In his strongest comments yet, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke says strengthened regulation of financial markets is required to stem excessive risk taking. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(三月)

Stock prices rose on many of the world's markets Tuesday after a report that troubled Citigroup posted its best financial performance in more than a year in the first two months of 2009. Citigroup headquarters in New York (file photo) An internal me

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(三月)

A new public-opinion survey by a Kenyan anti-corruption organization warnrd the country could face another round of violence at its next elections, if the government does not increase its efforts to fight graft. According to the survey by the Kenyan

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(三月)

The Thai government is calling for broader regional support to police illegal wildlife trafficking, especially to China. Thailand is training more than 200 Bangkok airport personnel to assist in the recovery of wildlife trafficked through the intern

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(三月)

The Sudanese government has released a leading opposition leader. Hassan al-Turabi, leader of the Popular Congress Party, was detained in January after calling for President Omar al-Bashir to turn himself into the International Criminal Court in the

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(三月)

U.S. pharmaceutical giant Merck announced on Monday that it plans to acquire rival company Schering-Plough in a deal worth $41.1 billion. This could help Merck expand its market overseas at a critical time for mega pharmaceutical companies. Merck Co

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(91) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(三月)

Economic aides to President Barack Obama are offering varying assessments of where the U.S. economy stands two months into the new administration. Leaders of Mr. Obama's economic team took to the airwaves Sunday. New York Stock Exchange Last week sa

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(三月)

Pakistani police clashed in Lahore with protesters opposing the country's year-old government, in the most violent demonstrations yet in a five-day standoff. Authorities at first tried to disperse protesters and arrest top leaders, but as thousands

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(三月)

North Korea has told international agencies it will conduct its planned launch of what Pyongyang says is a satellite in early April. North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket became all but inevitable as Pyongyang informed international agencies i

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(116) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(三月)

Foreign ministers from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, have recently agreed to resume ties with Russia that were suspended in August as a result of Moscow's five-day war with Georgia. The NATO/Russia Council was created in 2002 as a

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(三月)

Security and trade have been the focus of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki's visit to Australia. It is the first time an Iraqi leader has made an official trip to Australia, a country which supported the American-led campaign to oust Saddam Huss

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(130) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(三月)

Most rice grows in wet environments, but too much water can be disastrous for rice crops. Plant biologist Pamela Ronald helped create a type of flood-resistant rice that is being introduced to India and Bangladesh. In Davis, California, we spoke wit

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(三月)

Some of the world's top scientists are wrapping up a three-day, climate-change meeting in Copenhagen with a grim warning that global warming is arriving faster than previously expected. The Copenhagen meeting drew about 2,000 scientists from around

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(三月)

The International Maritime Bureau said the international anti-piracy campaign off the coast of Somalia has reduced the number of successful ship hijackings this year. Suspected pirates wait in Mombassa, Kenya on 10 Mar 2009 after being handed over t

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(三月)

Demonstrators in Pakistan have defied a government ban on rallies to embark on a protest convoy to the capital. Hundreds of protesters set out from two southern cities, but police arrested dozens of people throughout the day, including some organize

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(80) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(三月)

The U.S. State Department said Thursday that the United States is working to dissuade North Korea from going ahead with its plan to launch a satellite next month. U.S. officials say the launch is a disguised long-range missile test and would be dest

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(三月)

New York financier Bernard Madoff was jailed Thursday after pleading guilty to bilking investors out of an estimated $64.8 billion - the largest financial scam in U.S. history. Madoff now faces up to 150 years in prison. But investors who lost their

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(三月)

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is deeply concerned over the abductions of three aid workers in Sudan and is calling for their immediate release without harm. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (file) U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(三月)

America's top military leaders say they back President Barack Obama's plan to drawdown U.S. forces in Iraq. They indicated in broadcast interviews they are fairly confident the plan will move forward on schedule. President Obama's broadcast address,

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(三月)

Hundreds of paramilitary soldiers have returned to their barracks in Dhaka. Many claim they were not involved in the mutiny at the headquarters of the Bangladesh Rifles, but fled the violence that is believed to have left more than 100 of their comm

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(三月)