VOA标准英语2010年-Escaped Slaves Followed the North Star

Recreating the escape route to northern states and Canada for fleeing slaves Dora Mekouar 12 February 2010 Follow the North Star participants learn about slavery at a re-enacted outdoor auction. History by immersion, is how the Conner Prairie interac

VOA标准英语2010年-Residents of Port-au-Prince Slum Say A

As international aid continues to flow into Haiti, residents of the Port-au-Prince slum of Cite Soleil say they are still waiting for tents and other essentials more than three weeks after a devastating earthquake. Cleanup has begun in parts of Port-

VOA标准英语2010年-McChrystal: Afghan Security Deteriorat

The commander of coalition and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, says the deterioration of the security situation in the country, which he cited four months ago, has stopped. The general says with the revised strategy President

VOA标准英语2010年-Kenya Denies Helping Arm Southern Suda

We have clearly indicated that those are our tanks and they are. I do no know where they are getting those things.- Kenya's Defense Ministry Spokesman Bogita Ongeri The Kenyan government has dismissed a report by a Swiss research institute that says

VOA标准英语2010年-South Africans Celebrate 20th Annivers

People climb around a statue of former South African President Nelson Mandela, during celebrations outside the Drakenstein prison near Cape Town, 11 Feb 2010 South Africans Thursday celebrated the release from prison 20 years ago of former President

VOA标准英语2010年-Love May Make the World Go 'Round

But it's highly overrated come Valentine's Day Ted Landphair | Washington, DC 08 February 2010 On the days leading up to Valentine's Day, and on the day itself, love is in the air. Love is also profitable for greeting-card companies, confectioners an

VOA标准英语2010年-Violence Marks Somali Government's Yea

January 29 was supposed to have been a day of celebration. In the sprawling presidential compound known as Villa Somalia, preparations had been made to mark the one-year anniversary of the new transitional government with poetry readings and a milita

VOA标准英语2010年-France Asks Top Universities to Admit

France's top universities have recently agreed to admit more poor students, after strong pressure from the government to do so. The debate on offering less privileged youngsters an equal chance at success in France is far from over. They are called g

VOA标准英语2010年-Former US President Clinton Doing Well

Dr. Allan Schwartz, Bill Clinton's cardiologist speaks to the media outside the Milstein Building at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York, 11 Feb 2010 Former President Bill Clinton's cardiologist says Mr. Clinton has been up and walking around

VOA标准英语2010年-Website of the Week – Eco-Farm.org

The Ecological Farming Association is a non-profit group whose focus is on small-scale sustainable agriculture. Its website Eco-Farm.org helps promote agricultural education and networking. Spokeswoman Marcy Coburn says there are three blogs on the w

VOA标准英语2010年-Super Rich Take on Super-Hero Role in

Nader says 'Only the Super Rich Can Save Us' offers a roadmap to a practical utopia. Some of the richest Americans are using their wealth for the common good. Businessman and investor Warren Buffett, Microsoft's founder Bill Gates and financier Georg

VOA标准英语2010年-Union Member to Head Guinea's New Tran

National Confederation of Guinean Workers Secretary-General Rabiatou Serah Diallo speaks to journalists in Conakry (2007 file photo) Over a decree on state radio late Monday, Interim President Sekouba Konate said Rabiatou Serah Diallo would be presid

VOA标准英语2010年-Haitians in US Send Money to Families

Many families in Haiti are still homeless, living on the streets and not getting enough food. Haitians in the United States are trying to send money so they can buy food and water. One business in Washington, D.C. gets money quickly to people in Hait

VOA标准英语2010年-World History Looks Different When See

Afghan-American writer, lecturer, and teacher Tamim Ansary is man ideally placed to help Westerners see the history of our world through another set of eyes. Growing up in Afghanistan as a young history buff, Ansary had an opportunity to read and lea

VOA标准英语2010年-US Missionary Returns After 43 Days in

American missionary Robert Park is seen inside a vehicle after arriving at the Beijing Capital Airport, 6 Feb 2010. His arrival in Beijing came a day after North Korea announced it would free Robert Park. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) The family of an America

VOA标准英语2010年-New Body Scanners at Work In British A

Body scanners are viewed by many as an invasive technology, which amounts to a virtual strip search. They reveal graphic images of passengers' bodies, including medical details like evidence of mastectomy and colostomy bags. Britons call it a breach

VOA标准英语2010年-WFP, Vodafone Project Distributes Food

The U.N.'s World Food Program (WFP) and the mobile telecommunications company Vodafone are piloting a project that will allow shopkeepers in Burkina Faso to manage food vouchers by text message. The World Food Program and The Vodafone Foundation, a d

VOA标准英语2010年-Our World — 5 Februrary 2010

MUSIC: Our World theme Straight ahead on Our World: The U.S. space agency pulls the plug on its plan to return humans to the moon; pictures from Pluto reveal dramatic changes in the dwarf planet; and a new web-based English/Creole dictionary for reli

VOA标准英语2010年-Haitian Judge Recommends Release of 10

They did not force us, we all agreed to give the kids away -- Melanie Augustin, a Haitian adoptive mother A Haitian judge has recommended the release of 10 American missionaries accused of trying to take orphaned children out of earthquake-ravaged Ha

VOA标准英语2010年-Obama Urges Democrats To Keep Fighting

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Democratic National Committee Winter Meeting in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. U.S. President Barack Obama is urging his Democratic Party to continue fighting for its causes, despite a hostile polit