VOA标准英语2010年-Pentagon Begins Process to Allow Homos

I can not escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy that forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens -- Admiral Mike Mullen The top U.S. military officer has endorsed President

VOA标准英语2010年-Obama: Improved Jobless Rate Cause for

President Barack Obama waves as he walks away from the podium during his visit to Oasis Mechanical Contractors, in Lanham, Md., 05 Feb 2010, after meeting with small business leaders President Barack Obama says Friday's mixed news on U.S. unemploymen

VOA标准英语2010年-Burkina Faso Government Lifts Financia

A woman writes on a blackboard as others sit during a literacy class held at the garbage dump of Ougadougou, 12 Oct 2009 Burkinab President Blaise Compaor has committed to making emergency obstetric care and access to family planning free in Burkina

VOA标准英语2010年-Washington's National Zoo Says Goodbye

One of the most popular residents at the National Zoo in Washington will be shipped to China on February 4. Tai Shan, the giant panda who became an overnight sensation when he was born at the zoo in 2005, is part of a long-term loan agreement with th

VOA标准英语2010年-New Ukrainian Leader Faces Weak Public

Aides to Ukrainian presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko say she is planning a legal challenge to Sunday's presidential election results, which showed a victory for former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych. In any case, the new president will assume

VOA标准英语2010年-New AU Chief Sets Political Stability,

We must declare war on unconstitutional change of government on African soil. - African Union Chairman Bingu wa Mutharika. The newly-elected African Union Chairman, Malawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika has pledged to make political stability a prior

VOA标准英语2010年-Rookie US Skier Aims for Olympic Glory

Andrew Weibrecht of the United States, skis the downhill part of the men's World Cup super combined ski race in the fifth best time in Beaver Creek, Colorado, 4 Dec. 2009 American Tim Burke Raises Hopes for First US Biathlon Olympic Medal at Vancouve

VOA标准英语2010年-1001 Inventions and Muslim Heritage

Coffee, computers and piston engines - could we imagine a world without them? These are intricate parts of every day life for most of us and the knowledge that led to them was either invented by or passed down through the ancient Muslim world. That's

VOA标准英语2010年-Study: Needle Injuries Often Unreporte

A recent study found almost 60 percent of surgical residents admitted they had sustained needlestick injuries when they were medical students. Blunt tip needles, such as this one, are considered safer A recent study shows that medical students and ho

VOA标准英语2010年-Luge World Champion Erin Hamlin Seeks

Two-time U.S. Olympian Erin Hamlin is the first American woman to win a luge world championship Two-time U.S. Olympian Erin Hamlin is the first American woman to win a luge world championship. In Vancouver, she is attempting to become the first U.S.

VOA标准英语2010年-India Halts Growth of Genetically-Modi

Protesters surround Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh (C) as he arrives at a public hearing on the genetically modified (GM) eggplant crop in Hyderabad, India on Jan. 31, 2010. Indian officials have announced they will ban commercial planting

VOA标准英语2010年-Researchers Unravel Soybean's Genetic

The soybean has fed generations of Asians, fattened countless head of livestock and is now poised to take off as the next generation of jet fuel. Scientists have decoded the legume's genetic sequence. First domesticated by the Chinese more than 3000

VOA标准英语2010年-Americans Find Unique Ways to Help Hai

It's late at night at Mehanata, a small Bohemian music and dance club on New York's Lower East Side, where many of the city's ethnic and alternative musicians are gathered to raise money for Haitian relief. It's one of many grassroots events communit

VOA标准英语2010年-Haitian City of Gonaives Struggles to

Haitian Americans Unhappy With Haitian Government's Response To Earthquake Hundreds of thousands of people fled the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince after the city was devastated by an earthquake nearly one month ago. At least 35,000 headed north to

VOA标准英语2010年-Haitian Company Struggles to Rebuild i

Businesses in Haiti are struggling to recover from the devastating earthquake January 12. Many workers have lost their jobs, and employers are trying to get their businesses up and running. Mike O'Sullivan visited one large Haitian company, Acra Indu

VOA标准英语2010年-Agriculture Seeks Bigger Role in Clima

When the world's biggest polluters gathered this past December at the U.N. Climate Summit in Copenhagen, they managed to forge a non-binding agreement that could help put the brakes on global warming. The 12-paragraph document outlines a way to move

VOA标准英语2010年-White House Takes on Critics of Terror

President Obama's top counter-terrorism advisor John Brennan says congressional critics, others speaking before getting facts Paula Wolfson | White House 07 February 2010 White House Counterterrorism adviser John Brennan briefs reporters in the White

VOA标准英语2010年-US Defense Chief Downplays Possibility

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says if Iran is serious about accepting the international offer that could end the dispute over its nuclear program, it should do so soon, and through official channels. Gates was speaking to reporters in Ankara, i

VOA标准英语2010年-Somali Capital Braces for All-Out War

Somalia government policemen guard a street in southern Mogadishu during a raid in which 60 people suspected of creating violence in the capital were arrested (File) French Foreign Legion Training Ugandan Troops for Peacekeeping Mission in Somalia Re

VOA标准英语2010年-Pioneering Pediatrician Leads Charge t

Arthur Ammann discovered that mothers could transmit HIV or AIDS to their babies through the placenta or breast-feeding Jan Sluizer | San Francisco 04 February 2010 California immunologist Arthur Ammann pioneered research that drastically cut the HIV