VOA标准英语2009年-Book Offers Tips for New Teachers

Faiza Elmasry | Washington DC 04 December 2009 Codell's first year of teaching inspired her diary book, Educating Esme When Esme Codell first entered her assigned classroom as a new teacher, she encountered 31, 10-year-olds and many unexpected challe

VOA标准英语2009年-Guinea Offers Reward for Capture of Sh

Authorities say Lieutenant Aboubacar Sidiki Diakite, who is also known as Toumba, escaped the attack and is still at large with an unknown number of soldiers from the presidential guard Scott Stearns | Dakar 06 December 2009 Guinea military leader Ca

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama's Afghan Exit Strategy Raises Qu

Analysts also say economic leverage should be used to help end corruption in the Afghan government Meredith Buel | Washington, DC 04 December 2009 In his speech at the U.S. Military Academy, President Obama was specific in setting a benchmark for a m

VOA标准英语2009年-Norwood, Ohio, Moves Beyond Blue Colla

Mike Osborne | Norwood, Ohio 04 December 2009 Mayor Tom Williams says Norwood survived the closure of its GM plant and is doing well today thanks to a diversified economy Some economists say the recession that began in the United States late in 2007

VOA标准英语2009年-US Jobless Rate Improves

The U.S. unemployment rate dropped in November, while the nation's economy lost the fewest jobs since 2007. Dan Robinson | Washington 04 December 2009 Job seekers attend job fair in Livonia, Michigan 4 Dec 2009 There was a bit of good news for the U.

VOA标准英语2009年-US Secret Service Accepts Responsibili

The director of the U.S. Secret Service says his agency was responsible for allowing an unauthorized couple to attend a White House state dinner last week. Chris Simkins | Washington 04 December 2009 MIchaele and Tareg Salahi, greet President Barack

VOA标准英语2009年-US Officials: No Swift Exit from Afgha

U.S. officials are stressing an eventual drawdown of American troops will be done gradually and in a manner that allows Afghan forces to assume security responsibilities Michael Bowman | Washington 06 December 2009 Defense Secretary Robert Gates test

VOA标准英语2009年-Global Exchange Seeks Worldwide Change

Jan Sluizer | Washington, DC 04 December 2009 Global Exchange was founded in 1988 with an ambitious goal. As co-founder Kirsten Moller explains, We're not trying to create an institution. We're trying to build a movement, making a difference in the w

VOA标准英语2009年-Our World – 5 December 2009

VOA's weekly science and technology radio magazine Art Chimes | Washington, DC 04 December 2009 MUSIC: Our World theme This week on Our World: Climate change and its impact on health, ahead of the Copenhagen climate conference ... another hazard in c

VOA标准英语2009年-New Book Says Middle Class Values Have

Faiza Elmasry | Washington, DC 04 December 2009 The author of a new book believes capitalism and middle class values can transform the Muslim World economically, culturally and politically. Vali Nasr, an Iranian-American, is a professor of internatio

VOA标准英语2009年-India's Economy Grows at Fastest Pace

India's economy grew by 7.9 percent in the three months through September - its fastest pace since last year's global financial crisis. Anjana Pasricha | New Delhi 30 November 2009 Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee (file photo) The initiatives

VOA标准英语2009年-Top UN Human Rights Official Calls Min

The U.N. High Commissioner believes this action risks putting Switzerland on a collision course with its international human-rights obligations Lisa Schlein | Geneva 01 December 2009 Demonstrators light candles next to a banner that reads This is not

VOA标准英语2009年-Asian Markets Rebound After Dubai Scar

Asia reacted positively Monday to word from the United Arab Emirates' central bank that it would inject money into the banking system Kurt Achin | Seoul 30 November 2009 The Gate building, left, of Dubai International Financial Center, DIFC, in Dubai

VOA标准英语2009年-Dubai Government Will Not Back Debts o

A top finance official in Dubai says the emirate's government will not guarantee the debts of the heavily-indebted, state-owned conglomerate Dubai World. VOA News 30 November 2009 Lenders bear some responsibility for the current crisis Finance Depart

VOA标准英语2009年-Reports: North Korea Revalues Currency

N. Korea has sharply raised the value of its currency, causing confusion, and a sudden spike in demand in for Chinese yuan and US dollars Kurt Achin | Seoul 01 December 2009 North Korean banknotes are displayed at a souvenir shop in the Imjingak Pavi

VOA标准英语2009年-Logistics Play Key Role in US War Effo

Infrastructure to support U.S. military efforts in Afghanistan is already strained, posing challenges to the troop surge announced by President Obama David Axe | Bagram, Afghanistan 01 December 2009 Scene at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan You just don'

VOA标准英语2009年-US President Has Been Considering Afgh

Mr. Obama's focus on Afghanistan began during the 2008 presidential campaign when he visited the country for the first time Siri Nyrop and John Walker | Washington, DC 01 December 2009 President Obama's decision on a new strategy for Afghanistan was

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Discusses New Afghan Strategy wi

U.S. President Barack Obama spoke with Afghan President Hamid Karzai regarding the new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan early Tuesday via video conference. Sean Maroney | Kabul 01 December 2009 US President Barack Obama at the White House (file photo) T

VOA标准英语2009年-South African President Announces Expa

South Africa's president says his government will expand testing and treatment for the HIV/AIDS virus that afflicts an estimated 5.7 million people in his country. Scott Bobb | Johannesburg 01 December 2009 South African President Jacob Zuma, second

VOA标准英语2009年-Kenya Pledges New Funds for HIV / AIDS

Kenyan government says the percentage of people contracting HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has been cut almost in half from 14 percent of the population in 2000 to 7.1 percent in 2007 Alisha Ryu | Nairobi 01 December 2009 A Kenyan Turkana woman in