VOA标准英语2012--WFP: Sahel in Urgent Need of Aid

WFP: Sahel in Urgent Need of Aid The U.N. World Food Program said time is running out to prevent the full impact of the food crisis in Africas Sahel region. It said a donor funding shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars could soon affect emerge

VOA标准英语2012--Obama and Romney Locked in Tight Race

Obama and Romney Locked in Tight Race At a New York fundraiser featuring singer Ricky Martin, President Obama's supporters applauded his recent announcement in support of same sex marriage. We have never gone wrong when we expanded rights and respons

VOA标准英语2012--Europe's Economic Woes Shadow G8 Summit

Europe's Economic Woes Shadow G8 Summit The European debt crisis, and its possible effects on the world economy, will be on the minds of the G8 leaders when they meet at the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland. French President Francois Holla

VOA标准英语2012--G8 Leaders to Weigh Euro Crisis, Food Security

G8 Leaders to Weigh Euro Crisis, Food Security John Kirton, co-founder of the G8 Research Group, said the summit may be brief, but also significant. The G7 leaders, together with Dmitry Medvedev from Russia, will be meeting to deal with the latest er

VOA标准英语2012--US Fencers Prepare for Olympics

US Fencers Prepare for Olympics Nzingha Prescod trains at the Fencers Club in New York City. The Columbia University student began fencing at the age of nine, and is trying to contain her excitement about going to the Olympics. I don't think I want t

VOA标准英语2012--Syria Bombings Could Signal al-Qaida’s Engagement

Syria Bombings Could Signal al-Qaidas Engagement Protesters flee gunfire in the Syrian town of Aleppo. And near Damascus, amateur video shows United Nations peace monitors edging their vans through anti-government protesters. The protests came after

VOA标准英语2012--Burma's Exiled Activists Consider Returning Home

Burma's Exiled Activists Consider Returning Home Political crackdowns were the once-defining images of Burma's notorious military regime. Since 1988, thousands of civilians were killed or thrown in prison. Many more escaped abroad. Activist Khin Ohma

VOA标准英语2012--MEK in Court to Force US to Drop Terrorist Label

MEK in Court to Force US to Drop Terrorist Label Day-after-day, supporters of the Iranian opposition MEK hold protests outside the U.S. State Department in Washington, demanding the group be removed from the department's list of Foreign Terrorist Org

VOA标准英语2012--US Investigates American Support of Iranian Dissident Group

US Investigates American Support of Iranian Dissident Group MITCHELL REISS: The U.S. State Department needs to de-list the MEK immediately! That was former U.S. Ambassador Mitchell Reiss, in April 2011. He is one of the prominent Americans demanding

VOA标准英语2012--Israeli Court Orders Three West Bank Settlements Demolished

Israeli Court Orders Three West Bank Settlements Demolished The houses of Ulpana overlook Beit El, an Israeli settlement of 7,000 people not far from the major Palestinian city of Ramallah. The Israeli High Court has ruled that five of Ulpana's 14 bu

VOA标准英语2012--Obama Hosts NATO, Focus on Afghanistan and Alliance Future Global Role

Obama Hosts NATO, Focus on Afghanistan and Alliance Future Global Role The U.S. and NATO are withdrawing from Afghanistan under a timetable that will have all foreign combat forces out by 2014. Despite high profile Taliban attacks, NATO says Afghan g

VOA标准英语2012--Earth Summit Strives for Energy for All

Earth Summit Strives for Energy for All Nearly two billion people, about one-third of the worlds population, don't have access to energy, according to the United Nations. At a preview of the summit, at the non-profit Center for Global Development in

VOA标准英语2012--Music Industry Addresses Drug, Alcohol Problems

Music Industry Addresses Drug, Alcohol Problems The shocking stories are familiar - lives cut short by alcohol and drug abuse. Cocaine contributed to Whitney Houston's death. She drowned in her bathtub in a Beverly Hills hotel earlier this year. Mich

VOA标准英语2012--Cigars Are on a Roll in United States

Cigars Are on a Roll in United States While cigarette smoking has been slowly declining in the face of massive regulation and anti-tobacco campaigns in the United States, cigar smoking has held steady generally and is on the rise among teens. In all

VOA标准英语2012--Egypt's Politics Move Ahead, Economy Lags Behind

Egypt's Politics Move Ahead, Economy Lags Behind Egypt's revolution bears fruit this month with the nation's first widely-contested presidential election. But another force behind last year's uprising - economic discontent - has yet to be eased. For

VOA标准英语2012--New Movie Boosts Campaign to Save Polar Bears

New Movie Boosts Campaign to Save Polar Bears Polar bears are in trouble. Scientists say only 20,000 remain, and their long term survival could be at risk. The new IMAX movie, To the Arctic, is narrated by actress Meryl Streep. The movie tells the st

VOA标准英语2012--Conductor Courts Diverse Audiences

Conductor Courts Diverse Audiences Morgan believes introducing music to young students is key to attracting more people of color to classical music. He knows firsthand. By the time he reached third grade, knowing he wanted to be a conductor, Morgan s

VOA标准英语2012--Protesters Camp Out in Central Moscow

Protesters Camp Out in Central Moscow Several hundred opposition activists are camping out in the Chistye Prudy area of central Moscow, in an action organizers are now calling Occupy Abai, after the 19th century Kazakh poet and philosopher Abai Kunan

VOA标准英语2012--Iranian Dissident Group Seeks to Shed Terrorist Label

Iranian Dissident Group Seeks to Shed Terrorist Label The Iranian opposition group Mujahedin-e Khalq is pursuing a two-part campaign to get off of the U.S. State Department's list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. One part is a public relations eff

VOA标准英语2012--Occupy’s May Day on the Streets

Occupys May Day on the Streets Demonstrators in New York started banging drums early despite rainy skies that appeared to threaten the days turnout. But this Occupy activist was undaunted. If the NYPD [New York Police Department] can't stop us, Mothe