made the country a target for traffickers by easing immigration laws. More than 42 vessels have

VOA标准英语2009年-Iraqi Electoral Law Remains in Limbo Follo

By Edward Yeranian Cairo 26 October 2009 President Talabani holds meeting for Political Council of National Security at Baghdad's al-Salam Palace, 25 Oct 2009 The Iraqi parliament was scheduled to discuss the country's electoral law, Sunday, to set

VOA标准英语2009年-Serbia Pledges Cooperation Before Karadzic

By Stefan Bos Budapest 25 October 2009 A stand-off is expected Monday between former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and the U.N. court in The Netherlands as the war crimes suspect says he will boycott the start of the long-awaited trial. Serbi

VOA标准英语2009年-Afghan President, Main Rival Reject Power

By Michael Bowman Washington 25 October 2009 Afghan President Hamid Karzai (file photo) Afghanistan's president and his main electoral challenger say the country's political future should be decided at the ballot box, not through the formation of a

VOA标准英语2009年-UN Calls for War Crimes Investigation in S

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 25 October 2009 The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is calling for an independent, international investigation of possible war crimes committed during the last few months of the war in Sri Lanka. The UN agency

VOA标准英语2009年-Twin Bombings Rock Central Baghdad, More T

By Elizabeth Arrott Cairo 25 October 2009 Iraqis gather at the site of a massive bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, 25 Oct. 2009 Iraqi police say two car bombs have claimed the lives of more than 130 people in central Baghdad. More than 500 other

VOA标准英语2009年-Catholic Church Welcomes Anglicans

By Steve Norman 25 October 2009 Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI has unveiled a new Roman Catholic Church initiative which will let Anglicans, often known as Episcopalians in the United States, practice Catholicism while keeping many of their Ang

VOA标准英语2009年-Hungarians Commemorate 20th Anniversary of

By Stefan Bos Budapest 24 October 2009 Hungary is commemorating its crushed 1956 Revolution against Soviet domination and the 20th anniversary of its declaration as a republic and the end of communism. The ceremonies come however as opinion polls sh

VOA标准英语2009年-UN Nuclear Inspectors to Tour Iran's Secon

By Edward Yeranian Cairo 24 October 2009 IAEA inspectors check in at Vienna's International Airport on their way to Iran, 24 Oct 2009 A team of U.N. inspectors is heading to Iran to visit a recently revealed nuclear site. International Atomic Energy

VOA标准英语2009年-Final Phase of Mauritanian Returns From Se

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 24 October 2009 A refugee girl in Dodel, a Mauritanian refugee camp in Senegal (file photo) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says it has begun the final stage of the organized voluntary repatriation of Maurita

VOA标准英语2009年-NATO Ministers Endorse McChrystal Afghanis

By Robert Raffaele Washington 24 October 2009 As NATO troops engage Taliban insurgents throughout Afghanistan, the top commander's recommendation for additional troops has earned a key endorsement. NATO defense ministers meeting in Slovakia, express

VOA标准英语2009年-Abbas's Call for Elections Deepens Palesti

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 24 October 2009 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (File) The Palestinian Authority has announced a date for elections, throwing a wrench into national unity talks with its Islamic militant rivals. Western-backed Palestin

VOA标准英语2009年-Afghan Campaign for Presidential Runoff St

By Sean Maroney Islamabad 24 October 2009 Workers sit near piles of ballot boxes before loading them on to trucks at Independent Election Commission compound in Kabul, 24 Oct 2009 Taliban insurgents are threatening to target Afghans who vote in the

VOA标准英语2009年-Pakistan Military Captures Taliban Leader'

By Sean Maroney Islamabad 24 October 2009 Pakistani soldiers provide security as trucks carrying military logistics drive along road from South Waziristan to outskirts of Dera Ismail Khan, 24 Oct 2009 Pakistani military officials say they have captu

VOA标准英语2009年-US Says Patience With Iran on Nuclear Issu

By David Gollust Washington 24 October 2009 A technician at Iran's Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility south of Tehran talks to visiting Pres. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) (File) The Obama administration signaled impatience with Iran after the Tehran gove

VOA标准英语2009年-14 Americans Killed in Helicopter Crashes

By Sean Maroney Islamabad 26 October 2009 NATO officials in Afghanistan say three coalition helicopters crashed Monday in two unrelated incidents, killing at least 11 U.S. troops and three American civilians. NATO officials say one helicopter crashe

VOA标准英语2009年-Campaign Ends as Mozambique Prepares for N

By Scott Bobb Maputo 26 October 2009 Political parties in Mozambique have ended their campaigns as voters prepare to go to the polls Wednesday to choose a president, parliament and provincial assemblies. The Front for the Liberation of Mozambique, k

VOA标准英语2009年-Karadzic Trial to Begin Monday

By Lauren Comiteau The Hague 26 October 2009 Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic - File Photo More than 14 years after being charged with war crimes, Radovan Karadzic is expected to stand trial on Monday in The Hague. The former Bosnian Serb

VOA标准英语2009年-First Day of Karadzic Trial Ends

By Lauren Comiteau The Hague 26 October 2009 View of empty seats where Radovan Karadzic's defense team was supposed to sit at start of trial at War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague, 26 Oct 2009 Making good on his threat, former Serb leader Radovan Karad