VOA标准英语2011--Tabloid to Close as British Hacking Scan

Tabloid to Close as British Hacking Scandal Widens The News of the World phone-hacking scandal in Britain has claimed its latest victim - the newspaper itself. News International, the parent company of the newspaper owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoc

VOA标准英语2011--Third Great Migration Might be in Progre

Third Great Migration Might be in Progress In the early 20th Century, more than two million African-Americans left their homes and small farms in the South and moved to northern industrial cities to escape overt racism and search for better work and

VOA标准英语2011--Drug War in Mexico Raises Human Rights C

Drug War in Mexico Raises Human Rights Concerns The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, is concluding a weeklong visit to Mexico, where she expressed concern over abuse of citizens by police and soldiers fighting organized crime gro

VOA标准英语2011--Artist Inspired by Final Space Shuttle L

Artist Inspired by Final Space Shuttle Launch Standing on the grounds of Kennedy Space Center, facing the launch pad as a space shuttle lifts off, is an experience that defies words. Friday's historic launch of Atlantis marks the beginning of the end

VOA标准英语2011--Tens of Thousands Jam Cairo's Main Squar

Tens of Thousands Jam Cairo's Main Square Demanding Reforms Tens of thousands of Egyptians gathered Friday in Cairo's Tahrir Square and several other towns to call for faster reforms and to protest this week's jail release of police officers and form

VOA标准英语2011--Some Fatty Foods Trigger Natural High

Some Fatty Foods Trigger Natural High Ever wonder why foods that are bad for you - such as fat-laced potato chips and French fries - taste so good? It turns out they follow the same pleasure-inducing biochemical pathways through the body as marijuana

VOA标准英语2011--Latest Billy Ray Cyrus Album Salutes US

Latest Billy Ray Cyrus Album Salutes US Troops Throughout his two-decade career, Country singer Billy Ray Cyrus has honored U.S. soldiers with his music. I'm American, is his latest patriotic salute to our troops. Billy Ray Cyrus says the inspiration

VOA标准英语2011--AIDS Drugs Offer Hope of Normal Lifespan

AIDS Drugs Offer Hope of Normal Lifespan in Africa Over the last 30 years life expectancy rates in Africa plummeted, as HIV/AIDS claimed millions of lives. But a new study says antiretroviral drug treatment can dramatically reverse that trend. Profes

VOA标准英语2011--Small Electric Jolts Reset Heart Rhythm

Small Electric Jolts Reset Heart Rhythm in Animals For decades, a powerful electric shock has been a standard way to treat someone whose heart has stopped. But a new study suggests normal heart rhythm can also be restored through a rapid series of sa

VOA标准英语2011--New Procedure Could Get More TB Patients

New Procedure Could Get More TB Patients Treated An international team of researchers has found that revised protocols for diagnosing tuberculosis may be more user-friendly for patients and help bring more people into treatment, especially in poorer

VOA标准英语2011--HIV/AIDS ‘Treatment as Prevention' a T

HIV/AIDS Treatment as Prevention' a Top Priority A top AIDS expert says the best way to control the epidemic is to use antiretroviral drugs as a prevention tool. The treatment as prevention strategy will be highlighted at next week's AIDS conference

VOA标准英语2011--Scientists Closer to Developing Meningit

Scientists Closer to Developing Meningitis Vaccine Scientists may be on track to develop a vaccine for the most common strain of meningitis, which has so far resisted an effective vaccine. Meningitis is a serious disease caused by an inflammation of

VOA标准英语2011--US Offers Full US Support for Greek Econ

US Offers Full US Support for Greek Economic Recovery Plan Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the United States unequivocally supports the economic recovery plan of Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou. Clinton held talks with top Greek offici

VOA标准英语2011--Jerusalem, Part 1: Why It Matters to Jew

Jerusalem, Part 1: Why It Matters to Jews State-of-the-art trains crisscross the ancient landscape, their sound and their presence serving as reminders of why Israelis and Palestinians struggle for control of Jerusalem. For Israelis, the train is a s

VOA标准英语2011--Online Video Service Targets Infants

Online Video Service Targets Infants These days it seems like American television and videos have us in their clutches from cradle to grave. On the grave side, the Home Box Office cable-TV show Six Feet Under, about a family-owned funeral home, ran f

VOA标准英语2011--Duo Civil Wars Releases Debut Album

Duo Civil Wars Releases Debut Album While Joy Williams and John Paul White of the Civil Wars may sound like they're in love when singing some of the songs on their debut, the pair is not in a romantic partnership, just a musical one. The duo recently

VOA标准英语2011--Book Chronicles Men's Evolution from Bre

Book Chronicles Men's Evolution from Bread-Winners to Bread-Bakers With many mothers working outside the home, more fathers - such as New Yorker editor and cartoonist John Donohue - are cooking for their families. Donohue wanted to chronicle men's ro

VOA标准英语2011--In 'A Better Life', Illegal Immigrant Fi

In 'A Better Life', Illegal Immigrant Finds Land of Dreams Can Be Cruel Director Chris Weitz had a global hit with the second film of the Twilight saga. Now he has left behind the world of vampires and is telling a real world story of an illegal immi

VOA标准英语2011--WNBA is Woman's World, Guided by Men

WNBA is Woman's World, Guided by Men We Got Game. That's what the Women's National Basketball Association - or WNBA - promised when the league was formed in 1996. It set out to prove that women play an exciting, team-oriented game - albeit with fewer

VOA标准英语2011--Guinea's President Calls for Calm After

Guinea's President Calls for Calm After Assassination Attempt Guinea's president is calling for calm following an overnight attack on his home in a suburb of the capital, Conakry. Soldiers are out in force in Guinea's capital following a nearly two-h