VOA标准英语2010-Former Director of Iraq National Museum R

For three days in April 2003 looters rampaged in the store rooms and galleries of Iraq's National Museum, making off with some 15,000 priceless objects. Art historians call it the desecration of civilization. Seven years ago, in the chaos that follow

VOA标准英语2010-Russia Seeks to Eliminate North Caucasus

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said it is a matter of honor for law enforcement agencies to dredge the militants out of sewer and to bring them into God's daylight. Peter Fedynsky | Moscow 31 March 2010 Cars damaged in an explosion are seen in

VOA标准英语2010-Caesarean Deliveries at All-Time High in

Vidushi Sinha | Washington 31 March 2010 Dr. Mutahar Fauzia (L) uses an ultrasound machine to check on the development of Laiqa Ahmed's unborn child Newly released data by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show an alarming incre

VOA标准英语2010-In Florida, the Cigar Trade is On a Roll

woman began wrapping tobacco leaves into cigars when she was 16. In her prime, she could produce 400 hand-rolled cigars a day. If cigars are your thing, you need to check out the city of Tampa, on Florida's west coast, along the Gulf of Mexico. Tampa

VOA标准英语2010-Sinking Island Highlights Effects of Clim

Documentaries explore lives in a warmer world Rosanne Skirble | Washington, DC 14 April 2010 This man ponders his fate as he looks out to Huene, an island in the Carteret bisected by the sea 20 years ago. Related Links Pulitzer Center for Crisis Repo

VOA标准英语2010-Nurse, I Need a Reality Check

Hollywood shapes many perceptions of medical professionals but that's a problem for real-life nurses Faiza Elmasry | Baltimore, Maryland 14 April 2010 Showtime's 'Nurse Jackie' is one TV drama that a nurse advocacy group feels presents an accurate im

VOA标准英语2010-Americans Rush to Pay Federal Income Tax

April 15 deadline looms Adam Phillips | New York 14 April 2010 Americans fill out forms at an Internal Revenue Service office in 1920, seven years after the personal income tax was introduced. Related Links NYU Stern School of Business Professor Rich

VOA标准英语2010-President Obama Calls Nuclear Security Su

President Barack Obama at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, 13 Apr 2010 President Barack Obama says the nuclear security summit in Washington earlier this week represented a day of great progress and part of a larger effort to rid the world

VOA标准英语2010-US Senators Consider Options on Iran

Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns (l) accompanied by Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Marine Gen. James Cartwright, center, and Lt. Gen. Ronald Burgess, head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washin

VOA标准英语2010-US General: Civilian Casualties Hurt US,

Laurel Bowman | US General: Civilian Casualties Hurt US, NATO Mission in Afghanistan 15 April 2010 Bullet holes in window of a civilian bus The commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East and Central Asia, General David Petraeus, says civilian casual

VOA标准英语2010-Kyrgyz Business Demanding Honest Governme

Peter Fedynsky | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 15 April 2010 Last week's revolt in Kyrgyzstan against the regime of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev sparked a wave of looting that has shaken businesses and undermined investor confidence. Armed criminal gangs were a

VOA标准英语2010-Top British Politicians to Debate on TV

Analysts say this is the closest election in Britain in decades, so television viewers might be watching not only for who wins the debates, but also for leaders who can work together in a possible coalition government. Jennifer Glasse | London 15 Apr

VOA标准英语2010-Obama Lays Out Plan for US Space Program

President Barack Obama on Thursday set out his plan for the future of the U.S. space agency NASA. His vision includes an eventual manned flight to Mars, although not as soon as many Americans had hoped. The president went to Florida's Kennedy Space C

VOA标准英语2010-Veteran Astronauts Oppose President Obama

Veteran NASA astronauts gathered in Chicago to mark the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission. Despite a catastrophic explosion in 1970, Astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert safely returned to Earth. The Adler Planetarium's anniver

VOA标准英语2010-Anti-Tax Tea Party Tour Comes to Washingt

The grassroots cause known as the Tea Party movement has brought its demands for lower taxes and smaller government to Washington. The Tea Party rally in Washington was the final stop on a nearly three-week national tour. After stops in 48 cities in

VOA标准英语2010-Leading from Behind

Lessons in life and leadership from Nelson Mandela Faiza Elmasry | Washington, DC 15 April 2010 TIME magazine editor Richard Stengel came to know Nelson Mandela as a leader, a freedom fighter and a man. Richard Stengel considers Nelson Mandela anti-a

VOA标准英语2010-Indonesian Village Tours Help Small Indus

In villages still recovering from an earthquake four years ago, the International Organization for Migration is helping promote small businesses and trying to build wider support for the effort in villages like Kebon. Sara Schonhardt | Kebon, Indones

VOA标准英语2010-Millions of Hindus Take Holy Dip in River

A Hindu holy man, waves the Indian national flag as he takes a holy dip in the River Ganges, holy to Hindus, during the main Royal Bath at the Kumbh Mela festival in Haridwar, India, 14 Apr 2010 In the northern Indian town, Haridwar, millions of Hind

VOA标准英语2010-Kyrgyzstan Searches for Peaceful Transfer

Kyrgyzstan's interim government leader Roza Otunbayeva speaks to the media in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 12 Apr 2010 Kyrgyzstan is being run by an interim government, following last week's bloody uprising against President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. The country is

VOA标准英语2010-Pakistan Uses Multi-Pronged Approach to K

This 29 Mar 2010 file photo from Lahore, Pakistan shows a poster of Pakistani nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan, glorified by many of his countrymen, but reviled by Western governments As the two-day nuclear summit ends Tuesday in Washington, foreign leade