VOA标准英语2010-America's Civil Rights Legends Honored at

Photo: National Portrait Gallery-Smithsonian Institution In this wooden sculpture by Marshall D. Rumbaugh, Rosa Parks is held by two policemen. Parks was arrested after refusing to give up her seat to a white male bus rider in Montgomery, Alabama. On

VOA标准英语2010-Our World — 10 April 2010

VOA's weekly science and technology radio magazine Art Chimes | Washington, DC 09 April 2010 Related Links Space Shuttle (NASA) Counterfeit drugs (Nature Medicine) Climate's Influence on Human Evolution (NRC) Fossil finger (Nature) Library of Congres

VOA标准英语2010-High Costs Drive Americans Overseas for M

Travelers take a vacation from high prices by having medical procedures performed abroad at a fraction of the price Jan Sluizer | San Francisco, California 08 April 2010 John Freeman paid $18,000 for a heart procedure in Turkey that he says would hav

VOA标准英语2010-Climate Changes Appear to Coincide with H

U.S. National Research Council calls for more exploration Rosanne Skirble | Washington, DC 08 April 2010 Photo: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Rick Potts has led excavations at early human sites in the East African Rift Valley, and cu

VOA标准英语2010-'Warehoused' Refugee Builds New Life in U

Laurel Bowman | Washington 08 April 2010 The United States resettles the largest number of refugees worldwide, allowing roughly 70,000 to enter the U.S. each year. Currently, large numbers of Bhutanese refugees, who lived for decades in camps in Nepa

VOA标准英语2010-Underwater Parks Preserve Pristine Califo

Protected marine sanctuaries lure divers, scientists Rachel Abrams | Point Lobos, California 06 April 2010 Point Lobos State Reserve is a sanctuary for thousands of sea and shorebirds. Related Links: Point Lobos State Natural Reserve Edward Weston ph

VOA标准英语2010-Washington Summit to Discuss Nuclear Terr

The focus of the Global Security Summit - to answer how to secure nuclear stockpiles against terrorists A unique two-day summit expected to bring together more than 40 heads of state and government will open in Washington April 12. As VOA reports, th

VOA标准英语2010-L'Aquila Remembers 2009 Earthquake Victim

Sabina Castelfranco | Rome, Italy 06 April 2010 About 25,000 people gather in front of the city's cathedral during a candlelight vigil remembering the 308 people killed in the earthquake that devastated the central Italian city of L'Aquila a year ago

VOA标准英语2010-Russia, Venezuela Strengthen Economic, Po

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (L) and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin receive military honors at the Presidential palace Miraflores in Caracas, 02 Apr 2010 Russia and Venezuela are forging closer ties. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin a

VOA标准英语2010-Doctors Debate Benefits, Risks of Virtual

Scientists at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration disagree about the risks from CT scans given during virtual colonoscopies. Doctors who favor the procedure say it is less invasive and more cost effective than a conventional colonoscopy. Those agai

VOA标准英语2010-Nobel Laureate Urges Financial Services f

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and founder of Bangladesh's Grameen Bank Muhammad Yunus gestures as he speaks to media representatives before the opening of Africa-Middle East Microcredit Summit in Nairobi, 6 Apr 2010 Nobel Laureate Muhammed Yunus is call

VOA标准英语2010-Decimated Tribe Seeks Recognition Through

Puerto Rican Tainos were nearly wiped out after arrival of the Spanish Lydia Crafts | Austin, Texas 05 April 2010 Cacike Caciba Opil, a Taino chief, hopes Puerto Ricans will regain pride in their native heritage. Related Links: Tainos in Puerto Rico

VOA标准英语2010年-Obama Visits Oil Imperiled U.S. Gulf C

President Barack Obama is briefed by National Incident Commander U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad Allen in Venice, La., as he visits the Gulf Coast region affected by the BP (British Petroleum) oil well spill, Sunday, May 2, 2010. President Bara

VOA标准英语2010年-Afghan Cricket Team Overcomes Challeng

I love cricket, and I wanted to do something for my country because I come here Twelve teams from around the world are competing in this year's international tournament for one-day cricket matches, the Twenty20 World Cup. While the presence of perenn

VOA标准英语2010年-New Nigerian President Considering Cho

President Goodluck Jonathan is from southern Nigeria and is expected to nominate a northern politician to maintain the country's regional balance of power. Scott Stearns | Abuja 08 May 2010 Nigeria's acting President Goodluck Jonathan (R) takes the o

VOA标准英语2010年-US Labor and Civil Rights Organization

Angry demonstrations over Arizona's new immigration law have been sweeping across the United States A coalition of U.S. Civil Rights and Labor organizations say they intent to boycott major events in the Southwestern state of Arizona. This developmen

VOA标准英语2010年-Goldman Sachs to Review Firm's Core Pr

Ayesha Tanzeem | New York City 08 May 2010 There were tough questions and protesters outside Goldman Sachs' annual shareholder meeting, this week. But as the chief executive of the giant Wall Street firm promised it would review its own business prac

VOA标准英语2010年-Group Provides Small Loans to Low Inco

Micro lending for small businesses is common in some countries, especially in the developing world. But with the economic recession, micro lending is growing in the United States because it's difficult to get a bank loan to start a small business, es

VOA标准英语2010年-Afghan President to Visit Washington A

Afghan President Hamid Karzai listens during a meeting with elders in Kunduz, Afghanistan, 11 Apr 2010 Afghan President Hamid Karzai comes to Washington for talks with President Obama next week, amid the Afghan leader's efforts to reconcile with the

VOA标准英语2010年-Bangkok Businesses, Workers Struggle a

Thousands of Bangkok workers and hundreds of businesses have seen their incomes drop as protests have clogged a central part of the city for weeks. And although the anti-government protesters have agreed to a government reconciliation plan, it is not