VOA标准英语2010年-Kremlin Calls for Major Russian Police

President Medvedev says he has ordered drastic cuts in the Interior Ministry as part of efforts to reform the nation's widely criticized police force. Medvedev said Thursday he had ordered to halve the number of personnel in the ministry's head offic

VOA标准英语2010年-NATO Says 30 Days Needed to Secure Mar

US Marines with NATO forces keep vigil as Marines and Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers setup a joint military base in north of Marjah, city of Helmand province, 18 Feb 2010 A top NATO commander in southern Afghanistan said Thursday that allied tro

VOA标准英语2010年-Yanukovych Victory in Ukraine Still a

Doug Levine | Washington 18 February 2010 The release of the original We Are The World on March 7, 1985 was an instant success. It became the fastest-selling U.S. pop single of all-time, and by the end of the decade, was the best-selling single of th

VOA标准英语2010年-British Charities Launch Campaign Advo

A group of British charities has teamed up with British film actor Bill Nighy and producer Richard Curtis to campaign for what they call a new deal between banks and society. They want to put a .05 percent tax on financial transactions between banks

VOA标准英语2010年-Israel In Firestorm as Fingers Point t

A hotel security camera shows men in tennis outfits following Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh into his hotel room Israel's ambassador to Britain has been asked to explain how some members of a hit squad that killed a Hamas commander in a Dubai hot

VOA标准英语2010年-US Policy Appears to Single Out Arab,

Critics say new airport rules could be discriminatory Mohamed Elshinnawi | Washington, DC 18 February 2010 There are a whole lot of things that could be done without sacrificing people's privacy, without - however inadvertently - sending a message th

VOA标准英语2010年-Nominees Say Oscar Night a Hollywood C

James Cameron, an Academy Award nominee for Best Director for 'Avatar,' gestures for photographers at the Academy Awards Nominees luncheon in Beverly Hills, California, 15 Feb 2010 Hollywood is gearing up for the Academy Awards, also known as the Osc

VOA标准英语2010年-'The Oath' Tells Story of Two Brothers

Haunting documentary explores devastating encounter Penelope Poulou 18 February 2010 The Oath, a documentary by filmmaker Laura Poitras, opens a window into the world of al-Qaida, Osama Bin Laden, the detention center at Guantanamo Bay and the image

VOA标准英语2010年-Martin Luther King's Final Campaign Re

Community leaders say Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s final campaign to bring about social justice won't be forgotten. One of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final campaigns was to support striking sanitation workers who wanted higher wages and union repr

VOA标准英语2010年-Philadelphia Foreclosure Prevention Pr

Homeowners facing foreclosure come to a courthouse in hopes to renegotiate their mortgages When the U.S. economy fell into recession two years ago, millions of Americans began defaulting on their home mortgages, leaving many cities with neighborhoods

VOA标准英语2010年-'Honest Tea' Helping Pave Way for Heal

Today there are a number of bottled drinks on the market in the United States that are considered healthy. But that wasn't the case 10 or so years ago, when a company called Honest Tea created the first healthier bottled tea. The firm was co-founded

VOA标准英语2010年-Sierra Leone Hopes to Become Africa's

Sierra Leone hopes to become Africa's biggest exporter of iron ore with the opening of a new mine in the central Tonkolili district. Geologists say the new mine holds more then five billion tons of iron ore. Before mining can begin at Tonkolili, geol

VOA标准英语2010年-Winter Olympic Souvenirs Sell Out Fast

One of Vancouver's biggest attractions is shopping at the Hudson's Bay company store. The only official Vancouver Olympic store. In downtown Vancouver, one of the biggest attractions is not an Olympic venue - it's a department store. The Hudson's Bay

VOA标准英语2010年-Olympic Cauldron Controversy Resolved

Vancouver Winter Games officials have made some major changes to the viewing area by the Olympic cauldron that sits on a downtown waterfront plaza. The changes came after a huge public outcry. An unsightly tall, chain-link fence some 50 meters from t

VOA标准英语2010年-India Assures International Athletes o

A security guard looks on at the Major Dhyanchand hockey stadium, in New Delhi, India, 24 Jan 2010. The revamped Major Dhyanchand National Stadium is the first among the Commonwealth Games venues to be opened and will host the hockey World Cup from 2

VOA标准英语2010年-International Space Station Now Has Ne

Africa's Sahara Desert, as seen from the International Space Station's new seven-windowed cupola Crew members of the U.S. space shuttle Endeavour opened the shutters on the International Space Station's new observation deck Wednesday, revealing a spe

VOA标准英语2010年-Obama Confronts US Debt as More Americ

President Barack Obama announced a bipartisan commission on Thursday to tackle mounting U.S. federal budget deficits that economists say imperil the nation's economic future. The president acted to correct America's long term fiscal imbalances while

VOA标准英语2010年-Proposed Agricultural Deal Carries Ris

Puth La, 62, an ethnic minority Suy woman, standing next to a digger that villagers say is being used by a Singaporean company to destroy thousands of hectares of land they claim as their own in the province of Kampong Speu, south-west of the capital

VOA标准英语2010年-Watchdog Urges AU to Focus on Human Ri

if there is sufficient political will within the organ, the African Union can have significant impact on the continent and can have significant impact in ending conflict and ensuring that human rights are respected. - Amnesty International's Noel Kut

VOA标准英语2010年-Iran Marks Anniversary of Islamic Revo

Iran is starting 11 days of celebrations to mark the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. Around the country, Iranians paused at 9:33 in the morning to remember the day that the revolution's leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, returned from a