VOA标准英语2010-Environmental Writer Turns Words into Act

Activist launches worldwide campaign to fight climate change Rosanne Skirble | Washington, DC 19 April 2010 Bill McKibben at a rally in New York's Times Square - one of over 5,200 events in 181 countries organized by 350.org for the 'International Da

VOA标准英语2010-Want a Short Course in Cuban Culture?

It's all around you along a single street in Miami Ted Landphair | Washington, DC 19 April 2010 The food is fresh, Cuban-influenced and not as spicy as one might expect along Calle Ocho. The city of Miami, Florida, is an oasis of swaying palm trees,

VOA标准英语2010-Oklahoma City Remembers Bombing Victims 1

Thousands of search and rescue crews attend a memorial service in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. Building was bombed by Timothy McVeigh who said his act was a protest against the overreach of the federal government (

VOA标准英语2010-Homeless Take Refuge Among the Bookshelve

Library social worker reaches out to patrons without a job or a place to live Rhonda Miller | San Francisco, California 19 April 2010 Leah Esguerra (right) is a full-time social worker assigned to work with the homeless who frequent the San Francisco

VOA标准英语2010-Nationwide Census Expected to Report Big

America's founding fathers decided that a count of all the country's inhabitants should take place every 10 years. The 2010 census is now underway, and people all over the country are being asked to provide information about themselves. This year's c

VOA标准英语2010-US Gun Owners Rally in Support of Gun Rig

Some came to the Washington D.C. area Monday to take out their guns in a show of support for gun rights. Others came for a rally in the shadow of the Washington monument to support the right to keep and bear arms and to protect the Second Amendment.

VOA标准英语2010-Pope Promises Church Will Bring Abusers t

Pope Benedict XVI is cheered by faithful as he arrive to celebrate a Mass in Floriana, Malta, 18 Apr 2010 The pope met privately with eight Maltese victims of sexual abuse in the Vatican's embassy in Valletta. A statement issued by the Vatican after

VOA标准英语2010-100,000 Attend State Funeral for Poland P

People stand along a street as a hearse carrying the coffin of the late Polish President Lech Kaczynski arrives in Krakw, southern Poland, Sunday, April 18, 2010 About 100,000 Poles turned out for Sunday's state funeral for President Lech Kaczynski a

VOA标准英语2010-Week-Long Earth Day Celebration Begins in

Globes showing environmental challenges are lining the National Mall for Earth Day activities. Week-long activities to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day in the United States have kicked off with an eco-village on the National Mall and gre

VOA标准英语2010-100,000 in Warsaw Mourn Dead Polish Presi

Tens of thousands of people attend a national memorial service in Pilsudski Square in Warsaw, 17 Apr 2010 Sirens wailed and church bells rang as an estimated 100,000 people gathered in the Polish capital to say goodbye to their former president. Many

VOA标准英语2010-Kyrgyzstan's Interim Government Plans to

Kyrgyzstan's deposed President Kurmanbek Bakiyev at a news conference in the courtyard of his family home, in Teyit, southern Kyrgyzstan, 13 Apr 2010 Kyrgyzstan's interim government is planning to put on trial the deposed president, some members of h

VOA标准英语2010-Iraqis Continue Hunger Strike at Australi

Iraqi asylum seekers on the remote Australian territory of Christmas Island are continuing a hunger strike Saturday following a similar protest at an immigration detention facility in Sydney earlier this week. Detainees are angry about delays in the

VOA标准英语2010-Disrupted Air Travel in Northern Europe f

Iceland's volcano erupted Wednesday and has since been spewing ash several miles into the air. The ash clouds include particles of rock, glass and sand that can get into an aircraft's engine and cause it to stall. Selah Hennessy | London 17 April 201

VOA标准英语2010-Netanyahu: Israel Must Rely Only on Itsel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech during a memorial ceremony for fallen soldiers at the Ammunition Hill, a site of a bloody Jerusalem battle in the 1967 war, 18 Apr 2010 On the eve of Israel's 62nd Independence Day, Prime Mi

VOA标准英语2010-Pressure Mounts in US to Restrict Salt Le

Salt is believed to be the single most harmful thing in our food, contributing to high blood pressure For years doctors have been telling patients with high blood pressure to cut down on the amount of salt in their diet. Now a prestigious panel of ex

VOA标准英语2010-World Bank /IMF Report says Global Econom

An unidentified resident stands in front of a poor apartment in Lagos, Nigeria Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2006. The International Day of the Eradication of Poverty is marked worlwide Tuesday with the aim of eradicating absolute poverty and reducing overall po

VOA标准英语2010-Iraq's Parliamentary Election Votes to be

Iraq's Electoral Commission is preparing for a manual recount of ballots cast in Baghdad during the March 7 parliamentary elections. An Iraqi court announced the recount on Monday after Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki claimed widespread vote fraud in

VOA标准英语2010-Second British Prime Ministerial Debate t

The debate spurred a surge in voter registration, especially among young people. Some polls are showing the three parties running even. Jennifer Glasse | London 22 April 2010 Britain's Conservative David Cameron leader (center) speaks during a first

VOA标准英语2010-Returning Trees, Jobs to Haiti's Eroded H

98 percent of the country's forests have been cut down Steve Baragona | Petit Guave, Haiti 22 April 2010 Restoring Haiti's hillsides with contour canals, vetiver grass, and trees Edgar Griffin has lived on this hillside outside the town of Petit Guav

VOA标准英语2010-Getting at the Gold in Southern Sierra Le

Better known for its diamond fields, gold exploration and mining in Sierra Leone is on the increase. The British company, Cluff Gold, has announced it will build a mechanized gold mine in the southern Kangari hills after finding large deposits of gol