VOA标准英语2010年-Canadian Mounties' Musical Ride Combin

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) perform their Musical Ride show in Surrey, British Columbia, not far from the site of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are a symbol of Canadian pride. Their character

VOA标准英语2010年-Website of the Week - 2010 Census

Congressional representation, billions in government aid depend on once-a-decade count Art Chimes | Washington, DC 25 February 2010 Census technology has come a long way since punch cards were used in the 1940/1960 census. Time again for our Website

VOA标准英语2010年-Vancouver Organizing Committee Faces O

Renee Smith-Valade is the Vice President of Communications for Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) Staging an Olympics is a huge undertaking, and so is dealing with all of the international media which come to the host city to cover the Games. The

VOA标准英语2010年-Vancouver Signs Over Winter Games to S

Sochi Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov (l) and Dzhambulat Khatuov, the first vice-governor of the Krasnodar Region Although the Vancouver Games have not ended, the 2014 Games in Sochi, Russia are in the news. At a special ceremony Tuesday, Vancouver and Britis

VOA标准英语2010年-South Korea Energized by Figure Skater

South Korea is ablaze with excitement for the Olympic debut on Wednesday, Feb. 24 of Kim Yu-Na - a widespread favorite to bring back the country's first gold medal in figure skating. The corporate world has already caught Yuna fever. Even before her

VOA标准英语2010年-Barack Obama's Impact Still Felt in Ch

before Barack Obama became president, he was a community organizer on Chicago's south side Long before Barack Obama came to Washington as a U.S. senator, then won election as the first African-American president of the United States, he was a communi

VOA标准英语2010年-Dubai's Doldrums Spark Exodus of Migra

About 10 million foreigners work in the Gulf states. But, with Dubai's economic boom ground to a halt, foreign workers - including many from South Asia - are being sent home often to uncertain futures. Raymond Thibodeaux | Kochi, India 24 February 20

VOA标准英语2010年-Informal Cross-Border Traders Reduce P

Zimbabwean women carry groceries as they walk towards the Beitbridge Border Post after their shopping trips in Musina, South Africa (2008 file photo) Informal cross-border trade contributes significantly to the economies of southern African nations -

VOA标准英语2010年-In Malaysia, Increasing Religious Tens

Kuala Lumpur police officer inspects the damage to the Metro Tabernacle Church which was destroyed by a fire bomb a little after midnight in the Kuala Lumpur suburb of Desa Melawati, Malaysia, 08 Jan 2010 Recently, a series of attacks on Christian ch

VOA标准英语2010年-Toyota CEO Apologizes for Safety Lapse

Akio Toyoda entered a packed congressional hearing room to deliver a simple message: I am deeply sorry for any accidents that Toyota drivers have experienced, said Akio Toyoda. The Toyota CEO acknowledged that the public's confidence in the company t

VOA标准英语2010年-Ecologists at Bali's Environment Summi

Ecology is becoming more and more a question of economy: how much would it cost to reduce emissions; how much would we save by weatherproofing buildings. But analysts meeting in Bali for a summit on the environment say that, to save the planet, human

VOA标准英语2010年-US Segregation-Era Schools Get New Lif

Alumni work to save buildings designed to educate rural African Americans Susan Logue Koster | Dillwyn, VA 25 February 2010 Watch: Logue Koster Report MP4 Wilbert Dean was moved to save his school when he saw it was being used as a trash dump. Relate

VOA标准英语2010年-Canada's Native Tribes Showcased at Wi

One of the Inuit people's native symbols is being used as the the logo for the Vancouver Winter Olympics. Members of the indigenous tribe live in some of the most beautiful and isolated parts of Canada. The Inuit and other native peoples of Canada's

VOA标准英语2010年-Tiger Woods Apologizes to Golf Fans

Tiger Woods makes a statement at the Sawgrass Players Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., 19 Feb 2010 Golf pro Tiger Woods ended nearly three months of silence Friday to speak publicly for the first time about the marital infidelities that led to his pu

VOA标准英语2010年-Malawians Debate Legalizing Gay Marria

Rights campaigners say current laws against gays are a violation of human rights Lameck Masina | Blantyre, Malawi 19 February 2010 In late December, two gay men held an engagement ceremony and were promptly arrested. The event prompted a public debat

VOA标准英语2010年-Cheerful Haitians Return Home on First

Passengers checking in for American Airlines' first commercial flight out of Miami International Airport since the January 12 earthquake I feel wonderful! American Airlines is so happy to be going back to Haiti. - George Hazy, American Airlines VP At

VOA标准英语2010年-Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei Says Is

A handout picture made available by the official website of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, shows the later (L) touring Jamran, Iran's first domestically built warship, during its unveiling ceremony at an undisclosed location in southe

VOA标准英语2010年-More Paramilitary Groups Disarm in Nor

Two splinter paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland have given up their weapons to an international commission monitoring what is known as 'decommissioning.' The two groups have for decades been waging an armed campaign against British sovereignty o

VOA标准英语2010年-Soldiers Topple Niger's President

Coup spokesman says action was taken to end the country's tense political situation following an August referendum expand President Tandja's powers and gave him another three years in office Scott Stearns | Dakar 18 February 2010 Soldiers stand guard

VOA标准英语2010年-French Foreign Legion Training Ugandan

More than 1,700 Ugandan Army troops scheduled to take part in peacekeeping operations in Somalia recently completed a training course taught by French Foreign Legion instructors. In Singo County, Uganda, the instructors are finding that turning the U