VOA标准英语2010年-In Malaysia, Increasing Religious Tens

Kuala Lumpur police officer inspects the damage to the Metro Tabernacle Church which was destroyed by a fire bomb a little after midnight in the Kuala Lumpur suburb of Desa Melawati, Malaysia, 08 Jan 2010 Recently, a series of attacks on Christian ch

VOA标准英语2010年-Toyota CEO Apologizes for Safety Lapse

Akio Toyoda entered a packed congressional hearing room to deliver a simple message: I am deeply sorry for any accidents that Toyota drivers have experienced, said Akio Toyoda. The Toyota CEO acknowledged that the public's confidence in the company t

VOA标准英语2010年-Ecologists at Bali's Environment Summi

Ecology is becoming more and more a question of economy: how much would it cost to reduce emissions; how much would we save by weatherproofing buildings. But analysts meeting in Bali for a summit on the environment say that, to save the planet, human

VOA标准英语2010年-US Segregation-Era Schools Get New Lif

Alumni work to save buildings designed to educate rural African Americans Susan Logue Koster | Dillwyn, VA 25 February 2010 Watch: Logue Koster Report MP4 Wilbert Dean was moved to save his school when he saw it was being used as a trash dump. Relate

VOA标准英语2010年-Canada's Native Tribes Showcased at Wi

One of the Inuit people's native symbols is being used as the the logo for the Vancouver Winter Olympics. Members of the indigenous tribe live in some of the most beautiful and isolated parts of Canada. The Inuit and other native peoples of Canada's

VOA标准英语2010年-Tiger Woods Apologizes to Golf Fans

Tiger Woods makes a statement at the Sawgrass Players Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., 19 Feb 2010 Golf pro Tiger Woods ended nearly three months of silence Friday to speak publicly for the first time about the marital infidelities that led to his pu

VOA标准英语2010年-Malawians Debate Legalizing Gay Marria

Rights campaigners say current laws against gays are a violation of human rights Lameck Masina | Blantyre, Malawi 19 February 2010 In late December, two gay men held an engagement ceremony and were promptly arrested. The event prompted a public debat

VOA标准英语2010年-Cheerful Haitians Return Home on First

Passengers checking in for American Airlines' first commercial flight out of Miami International Airport since the January 12 earthquake I feel wonderful! American Airlines is so happy to be going back to Haiti. - George Hazy, American Airlines VP At

VOA标准英语2010年-Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei Says Is

A handout picture made available by the official website of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, shows the later (L) touring Jamran, Iran's first domestically built warship, during its unveiling ceremony at an undisclosed location in southe

VOA标准英语2010年-More Paramilitary Groups Disarm in Nor

Two splinter paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland have given up their weapons to an international commission monitoring what is known as 'decommissioning.' The two groups have for decades been waging an armed campaign against British sovereignty o

VOA标准英语2010年-Soldiers Topple Niger's President

Coup spokesman says action was taken to end the country's tense political situation following an August referendum expand President Tandja's powers and gave him another three years in office Scott Stearns | Dakar 18 February 2010 Soldiers stand guard

VOA标准英语2010年-French Foreign Legion Training Ugandan

More than 1,700 Ugandan Army troops scheduled to take part in peacekeeping operations in Somalia recently completed a training course taught by French Foreign Legion instructors. In Singo County, Uganda, the instructors are finding that turning the U

VOA标准英语2010年-Kremlin Calls for Major Russian Police

President Medvedev says he has ordered drastic cuts in the Interior Ministry as part of efforts to reform the nation's widely criticized police force. Medvedev said Thursday he had ordered to halve the number of personnel in the ministry's head offic

VOA标准英语2010年-NATO Says 30 Days Needed to Secure Mar

US Marines with NATO forces keep vigil as Marines and Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers setup a joint military base in north of Marjah, city of Helmand province, 18 Feb 2010 A top NATO commander in southern Afghanistan said Thursday that allied tro

VOA标准英语2010年-Yanukovych Victory in Ukraine Still a

Doug Levine | Washington 18 February 2010 The release of the original We Are The World on March 7, 1985 was an instant success. It became the fastest-selling U.S. pop single of all-time, and by the end of the decade, was the best-selling single of th

VOA标准英语2010年-British Charities Launch Campaign Advo

A group of British charities has teamed up with British film actor Bill Nighy and producer Richard Curtis to campaign for what they call a new deal between banks and society. They want to put a .05 percent tax on financial transactions between banks

VOA标准英语2010年-Israel In Firestorm as Fingers Point t

A hotel security camera shows men in tennis outfits following Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh into his hotel room Israel's ambassador to Britain has been asked to explain how some members of a hit squad that killed a Hamas commander in a Dubai hot

VOA标准英语2010年-US Policy Appears to Single Out Arab,

Critics say new airport rules could be discriminatory Mohamed Elshinnawi | Washington, DC 18 February 2010 There are a whole lot of things that could be done without sacrificing people's privacy, without - however inadvertently - sending a message th

VOA标准英语2010年-Nominees Say Oscar Night a Hollywood C

James Cameron, an Academy Award nominee for Best Director for 'Avatar,' gestures for photographers at the Academy Awards Nominees luncheon in Beverly Hills, California, 15 Feb 2010 Hollywood is gearing up for the Academy Awards, also known as the Osc

VOA标准英语2010年-'The Oath' Tells Story of Two Brothers

Haunting documentary explores devastating encounter Penelope Poulou 18 February 2010 The Oath, a documentary by filmmaker Laura Poitras, opens a window into the world of al-Qaida, Osama Bin Laden, the detention center at Guantanamo Bay and the image