VOA标准英语2010年-Malaysian Opposition Leader Intends to

In Malaysia, the politically charged trial of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on charges of sodomy has begun. The former deputy prime minister maintains the case is a conspiracy to end his political career. Lawyers for Anwar Ibrahim's said they inten

VOA标准英语2010年-Nigerian Labor Unions Plan Strike to F

They're planning a strike that will paralyze the government to force President Yar'Adua to hand over power to the Vice President. Labor officials say it appears they are the last hope, according to VOA reporter Chinedu Offor, who is on travel in Imo

VOA标准英语2010年-UN says LRA Still Killing Civilians in

The United Nations says the Lord's Resistance Army is continuing to attack civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo, despite a recent international offensive against the Ugandan rebel group. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affair

VOA标准英语2010年-Chad's Habre Said to Know of Prison De

A new study shows that former Chadian President Hissene Habre knew about hundreds of deaths in prisons operated by his political police. Mr. Habre has been under house arrest in Senegal since 2000. He fled to Senegal after being deposed in 1990 and h

VOA标准英语2010年-New Management Team Vows to Rescue Jap

The new chairman of Japan Airlines (JAL) says management will decide soon which U.S. airline the company will partner with. Kazuo Inamori takes over two weeks after JAL, once one of Japan's premier companies, filed for bankruptcy. Akiko Fujita report

VOA标准英语2010年-Kashmir Avalanche Buries India Army So

A vehicle carrying Indian Army rescue team is on its way to Gulmarg, via Tangmarg, northwest of Srinagar, 08 Feb 2010 At least 17 Indian Army personnel were killed when an avalanche hit a training sub camp in the mountains of Kashmir. About a dozen i

VOA标准英语2010年-Iran Orders Boost in Uranium Enrichmen

Iran says it needs uranium enriched to 20 percent to fuel a medical research reactor Elizabeth Arrott | Cairo 08 February 2010 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wears eye protection goggles as he visits an exhibition of Iran's laser science, in

VOA标准英语2010年-Shelved Machine Translator Gets New Li

Medical dictionary springs from largely forgotten English/Creole database Rosanne Skirble | Washington, DC 08 February 2010 A largely forgotten translator is getting new life in the aftermath of the devastating January 12 earthquake in Haiti which le

VOA标准英语2010年-Indonesian Street Kids Find Rescue in

Every year in Indonesia, thousands of rural poor migrate to big cities in hope of finding a better life. But for many of them, the dream never comes true. A private charity, the Learning Farm, is taking the opposite path: teaching former street kids

VOA标准英语2010年-Former Ivory Coast Rebels Warn of Civi

Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo (R) speaks with Ivorian Defense minister Amani N'guessan (L) at presidential palace in Abidjan, 30 Nov 2009 Ivory Coast's former rebel faction in the North, the New Forces, warn that election-related violence and tens

VOA标准英语2010年-Richmond's Jackson Ward Abounds in Bla

America's first female bank president and vaudeville entertainer Bojangles hail from same Virginia neighborhood Ted Landphair | Washington, DC 09 February 2010 The bright, well-kept home of Maggie Walker, now a National Historic Site, is, unfortunate

VOA标准英语2010年-Germany's Call for Removal of US Missi

Germany's new coalition government is calling for U.S. nuclear missiles to be removed from Europe. A London research organization says Germany's announcement has reopened the global debate about whether nuclear weapons help or hinder global security.

VOA标准英语2010年-Al-Qaida Group in Yemen Reaches Out to

Said Ali al-Shihri, deputy chief of al-Qaida's offshoot in Yemen in a 2009 file photo taken from undated video posted on a militant-leaning Web site, and provided by the SITE Intelligence Group A Yemen-based al-Qaida group is calling for regional coo

VOA标准英语2010年-Israel Calls for 'Crippling' Sanctions

Israel has issued a stern warning after Iran said it had begun making a higher-grade nuclear fuel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Iran's intentions are clear. Iran is racing forward to produce nuclear weapons in brazen defiance of the

VOA标准英语2010年-Do Grunts and Sighs and Laughs Transla

A new study finds that sounds conveying negative emotions could be understood across cultural boundaries more readily than the sounds of positive emotions. Related Links Disa Sauter's paper in PNAS Things like laughter, crying, sighing, grunting ...

VOA标准英语2010年-Researchers Discover Stuttering Gene

Researchers have discovered a gene linked to stuttering, a speech disorder that afflicts an estimated one million adults worldwide. Scientists believe the finding raises hope that a drug might someday be developed to treat this disabling condition. R

VOA标准英语2010年-Sierra Leone Working to Attract Touris

Once a booming tourist destination for Europeans looking for a small stretch of tropical paradise, Sierra Leone is better known these days for its post-war struggles to develop. But many here believe that the tourist trade is just about to take off a

VOA标准英语2010年-Sierra Leone Doctor Returns from US to

Sierra Leone's health system has suffered from decades of corruption and the destruction wrought by a long civil war. The few functioning hospitals are under-staffed and short on medical supplies and equipment. Now a new medical center provides high

VOA标准英语2010年-Iran's Supreme Leader Lauds Turnout at

Pro-government Iranian demonstrators hold posters of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini (R) and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and anti-US placards during a rally commemorating the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Tehr

VOA标准英语2010年-US Aid to Haiti Tops $450 Million

A US Army soldier gives a hand as women leave an aid distribution site carrying sacks of rice on their heads in Port-au-Prince, 01 Feb 2010 U.S. government agencies have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on rescue and relief efforts in Haiti, whi