VOA标准英语2010-Thai Fishermen Seized by Somali Pirates i

EU Naval Force French warship FS Nivose with Somali pirate skiffs off the Somali coast (file photo) Somali pirates hijacking vessels at sea have become an almost daily occurrence. But the latest incident is raising the alarm far from the East African

VOA标准英语2010-Fighting in Congo Displaces 100,000 Civil

What began as dispute over local fishing rights is now humanitarian crisis for government in Brazzaville, security concern for government in Kinshasa. Scott Stearns | Dakar 20 April 2010 Fighting in western provinces of the Democratic Republic of Con

VOA标准英语2010-Niger Delta Leaders Say Acting President

Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has just over one year before voters choose a new leader, or far less if President Umaru Yar'Adua recovers from a heart condition and resumes the powers of the presidency. Scott Stearns | Dakar 20 April 2010 Acting

VOA标准英语2010-British Government Enlists Royal Navy to

We have large numbers of travelers who are caught in Asia and in America and the main route home that is available at the moment is through the airports that are open in Europe and that is in Spain, said Gordon Brown, British PM Flights over Britain

VOA标准英语2010-South African Group Encouraging South Afr

The South African organization, the Homecoming Revolution, hosts a job fair to lure London-based ex-patriots back to South Africa Tens of thousands of South Africans have made Britain their home over the past two decades, attracted by higher wages an

VOA标准英语2010-Asia's Travel Also Singed by Iceland's Vo

This aerial photo shows a plume of ash rising from the volcano in southern Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier, 19 Apr, 2010 Flight cancellations from the Iceland volcano eruption are creating costs and inconveniences all the way to Asia. The Internat

VOA标准英语2010-Indian Government Vows to Press Ahead wit

Colleagues watch the cremation of Ranjit Yadav, one of the Indian government soldiers killed in Tuesday's rebel attack, at Dalitpur village, in Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh state, India, 8 Apr 2010 The Indian government has vowed to press on wi

VOA标准英语2010-Health Workers in Haiti Fear Spike in Inf

Dr. Megan Coffee examines a patient named Stanley who has tuberculosis at Port-au-Prince Hospital Port-au-Prince General Hospital is the largest hospital in Haiti. Some of its buildings were damaged during the earthquake, but with the help of interna

VOA标准英语2010-Cambodian Schools Reopen History's Wounds

High schools in Cambodia have begun rolling out the first textbook dealing with the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime. It's part of an effort to teach a dark past long left out of the classroom. Aubrey Belford | Kampong Trach, Cambodia 19 April 2010 A gir

VOA标准英语2010-Smithsonian Opens New Exhibit on Human Or

Human skulls on display at the Smithsonian Institution's Natural Museum of Natural History Scientists writing in the journal Science report that two skeletons found in a cave in South Africa belong to a previously unclassified species of hominid or e

VOA标准英语2010-Saving the World, One Patch at a Time

Climate quilt gives children a voice in fighting for the environment Faiza Elmasry | King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 21 April 2010 Watch: Elmasry Report Windows Media Children worldwide designed 'pledge patches,' depicting how they promise to work on e

VOA标准英语2010-Video Games Are Not Only for Entertainmen

Jen Tonon expects to graduate from the gaming program at Montgomery College this year. She has already landed a job at a game development company Young people in the United States start playing video games as early as age four or five. Often the amou

VOA标准英语2010-Earth Day Dawns on a Climate-Changed Worl

On the the 40th anniversary of Earth Day [April 22], this warming planet we live on is posing serious new challenges to human civilization: increasingly severe droughts, floods, and storms across the globe, and slowly rising ocean levels. Author, edu

VOA标准英语2010-Two Universities, One Program Gives Stude

Qi Ding is spending one year at Fayetteville State University studying Computer Science because of a program called Three plus One Dual degree program. Marsha James | Washington, DC 21 April 2010 Fayetteville State University Student Qi Ding I feel i

VOA标准英语2010-Legacy of Duke Ellington Remembered

Jazz greats Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong meet at New York's Madison Square Garden after a tribute to Ellington, 23 February 1970. April is designated as Jazz Appreciation Month in the United States. It celebrates this unique American music form

VOA标准英语2010-Lawmakers Blast Failure of Planned 'Virtu

Lawmakers in Washington say U.S. and Mexican authorities need much more help to battle violent drug traffickers. At a hearing this week, several members of a Senate committee blasted plans for a so-called virtual fence as a waste of taxpayer dollars.

VOA标准英语2010-Central Bankers: Economic Depression Aver

Bold action by central banks and national governments staved off a global economic depression during the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009, but at a tremendous cost nations will struggle to overcome. That is the conclusion of a panel of trans-Atlanti

VOA标准英语2010-Sierra Leone Discloses Mining Revenues fo

Yusufu Koma, a mining diver, is seen before he dives down in a river on the outskirts of the town of Bo, Sierra Leone, 8 Apr 2006 Two years after Sierra Leone signed up to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, the government has submitte

VOA标准英语2010-Recent Flight European Cancellations Crea

An aircraft is seen after takeoff at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany when German air traffic control opened the airspace after it was closed for days due to the volcanic ash cloud that came from Iceland, 21 Apr 2010 The closure of airspace over Bri

VOA标准英语2010-Palestinian Security Forces Reflect Promi

For the last few years, the United States and other Western nations have been training thousands of Palestinian police as part of efforts to build institutions for a new Palestinian state. For the most part, the forces have succeeded in creating bett