VOA标准英语2010年-Book Chronicles How Neverending Quest

Steven Solomon's new book, Water: the Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power and Civilization, is a comprehensive look at how societies through the ages have organized around this vital and often scarce resource. Revolutionary advances Solomon describes tra

VOA标准英语2010年-Physicists Discuss 'Big Bang Machine'

Scientists monitor the injection of proton and ion into the Large Hadron Collider, which is 100 meters underground near Geneva, Switzerland, 23 Oct 2009 A very specialized group of scientists meets this month (July 22 - 28) in Paris for a biennial co

VOA标准英语2010年-Oil Spill Fund Chief Says He is 'Behol

Kenneth R. Feinberg, who was recently appointed by President Barack Obama as the Independent Administrator of the Gulf Claims Facility for the $20 billion BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill compensation fund, speaks at the Economics Club in Washington, 1

VOA标准英语2010年-US Military Trains for Possible Terror

It is hard to imagine, but it could happen anywhere in the world - an atomic blast set off by terrorists. The U.S. military is training for that possibility in the United States. More than 3,000 Army troops and National Guard - the state militias - a

VOA标准英语2010年-UN Signs Agreement on Children with Da

Representatives of the United Nations and the Sudanese opposition movement, the Justice and Equality Movement, have signed an agreement on the protection of children in the Darfur conflict. The agreement, which has been under negotiation since 2008,

VOA标准英语2010年-HIV Counseling in Kenya Often Stressfu

A little more than a year after the Kenyan and U.S. governments launched a nationwide HIV home testing program in Kenya, some counselors in the program say they are feeling overwhelmed. They cite harsh conditions in the field, conflicts in the homes

VOA标准英语2010年-Promising New Gel to Prevent HIV Infec

South African researchers have made a scientific breakthrough in the fight against AIDS with a vaginal gel that significantly reduces a woman's risk of being infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Experts say the gel could be a revolutionary

VOA标准英语2010年-Hollywood Composer Patrick Williams Em

Music is a key part of film and television production, and in four decades in Hollywood, Patrick Williams has been a leading composer and arranger of musical themes and scores. The Grammy-winning musician has also been active in the recording busines

VOA标准英语2010年-BP Studies Static Kill Option on Damag

Capping Stack deploys from on board the Transocean Discoverer Inspiration on the MC 252 location 11 July 2010 Oil company BP is considering a so-called static kill to seal off its damaged Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico, even as plans go forward t

VOA标准英语2010年-Invasive Asian Carp Threaten Ecosystem

Asian Carp now outnumber native fish in many areas of the United States and their expansion particularly threatens the fragile ecosystems of the Great Lakes. In an effort to control algae growth, catfish farmers in the southern United States introduc

VOA标准英语2010年-Lobster Fishermen Struggle as Profits

At 68, Skip Ryan has been catching lobster for 46 years. In the port of Boston, amid the cargo vessels and whale-watching boats that motor in and out of the harbor each day, a handful of fishing vessels still make their livelihoods from the bounty of

VOA标准英语2010年-2 Killed as Militants Attack Russian H

In this image taken from TV Russian NTV channel on 21 Jul 2010, smoke rising from the Russian hydropower station in Kabardino-Balkariya Militants stormed a hydroelectric plant in southern Russia Wednesday, killing two security guards and setting off

VOA标准英语2010年-Helping the Needy in Gaza

Libyan ship Amalthea, carrying aid for the impoverished Gaza Strip, docks at the port of el-Arish, Egypt, 15 Jul 2010, after Israel's navy stopped it from reaching the blockaded Palestinian territory The international aid organization CARE is calling

VOA标准英语2010年-Economy, Haiti to Take Center Stage at

More than 2,500 business, government and civil society leaders from more than 90 countries are expected to attend this year's World Economic Forum in the small Swiss alpine resort of Davos. Organizers of the meeting, which opens January 27, say the g

VOA标准英语2010年-Ethiopian Banker Leads Development Age

We work with countries that have implemented good social-economic polices and are accountable for their own growth. An Ethiopian immigrant is making history as the highest Ethiopian-American official in the Obama administration. Daniel Yohannes was b

VOA标准英语2010年-African-Americans in Media and Enterta

The African-American media and entertainment community in Washington, DC is raising funds for relief efforts in Haiti. Radio stations are asking listeners to donate, and a popular music club held a benefit featuring local artists performing hip hop,

VOA标准英语2010年-Congress Acts to Encourage US Aid Flow

The U.S. Congress is moving to help encourage Americans to increase monetary donations to the earthquake relief effort in Haiti. The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved bipartisan legislation, which the Senate is also expected to pass, to

VOA标准英语2010年-US Navy Hospital Ship in Haiti, Treati

The U.S. Navy Hospital ship Comfort reached Haiti before dawn Wednesday morning. Around that time, an aftershock that could even be felt on the Comfort, jolted the island, wrecking the pier that was going to be used as a staging area for patients. Th

VOA标准英语2010年-New Earthquake Jolts Haiti

The U.S. Geological Survey says the new quake, which shook Haiti just after sunrise Wednesday, was centered about 35 miles northwest of the capital Port au Prince. It was the largest of more than 40 significant aftershocks following the January 12th

VOA标准英语2010年-Psychiatrists Predict Haitians Face Lo

As Haiti tries to recover from the disaster, one of the greatest challenges will be rebuilding infrastructure that includes good sanitation, clean water, and meals for the displaced. But the mental health of thousands of Haitians will be an issue lon