VOA标准英语2010-Catholics Celebrate Easter, Among Church

This is the heartland of Roman Catholicism. The Church has more than one billion followers worldwide. But now the Vatican is besieged by allegations of sexual abuse and of a cover up by senior clergy as well as questions about Pope Benedict XVI and h

VOA标准英语2010-Russian President Confronts Islamic Funda

Russian President Dmitri Medvedev (R) and officials observe a minute of silence for victims of this week's suicide bombings, in Mahachkala, the capital of Dagestan, a province in Russia's volatile North Caucasus, 01 April 2010 President Dmitri Medved

VOA标准英语2010-Pilgrims Converge on Jerusalem as Passove

Covered in prayer shawls, ultra-orthodox Jewish men of the Cohanim Priestly caste participate in a blessing during the Jewish holiday of Passover at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Jerusalem's Old City, 1 Apr 2010 Jewish and Christian pi

VOA标准英语2010-Robots Kick Up Some Fun at Annual Tech Co

Hundreds of American high school students design and build robots that can score soccer goals Julie Taboh | Washington, DC 01 April 2010 Nathan Hicks, (left) FIRST competitor, with his mentor, Stewart Ocheltree, expects to return again next year, win

VOA标准英语2010-Experience Hubble's Amazing View of the C

Film offers first glimpse of space telescope's breathtaking deep space images in IMAX 3D Penelope Poulou | Washington, DC 01 April 2010 Astronaut John Grunsfeld is positioned on a foot restraint on the end of Atlantis' remote manipulator system and a

VOA标准英语2010-Former Drug User Turns to Soccer to Comba

Sara Schonhardt | Jakarta 01 April 2010 Ginan Koesmayadi, HIV advocate, soccer coach Because drug users often engage in dangerous behaviors like sharing dirty needles, they are at more risk of becoming infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. M

VOA标准英语2010-Thousands of Pilgrims Join Good Friday Pr

Christians around the world are observing Good Friday, marking the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Robert Berger | Jerusalem 02 April 2010 Christians pilgrims hold wooden crosses as they walk past a Jewish man wearing a prayer shawl through Jerusalem's

VOA标准英语2010-Suicide Attacks Kill 45 in Pakistan

The United States has condemned the attack. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the White House is greatly concerned by the attack. Ayaz Gul | Islamabad 05 April 2010 Pakistani volunteers push a stretcher carrying an injured paramilitary so

VOA标准英语2010-Obama, Medvedev To Sign New Arms Pact

President Barack Obama talks with President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia following the G-20 Summit Leaders working dinner at the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 24, 2009. U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian Presid

VOA标准英语2010-Key US Senator Warns of Potential for Dom

Senator Joseph Lieberman, right, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, 11 Feb. 2010 (file photo) The Chairman of the U.S. Senate Homeland Security Committee says extreme partisan anger on the left and right is increasing th

VOA标准英语2010-Three Massive Bombs Rock Baghdad, at Leas

Elizabeth Arrott | Cairo 04 April 2010 Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a car bomb attack near the Iranian Embassy, seen in the background, in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, April 4, 2010 Iraqi authorities say at least 41 people have been killed in

VOA标准英语2010-Help Falls Short for Haiti's Farmers

Watch: Steve Baragona's video report Windows Media Many who lost tools, seeds wait for help Steve Baragona | Petit Guauve, Haiti 02 April 2010 Farmers near Petit Guave, Haiti prepare the soil for planting. I'm waiting for God's help. We will find oth

VOA标准英语2010-What Does it Mean to be Human?

Smithsonian Museum opens new window on human origins Rosanne Skirble | Washington, DC 02 April 2010 Photo: Chip Clark, Jim DiLoreto, Don Hurlbert, Smithsonian Institution Five fossil human skulls show how the shape of the face and braincase of early

VOA标准英语2010-Obama Prepares to Open Nuclear Summit, Me

Dan Robinson | White House 11 April 2010 President Barack Obama walks to Blair House for a series of one-on-one meetings with some of the leaders attending the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, Sunday, April 11, 2010, with Secretary of State Hil

VOA标准英语2010-America's Civil Rights Legends Honored at

Photo: National Portrait Gallery-Smithsonian Institution In this wooden sculpture by Marshall D. Rumbaugh, Rosa Parks is held by two policemen. Parks was arrested after refusing to give up her seat to a white male bus rider in Montgomery, Alabama. On

VOA标准英语2010-Our World — 10 April 2010

VOA's weekly science and technology radio magazine Art Chimes | Washington, DC 09 April 2010 Related Links Space Shuttle (NASA) Counterfeit drugs (Nature Medicine) Climate's Influence on Human Evolution (NRC) Fossil finger (Nature) Library of Congres

VOA标准英语2010-High Costs Drive Americans Overseas for M

Travelers take a vacation from high prices by having medical procedures performed abroad at a fraction of the price Jan Sluizer | San Francisco, California 08 April 2010 John Freeman paid $18,000 for a heart procedure in Turkey that he says would hav

VOA标准英语2010-Climate Changes Appear to Coincide with H

U.S. National Research Council calls for more exploration Rosanne Skirble | Washington, DC 08 April 2010 Photo: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Rick Potts has led excavations at early human sites in the East African Rift Valley, and cu

VOA标准英语2010-'Warehoused' Refugee Builds New Life in U

Laurel Bowman | Washington 08 April 2010 The United States resettles the largest number of refugees worldwide, allowing roughly 70,000 to enter the U.S. each year. Currently, large numbers of Bhutanese refugees, who lived for decades in camps in Nepa

VOA标准英语2010-Underwater Parks Preserve Pristine Califo

Protected marine sanctuaries lure divers, scientists Rachel Abrams | Point Lobos, California 06 April 2010 Point Lobos State Reserve is a sanctuary for thousands of sea and shorebirds. Related Links: Point Lobos State Natural Reserve Edward Weston ph