VOA标准英语2009年-Scottish Investigators Review Case of 1988

By Jennifer Glasse London 27 October 2009 A memorial stone for the victims of Pan-Am flight 103 iin a garden of remembrance near the village of Lockerbie, Scotland, Nov. 2008 Scottish police have just announced they are looking into evidence surroun

VOA标准英语2009年-American Workforce Getting Older, Working

By Steve Mort Orlando, Florida 28 October 2009 The American workforce is getting grayer. And the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that the number of workers between 65 and 74 years old will grow by more than 80 percent between 2006 and 2016.

VOA标准英语2009年-US: Support for Iran Reformist, Democracy

By Dan Robinson Washington 28 October 2009 A senior State Department official has told Congress that the United States is not lessening its support for reformers in Iran and U.S.-based organizations supporting them. Assistant Secretary of State for

VOA标准英语2009年-US Defends Cuba Policy Amid UN Condemnatio

By David Gollust The State Department 28 October 2009 The Obama administration on Wednesday defended the long-running U.S. economic embargo against Cuba in the face of another overwhelming U.N. General Assembly vote condemning American policy toward

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Signs $680 Billion Defense Bill

By Kent Klein White House 28 October 2009 From left: Vice President Joe Biden, President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, 28 Oct 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama has signed into law a $680 billion defense bill, which he says will sav

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Signs Expanded Hate Crimes Law

By Paula Wolfson White House 28 October 2009 President Barack Obama speaks after enactment of the Matthew Sheppard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crime Prevention Act in the East Room of the White House, 29 Oct 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama has signed

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Honors African-American Senate Trail

By Paula Wolfson White House 28 October 2009 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (l), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and President Barack Obama, present the Congressional Gold Medal to former Massachusetts Sen. Edward Brooke on Capitol Hill in Washington,

VOA标准英语2009年-NASA Tests Rocket for Planned Moon, Mars M

By Brian Wagner Miami 28 October 2009 The Ares I-X flight test vehicle lifts off from Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, 28 Oct 2009 NASA launched an unmanned test rocket on Wednesday in the hopes it will become the backbo

VOA标准英语2009年-Renowned Conservationist Improves Lives of

By Julie Taboh Washington 28 October 2009 British primatologist Jane Goodall spent almost half-a-century studying the wild chimpanzees of Gombe National Park in Tanzania. Her ground-breaking discoveries have contributed much of what we know about th

VOA标准英语2009年-Roof Top Gardening is a Growing Trend in N

By Paige Kollock New York 28 October 2009 New York City New York is a city notoriously short on space, but also one whose residents are big on innovation. In the Big Apple, the latest trend is rooftop farming. Individuals and restaurants are beginni

VOA标准英语2009年-Color Lithographs Illustrate 19th Century

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 28 October 2009 Technology can bring lasting change to society, and one change it brought in the 19th century was the widespread use of color in art and commerce. A printing process known as lithography began in German

VOA标准英语2009年-Scientists Embark on Expeditions to Study

By Lisa Bryant Paris 28 October 2009 Map of Madagascar European and African scientists are embarking on two major expeditions to take stock of the biodiversity in little known areas of Mozambique and Madagascar. The projects focus on areas considere

VOA标准英语2009年-Professional American Football Returns to

By Tom Rivers London 28 October 2009 American professional football returned to the heartland of soccer a few days ago, as the New England Patriots faced the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on the hallowed turf of London's Wembley stadium. For the third year i

VOA标准英语2009年-Officials Counting Results of Mozambican V

By Scott Bobb Maputo 29 October 2009 A municipal employee, flanked by other workers, signs a documents during the fourth Mozambican general elections in Maputo, 28 Oct 2009 Election officials in Mozambique are tabulating the votes from Wednesday's n

VOA标准英语2009年-EU Leaders Meet in Brussels

By Lisa Bryant Paris 29 October 2009 European leaders are in Brussels to discuss possible candidates for a future president and foreign minister for the 27-member European Union. The heads of state will also try to overcome sharp differences about p

VOA标准英语2009年-Clinton Seeks to Strengthen US-Pakistani R

By Sean Maroney Islamabad 29 October 2009 US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, is escorted by Pakistani Rangers at the Iqbal Memorial in Lahore, 29 Oct 2009 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Pakistan's cultural center,

VOA标准英语2009年-Iranian Lawmakers Give Thumbs Down to Nucl

By Edward Yeranian Cairo 31 October 2009 Iran's top lawmakers and its president have expressed disapproval of the United Nations-backed draft nuclear deal with the West, Saturday, offering varying degrees of criticism. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahma

VOA标准英语2009年-Erosion Wreaks Havoc in Southeastern Niger

By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 31 October 2009 Massive environmental degradation has been the subject of heightened concern across southeast Nigeria as the region continues to be plagued by an erosion crisis that has grown worse over the years. Driving a

VOA标准英语2009年-SADC Summit to Discuss Zimbabwe Crisis

By Ish Mafundikwa Harare 31 October 2009 The Southern African Development Community (SADC) delegation that was in Zimbabwe to consult with members of the national unity government will recommend the convening of an extraordinary summit soon. The vis

VOA标准英语2009年-US Considers Financial Sanctions Against G

By David Gollust State Department 30 October 2009 The bodies of people killed during a rally are seen at the capital's main mosque in Conakry, Guinea (File) A senior State Department official said Friday the Obama administration is considering finan