VOA标准英语2010年-Scores Killed in South Sudan Raid

A group of Nuer tribesmen in South Sudan's Warrap state reportedly slaughtered 139 Dinka and stole thousands of heads of cattle. An unknown number of Nuer raiders were also killed in the attack. The deadly attack took place earlier this week, but rep

VOA标准英语2010年-Sri Lankan President Woos Tamils

The Sri Lankan president is promising to speed up reconstruction of Tamil-dominated areas of the country, which have been devastated by civil war. The pledge comes as the country heads into the January 26 presidential election, in which the minority

VOA标准英语2010年-Survey: Africa 'Bleakest' in Freedom

African Union Official Hopes for a More Peaceful and Democratic Continent in 2010 The U.S. human rights monitoring group Freedom House says Africa ranks as the bleakest region in a bleak year in terms of political rights and civil liberties in 2009.

VOA标准英语2010年-South Africa Sends Search, Rescue Team

South Africa is sending a team of search and rescue specialists to Haiti in response to the devastating earthquake on Tuesday. It is the first of several teams being sent by a local civic group. The head of South Africa's Gift of the Givers Foundatio

VOA标准英语2010年-Untold Numbers Still Trapped in Rubble

As untold numbers lay dead and or buried in the rubble of Haiti's worst earthquake ever, the impoverished nation is calling on the world to help. It was a nation already vulnerable, the poorest in the Western hemisphere, with a history of lax constru

VOA标准英语2010年-WFP Ends Food Aid to 1 Million Somalis

The World Food Program is pulling its operations out of much of rebel-controlled Somalia, affecting some 1 million in-need Somalis. The food aid organization is citing unacceptable demands from the Islamist insurgent group al-Shabab that reached a br

VOA标准英语2010年-Little Town in Mississippi Draws a Cro

Photo: cloudsoup, Flickr Creative Commons Elvis's birth home is now nicely painted, and it looks a lot nicer than the days when Elvis's father could not afford to make bank payments on it The King of Rock 'n' Roll, Elvis Presley, was born 75 years ag

VOA标准英语2010年-Traveling Executive Fires People And M

Alan Silverman | Hollywood 04 January 2010 Jason Reitman, writer-director of the 2007 hit Juno, teams up with screen star George Clooney for a bittersweet comedy about a traveling business executive and his job of firing people at companies caught in

VOA标准英语2010年-Settlers Protest West Bank Constructio

Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS Jewish settlers participate in a protest against the Israeli government decision to freeze settlement construction in the West Bank, outside the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, 3 Jan 2010 Jewish settlement councils have

VOA标准英语2010年-Christmas Day Attack Highlights US Int

The 2001 attacks, in which terrorists hijacked airliners to use as guided missiles, sparked a major overhaul of the U.S. intelligence community. Yet on Christmas Day, a would-be suicide bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, nearly blew up an airline

VOA标准英语2010年-Relief Efforts in Haiti Slowly Take Ho

Aid workers in Haiti say earthquake relief efforts are starting to make an impact in Port-au-Prince. But frustration is mounting among Haitians who say they still have no access to food, water and medical treatment. Fresh water is being delivered to

VOA标准英语2010年-Indian Students Urged to Reconsider Au

For nearly a decade, the popularity of Australian universities rose rapidly among Indian students, and the number of those heading to the country for higher education rose from about 10,000 in 2001 to more than 70,000 last year. But that could change

VOA标准英语2010年-Cold Weather Adds to Misery of Yemen's

The International Committee of the Red Cross reports bitterly cold weather is increasing the misery of thousands of people fleeing the conflict in northern Yemen. At least 150,000 people have been affected by the escalating fighting between the Yemen

VOA标准英语2010年-UN Expert Calls for Independent Invest

The footage shows the men - bound, blindfolded and all but one naked - lying and sitting on the ground. They are shot at close range by men in military camouflage. Margaret Besheer | United Nations 07 January 2010 U.N. Special Rapporteur Philip Alsto

VOA标准英语2010年-Large Haitian Community in Brooklyn St

The largest Haitian community outside of Haiti is scrambling to get news of loved ones hit by the devastating earthquake. More than 100,000 Haitians live in New York's Little Haiti in Brooklyn, and there are several Haitian radio stations. As news of

VOA标准英语2010年-WHO Denies Hyping Dangers of Swine Flu

The World Health Organization refutes charges by politicians in some European countries that it has exaggerated the dangers of Swine Flu. The WHO also denies any of its decisions have been improperly influenced by the pharmaceutical industry for comm

VOA标准英语2010年-Report Says Impunity in Nepal Blocks P

The International Crisis Group says both the Nepalese government and the Maoists have made commitments to investigate disappearances and address human-rights issues, but the group says no action has been taken. Selah Hennessy | London 14 January 2010

VOA标准英语2010年-Former US Presidents Make Televised Ap

Former U.S. Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton are going directly to the American people with a joint appeal to help the Haitian earthquake victims. One day after they were asked by President Barack Obama to help mobilize public support, they

VOA标准英语2010年-Obama's Presidency a Living Example fo

A new survey shows that African-Americans' assessment of progress and race relations in America has improved more dramatically than at any time in the last quarter century. And, President Barack Obama's move into the White House appears to be the spa

VOA标准英语2010年-Environmental Concerns Rise in Northea

Victoria Switzer and her husband, Jim, are building what they hoped would be their retirement home in the rural hamlet of Dimock, Pennsylvania, in the eastern U.S. When Cabot Oil Gas offered a lease for the natural gas under their land a few years ag