VOA标准英语2010年-Hurricane Earl Moves Along US East Coa

A NASA image shows Hurricane Earl - now a powerful Category 4 storm - as it passes over the Leeward Islands and barrels toward the US coast, 31 Aug 2010 U.S. officials say Hurricane Earl is expected to bring severe weather and possible flooding to so

VOA标准英语2010年-Obama: Time To Turn The Page On Iraq

President Barack Obama has announced that the U.S. combat mission in Iraq is over. The president said Tuesday America's new mission is to advise and assist Iraq's security forces. Seven-and-a-half years after U.S. forces invaded Iraq, President Obama

VOA标准英语2010年-VP Biden Meets Iraqi Leaders to Mark U

US Vice President Joe Biden, left, speaks with Gen. Ray Odierno, the top US commander in Iraq, right, with Iraqi foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, center, in Baghdad, Iraq, 30 Aug 2010 U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is in Iraq for talks with the countr

VOA标准英语2010年-Indonesian Religion Minister Wants Ahm

Members of Indonesian hard-line Islamic groups shout slogans during a rally in front of the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, demanding the government disband Ahmadiyah, 5 Mar 2009 (file photo) The Indonesian minister of Religious Affairs wa

VOA标准英语2010年-Room at the Inn Along Oldest US Hiking

Vermont's Long Trail is the oldest long-distance hiking trail in the country. It follows the spine of the Green Mountains more than 400 kilometers from one end of the northeastern state to the other and inspired the much longer Appalachian Trail, whi

VOA标准英语2010年-Education Begins at Home in Many US Ho

...an estimated 1.5 million American children - about 3 percent of the school-age population - won't be going anywhere as schools open for the fall term. Before 1918, when Mississippi became the last U.S. state to require that school-age children att

VOA标准英语2010年-UN: Toll of Dead and Wounded Soaring i

The United Nations refugee agency expressed alarm at the further deterioration of the situation in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The UNHCR reported that fighting between the transitional government and al-Shabab militia over the past two weeks has t

VOA标准英语2010年-UN Trust Fund Provides Hope for Indone

The United Nations has established a new multi-donor trust fund to aid victims of human trafficking around the world. Indonesian women remain among the most vulnerable to trafficking, despite the country's progress in passing laws to combat the probl

VOA标准英语2010年-British Man Accused of Conspiring to S

A British man has appeared in court in London Thursday, accused of conspiring to sell missile parts to Iran in breach of international sanctions. Wealthy golf club president Christopher Tappin denies the charge, and is fighting an extradition request

VOA标准英语2010年-Lee Ritenour Gets a Little Help From H

Grammy-winning jazz guitarist Lee Ritenour gets a little help from his friends, namely some of the world's greatest guitar players, on his new album, 6 String Theory. Lee's all-star showcase is a celebration of the instrument he mastered more than a

VOA标准英语2010年-New Zealand Begins Post-Earthquake Cle

New Zealand's second-biggest city, Christchurch, is facing an enormous clean-up after being struck by the country's worst earthquake in 80 years. The magnitude 7 quake devastated parts of Christchurch early Saturday. Christchurch awoke Sunday to anot

VOA标准英语2010年-Pakistani Flooding Impacts Fight Again

As Pakistan tries to cope with the worst flooding in its history, the country has seen several major suicide bomb attacks in the past few days against minority Shi'ites. The two major attacks, one in Lahore and the other in Quetta, killed more than 1

VOA标准英语2010年-German Immigrant Family Makes Iconic A

The successful immigrant story is one of the touchstones of American culture. For 126 years a family of German immigrants has been making a product that's become an icon of American sports. It was in Louisville, Kentucky, along the banks of the Ohio

VOA标准英语2010年-Fuel Industry Strike Threatens to Plun

Darren Taylor | Johannesburg 03 September 2010 Thousands of fuel and motor industry employees in South Africa have joined a national public service strike in the country, but many others continue to resist union calls for them to stay away from work.

VOA标准英语2010年-Koranic Teachers Arrested for Forcing

Senegalese authorities have arrested seven Koranic teachers for forcing children to beg in Dakar. Senegalese police arrested the seven Koranic teachers, also known as marabouts, after the government announced a crackdown on begging in the capital. Hu

VOA标准英语2010年-Crisis Group Says Sudan Border Dispute

Michael Onyiego | Nairobi 03 September 2010 According to a recent report by the Brussels-based International Crisis Group, stalled negotiations to define Sudan's north-south border are fueling mistrust and tension just five months before a referendum

VOA标准英语2010年-Arab Views of Peace Talks Tend Toward

The relaunching of peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders in Washington has been greeted with a fair degree of skepticism in the Arab world. The mixed reaction to the renewed talks could be seen in the comments of Arab League Secretary G

VOA标准英语2010年-Suicide Bombing at Pakistan Shi'ite Ra

A suspected suicide bomber struck a pro-Palestinian rally in southwestern Pakistan, killing at least 50 people and wounding scores of others. This was the second major bombing this week, as the country tries to cope with the worst flooding in its his

VOA标准英语2010年-Basketball Stars Bring Hope, Fun to Is

Several former National Basketball Association stars are on a goodwill tour of Israel this week. Stars like Dwight Howard, Allan Houston, and Jerome Williams are hoping to heighten awareness of the professional game and give some disadvantaged kids a

VOA标准英语2010年-History Repeats Itself with Rising Foo

Today's steep rises in food prices, driven up by Russia's drought-devastated wheat harvest, present a worrying echo of the past for the authors of a new book. In Empires of Food, the authors say civilizations rise and fall on the backs of their food