VOA标准英语2010年-Desperate for News, Haitian-Americans

Readers and listeners turn to community newspapers and radio for a crucial link to loved ones Adam Phillips | New York 26 January 2010 Related Links Radio Soleil d'Hait Haiti Observateur (newspaper) Radio Panou Haitian Times Voice of America Creole S

VOA标准英语2010年-Britain to Host International Conferen

Britain hosts a one-day international conference on Afghanistan this week to try to forge a common strategy to improve security, good governance and development in the war-torn south Asian nation. There is growing concern about deteriorating conditio

VOA标准英语2010年-Non-binding Copenhagen Agreement Facin

Negotiators at the climate summit in Copenhagen last month failed to agree on a new climate change treaty to replace the current Kyoto Protocol before it expires in 2012. Jonathan Lash is president of World Resources Institute, an environmental polic

VOA标准英语2010年-African Banks Decrease Lending to Priv

In the early stages of the global recession, many African bankers and analysts dismissed the decline as a western issue. Their assumptions were based on the fact that most African financial institutions, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, were not par

VOA标准英语2010年-Africans Dealing With Harsh Realities

The global financial crisis is said to be the worst since the Great Depression. It has contributed to the failure of key businesses and declines in consumer wealth in Africa and other parts of the developing world. In sub-Saharan Africa, there has be

VOA标准英语2010年-A Look at This Year's Grammy Award Jaz

Guitarist Mike Stern has been nominated six times for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album, but he's never won the coveted trophy. Perhaps Mike will break the spell once and for all with his album Big Neighborhood, featuring the track 6th

VOA标准英语2010年-New Audits Cite Lax Oversight of US Co

The U.S. Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction has criticized the State Department for its management of nearly $3 billion in contracts and grants in Iraq. In two reports, auditors cited weak and ineffective State Department oversight of

VOA标准英语2010年-Grammy Preview: Rock, Pop, and Rhythm

Taylor Swift could do no wrong in 2009. Not only did the young Pennsylvania native have the year's best-selling album with Fearless, she also earned Artist Of The Year plaudits from Billboard magazine. Her public standing was further bolstered in Sep

VOA标准英语2010年-US Missionary Still Missing in North K

It was exactly one month ago that American Christian activist Robert Park made his illegal crossing into North Korea. His fate still remains all but completely unknown to his friends and family. A close associate of Robert Park says more than 2,000 p

VOA标准英语2010年-Obama at Political Turning Point as Ma

U.S. President Barack Obama appears to be at a political turning point as he prepares to deliver the annual State of the Union Address on Wednesday before a Joint Session of Congress and a national television audience. The recent Republican victory i

VOA标准英语2010年-Obama Puts Economic Focus on the Middl

U.S. President Barack Obama is shifting his economic focus to the middle class. His State of the Union address Wednesday will detail a series of initiatives to help middle-income families. President Obama spent his first year in office trying to prev

VOA标准英语2010年-These Clowns are Funny – Some of the

Part of a rodeo clown's job is deadly serious Ted Landphair | Washington, DC 25 January 2010 In small towns across the American West, a favorite form of entertainment is the rodeo. It's a show and competition in which modern-day cowboys ride bucking

VOA标准英语2010年-Outside Port-au-Prince Quake Victims R

After more than a week of reporting on the earthquake from Port-au-Prince, a team of VOA journalists traveled south of the capital to see how people in other parts of Haiti are surviving. Jeff Swicord reports along the road to Jacmel, a beach town so

VOA标准英语2010年-Haitians Near Quake Epicenter Still Ta

Coastal town of Carrefour, 15 km west of capital, has received little assistance from foreign aid groups or the government Barry Newhouse | Carrefour, Haiti 25 January 2010 A family in the destroyed town of Carrefour, Haiti sits amid the charred rubb

VOA标准英语2010年-Relief Efforts Shift to Rebuilding Hai

Two weeks after Haiti's earthquake, the international community is beginning to focus on long-term aid for the devastated nation. International donors are meeting in Montreal, Monday. A United Nations agency is calling on international donors to focu

VOA标准英语2010年-Ivorian Opposition to Protest Outside

Opposition supporters in Ivory Coast plan to demonstrate Tuesday outside state-run television facilities. They say the broadcaster is giving preferential coverage to President Laurent Gbagbo and his ruling party before much-delayed presidential elect

VOA标准英语2010年-UN: Gaza in State of Physical, Psychol

The U.N. Relief and Works Agency says Gaza is in a state of physical and psychological collapse. The Israeli blockade of Gaza has been going on for 30 months. The U.N. Relief and Works Agency, which cares for one million Palestinian refugees in Gaza,

VOA标准英语2010年-End of Gadhafi's AU Presidency Stirs S

Malawi is scheduled to take over the rotating African Union presidency from Libya at an AU summit next week. But, delegates gathering for pre-summit sessions are expecting the unexpected from the outgoing president, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Lib

VOA标准英语2010年-San Franciscans Wonder What Set Off th

The California city's history of quakes keeps worry just below the surface Ted Landphair | Washington, DC 25 January 2010 You had better believe that the people of San Francisco are taking careful note of the cataclysmic Haitian earthquake and its af

VOA标准英语2010年-US Defense Chief to Reassure Pakistan

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in Pakistan for two days of meetings with civilian and military leaders, mainly to discuss America's strategy for Afghanistan. Gates says he hopes he can assure Pakistan that the United States wants to be an all