VOA标准英语2011--Potent Antibodies Offer New AIDS Vaccine

Potent Antibodies Offer New AIDS Vaccine Design Researchers say powerful antibodies may hold clues to developing an effective AIDS vaccine. The antibodies were isolated from individuals already infected with HIV. Dr. Wayne Koff says the goal is to fi

VOA标准英语2011--More Funds Needed to Fight E. Africa Fam

More Funds Needed to Fight E. Africa Famine Music super stars such as Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Justin Bieber are encouraging their fans to donate money for the famine victims in the Horn of Africa region. They're among a list of more than 150 celebriti

VOA标准英语2011--Militants Storm British Council in Afgha

Militants Storm British Council in Afghan Capital in Deadly Attack 英国驻阿富汗文化中心遇袭 Suicide bombers stormed Britain's cultural center in the Afghan capital Friday, triggering hours of fighting that killed at least nine people. 周五

VOA标准英语2011--Georgian TV Beams Russian Language News

Georgian TV Beams Russian Language News to Russia Russia and Georgia have had no diplomatic ties since their war several years ago. Georgians currently are reaching out, however, to their much larger neighbor through a new Russian language TV channel

VOA标准英语2011--Somali Famine Defies Easy Answers

Somali Famine Defies Easy Answers 解决索马里饥荒困难重重 The famine sweeping southern Somalia is posing a painful challenge to humanitarian organizations. Children are dying by the thousands just a few kilometers from warehouses full of em

VOA标准英语2011--Berlin Wall: 28 Years of Confrontation

Berlin Wall: 28 Years of Confrontation On August 13, 1961, the window in the Iron Curtain was shut. In a single night, the border between the two parts of Berlin was closed. Thousands of people were cut off from their families, work, and homes. The B

VOA标准英语2011--Remains of Crashed US Helicopter Still L

Remains of Crashed US Helicopter Still Lie in Mogadishu Somalia, now in the grip of famine, is also remembered as the scene of the Black Hawk Down incident, in which two U.S. helicopters were destroyed and 18 American soldiers killed in 1993. One of

VOA标准英语2011--Fabergé Revealed at Virginia Museum

Faberg Revealed at Virginia Museum People are fascinated by the objects created by Karl Faberg, not just because they are beautiful and crafted from precious metals and jewels, but also because they are associated with the last tsar of Russia, Nichol

VOA标准英语2011--Polar Scientist Charts Melting Caused by

Polar Scientist Charts Melting Caused by Climate Change Michael Gooseff follows water to the end of the earth. The Pennsylvania State University hydrologist works in remote regions of the Arctic and Antarctic, where ice and frozen ground are thawing.

VOA标准英语2011--Mariachi Music Struggles in Downbeat US

Mariachi Music Struggles in Downbeat US Economy The United States has long been seen as the land of opportunity for many Mexicans looking for work, including traditional Mariachi musicians. But the economy has changed that. The effects of the economi

VOA标准英语2011--Republican Presidential Hopefuls Prepare

Republican Presidential Hopefuls Prepare for Iowa Test Vote Republican presidential candidates are giving speeches and greeting voters in the Midwestern state of Iowa in advance of a straw poll, or test vote. The Saturday vote will be an early indica

VOA标准英语2011--Trauma Center Treats Sea Turtles

Trauma Center Treats Sea Turtles This month, on beaches up and down the U.S. East Coast, tens of thousands of newly-hatched loggerhead sea turtles are emerging from the sand and crawling into the Atlantic. Very few of these baby turtles will survive,

VOA标准英语2011--Experts Cite Underlying Causes for UK Ri

Experts Cite Underlying Causes for UK Riots London was largely calm Wednesday, but the rioting that engulfed the British capital for the past four nights has spread to other cities, including Manchester and Birmingham. British Prime Minister David Ca

VOA标准英语2011--New Somali Refugee Camp Set to Open in K

New Somali Refugee Camp Set to Open in Kenya 肯尼亚将为索马里难民开放新的营地 With more than 400,000 Somalis now in Dadaab, Kenya, the opening of a new refugee camp there is welcome news. Somalis begin moving to the Kambioos site Satu

VOA标准英语2011--Frustration Mounts As Somalis Wait for F

Frustration Mounts As Somalis Wait for Famine Relief Humanitarian groups in famine-hit Somalia say thousands are dying while deliveries of desperately needed aid from big international agencies may be weeks, perhaps months away. The delays are adding

VOA标准英语2011--Clinton: Famine Aid Must Prevent Future

Clinton: Famine Aid Must Prevent Future Crises The United States has pledged an additional $17 million to nations in the Horn of Africa coping with severe drought. That includes $12 million for Somalia, where tens of thousands of people have died of

VOA标准英语2011--ONE Campaign Raises Awareness for Somali

ONE Campaign Raises Awareness for Somali Famine More than 12 million people are believed be at risk in the Horn of Africa and the advocacy group ONE wants to raise awareness of the crisis as a first step to action. Kimberly Hunter, the U.S. press sec

VOA标准英语2011--Minnesota Congresswoman Michelle Bachman

Minnesota Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann wins Iowa Straw Poll Fourteen months before voters in the United States will choose a President in the general election, Minnesota Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann, originally from Iowa, won a crucial early te

VOA标准英语2011--UN Human Rights Council Condemns Syria

UN Human Rights Council Condemns Syria The U.N. Human Rights Council has overwhelmingly adopted a resolution condemning Syria for grave and systematic human-rights violations. The resolution also calls for an international investigation into possible

VOA标准英语2011--Indian PM Calls on Anti-Corruption Activ

Indian PM Calls on Anti-Corruption Activist to End Hunger Strike 印度总理呼吁反腐分子停止绝食 India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called on activist Anna Hazare to end his hunger strike being conducted to call for tougher anti-cor