VOA标准英语2012--Crime and Illegal Guns in New York

Crime and Illegal Guns in New York Honors for a New York City police officer, one of eight shot with an illegal weapon over the past four months. This public outpouring was for an officer, killed while responding to a robbery last December. Mayor Mic

VOA标准英语2012--Better Treatment for HIV-Positive Pregnant Women

Better Treatment for HIV-Positive Pregnant Women The World Health Organization recently issued new guidelines to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV. The recommendations include getting more women on treatment sooner and staying on it for lif

VOA标准英语2012--US Hiring Slows in March But Unemployment Rate Dips

US Hiring Slows in March But Unemployment Rate Dips American companies hired fewer workers in March but the nation's unemployment rate dipped slightly lower to 8.2 percent. Economists say that's because fewer people looked for work. Despite the slowd

VOA标准英语2012--Kachin Rebels Live in Limbo as War with Burma Drags On

Kachin Rebels Live in Limbo as War with Burma Drags On Four hundred Kachin refugees get regular donations of food and other aid at a Catholic-run camp. The youngest were born while in the camp, enlarging families that fled fighting between the Burmes

VOA标准英语2012--Online Funeral Services Grow in Popularity

Online Funeral Services Grow in Popularity These days a lot of people say they live on the Web - checking sports scores, reading online newspapers, downloading music and videos, and so forth. Now, people are also dying on the Web. At least their fune

VOA标准英语2012--Japan Heightens Military Alert for North Korean 'Space Launch'

Japan Heightens Military Alert for North Korean 'Space Launch' It is perhaps the highest state of readiness for Japan's military since World War II. The country has deployed naval ships equipped with interceptor missiles and set up missile defenses o

VOA标准英语2012--Rethinking the Good Life

Rethinking the Good Life A new report says the global economy that sprang from the industrial revolution may not be suitable for sustainable growth in the 21st Century. The Worldwatch Institute says environmental stress, economic volatility and growi

VOA标准英语2012--'The Lady' Features Michelle Yeoh as Burma's Pro Democracy Leader

'The Lady' Features Michelle Yeoh as Burma's Pro Democracy Leader When Aung San Suu Kyi left her family in England in 1988, she thought it would be a short visit to Burma to care for her ailing mother. Instead, Daw Suu followed in the footsteps of he

VOA标准英语2012--Legalize Drugs, Says Former British Spy Chief

Le galize Drugs, Says Former British Spy Chief Ciudad Juarez on the U.S.-Mexico border - a frontline in the global war on drugs. Mexican authorities recently intercepted this haul of weapons and ammunition, destined for the drug gangs that make this

VOA标准英语2012--Satellite Images Show Oil Pipeline Damage in Heglig

Satellite Images Show Oil Pipeline Damage in Heglig New satellite imagery indicates recent clashes between Sudanese and South Sudanese forces have severely damaged a key oil pipeline. The Satellite Sentinel Project focused its cameras on the disputed

VOA标准英语2012--New Documentary 'Marley' Centers on Reggae Superstar

New Documentary 'Marley' Centers on Reggae Superstar Director Kevin MacDonald starts his film at the source: the ramshackle village house where Bob Marley was born in 1945. With rare glimpses of his formative years and unprecedented interviews with f

VOA标准英语2012--US Supreme Court to Review Immigration Law

US Supreme Court to Review Immigration Law Alhassanne Foungounou plays his guitar and sings of liberation on YouTube. Foungounou requested asylum in the United States when his Tuareg protest songs angered the Niger government. But Foungounou returned

VOA标准英语2012--US Secret Service Maintains Dual Mission - Investigations, Protection

US Secret Service Maintains Dual Mission - Investigations, Protection U.S. Secret Service agents are credited with saving President Ronald Reagan's life during an assassination attempt in 1981. Day in and day out, Secret Service agents and uniformed

VOA标准英语2012--Secret Service Scandal Continues to Shake Washington

Secret Service Scandal Continues to Shake Washington As photos surfaced of one of the Colombian women allegedly involved, other details also have emerged - including the identities of two agents ousted so far from the agency. David Chaney and Greg St

VOA标准英语2012--Florida Man Accused of Killing Unarmed Teenager Released from Jail

Florida Man Accused of Killing Unarmed Teenager Released from Jail George Zimmerman appeared in court not only to seek his release as he awaits trail - he used the opportunity to apologize to the dead boy's parents who attended the proceedings. I wan

VOA标准英语2012--New York Draws on Sun's Energy

New York Draws on Sun's Energy New York City has long been known as a place of grit and grime. But Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants the Big Apple to be known for its green values and its increasing reliance on clean forms of energy, such as solar power.

VOA标准英语2012--Panetta Reaches Out to Latin American Partners

Panetta Reaches Out to Latin American Partners It is a region that is often out of U.S. headlines. But now, the worry that drug and human smuggling networks in the area may turn into a terrorist corridor is driving U.S. leaders to point their attenti

VOA标准英语2012--More Malians Flee to Mauritania

More Malians Flee to Mauritania Theres a growing number of Malian refugees in neighboring Mauritania. Most are being taken to a camp about 30 kilometers from the border. However, a medical aid group says theres an increasing demand at the camp for cl

VOA标准英语2012--'One Day on Earth' Delivers Global Message

'One Day on Earth' Delivers Global Message One Day on Earth, a film created by Kyle Ruddick and Brandon Littman, documents one day in the life of humanity from every country on the planet. More than 15,000 people contributed footage from their ethnic

VOA标准英语2012--Search Continues for Victims of Kashmir Avalanche

Search Continues for Victims of Kashmir Avalanche Pakistani soldiers continue to dig, inch-by-inch, in search of 140 colleagues buried under this massive pile of rock. Rescuers using sniffer dogs and life-detection equipment have braved blizzard-like