VOA标准英语2010年-US Revoking Visas After Detroit Airlin

We welcome people coming to the United States. We're going to make sure that the process by which people come here, and travel here, is as safe as it can be. - Assistant US Secretary of State for Public Affairs P.J. Crowley The State Department said

VOA标准英语2010年-Drafting of New Constitution to Begin

The charter is a major step toward new elections and ending the political crisis that followed controversial balloting in 2008. Scott Bobb | Harare 05 January 2010 Scene at stakeholders' conference in July 2009 to prepare for Zimbabwe's constitutiona

VOA标准英语2010年-USAID Polio Eradication Director Says

In the early 1950s a worldwide epidemic of polio was in full swing. In the United States alone, 58,000 cases of this highly infectious and crippling disease were reported in 1952. Vaccines - which can prevent, but not cure polio - halted its spread i

VOA标准英语2010年-Have a Smoke at Your Child's Expense

These kids are at higher risk for the development of plaque in their arteries as time goes by. - Donald LaVan, MD A new study has found that teenagers who are exposed to second-hand tobacco smoke are more likely to have changes to their blood vessels

VOA标准英语2010年-Beyonce, Taylor Swift Dominate Grammys

The 52nd annual Grammy Awards ceremony took place Sunday, 31 January, in Los Angeles. No longer single but very much in control, Beyonce emerged the big winner at Sunday night's 52nd annual Grammy Award ceremony. The 28-year-old singer, and wife of r

VOA标准英语2010年-VOA to Re-Broadcast Documentary About

People hold placards bearing images of Iranian Neda Agha Soltan during a demonstration against Iran's clampdown on opposition activists, at the Trocadero near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, 25 Jul 2009 Iran last weekend blocked VOA's airing of a

VOA标准英语2010年-Website of the Week - World Bank Data

Time again for our Website of the Week, when we showcase interesting and innovative online destinations. The World Bank lends money to promote development, and to help achieve its goals it collects a lot of data. For years, the World Bank has been on

VOA标准英语2010年-10 Americans Missionaries in Haiti Cha

Elizabeth Lee 04 February 2010 Laura Silsby, head of New Life Children's Refuge charity Haitian authorities have charged 10 American missionaries with child kidnapping and criminal association for allegedly trying to take 33 Haitian children out of t

VOA标准英语2010年-Vote Counting Underway in Iraq

Iraqi officials are counting votes from Sunday's parliamentary election. Despite a series of attacks that left more than 30 people dead, the vote is being hailed as a general success. Officials started the task of tallying the ballots shortly after t

VOA标准英语2010年-White House Sressing Job Creation

The comment follows a disappointing monthly unemployment report that showed continuing job losses in the United States. Michael Bowman | Washington 10 January 2010 Photo: AP Nick Rodriguez looks at job listings for tow truck drivers in the New York S

VOA标准英语2010年-So Long Sushi, US Sides With Bluefin T

In the 1970s, Carl Safina fished off the U.S. Atlantic coast for bluefin tuna, a majestic warm-blooded predator that travels at highway speeds and can weigh as much as 650 kilograms. I've seen acres and acres of bluefin tuna at the surface, exploding

VOA标准英语2010年-US Men's Ice Hockey Aims to Regain Oly

I think this is going to be the greatest hockey tournament in the history of the world. - USA Hockey Executive Director David Ogrean The men's Olympic ice hockey tournament at the 2010 Games in Vancouver is expected to be one of the most competitive

VOA标准英语2010年-Total Solar Eclipse Over Southern Hemi

An annular solar eclipse is seen formed over the sky of Burma's ancient historic city of Bagan, 15 Jan 2010 Holly Gilbert, an astrophysicist at NASA, explains the science behind the spectacle of the sun's disappearance. So during a total solar eclips

VOA标准英语2010年-On the Scene: VOA's Brian Wagner Descr

Food and supplies from around the world continue to arrive in Port-au-Prince, Haiti as rescue workers search the rubble for survivors of Tuesday's devastating earthquake. VOA Correspondent Brian Wagner is in Port-au-Prince. We're driving around now w

VOA标准英语2010年-Afghanistan, Iran Become Issues in Bri

Labour's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, right, Conservative Party leader David Cameron, left, and Liberal Democrat Party leader Nick Clegg, take part in Britain's third televised election debate in Birmingham, England, Thursday, April 29, 2010. British

VOA标准英语2010-Chicago's Polish Community Mourns Victims

A woman prays during a memorial service for Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife at Holy Trinity Polish Church in Chicago on Sunday, 11 Apr 11 2010. Chicago is home to the largest Polish community outside of Warsaw. Poles in that Midwestern c

VOA标准英语2010年-Asia-Pacific Tourism Industry Stages E

A Japan Airlines jet taxies past another JAL plane at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, 19 Jan 2010 Travel and tourism, vital elements in the Asia-Pacific region's economy, have been staging a recovery since late 2009, with growth strongest within the

VOA标准英语2010年-Stakes Are High Along the Louisiana Co

As efforts to try to cap the oil well that has poured millions of gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico faltered Saturday, we took a tour of the vast ecosystem along Louisiana coast for a first hand look at what is at stake. The Louisiana coastlin

VOA标准英语2010-Obama, Medvedev Sign Treaty Cutting Nucle

President Barack Obama holds the signed New START treaty with Russian president Dmitri Medvedev at the Prague Castle, 08 Apr 2010 U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev have signed a treaty to reduce their countries' nuclea

VOA标准英语2010年-Fierce Winter Storm Hits Washington, F

Most of the northeastern US ground to a halt as a huge winter blizzard struck vast areas of the region with high winds and record snow falls Carolyn Weaver | New York 10 February 2010 Road crews removing snow in the U.S. capital, 10 Feb 2010 Another