VOA标准英语2010年-Carter: Sudan Faces Tight Presidential

This will be an intensely competitive election with a lot at stake. - Former US President Jimmy Carter Former United States president Jimmy Carter has said he believes Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is likely to face a second round run-off against

VOA标准英语2010年-Chad, Sudan Signal End to Proxy Wars

The long-running proxy wars between Chad and Sudan could be nearing an end following a rare meeting between the two nations' leaders in the Sudanese capital. The enmity between the two regimes has helped fuel the ongoing conflict in Darfur. Alan Bosw

VOA标准英语2010年-Seriously Injured from Haiti Quake Con

Mike O'Sullivan | Port-au-Prince 10 February 2010 Medical professionals aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) treat a six-year-old Haitian boy in the casualty receiving room aboard the 1,000-bed hospital ship. Hundr

VOA标准英语2010年-Snowstorm Puts Capitol Hill Legislativ

Emily Tibbott skis past a US Capitol Police Officer standing guard on Capitol Hill in Washington, 10 Feb 2010, as more snow fell in the Washington area The second major snowstorm to hit Washington, D.C in less than a week has buried legislative actio

VOA标准英语2010年-Blame it on El Nino!

US blizzards, Asia's typhoons, other extreme weather all linked to Pacific Ocean anomaly Steve Baragona | Washington, DC 10 February 2010 Experts say the oceanic disturbance known as El Ni?o is to blame for severe weather in Washington, D.C. and arou

VOA标准英语2010年-South Africa Marks Mandela's Prison Re

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release from prison of Nelson Mandela, former members of the national reception committee were brought in together in Johannesburg, 04 Feb 2010, by Winnie and Zindzi to reminisce about the event of 11 February

VOA标准英语2010年-Iran: Rocket With Animals Sent Into Sp

Iran says it sent a research rocket carrying live animals into space Wednesday, prompting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to hail the country's scientific achievements as miraculous. Iran's state-run Press TV said the rocket contained a rat, two turtle

VOA标准英语2010年-African American Astronauts Seek to Ad

February is Black History Month in the United States and Canada, a national observance that pays tribute to people and events that shaped the history of African-Americans and Canadians. It's also a time to educate people about the accomplishments of

VOA标准英语2010年-On Revolution Day Iran Says Uranium Fu

In this image made from video provided by Iranian State TV, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks at a rally in Tehran, 11 Feb 2010, marking the 31st anniversary of Islamic Revolution Iran's president has told a crowd gathered for the annivers

VOA标准英语2010年-UNICEF, NGO's: Haitian Children at Ris

Case of 33 children allegedly abducted by a group of Americans illustrates the plight of children separated from parents Mike O'Sullivan | Port-au-Prince 05 February 2010 A boy with a pink tape on his shirt that previously had his name written on it,

VOA标准英语2010年-Ukraine Vote Begins With Uncertainty A

Two men leave a booth at a polling station in Kiev, Ukraine, 7 Feb 2010. Ukrainians voted Sunday in a runoff election between two bitterly opposed presidential candidates, a vote that some observers predict could be settled in the courts.(AP Photo/Ef

VOA标准英语2010年-Zimbabwe Detainees Going Hungry

Police in Zimbabwe are warning they do not have enough money to feed people in holding cells around the country. The whole justice system in Zimbabwe is threatened by lack of adequate resources. Although fewer people are being arrested now than in pr

VOA标准英语2010年-Clinton: Time to Move Toward New Iran

David Gollust | The State Department 05 February 2010 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday it is time to move toward new sanctions against Iran, given the lack of a clear response from Tehran to a proposal to ease concern about its nuc

VOA标准英语2010年-Obama's 2011 Budget Scraps Manned Luna

The U.S. space agency's ambitious plan to put astronauts back on the moon has been cancelled in the Obama administration's proposed 2011 federal budget. The $3.6 trillion spending plan for the U.S. government was submitted to Congress on Feb. 1. NASA

VOA标准英语2010年-Euro Falls After EU Leader Offer No Ta

The euro fell against other currencies again on Friday a day after European Union leaders offered their support, but no tangible aid to debt racked Greece. The fall of the European currency was not the only bleak economic news hitting the EU. The 16-

VOA标准英语2010年-Obama Holds Internet Town Hall Intervi

U.S. President Barack Obama held a town hall meeting Monday using an unusual venue - the YouTube Internet Web site. He took questions submitted via e-mail and video during and following his State of the Union address last week. The president has enga

VOA标准英语2010年-N. Carolina Commemorates 50th Annivers

February is Black History Month in the United States. It pays tribute to people and events that shaped the history of African Americans. A pivotal moment happened 50 years ago when four black university students in North Carolina sat down at a whites

VOA标准英语2010年-Federer, Bolt in Running for Sportsman

Roger Federer of Switzerland during an Australian Open press conference in Melbourne, 31 Jan. 2010 Swiss Tennis champion Roger Federer and Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt are among the contenders for the 2010 Laureus World Sports Awards, which will be h

VOA标准英语2010年-UN: Significant Progress in Providing

The United Nations reports significant progress has been made in providing assistance to hundreds of thousands of quake victims in Haiti. A senior U.N. official says the relief operation is being scaled up on all levels, with shelter topping the list

VOA标准英语2010年-Slide into Homelessness Jolts Middle C

There are people out here who have master's degrees and college education and are not high school dropouts. We've had people who came out of $300,000 homes. Every American neighborhood seems to have one mom to whom all the children gravitate. In a co