VOA标准英语2011-African Leaders Seek Resolution to Ivory

African leaders are in Abidjan for more talks with Ivory Coast's rival presidents. The country's political crisis has sent thousands of refugees into Liberia. Leaders met with defiant Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo Monday, offering him an amnes

VOA标准英语2011-Expert: China Looking Toward Economic Inn

As its economy expands, the Chinese government has set out to push the country towards innovation. As VOA reported last year, companies building or processing goods in China have already begun moving inland and away from the coasts because of rising

VOA标准英语2011-Pakistani Governor Killed in Islamabad Sh

The governor of Pakistan's Punjab Province has been assassinated, allegedly by one of his security guards in Islamabad. Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik says the slain governor, Salman Taseer, was returning to his car after visiting a shoppin

VOA标准英语2011-Climate Change Impacts India's Tea-Growin

In India's main tea-growing region, scientists say tea production is being impacted by climate change. India produces nearly one third of the world's tea. The rolling Himalayan hills in India's northeastern state, Assam, are carpeted with lush tea bu

VOA标准英语2011-Watch's Deadly Glow Recalls Worker Traged

Today the U.S. government keeps an eye on health and safety in the workplace. But that wasn't always the case. Americans workers can thank a little-known factory worker for sparking the sweeping changes that now protect them on the job. Worker traged

VOA标准英语2011-ZANU-PF Military Forces Farmers to Attend

Although Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party seems to have accepted, in public at least, that elections are not possible before year end, many new black farmers north of the capital were told Tuesday by senior army personnel there would

VOA标准英语2011-US Confident of Successful Referendum Vot

The Obama administration's chief Africa diplomat said Wednesday he believes the independence referendum in southern Sudan, beginning Sunday, will be peaceful and successful. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson is promising

VOA标准英语2011-Number of Haitians Living in Displacement

The International Organization for Migration reports a significant drop in the number of Haitians living in displacement camps. IOM reports for the first time since the catastrophic earthquake struck a year ago, the camp population in Haiti has gone

VOA标准英语2011-Obama to Speak at Arizona Memorial Servic

President Barack Obama will go to Tucson, Arizona, Wednesday to speak at a memorial service for those killed in Saturday's shootings. The president will try to help the nation deal with the rampage, which left six people dead and a U.S. congresswoman

VOA标准英语2011-Basque's ETA Announces Permanent Ceasefir

The Basque separatist group ETA has declared a permanent ceasefire. The group has waged a violent campaign to form an independent state in northern Spain and southwest France. A video posted on the website of Basque newspaper Gara shows masked people

VOA标准英语2011-France Blames Al-Qaida for Killings of Fr

French Defense Minister Alain Juppe traveled Monday to the West African nation of Niger for talks with authorities following the killing of two French hostages. The incident underscores growing concern that France is a key target of Islamist extremis

VOA标准英语2011-New Research Focuses on Genetic Clues to

New medical research into a possible cure for Parkinson's disease is focusing on finding biomarkers in patients so that doctors can start treatment early before tremors and other symptoms start. Actor Michael J. Fox's recent commitment of $40 million

VOA标准英语2011-Liberia Green Lights Camp to Shelter Ivor

Liberia's government has given the go-ahead to build a refugee camp for the 22,000 Ivorians who have already fled the violent, political crisis in Ivory Coast. The head of the Liberia Refugee Repatriation and Resettlement Commission says the country

VOA标准英语2011-New Book Explores Secret Ancient History

Rock and roll evolved in the United States and gained popularity in the post World War II era. However, a new book by Christopher Knowles proposes that this genre of music is part of the wider human story, dating back to ancient cultures, 2,000, 4,00

VOA标准英语2011-Voting Continues in South Sudanese Refere

Southern Sudanese officials say at least 30 people have died in clashes along the border with northern Sudan as the second day concluded in the region's week-long referendum on independence. Election officials say voter turnout was 20 percent on Sund

VOA标准英语2011-Will Washington, Moscow Discuss Short-Ran

The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty recently ratified by the U.S. Senate deals only with long-range nuclear weapons. Tactical nuclear weapons are often every bit as lethal as the strategic nuclear warheads, but they are designed to be delivered o

VOA标准英语2011-US Lawmaker Remains in Critical Condition

A U.S. Congresswoman is in critical condition and six people are dead after a gunman opened fire in an Arizona parking lot where Representative Gabrielle Giffords was meeting with constituents. The dead include a federal judge. More than a dozen peop

VOA标准英语2011-Obama: Tax Cuts Compromise to Help Grow U

U.S. President Barack Obama used his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday to outline the benefits of a tax cut package he signed into law in December. President Obama says the tax cut compromise reached with Republicans will help grow the U.S.

VOA标准英语2011-Living Life Fueled by Power of Courage

Whether it is losing a loved one or a job, facing foreclosure or serious illness, people need courage to face what life throws in their path on a daily basis. To explore what courage is and how it can help people transform their lives, authors Nina L

VOA标准英语2011-Ivory Coast Incumbent President Rejects C

The government of Ivory Coast's incumbent president is rejecting calls for more U.N. peacekeepers, saying the entire force should leave the country because it is violating its neutrality. The head of U.N. peacekeeping wants as many as 2,000 additiona