VOA标准英语2009-Egypt Begins Registration of 1st Arabic Lang

By Elizabeth Arrott Cairo 16 November 2009 Egypt says it has begun registration for the first Arabic language Internet domain. The move is part of efforts to let users of non-Latin script have better access to the Web. The new domain name will be do

VOA标准英语2009-Hula-Hooping Back as Exercise Fad

By Paige Kollock New York City 16 November 2009 Hula-hooping is making a come-back as one of the latest exercise trends It might have ended up as just another passing fitness fad from the 1950s, but hula-hooping appears to have caught on and stuck.

VOA标准英语2009-Native American Tribe Creates Prized Baskets

By Deborah Block The Tohono O'odham, Arizona 16 November 2009 Native Americans in the United States have been weaving baskets for centuries. Archeologists have discovered baskets that are thousands of years old. They were used to hold food and other

VOA标准英语2009-Pentagon Reviews Security After Ft. Hood Sho

By Al Pessin The Pentagon 16 November 2009 The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Robert Gates has ordered top officials to review security measures following the shootings earlier this month at Ft. Hood in Texas, in which a U.S. Army officer killed 12

VOA标准英语2009-US Veterans Groups Speak Out On Afghanistan

By Jim Malone Washington 16 November 2009 As President Barack Obama considers sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, veterans' groups are speaking out, though not always with one voice. At Arlington National Cemetery near Washington DC, Afghan war

VOA标准英语2009-Russia Announces Delay of Controversial Iran

By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 16 November 2009 Russia says the controversial Bushehr nuclear power plant it is helping build in Iran will not go into service by the end of the year as planned. The announcement comes a day after President Dmitri Medvedev

VOA标准英语2009-France Honors Iraqi President Talabani With

By Lisa Bryant Paris 16 November 2009 Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, center, with French Industry Minister Christian Estrosi, left, reviews troops upon his arrival at Paris Orly airport, 16 Nov.2009 Iraqi President Jalal Talibani marks his first of

VOA标准英语2009-Zimbabwe Lawyers Protest Harassment

By Ish Mafundikwa Harare 16 November 2009 The Law Society of Zimbabwe on Monday petitioned the Minister of Justice to stop harassing its members. The lawyers say law enforcement agents are harassing them for carrying out their duties. At least 70 la

VOA标准英语2009-Ogaden Rebels say 626 Ethiopian Troops Kille

By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 16 November 2009 A rebel group in Ethiopia's restive Ogaden region says it has killed 626 government troops in heavy fighting near the border with neighboring Somalia. The government has dismissed the claim as 'a comple

VOA标准英语2009-Palestinians, Israelis Threaten Each Other O

By Luis Ramirez Jerusalem 16 November 2009 Palestinian leaders say they are pushing efforts to have the U.N. Security Council endorse the creation of a Palestinian state out of frustration over the stalled peace process. Israel has threatened to tak

VOA标准英语2009-Iran Trying to Wage Media Battle Against US

By Edward Yeranian Cairo 16 November 2009 The Iranian parliament is considering a new media outlet in response to U.S. efforts toward Iran. Iran's new media apparatus may be placed in the hands of the hardline Revolutionary Guard, strengthening that

VOA标准英语2009-German Rights Group Says Oil Company Spoilin

By Alan Boswell Nairobi 16 November 2009 A German human rights group reports an oil company in southern Sudan is contaminating drinking water. The group warns that if left unchecked the pollution could lead to an ecological catastrophe in one of the

VOA标准英语2009-Gabonese Government Suspends Multiple Public

By Ricci Shryock Dakar 16 November 2009 Gabon's National Communications Council has suspended at least six publications for what it says are ethical violations of journalism. Press freedom groups in West Africa and the United States have condemned t

VOA标准英语2009-Killings in Iraq Highlight Continuing Securi

By Elizabeth Arrott Cairo, Egypt 16 November 2009 Iraqis pick through the remains of a suicide car bombing at a market in Kirkuk, 240 km from Baghdad, 16 Nov 2009 Iraqi security officials say gunmen have killed 13 people west of Baghdad, while in th

VOA标准英语2009-Berber Women Try to Keep Rug Making Alive, P

By Solana Pyne Marrakesh, Morocco 17 November 2009 Moroccan carpets are prized for their beauty and can fetch hundreds of dollars in stores. But little of that money ends up in the hands of the women who spend months weaving the carpets. Rug weavers

VOA标准英语2009-GM to Step Up Debt Repayment

By Mil Arcega Washington D.C. 17 November 2009 General Motors President and Chief Operating Officer Fritz Henderson (file photo) General Motors says it lost more than $1 billion in the third quarter, but the head of the U.S. auto giant says the comp

VOA标准英语2009-Four Years after Katrina, New Orleans Making

By Greg Flakus New Orleans 17 November 2009 One of the so-called Brad Pitt houses in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward More than four years after Hurricane Katrina struck and flood waters washed over New Orleans, the city is showing signs of significant

VOA标准英语2009-US Army Suicides Continue at Record Pace

By Al Pessin Pentagon 17 November 2009 General Peter Chiarelli (undated photo) The U.S. Army reported Tuesday that the number of suicides among soldiers this year has already equaled the number for all of last year, and so will rise for the fifth co

VOA标准英语2009-US Dismayed at Israeli Building Plan for Eas

By Meredith Buel Washington 17 November 2009 The United States says it is dismayed that Israel has authorized the construction of new housing units in occupied east Jerusalem. A Palestinian boy in the yard of his house in front of a new housing deve

VOA标准英语2009-US Officials: Terrorism in Africa's Sahel Re

By Cindy Saine Capitol Hill 17 November 2009 Senior U.S. government officials say terrorism is an increasing concern in Africa's Sahel region. Government leaders told members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the United States needs to