VOA标准英语2010年-Arab-Americans Favor Democrats in New

Just one month before the 2010 midterm elections, a new public opinion poll shows that Arab-American voters favor Democrats over Republicans by a wide margin. The survey also finds that discrimination against Arab Americans appears to be on the rise.

VOA标准英语2010年-Increased Support for Developing Count

For International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials, the past week's annual meetings were part of efforts to improve dialogue with the developing world. The IMF's Director of External Relations, Caroline Atkinson, says we've funded representatives from c

VOA标准英语2010年-US Defense Secretary Invited to Visit

At the ASEAN Defense Ministers meeting in Hanoi, Chinese Minister of Defense Liang Guanglie invited his U.S. counterpart Defense Secretary Robert Gates to visit China, in what seems like an easing of military tensions in the region. Diplomacy appears

VOA标准英语2010年-'Secretariat' Tells Inspiring Story of

Only a few horses have won the Triple Crown, three grueling thoroughbred races held every spring. Some four decades ago, one horse who did achieve that pinnacle of American racing became a national hero, along with the woman who owned and believed in

VOA标准英语2010年-Swaziland to Get New TB Testing Facili

Swaziland has one of the highest HIV prevalence rates in the world - 26 percent for those between the ages of 15 and 29. But to deal with the epidemic, health officials must do more than increase treatment, care and prevention efforts. They must also

VOA标准英语2010年-VOA Uzbek Journalist on Trial in Tashk

Abdumalik Bobaev, who reports on Uzbekistan for the Voice of America, is on trial for reporting, among other things, that journalists go to trial in Uzbekistan for doing their jobs. Abdumalik Bobaev, who has reported on Uzbekistan for VOA for the pas

VOA标准英语2010年-Ocean 'Time Machine' Illustrates Globa

Baby oysters could be the canaries in the mine shaft for another dimension of global warming. Pacific Northwest scientists are studying how the oceans suck in excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The process changes seawater chemistry - locally

VOA标准英语2010年-Jewish Infusion Gives Latin Jazz a Twi

Mix the pounding, hip-swaying drums of Afro-Cuban jazz with lilting Jewish tunes from mid-1900s New York, and what do you get? Jewish Latin jazz. A couple of weeks ago at Yoshi's Jazz Club in San Francisco, the rhythm of the opening song was very Lat

VOA标准英语2010年-Guinea Seeks New Election Chief Days B

Nearly half of Guinea's Electoral Commission members have signed a petition asking to elect a new head for the commission. The demand comes less than two weeks before the country is scheduled to hold presidential elections on October 24. As official

VOA标准英语2010年-Early Nutrition Key to Reducing Povert

A new report highlights a brief period of early childhood as the most critical time to fight hunger -- and also reduce poverty. The 2010 Global Hunger Index report was released Monday by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). It no

VOA标准英语2010年-Women, Children, Men: All Victims of H

The International Organization for Migration says there's an urgent need for tougher action against human trafficking in East Africa. The IOM has released a new assessment of the problem, saying men, women and children of all ages are being exploited

VOA标准英语2010年-Combined Smallpox-Anthrax Vaccine Pass

Researchers have developed an improved version of the smallpox vaccine that can be combined with a vaccine against anthrax. The dual vaccine represents a significant scientific achievement as well as a possible improved defense against biological att

VOA标准英语2010年-Relic of Modern Air Travel Gets a Face

The jet age of passenger travel began when the de Havilland Comet airliner took flight in Britain in 1949. Now, the only complete de Havilland Comet to survive in the Western Hemisphere is being restored in Everett, Washington. Taking flight It was b

VOA标准英语2010年-Nigeria's Plastic Bag Dilemma

Divine Ntaryike | Douala, Cameroon 05 October 2010 Across Africa, plastic bags blemish rural and urban scenery, damage ground water and soils, and choke livestock and fish, entangle birds and threaten animals in general. They also block sewage pipes,

VOA标准英语2010年-Babangida Campaign Director Questioned

Nigerian security forces have questioned the presidential campaign director for former military ruler Ibrahim Babangida in connection with the independence day bombings that killed 12 people. Babangida campaign director Raymond Dokpesi was questioned

VOA标准英语2010年-Battle Intensifies for Control of US C

The latest poll from The Washington Post and ABC News shows Republicans leading Democrats by a margin of 49 to 43 percent among likely voters. Other surveys show the parties effectively tied. It was only a month ago that Democrats trailed on that que

VOA标准英语2010年-Laid Off Brazilian Migrant Workers Wan

Land of ancestors Some have never been to the land of their ancestors, who migrated to Brazil in the 20th century. But others, like Claudio Koboyashi, have. Until last year, the 53-year old worked in a Japanese factory. He lost his job during the glo

VOA标准英语2010年-Nobel in Physics Awarded for Super-Str

Russian-born Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, both from Manchester University in Britain, won the prize for their groundbreaking experiments with graphene, a microscopic flake of carbon. The pair first extracted the super-thin flake from a piece

VOA标准英语2010年-US Cautions Lebanon on Ahmadinejad Vis

It started with a simple experiment: take some graphite - the black stuff in the middle of a pencil - and put a piece of tape over it. When the scientists at the University of Manchester did that, they found that they could develop a material that co

VOA标准英语2010年-Great American Novel Gets Unique Stage

When the audience walks into the Public Theater, the set onstage doesn't even vaguely evoke the jazz age of the 1920s in which F. Scott Fitzgerald set his story. It's the drabbest office imaginable; grey walls, beat-up furniture, an ancient computer,