VOA标准英语2009-Aid Group Deplores Conditions at Kenya Camp for

The international medical organization Doctors Without Borders is warning that conditions at the main camp for Somali refugees in Kenya have gotten so bad that many refugees are contemplating returning to Somalia, even as renewed fighting there caus

VOA标准英语2009-British Incentive Program Hopes to Spur New Car

Facing record auto industry losses and with thousands of jobs on the line, Britain has launched a new car incentive program aimed at spurring sales. Under the deal, qualified motorists will get a $3,000 discount on the purchase of a new vehicle. Toy

VOA标准英语2009-World Health Assembly Discusses New Health Chall

The annual World Health Assembly has opened with delegates from 193 member countries discussing how to protect people from diseases such as the swine flu virus that is spreading around the world. World Health Organization Director General Margaret C

VOA标准英语2009-Chad Says Military Offensive Against Rebels Insi

Chad says it has completed a ground and air assault against rebels based in neighboring Sudan, but the Khartoum government calls the bombing raids an act of war. Chad's ground assault into Sudan captured 100 rebel prisoners and its aerial bombardmen

VOA标准英语2009-Sri Lanka Claims Total Control of Island Nation

The quarter-century civil war in Sri Lanka has come to a dramatic end. The army has apparently wiped out the entire leadership of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, including the leader who founded the rebel group. Ror the first time in 26 years,

VOA标准英语2009-Israel Moves Ahead With West Bank Settlements

Israel is pressing ahead with plans to build more settlement housing in the West Bank. An Israeli official announced the scheme as a meeting was getting under way in Washington between U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin

VOA标准英语2009-Netanyahu Says He Wants to Resume Peace Talks wi

U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have agreed on the need to resume Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, and to deal with the threat posed by Iran's nuclear program. The two leaders had their first meeting Monday

VOA标准英语2009-Maya Descendants at Risk of Disappearing

The Lacandon are direct descendants of the Maya peoples who live in the jungles of the Mexican state of Chiapas. Until the mid-20th century, they had little contact with the outside world. As a result, the indigenous group was almost extinct. Today

VOA标准英语2009-US Lawmakers Consider Guantanamo to be Both Pris

U.S. President Barack Obama's decisions to continue using military commissions to try terrorism detainees and to set a deadline for the closure of the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has earned praise and criticism on the Sunday television

VOA标准英语2009-India's Congress Party Starts Work on Forming a

In India, the ruling Congress Party got down to the job of choosing partners and forming a new government, a day after it beat forecasts to win a better-than-expected victory in general elections. The Congress Party-led alliance has won 261 seats in

VOA标准英语2009-European Union Budget Chief Wins in a Landslide

The European Union's budget commissioner has won Lithuania's presidential election getting roughly 69 percent of the vote according to official results. The results are just about what early exit polls had indicated. Voter turnout was about 51 perce

VOA标准英语2009-Netanyahu, Obama To Meet At White House Monday

Israel's new prime minister begins a visit to Washington Sunday for talks with U.S. officials on Israeli-Arab peace prospects and Iran's nuclear program. Benjamin Netanyahu The thorny issue of Palestinian statehood will top the agenda when hawkish I

VOA标准英语2009-President Obama Delivers Address to Notre Dame G

U.S. President Barack Obama has delivered the commencement address to graduates of one of America's leading Roman Catholic universities, the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. His visit and acceptance of an honorary degree angered religious protes

VOA标准英语2009-Sri Lanka Readies for Major National Celebration

Sri Lanka is preparing for a major celebration following the battlefield defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, ending a quarter-century civil war. Joyous outbursts that are mixed with some lingering anxiety, especially among the minority T

VOA标准英语2009-EU Budget Chief Becomes Lithuania's First Woman

Official results show European Union budget chief Dalia Grybauskaite has won the presidential elections in her native Lithuania, with nearly 70 percent of the vote. But she has little time to celebrate as the Baltic nation faces a major economic cri

VOA标准英语2009-Italy Cracking Down on Illegal Immigration

Italy is cracking down on illegal immigration and under an agreement with Libya has begun sending boatloads of migrants back to Africa. Italy's lower house of parliament has approved a new security bill by that redefines illegal immigration as a cri

VOA标准英语2009-Obama Delivers Inspirational Message to Class of

U.S. President Barack Obama has delivered his first commencement address since taking office, a speech to the graduating class of Arizona State University, in the American southwest. The president has a lot of advice for the class of 2009. President

VOA标准英语2009-Sri Lanka Rebels Concede Defeat

Sri Lanka's rebels have announced they would be laying down their guns to prevent what they call further unnecessary slaughter of Tamil civilians by government troops. The island nation's military says it has defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil

VOA标准英语2009-China, Australia to Build Final Leg of Asian Rai

Chinese and Australian engineers are gearing up to build the final stretch of track in the Trans-Asian Railway, which will link Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand with Vietnam and China through Cambodia. The Cambodian government has divided the countr

VOA标准英语2009-Global Warming Threatens Pacific's Bountiful Cor

Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Timor Leste and Papua New Guinea have set new plans to protect the Coral Triangle - a 5.5 million square kilometer area that holds the largest biodiversity in the oceans. Scientists consider it to be the marine