VOA标准英语2009年-Records are Made to Be Broken

Ted Landphair | Washington, DC 30 November 2009 A Washington, D.C., free transit newspaper called the Express specializes in short, breezy lifestyle items. Its readers turn to Page 2, in particular, where the Express prints goofy little stories and p

VOA标准英语2009年-Cities and Suburbs Fastest Growing Pol

Fertilizers from lawns, oil from cars, pet waste and runoff from building sites move quickly over paved surfaces into storm drains - and eventually, into the Bay. Rosanne Skirble | Washington, D.C. 30 November 2009 Watch: Skirble report Windows Media

VOA标准英语2009年-Chesapeake Bay Restoration, One Stream

Volunteers, farmers and local government in Pennsylvania community work to clean up waterways. Rosanne Skirble | Lititz, Pennsylvania 30 November 2009 Watch: Skirble report Windows Media Lititz Run prior to restoration with eroded stream banks and fe

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Executive Order Opens Window of

After 25 years of watered-down policies, proposed law would hold states accountable for polluting the Bay Rosanne Skirble | Annapolis, Washington 30 November 2009 Watch: Skirble report Windows Media EPA collected 19,000 postcards petitioning the gove

VOA标准英语2009年-Want to Lose That Double Chin?

Ted Landphair | Washington, DC 30 November 2009 One of the hottest terms in the mushrooming field of personal communication devices - including cell phones and other palm-sized gadgets - is app - short for application. These handheld phones, texting

VOA标准英语2009年-China's Economy Shows Signs of Recover

As 2009 draws to a close, more signs show that China has weathered the global financial crisis and is on its way to even more robust growth. Economists, however, say some issues still weigh on the country's efforts to sustain growth. Connie Young | B

VOA标准英语2009年-Google Tries to Appease News Content P

Two-week conference aims to achieve legally binding agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions and has been billed as last best chance to clinch a deal. Sonja Pace | London 04 December 2009 Smoke is seen emitted from a chimney of the cooling towers of

VOA标准英语2009年-Uganda Bans Female Genital Mutilation

The Ugandan parliament has banned the controversial practice known as female genital mutilation, or FGM. The traditional rite - which critics decry as inhumane - is still carried out across much of the region. Alan Boswell | Nairobi 11 December 2009

VOA标准英语2009年-Going Where the Dinosaurs Roamed in th

Experts urge 'Westward Ho!' for finding the best dinosaur treasures Joseph Mok | Thermopolis, Wyoming 07 December 2009 The Archeopteryx, a flying dinosaur about the size of a modern pigeon, is on display at the Wyoming center The gigantic brachiosaur

VOA标准英语2009年-Iran's Supreme Leader Blames West for

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Americans are at the top of Iran's list of enemies and the British are the most dreadful of those enemies Edward Yeranian | Cairo 06 December 2009 Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Today, the propaganda of arro

VOA标准英语2009年-Doctors In Texas Screen Sixth-Graders

Findings convince them children throughout the state should be screened Carol Pearson | Washington, DC 11 December 2009 Some doctors in Texas believe that all children, athletes or not, should be screened before playing sports In the U.S. there is a

VOA标准英语2009年-Scholarship Makes All The Difference f

Dusan Vuksanovic's desire to come to the United States to study becomes a reality after receiving a Make a Difference Scholarship to attend Green Mountain College. Marsha James | Washington DC 06 December 2009 Student Dusan Vuksanovic at Green Mounta

VOA标准英语2009年-A Year of Stalemate, Dashed Hopes in I

Israelis, Palestinians Look For New Approaches to Peace Luis Ramirez | Jerusalem 14 December 2009 2009 will end with no resumption of the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians 2009 saw no resumption of the peace process between Israelis and

VOA标准英语2009年-Contracts Awarded to Russian, Norwegia

Russia's Lukoil and Norway's Statoil won a joint contract to develop a major untapped oil field in southern Iraq, Saturday, on the second and final day of a two-day auction aimed at boosting Iraq's oil output. Representatives from dozens of foreign o

VOA标准英语2009年-Carter Center Works to Eradicate Malar

Complete eradication in Caribbean targeted by 2010 Kane Farabaugh | Atlanta, Georgia 09 December 2009 A pilot program established by the Carter Center in 2008 helped to curb the spread of malaria by donating insecticide treated nets for beds and micr

VOA标准英语2009年-5 American Men Arrested in Pakistan

Pakistani police say the men were detained during a raid on the home of a local leader of the banned militant group Jaish-e-Muhammad. Aru Pande | Washington 10 December 2009 Nihad Awad, national executive director for the Council on American-Islamic

VOA标准英语2009年-Many US Farmers Skeptical About Climat

As climate negotiators meet in Copenhagen, Denmark, many scientists say that farmers around the world will have to adjust to more extreme temperatures, droughts and floods as a result of global warming. But in the United States, the nation's largest

VOA标准英语2009年-Iraqi-American Zainab Salbi Assists Wo

Salbi's Women for Women International gives women who've survived war the tools to rebuild their lives Mohamed Elshinnawi | Washington, DC 15 December 2009 Zainab Salbi was named Washingtonian of the Year in 2006 by Washingtonian Magazine In 1993, Za

VOA标准英语2009年-US Charities Face Deficit During Holid

The December holiday season in the United States is traditionally a time that many people give money to charities, but with the economic downturn in the US, surveys show that Americans are less likely to give to charities this year. The Salvation Arm

VOA标准英语2009年-Tens Of Thousands Protest in London Be

Demonstrators want world leaders to reach tough new deal on cutting emissions Jennifer Glasse | London 05 December 2009 Climate demonstrators in central London, 05 Dec 2009 Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through London demanding action at