VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Pays Tribute to Martin Luther King on Eve

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, on the eve of his inauguration, is paying tribute to the late civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Mr. Obama also used the day to urge Americans to become involved in community service. President-el

VOA标准英语2009年-India Continuing Search for Hundreds of Boat Pe

India's Coast Guard says it has rescued hundreds of migrants from Bangladesh and Burma, but hundreds more may be missing at sea. Indian officials say the rescued Rohingya boat people claim they were arrested by Thai officials and set adrift on the h

VOA标准英语2009年-Afghanistan-Iraq Balance to Be High on Obama Ag

President-elect Barack Obama has said that very soon after his inauguration on Tuesday he will meet with top U.S. military leaders to discuss priorities. During the election campaign he said he would give the military a new mission in Iraq. But prio

VOA标准英语2009年-Inauguration Festivities Begin in Washington

It is a four-day weekend in the U.S. capital city of Washington, with a holiday honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., on Monday and Inauguration Day on Tuesday. The significance of the back-to-back holidays honoring the slain civil rights leader and the

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Speaks at Start of Inaugural Celebrations

Four days of celebrations and festivities surrounding the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama have begun in Washington with an open-air concert at the Lincoln Memorial. President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle at the Lincoln Memor

VOA标准英语2009年-WFP to Supply Food Aid to Gaza Strip

The U.N. World Food Program says it is launching an operation to increase the distribution of food to people caught in the conflict in the Gaza Strip. The World Food Program says the number of Palestinians needing food aid has escalated substantiall

VOA标准英语2009年-Europe has Praise and Great Expectations for Ob

More than a million people braved the bitter cold in Washington to see Barack Obama take the oath of office as America's 44th President, millions more around the world watched live TV coverage of the event. Visitors crowd to pose with a wax figure o

VOA标准英语2009年-Dealing with Russia a Key Challenge for Obama

According to three former senior U.S. government officials, one of the central foreign policy questions facing the incoming Obama administration will be how to deal with a resurgent Russia. Most experts agree that relations between Washington and Mo

VOA标准英语2009年-Eastern Europe Faces Freezing Temperatures and

With freezing temperatures across most of Europe, there was heated anger, especially in Eastern Europe on Wednesday, about the suspension in natural gas deliveries from Russia through Ukraine. The gas crisis comes at a difficult time for leading pol

VOA标准英语2009年-Arab Ranks Divided as Pressure Mounts to Hold G

Arab leaders and diplomats are engaged in an increasingly bitter quarrel over the need to hold an emergency summit to discuss a cease-fire in Gaza, where the death toll has now risen to more than 1,000. Diplomatic efforts continued Thursday in Cairo

VOA标准英语2009年-Indian Fraud Scandal Clouds Economic Reforms in

The fraud scandal at one of India's largest software outsourcers, Satyam Computer Services, has again placed the spotlight on corporate governance in Asia. Experts say the region has made some progress, but more needs to be done. A security personne

VOA标准英语2009年-Congressional Democrats Outline Stimulus Plan,

Majority Democrats in Congress have provided details of a huge stimulus plan to help the battered U.S. economy, a bill that would be signed into law by Barack Obama after his inauguration as president next week. At a projected $825 billion, the meas

VOA标准英语2009年-US Ready to Assist Gaza Truce Arrangement

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice continued telephone diplomacy on the issue Thursday while a senior Israeli envoy was in Washington. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (file) Rice spoke by telephone with top Israel leaders Thursday as she contin

VOA标准英语2009年-UN General Assembly Holds Emergency Session on

The U.N. General Assembly sharply criticized Israel's incursion in the Gaza Strip during an emergency session Thursday. Their meeting began just hours after Israeli said its shells accidentally struck the United Nations' main compound in Gaza, destr

VOA标准英语2009年-Clinton Backs Six-Party Talks for Ending North

At her Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday, Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clinton expressed support for the Chinese-led six-party negotiations aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear program. But she told the Senate Foreign Relations Committ

VOA标准英语2009年-IMF: Global Meltdown Worse Than Expected

The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, warns that the world economy will further decline this year. Strauss-Kahn says Germany's biggest stimulus package since World War II offers some hope, although he caut

VOA标准英语2009年-US Central Bank Sees Continued Economic Slide

The U.S. central bank says the U.S. economy continues to deteriorate, and the outlook for the months ahead remains grim. Wednesday's Federal Reserve report followed another decline in U.S. retail sales that helped push financial markets lower. In it

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama's Choice to Lead Veteran's Department Vow

President-elect Barack Obama's nominee to head the Veterans Affairs Department says, if confirmed, he will work to streamline the agency to better respond to the needs of U.S. troops returning home from war. Retired Army General Eric Shinseki, who h

VOA标准英语2009年-Russia Proposes Gas Summit

Russia is proposing a summit of all countries involved in the current gas dispute between Moscow and Kyiv. The proposal comes a week after Moscow halted deliveries of Russian gas through a Ukrainian pipeline that supplies much of Europe. Russian PM

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Likely to Change US Leadership Style

President-elect Barack Obama has indicated his administration is likely to be less reliant on the threat of military force to persuade and influence other countries, and more likely to use so-called soft power, the attractiveness of a nation's ideal