VOA标准英语2011--Report: Africa Not Prepared for Aging Population

Report: Africa Not Prepared for Aging Population A new report says African governments are ill prepared to handle the growing number of people over age 65. The African Development Bank is raising concerns over the lack of health insurance and pension

VOA标准英语2011--Yodeling’s Still Big in Mississippi

Yodelings Still Big in Mississippi In the hot and humid piney woods of the Deep South, youll find a small industrial city that has become a hub for trucks that crisscross the nation. But Meridian, Mississippi - population 40,000 - was once an importa

VOA标准英语2011--Egypt to Form New Government, Military to Transfer Power

Egypt to Form New Government, Military to Transfer Power Egypt's military rulers have agreed to form a new government and promise to transfer power to a civilian body by July. Politicians say the agreement was made during a crisis meeting on Tuesday

VOA标准英语2011--Landmine Report: Record Clearance and Funding

Landmine Report: Record Clearance and Funding The latest report on landmines has both good and bad news. It says governments have provided a record level of funding to remove the weapons. But at the same time the use of antipersonnel mines has increa

VOA标准英语2011--Museum Serves Up Native American-Inspired Feast

Museum Serves Up Native American-Inspired Feast This Thursday, most Americans will gather with loved ones to celebrate Thanksgiving, an annual holiday inspired by a harvest feast held in 1621 in Massachusetts when English colonists and members of the

VOA标准英语2011--Curiosity Rover Bound for Mars

Curiosity Rover Bound for Mars The newest of NASA's Mars rovers is set to launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Saturday, November 26 and reach the Red Planet in August 2012. It's called the Mars Science Laboratory, MSL for short, or 'Curiosity' to

VOA标准英语2011--As Global Deaths Decline, AIDS Research Funding Slips

As Global Deaths Decline, AIDS Research Funding Slips As the United Nations marks World AIDS Day this year (Dec. 1) it is celebrating a major milestone: a drop in the number of AIDS-related deaths around the world. But funding for continued AIDS rese

VOA标准英语2011--Music Diva Kiran Ahluwalia Offers Global Common Ground

Music Diva Kiran Ahluwalia Offers Global Common Ground The India-born Canadian singer Kiran Ahluwalia is known for her ability to combine a wide range of styles in single compositions - from the Indian and Pakistani ghazals of her girlhood, to Celtic

VOA标准英语2011--Bakery Cooks Up a Sweet Future

Bakery Cooks Up a Sweet Future Step inside the kitchen of Sunflower Bakery and youll notice the typical sights, sounds and smells of a professional kitchen in action. But there is one thing that sets this bakery apart from others in the area: its spe

VOA标准英语2011--Americans Reflect on Thanksgiving Blessings

Americans Reflect on Thanksgiving Blessings Thursday, Nov. 24, is Thanksgiving Day in America, a day set aside both for good eating and for gratitude. On an unseasonably warm day in New Yorks Foley Square, Mone and her two young daughters, Jasiyah an

VOA标准英语2011--Violence, Uncertainty in Egypt Could Affect US Policy

Violence, Uncertainty in Egypt Could Affect US Policy Egypt's military rulers have now agreed to form a new government and promise to transfer power to a civilian body by July. But tens of thousands of protesters want an immediate end to military rul

VOA标准英语2011--Students Debate US Budget Through Online Game

Students Debate US Budget Through Online Game As a special congressional committee in Washington has been wrestling with ways to reduce the US budget deficit, students in Los Angeles and other American cities have also been tackling the problem. They

VOA标准英语2011--Election Politics Threatens to Derail Deficit Committee

Election Politics Threatens to Derail Deficit Committee In Washington, the congressional supercommittee appears on the verge of failure as it nears a Wednesday deadline to cut the country's $15-trillion debt by at least $1.2 trillion over the next 10

VOA标准英语2011--Kennedy Assassination Transformed US Secret Service

Kennedy Assassination Transformed US Secret Service The assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, 48 years ago, stunned the world. It was the first time since 1901- when President William McKinley was killed - that a U.S. presi

VOA标准英语2011--Secret Service Agents Open Up About Kennedy Assassination

Secret Service Agents Open Up About Kennedy Assassination President John F. Kennedys trip to Dallas on November 22, 1963 was intended to boost support in Texas for his 1964 re-election campaign. An assassins bullet ended his life, however, remaining

VOA标准英语2011--Libyan Military Captures Gadhafi's Fugitive Son

Libyan Military Captures Gadhafi's Fugitive Son A Libyan revolutionary militia commander from the town of Zintan announced Saturday that Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of the late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, was captured alive in southern Libya, near

VOA标准英语2011--Kenya Military Asks Aid Agencies to Return to Somalia's South

Kenya Military Asks Aid Agencies to Return to Somalia's South The Kenyan military says it has secured more areas of southern Somalia and is urging aid agencies to come back to the country to help those in need. Kenya's Foreign Ministry says it is als

VOA标准英语2011--US Congressional 'Supercommittee' Faces Deadline on Budget Deal

US Congressional 'Supercommittee' Faces Deadline on Budget Deal The battle over how to reduce the United States' $15 trillion debt is now being debated by a bipartisan congressional supercommittee. With a deadline for agreement just days away, the sa

VOA标准英语2011--Death Row Exonerated Seek End to Death Penalty in US

Death Row Exonerated Seek End to Death Penalty in US A new Gallup Poll shows that support for the death penalty in the United States remains high, but down to 61 percent from 80 percent in 1994. Part of the reason is the possibility of innocent inmat

VOA标准英语2011--Supercommittee Failure to Rein In US Debt Threatens Global Recovery

Supercommittee Failure to Rein In US Debt Threatens Global Recovery A so-called U.S. Congressional supercommittee has less than one week before a deficit-cutting deadline on November 23. Some economists say the prospects for success are poor while ot