VOA标准英语2010年-Israel Confident Diplomatic Crisis Wit

Israel's foreign minister says his country has no intention of halting the expansion of a settlement in East Jerusalem that is fueling what some officials say is the worst rift in relations with Washington in decades. Israeli police clashed with Pale

VOA标准英语2010年-Teen Engineers Design Green Cities of

Related Links: 2010 National Engineers Week Future City Competition Davidson IB Middle School U.S. Space and Rocket Center Space Camp On the third and final day of the 2010 Engineers Week Future City Competition regional winners from 39 schools, alon

VOA标准英语2010年-Missile Defense Controversy Remains Af

Al Pessin | Pentagon 26 March 2010 Photo: White House/Pete Souza US President Barack Obama discusses the START treaty, during a phone call with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev in the Oval Office , 26 Mar 2010 Friday's announcement of a new U.

VOA标准英语2010年-Film Festival Sounds Alarm on Environm

Showcase of 155 films offers fresh perspective on green, climate change issues Penelope Poulou | Washington, DC 26 March 2010 Photo: Esben Hardt/Ace Ace If global warming continues at the same rate as today, by the end of this century, the Arctic cou

VOA标准英语2010年-Girls Prove They Can Rock in 'The Runa

Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning co-star in new film about the groundbreaking all-girl rock band of the 1970s Alan Silverman | Hollywood 26 March 2010 Photo: Courtesy of Apparition; Photo credit David Moir From left to right: Dakota Fanning, Mickey Pe

VOA标准英语2010年-University Biases Keep Women, Minoriti

Poor schools, stereotypes, workplace classroom barriers hold people back Rosanne Skirble | Washington, DC 26 March 2010 Mae Jamison, former astronaut [left], promotes science literacy across the United States to produce more scientists and educate yo

VOA标准英语2010年-Gay US Service Members Press for Repea

A recent study estimates 66,000 homosexuals currently serve -- about two percent of the total in uniform. In 2002, David Hall was an Air Force sergeant studying to be an officer, pursuing his dream of becoming a military pilot. But once his sexual st

VOA标准英语2010年-Volunteers Prepare for South Africa Wo

As South Africa prepares to host the football (soccer) World Cup, organizers have recruited thousands of volunteers to help the hundreds of thousands of fans who will be attending. Some 2,000 World Cup volunteers gathered at a convention hall in Joha

VOA标准英语2010年-Firewood Fuels Malians Health Care Cos

Anna Boiko-Weyrauch | Sikoro, Mali 26 March 2010 In the West African nation of Mali, villagers are cutting firewood to pay their medical bills. But in an ironic twist that is making their environment more unhealthy. In the village of Kabe, about 50 k

VOA标准英语2010年-Explosion Sinks S. Korean Navy Ship in

South Korean officials are not yet pointing any fingers but say they are not ruling out the possibility that the vessel was the target of a North Korean torpedo attack. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (C) talks with Defense Minister Kim Tae-youn

VOA标准英语2010年-Pakistani Troops Kill 84 Taliban Fight

Pakistani troops have killed at least 84 Taliban fighters and lost five of soldiers in two days of clashes in a northwestern tribal region believed to be a militant stronghold. Top military officials in Pakistan say that clashes in the Orakzai tribal

VOA标准英语2010年-Could More Realistic Flight Training P

Authorities think so, and they've designed simulators that shake, rattle, and roll Ted Landphair | Washington DC 25 March 2010 U.S. space agency simulators help prepare airplane pilots for crisis situations. But critics say they don't adequately repl

VOA标准英语2010年-Eating More 'Good' Fats Lowers Risk of

Reducing saturated fat in diet alone isn't enough, study says Art Chimes | Washington, DC 25 March 2010 People who eat more polyunsaturated fats have been found to have a lower risk of heart disease. Related Links-PLoS Medicine article If you're taki

VOA标准英语2010年-Study Questions Results of Clinical Tr

From time to time, researchers stop clinical trials because the results seem almost too good to be true. A new international study shows that is probably because those results are not true. When researchers end a clinical trial early because the resu

VOA标准英语2010年-US Rates Drop, But Cancer Remains Nati

Related Links Journal of the American Medical Society Progress in the War Against Cancer American Cancer Society Colon cancer study Despite advances in prevention, diagnosis and treatment, cancer remains the second-leading cause of death in the Unite

VOA标准英语2010年-Obama Promotes Health Care Reform in I

President Barack Obama traveled across the country Thursday to promote the landmark health care reform plan he signed into law this week. His first stop was in Iowa City where he was met with support and opposition. In May 2007, then-presidential can

VOA标准英语2010年-Obama, Medvedev Set April Signing for

President Barack Obama makes a statement to reporters at the White House, after he phoned Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to discuss the new START treaty, 26 Mar 2010 Watch: Robinson video report Windows Media President Barack Obama says the new nu

VOA标准英语2010年-NATO Focuses on Training Police Force

The head of the NATO training mission is in Europe this week with his Afghan counterparts to attend the Afghan National Police Development conference in Brunssum, Holland, discussing the progress of the mission and soliciting support for more assista

VOA标准英语2010年-Battle Continues Over US Rules on Gays

Last week, the Pentagon announced changes in enforcement of a 1993 U.S. law that compels gay service members to hide their sexual orientation. If discovered, homosexuals still face discharge from the military, but the regulations stipulate new rules

VOA标准英语2010年-In the Southwest, There's a Nation Wit

The Navajo tribal park called Monument Valley is a stunningly beautiful, yet also stark and forbidding, place. The largest tribe of American Indians lives on a 6-million-hectare patch of desert and scrub brush that covers much of northern Arizona and