VOA标准英语2009年-US Wants NATO Troops to Stay Longer in Afg

The Pentagon Tuesday called on NATO allies and other countries with troops in Afghanistan to maintain their current higher troop levels even after next week's presidential election. ISAF soldiers patroling the outskirts of Feyzabad, northern Afghani

VOA标准英语2009年-ICRC Calls for Greater Compliance with Gen

The International Committee of the Red Cross is calling for greater compliance with the rules of war by states and armed groups around the world. As the ICRC marks the 60th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions on August 12, the Swiss humanitar

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Tries to Regain Momentum in Health C

The battle over reforming the U.S. health care system has intensified in recent weeks, and the political stakes are growing for President Barack Obama as well as for Democrats and Republicans in Congress. Pres. Barack Obama listens to a question at

VOA标准英语2009年-India Begins Trials to Select Air Force Co

In India, trials have begun to select a fighter aircraft for the country's air force. Six aircraft manufacturers are in the race to win what will be one of the world's biggest defense contracts worth billions of dollars. dod fa-18c hornet fighter je

VOA标准英语2009年-Nobel Economist Says Asia's Economies in '

Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says Asia's economies are on the way to recovery after the most severe downturn in a decade. But he sees the need for greater regulation and monitoring of global financial markets. Joseph E. Stiglitz (fi

VOA标准英语2009年-Dozens of Migrants Missing in Attempt to R

Italian border police have rescued five African migrants who were adrift for days in a rubber dinghy in the Mediterranean waters between Libya and Italy. But the few survivors told authorities that dozens of others traveling with them died in their

VOA标准英语2009年-London Condemns Reception Lockerbie Bomber

The British government has condemned the hero's welcome Libya gave to the only man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing in 1988. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband says it was deeply upsetting for the loved ones of the 270 victims of the Pan Am

VOA标准英语2009年-Israel, Palestinians Trade Blame for Stall

U.S. President Barack Obama made a fresh appeal Thursday for Israel and the Palestinians to jump-start stalled peace negotiations. But getting the two sides together will not be easy. Israel and the Palestinians are trading blame after President Oba

VOA标准英语2009年-Humanitarian Situation in War-torn Yemen W

U.N. aid agencies say they are very concerned about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Yemen because of increased fighting between al-Houthi rebels and government forces in the mountains of northern Yemen. The U.N. refugee agency reports ab

VOA标准英语2009年-US Africa Command Chief Vows Support for S

The top general from the U.S. military's Africa Command, known as AFRICOM, said on Friday that the rise of radical Islamist militant group al-Shabab in Somalia makes East Africa a central focus of the U.S. military on the continent. Gen. William War

VOA标准英语2009年-Administration Concerned About US Public S

The Obama administration is keeping a close watch on developments in Afghanistan amidst rising violence and growing tensions surrounding last week's national elections. Meanwhile, U.S. military officials admit they are concerned about signs of slipp

VOA标准英语2009年-Dueling Claims of Victory in Afghan Presid

Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission is asking voters and the media to ignore claims by competing camps that their candidates captured a first-run victory in the presidential election. Meanwhile, a prominent U.S.-government funded institute

VOA标准英语2009年-Afghan Vote Results May Be Delayed

Complaints about fraud in Thursday's presidential and provincial council elections in Afghanistan may further delay the announcement of official results. Officials continue to issue statments saying claims that anyone is leading the presidential con

VOA标准英语2009年-Report Slams Israeli Claim of Settlement F

Israel is under fire again for alleged settlement expansion, this time in a report by an Israeli watchdog group. The settlers are crying foul. Caravans used for housing are seen at a Jewish outpost on a hilltop near the northern West Bank settlement

VOA标准英语2009年-Kim's Funeral Opens Door to High Level Tha

On the day South Korea formally bid farewell to its former president, the country's current president held a groundbreaking meeting with a team of high-level North Korean envoys visiting to pay respects. A vehicle putting up a portrait of late forme

VOA标准英语2009年-Ghana Debates Viability of Biofuels

Africa is central to the worldwide growth in biofuels, with Dutch, American, Swedish, Japanese, German, and British firms all competing for farmland to grow the next generation of energy producing crops. Some farmers in Ghana are concerned about wha

VOA标准英语2009年-Thousands of Displaced in Kabo Living in A

The United Nations refugee agency says it finally managed to gain access over a week ago to a remote northern area of the Central African Republic, following months of insecurity. A UNHCR spokesman tells VOA aid workers found more than 2,000 displac

VOA标准英语2009年-Uproar Over Swiss Apology to Libya

Switzerland is in an uproar over the government's decision to apologize to Libyan leader, Muammar Gadhafi, for the arrest of his son and daughter-in-law last year in Geneva for abusing their domestic servants. Libya had demanded an apology as the pr

VOA标准英语2009年-Libyan Lockerbie Bomber Could be Released

The man convicted of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, could be released from prison next week on compassionate grounds, according to British television. The reports of a release have prompted mixed reactions from famil

VOA标准英语2009年-Switzerland Loses Status as 'Tax Paradise'

An agreement to settle a long-standing tax evasion suit between Swiss banking giant UBS and the U.S. Justice Department has received mixed reviews in Switzerland. Swiss media disagree on the potential consequences of the deal. But all agree that Swi