VOA标准英语2010年-Britain's Answer to Mardi Gras is a Pa

British Charities Launch Campaign Advocating Tax on Banks to Aid Poor, Environment Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, the day many Christians around the world begin a traditional fast before Easter, this year for 46 days. Custom also has it that

VOA标准英语2010年-New Drug-Free Treatment Good for Heart

Dr. David Wilber performs a procedure called catheter ablation to treat patients with atrial fibrillation at Loyola University Medical Center in Illinois A relatively new procedure is proving to be more effective in treating patients with irregular h

VOA标准英语2010年-African American History Museums Offer

The $23 million International Civil Rights Museum in Greensboro, North Carolina is located at the site of a famous 1960 civil rights lunch counter protest. ...the more these important stories are told, the better we are at understanding who we are as

VOA标准英语2010年-Small Changes Help US Families Jumpsta

Small lifestyle changes make big difference for planet Rosanne Skirble | Washington, DC 16 February 2010 The Stokes from Falls Church, Virginia, say what they are doing is right for the planet and the pocketbook. Watch: Skirble Report MP4 Related Lin

VOA标准英语2010年-High Speed Trains in US to be Slower T

The fastest train in the US, known as Acela, reaches speeds of 241 kilometers per hour and only operates between Washington, New York and Boston Europe and Asia have enjoyed high speed passenger trains for years, but the United States has lagged behi

VOA标准英语2010年-Congress Considers Banning Medical Exp

It will be a great tragedy for humanity if research with chimpanzees were stopped. Chimpanzees are our closest animal relative. So close, in fact, that 98 percent of a chimpanzee's DNA is identical to that of humans. The highly intelligent primates s

VOA标准英语2010年-Analysts Say Iran's Revolutionary Guar

Iran is reacting sharply to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's remarks that the Persian state is becoming a military dictatorship. Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, accuses Clinton of spreading lies and the United States of turnin

VOA标准英语2010年-NY Terror Suspect Najibullah Zazi Plea

An Afghan immigrant accused of conspiring to attack New York City with bombs has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction. He also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder in a foreign country and providing material suppor

VOA标准英语2010年-Groups Condemn Detention of Somali Jou

Global media rights groups are condemning the arrest and detention of a Somali radio reporter by the al-Shabab rebels. Somalia is considered one of the most dangerous places in the world to work as a journalist. The National Union of Somali Journalis

VOA标准英语2010年-Sudan Targets Six Million Children in

Sudan targets the vaccination of six million children in its latest campaign against polio after the disease reappeared in the African country in 2008. Sudan's new vaccination campaign against polio, which is aimed at reaching six million children, i

VOA标准英语2010年-Resettling Darfur's Displaced Raises Q

The blue helmets of UN peacekeepers distinguish them from the many armed groups in Darfur. As Sudan's government and Darfur rebels move closer to a final peace, efforts are under way to build housing for some of the estimated 2.7 million people uproo

VOA标准英语2010年-Kenya's Two Leaders Fail to Meet to En

Power struggle between Odinga, Kibaki threatens political deal negotiated two years ago to end weeks of election violence. Alan Boswell | Nairobi 22 February 2010 Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki (L) and Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga (R) Kenya's two

VOA标准英语2010年-Hunger Looms as Support for Haiti's Fa

With the planting season approaching, farmers lack funds for seeds, labor Steve Baragona | Washington, DC 22 February 2010 A farmer in Vaudreuil, Haiti, works in a cornfield (File) Related Links UN Food and Agriculture Organization CARE ActionAid Wit

VOA标准英语2010年-Foreign Agro Firms Scoop Up Ethiopian

Peter Heinlein | Addis Ababa 22 February 2010 The Green Revolution that ended food shortages in parts of the world decades ago may be coming to East Africa, bringing the promise of bountiful harvests in a region more often associated with drought and

VOA标准英语2010年-Special Dogs Assist in Wild Tiger Cons

In the Asian zodiac, this is the year of the tiger but conservationists say wild tiger populations are quickly disappearing. In Cambodia, there is hope that a pair of special dogs from the United States can help save the tiger. Daniel Schearf | Mondu

VOA标准英语2010年-Obama Confers with US Governors on Eco

President Barack Obama, left, speaks to members of the National Governors Association in the State Dining Room of the White House, 22 Feb. 2010 U.S. President Barack Obama is turning to the nation's governors for help in meeting his domestic prioriti

VOA标准英语2010年-Hundreds Line Up for Free Health Care

Medical charity brings doctors, dentists where they're needed Mike Osborne | Knoxville, Tennessee 22 February 2010 At a recent RAM free clinic in Knoxville, Tenn., more than 50 dental chairs were full. Related Links Remote Area Medical (RAM) The Cong

VOA标准英语2010年-Eat Like a Caveman

Robert Keeling says he's never felt better in his life. He never gets sick. I don't have colds anymore, he says. The 35-year-old Washington lawyer attributes his good health to exercise and diet. He likes the high intensity group workout he gets at C

VOA标准英语2010年-Regulation Can't Keep Pace with Livest

Livestock production is growing faster than the capacity of nations to safely and responsibly manage it, according to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization. In the latest edition of its flagship report, The State of Food and Agricultu

VOA标准英语2010年-Team USA Upsets Canada in Olympic Ice

USA's Zach Parise, center, celebrates after USA's Jamie Langenbrunner, far right, scored past Canada's goalie Martin Brodeur in the third period in men's preliminary round hockey play at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, 21