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

VOA标准英语2009年-Relations Between Turkey, Israel Continue

By Dorian Jones Istanbul 27 October 2009 For more than a decade Turkey and Israel have enjoyed close military cooperation including joint naval exercises that have taken place since they signed a military cooperation agreement in 1996. But relations

VOA标准英语2009年-Uganda Tightens Security Following Al-Shab

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 27 October 2009 Ugandan forces say they are keeping a close eye on the Somali community in Kampala, following threats by Somalia's al-Shabab militants to attack the Ugandan capital. A nationwide registration drive has begun in

VOA标准英语2009年-Al-Qaida Group Claims Responsibility for B

By Edward Yeranian Cairo 27 October 2009 An Iraqi branch of al Qaida, which goes by the name of the Islamic State of Iraq, is claiming responsibility for Sunday's back-to-back suicide bombings in Baghdad that killed more than 150 people. Iraqi offic

VOA标准英语2009年-Quotas Cut as Scientists Warn That Souther

By Phil Mercer Sydney 26 October 2009 Australian customs vessel, 18 Jan 2008 Australia is cutting its catch of southern bluefin tuna by 30 percent after warnings from scientists that stocks are close to collapse. The reduction follows an internation

VOA标准英语2009年-Human Rights Groups Say New Technology Hel

By Carolyn Presutti Washington 26 October 2009 Technology is transforming our lives. It's also transforming the way non-profit groups police human rights abuses around the world. Pictures taken from high in the skies are revealing gruesome stories -

VOA标准英语2009年-ASEAN Summit Ends With Pledge to Build Fle

By Daniel Schearf Hua Hin, Thailand 26 October 2009 Meetings of Southeast Asian leaders and their dialogue partners have ended with a pledge to build a more flexible economic community that is less dependent on the United States. There were also som

VOA标准英语2009年-Senator Reid: US Health Care Reform Bill W

By Cindy Saine Capitol Hill 26 October 2009 Senator Harry Reid, 6 Oct 2009 U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday his chamber's health care reform bill will include a government-run insurance plan that states could participate in volunta

VOA标准英语2009年-India, US Conduct Joint Military Exercise

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 26 October 2009 India and the United States are conducting a massive joint military exercise in a northern Indian state. The war games reflect the growing security ties between the two countries. For two weeks, nearly 10

VOA标准英语2009年-Kerry: Afghan Surge Proposal 'Goes Too Far

By Meredith Buel Washington 26 October 2009 Senator John Kerry (file photo) John Kerry, the chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, says a proposal to send as many as 40,000 more American troops to Afghanistan goes too far and too f

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Remembers Americans Killed in Afghan

By Paula Wolfson The White House 26 October 2009 President Barack Obama speaking at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station in Florida, 26 Oct 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama remembered the 14 Americans killed on Monday in two helicopter crashes in Afgh

VOA标准英语2009年-51st Aid Worker Killed in Eastern Chad

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 27 October 2009 The U.N. refugee agency reports a Chadian colleague working in eastern Chad was killed in an ambush during the weekend. The UNHCR says dozens of humanitarian aid workers have been killed in eastern Chad this ye

VOA标准英语2009年-Senior North Korean Official Makes Rare Tr

By Kurt Achin Seoul 23 October 2009 A high-level North Korean official is traveling to the United States for meetings that may help push forward stalled diplomacy with Washington. The trip coincides with South Korean media speculation of talk betwee

VOA标准英语2009年-Scientists Struggle to Protect Chesapeake

By Zulima Palacio Washington 23 October 2009 Davis points to a grass shrimp barely visible in her palm Every year erosion and sea level rise are claiming about two meters of shoreline along the Chesapeake Bay on the East Coast of the United States.