VOA标准英语2010年-Britain to Lend Additional Support to

Prime Minister Gordon Brown says more British assistance to quake-stricken Haiti is now on the way. Speaking in parliament, the British leader said an unloading vessel from the Royal Navy would be on its way soon and ways of helping the civilian gove

VOA标准英语2010年-Regional Mediator Proposes Power-Shari

The political crisis in Niger appears deadlocked over the fate of a government elected under a referendum that West African leaders say was unconstitutional. The regional mediator to the conflict is waiting for the government and its opponents to res

VOA标准英语2010年-Airstrikes Target al-Qaida in Yemen

Yemen says its fighter jets struck the home of a prominent al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula terrorist, the day after new international sanctions were announced against the group. Yemeni government fighter jets launched a series of raids against the

VOA标准英语2010年-Japan Airlines Files for Bankruptcy

Japan Airlines has filed for bankruptcy protection after struggling for years. The largest airline in Asia will continue operating flights but the Japanese government is acting quickly to pull JAL out of its economic mess. Japan Airline's bankruptcy

VOA标准英语2010年-Indiana Schools Help Young Burmese Imm

Since the U.S. government ordered lead removed from paint and gasoline 30 years ago, the incidence of childhood lead poisoning has dropped to about one percent in most communities across the country. Exposure to the toxic element can cause brain dama

VOA标准英语2010年-President Obama Praised for Sticking t

As President Obama completes his first year in office, security experts give him high marks for sticking to American values and trying to win the hearts of Muslims while taking steps to avert terrorist attacks. But they also say the U.S. must not wai

VOA标准英语2010年-Religious Violence in Nigerian City Sp

Residents of Nigeria's city of Jos say attacks are continuing for a fourth day in parts of the state previously unaffected despite the imposition of a 24-hour curfew and the deployment of soldiers. Incidents of violence are still being reported in th

VOA标准英语2010年-Engineers Assess Damage from Haiti Ear

Earthquakes continue to surprise you. ... You can learn something new from each of them that will benefit future designs and future generations. Brady Cox The January 12 Haiti earthquake and its aftershocks killed or injured hundreds of thousands of

VOA标准英语2010年-Iranian Opposition: 15 Publications Th

Iranian opposition websites are reporting Iran has threatened to shut down 15 more newspapers and periodicals. The warning further intensifies pressure on the already limited number of papers allowed to publish. Opposition websites, including Rah e S

VOA标准英语2010年-Zimbabwe Facing Another Drought

Farmers in Zimbabwe say they face another difficult agricultural season, as the dry spell that has hit the country continues. Weeks into the agricultural season, the rains are nowhere near normal and the crops are showing it. Zimbabwe Farmers Union D

VOA标准英语2010年-Petraeus Accepts Some Pakistani Deals

The commander of U.S. forces in Central Asia and the Middle East, General Petraeus indicated the United States would not object to new agreements as long as they do not involve tribes or local leaders who have worked with the terrorists. Al Pessin |

VOA标准英语2010年-US Envoy: London Conference an Opportu

...I found the situation in Kabul in a better situation than at any time in the year since we took office and we inherited a very difficult situation to put it bluntly. -- Ambassador Richard Holbrooke President Barack Obama's Special Representative f

VOA标准英语2010年-On the Scene: Relief Operations at Hai

The Haitian president's front yard is being used as a landing zone for U.S. Military helicopters that are ferrying Haitian earthquake victims to three U.S. military vessels for treatment. Suzanne Presto flew in a Navy Seahawk Thursday from aboard one

VOA标准英语2010年-Seaport and More Airports Open for Aid

The U.S. military has reopened the severely damaged seaport in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince to help improve delivery of aid to victims of last week's massive earthquake. The military has also opened three more airports to assist the flow of

VOA标准英语2010年-Earthquake Puts Haiti's Orphans in Gre

An eight-month-old boy found in the ruins three days after the earthquake. Doctors here at this Israeli field hospital in Port-au-Prince did what they could to avoid amputating his leg. But his injuries were just too severe, his parents' whereabouts

VOA标准英语2010年-US Immigration Service Grants Reprieve

Thousands of Haitians in the New York area, reeling from the devastation of last week's earthquake to family back home, found some help Wednesday at a briefing by U.S. immigration officials. They walked, they took the subway, and they came to the Fed

VOA标准英语2010年-New York's Haitian Americans Grieve, W

Here I sit in my living room and there is nothing that I can do and that's killing me inside. It was sunny in New York on Wednesday where business remained brisk in Brooklyn's Flatbush district, home to many of the city's hundreds of thousands of Hai

VOA标准英语2010年-International Child Abduction a Growin

In many cases, parents abduct their own children when marriages fail and return home where local laws protect them. In some cases the abducted children never see the other parent again. MacKenzie Babb | Washington 21 January 2010 Child abduction is o

VOA标准英语2010年-Chinese Economy Surges in Last Months

China reported blistering growth for the last three months of 2009, raising expectations of interest rate increases and other measures to head off inflation. China has declared that it is recovering from the global economic crisis. Ma Jiantang, of th

VOA标准英语2010年-Sri Lanka to Choose New President Tues

Sri Lanka Chooses Tuesday between Incumbent President and His Former Top General In Sri Lanka, The two proclaimed heroes of Sri Lanka's recently-ended civil war are facing off in the country's presidential election Tuesday. Both openly accuse the oth