VOA标准英语2011--'In The Zone' Celebrates Richard Elliot's Musical Roots

'In The Zone' Celebrates Richard Elliot's Musical Roots What goes around comes around for tenor saxophonist Richard Elliot, who marks his 25th year as a solo recording artist with a new album celebrating his musical roots. After reaching the top of t

VOA标准英语2011--Scientists Help US Science Teachers in the Classroom

Scientists Help US Science Teachers in the Classroom Students in the United States in their last year of high school are not performing as well on the same science tests as their peers in many other countries. Educators say there should be more empha

VOA标准英语2011--Urban Farming Grows in Detroit

Urban Farming Grows in Detroit Detroit is a U.S. city that has been hit hard by poverty and dilapidation in recent decades. But its citizens are working on a grassroots strategy to rejuvenate their city with urban farming. Urban farms and gardens are

VOA标准英语2011--Haiti's Cholera Epidemic Not Waning;Vaccination to Begin

Haiti's Cholera Epidemic Not Waning;Vaccination to Begin The United States' most prominent public health agency is calling the cholera epidemic in Haiti the worst cholera outbreak in recent history. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

VOA标准英语2011--Nigeria Moving to Confront Boko Haram Terrorism

Nigeria Moving to Confront Boko Haram Terrorism Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan says the military is moving to fight and defeat what he calls the evil of the militant Islamist sect Boko Haram. The sect is being blamed for more than 100 deaths a

VOA标准英语2011--Plantation Schools Offer Hope for Malaysia's Stateless Children

Plantation Schools Offer Hope for Malaysia's Stateless Children Sabah, a Malaysian state of great beauty and natural resources on the island of Borneo, is home to a vast population of immigrant labor - both legal and illegal. Tens of thousands of chi

VOA标准英语2011--Deaths Rise as Outlawed Kurdish Guerrillas Continue Fight

Deaths Rise as Outlawed Kurdish Guerrillas Continue Fight The Kurds are the worlds largest ethnic minority without a nation of its own. Less than 20 percent live in northern Iraq where they have achieved regional autonomy. But others are still fighti

VOA标准英语2011--Diabetes in Lab Mice Reversed with Natural Compound

Diabetes in Lab Mice Reversed with Natural Compound The International Diabetes Federation has released data (this week) that indicates the number of people living with diabetes around the world will likely rise from 366 million to 552 million by 2030

VOA标准英语2011--Financial Crisis Hits NATO Funding

Financial Crisis Hits NATO Funding Europes economic problems are making it even more difficult for the continents governments to fund often unpopular defense programs. That is threatening to hurt the NATO alliances efforts to upgrade its capabilities

VOA标准英语2011--Ethiopia to Host 16th International Conference on HIV/AIDS

Ethiopia to Host 16th International Conference on HIV/AIDS The Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, is making final preparations to host the 16th international conference on HIV/AIDS in Africa. The conference will bring together more than 7,000 delegates,

VOA标准英语2011--Haiti's First Lady Champions Social Causes

Haiti's First Lady Champions Social Causes Sophia Martelly, the wife of Haiti's new president, Michel Martelly, is juggling the care of four children and a change of lifestyle from when she was simply the wife of a popular musician, her husband's pre

VOA标准英语2011--Massive Gas Fields Discovered Off Mozambique

Massive Gas Fields Discovered Off Mozambique International energy companies say they have discovered potentially massive natural gas fields off the coast of Mozambique. The Italian energy firm ENI last month announced two major finds in the Mamba Sou

VOA标准英语2011--Study Says Tobacco Smoking Fuels TB Epidemic

Study Says Tobacco Smoking Fuels TB Epidemic A recent report from the World Health Organization noted that for the first time, the number of people falling ill and dying from tuberculosis is declining. But with nearly one fifth of the world's populat

VOA标准英语2011--Asia Pacific Leaders to Tackle Free Trade, Tariffs

Asia Pacific Leaders to Tackle Free Trade, Tariffs Senior officials from 21 countries are meeting in Hawaii this week for the annual summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, or APEC. This year's host, President Barack Obama, will meet w

VOA标准英语2011--Minority Groups Show Solidarity With 'Occupy' Protest Movement

Minority Groups Show Solidarity With 'Occupy' Protest Movement Hundreds of African Americans and Hispanics marched the nearly 18-kilometer length of Manhattan on Monday, to show solidarity with New York's Occupy Wall Street protest. Although the Occu

VOA标准英语2011--Farmers Urged to Throw Plow Away

Farmers Urged to Throw Plow Away Since the dawn of agriculture, tilling the soil has been fundamental to farming. But today, experts say this age-old practice may do more harm than good, at least in some places. That's why they've been telling farmer

VOA标准英语2011--Vote Pushes Italian PM Toward Resignation

Vote Pushes Italian PM Toward Resignation Italy, the world's seventh largest economy, is emerging as a new threat to the stability of the 17-country single currency zone. On Tuesday, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano announced that Prime Minister

VOA标准英语2011--US, China, Russia to Join Asian Leaders For Summit in Bali

US, China, Russia to Join Asian Leaders For Summit in Bali Next week (November 14-19), leaders from 18 nations will gather on the Indonesian island of Bali for the sixth annual East Asia summit. The regional economic and security forum has steadily g

VOA标准英语2011--Advocacy Group Praises Clinton AIDS Remarks

Advocacy Group Praises Clinton AIDS Remarks Advocacy groups are praising Secretary of State Hillary Clintons comments that an AIDS-free generation is within reach. Mrs. Clinton spoke Monday at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Mitchell Warren c

VOA标准英语2011--Proposed Tourism Ban Renews Tiger Welfare Debate in India

Proposed Tourism Ban Renews Tiger Welfare Debate in India India's Supreme Court is examining a proposed measure that could put a large number of tigers off limits to tourists in some of its forest reserves. Tourism advertisements all over India use i