VOA标准英语2010年-Yemeni Humanitarian Crisis Deepens

During a visit to an isolated desert settlement outside Yemen's capital Sanaa, VOA's Heather Murdock reports on the despair of some of the thousands of people who have fled their homes since the war in northern Yemen began in 2004 Heather Murdock | S

VOA标准英语2010年-Living Off the Land, Naturally

Experimental prairie farm designed to prove farmers can make a living off native grasses Johanna Sailor | Brookings, South Dakota 12 February 2010 Photo: Courtesy EcoSun Prairie Farm EcoSun Prairie Farm is intended to be a working model of agricultur

VOA标准英语2010年-The Who to Rock Super Bowl Halftime Sh

The Who's Pete Townshend (r) and Roger Daltrey (l) will provide the halftime entertainment for the upcoming Super Bowl. This year The Who becomes the latest in a series of rock luminaries to headline the entertainment at the Super Bowl half-time show

VOA标准英语2010年-Sudden Infant Death Tied to Brain Chem

It is called crib death or SIDS which stands for sudden infant death syndrome. Parents put a seemingly healthy infant to sleep and return to find the baby has stopped breathing. The causes remain a mystery, but new research suggests a chemical imbala

VOA标准英语2010年-Terrorists: Criminals or Enemy Combata

How will alleged perpetrators of terrorism be prosecuted, in federal court or by military tribunals? The prospect of trying the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks in US federal court, and the criminal charges filed in Detroit against Chri

VOA标准英语2010年-Haiti Tent City Residents Cope With Sh

The men take everything, but the women -- nothing -- Camp resident Rosemonde Desmesier Residents of makeshift tent cities throughout Port-au-Prince say that conditions have improved since the earthquake three weeks ago, but shortages of food and reli

VOA标准英语2010年-US Treasury Secretary: Economy on the

The U.S. economy is healing from a deep and prolonged recession, according to U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. Geithner struck an upbeat note on America's economic prospects, but also stressed the need to confront pressing risks to the natio

VOA标准英语2010年-Beyonce, Taylor Swift Dominate Grammys

The 52nd annual Grammy Awards ceremony took place Sunday, 31 January, in Los Angeles. No longer single but very much in control, Beyonce emerged the big winner at Sunday night's 52nd annual Grammy Award ceremony. The 28-year-old singer, and wife of r

VOA标准英语2010年-10 Americans Missionaries in Haiti Cha

Elizabeth Lee 04 February 2010 Laura Silsby, head of New Life Children's Refuge charity Haitian authorities have charged 10 American missionaries with child kidnapping and criminal association for allegedly trying to take 33 Haitian children out of t

VOA标准英语2010年-Asia-Pacific Tourism Industry Stages E

A Japan Airlines jet taxies past another JAL plane at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, 19 Jan 2010 Travel and tourism, vital elements in the Asia-Pacific region's economy, have been staging a recovery since late 2009, with growth strongest within the

VOA标准英语2010年-Fierce Winter Storm Hits Washington, F

Most of the northeastern US ground to a halt as a huge winter blizzard struck vast areas of the region with high winds and record snow falls Carolyn Weaver | New York 10 February 2010 Road crews removing snow in the U.S. capital, 10 Feb 2010 Another

VOA标准英语2010年-Terror Attacks Continue to Traumatize

The city's once congested roads are empty of people and cars. As many as 1.7 million residents have fled nearly daily fighting in Mogadishu since early 2007. In recent years, the rise of the militant al-Shabab group in Somalia, an al-Qaida ally fight

VOA标准英语2010年-Gates Hopes Iran Sanctions Will Avoid

French Defense Minister Herve Morin, left, shakes hands with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, at the French defense ministry, in Paris, 8 Feb. 2010 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he hopes strong international sanctions on Iran will fore

VOA标准英语2010年-Versatile American Film Star Meryl Str

Award-winning actress wins acclaim for her ability to transform into whatever the role requires Nancy Greenleese 10 February 2010 Photo: Universal Pictures Meryl Streep scored two Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress (Comedy or Musical) for It's

VOA标准英语2010年-Preparations for Football World Cup Mo

It is four months until the kick-off of the first football World Cup in Africa and preparations in South Africa are moving into high gear. Billions of dollars worth of improvements to the country's infrastructure have already been completed while oth

VOA标准英语2010年-Obama, Republicans Get Mixed Reviews i

New public opinion polls show that President Barack Obama and both major U.S. political parties face a challenging political climate in the months ahead. Two recent surveys - one by ABC News and The Washington Post newspaper, the other by the Gallup

VOA标准英语2010年-Students Try to Save Slave Island in S

Students heading for Bunce Island, Sierra Leone Some former slave ports in Africa are now tourist destinations, but not Bunce Island in Sierra Leone. It's abandoned and its slave castle is in ruins. The British established Bunce Island as a slave por

VOA标准英语2010年-Meth Still Grips, But Doesn't Strangle

Raw anti-drug campaign awakens state Ted Landphair | Missoula, Montana 04 February 2010 Photo: Montana Meth Project Adults across Montana were frightened by what they were seeing. Some hardly recognized their meth-addled teenagers. Related Links Mont

VOA标准英语2010年-Space Shuttle Endeavour Heads to Inter

Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts-off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, 08 Feb 2010 The space shuttle Endeavour blasted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in the southeastern U.S. state of Florida before dawn, bound for the Inte

VOA标准英语2010年-Cameroon Government Regulates Bushmeat

We see people selling bushmeat everywhere...and, its more or less putting a shame on our dignity and our commitment to fight illegal poaching. From Cameroons hinterlands to the urban centers, vendors openly display smoked monkeys, gorillas, snakes, a