VOA标准英语2012--Middle East Indifferent About US Presidential Election

Middle East Indifferent About US Presidential Election People across the Middle East have been roiled by political change for nearly two years, So it's perhaps not surprising the U.S. presidential election is failing to garner much interest. Few are

VOA标准英语2012--African-American Voters Express Opinions About US Presidential Election

African-American Voters Express Opinions About US Presidential Election A solid turnout among African-American voters could lift Barack Obama to a second presidential-election victory, says political-science professor Lorenzo Morris. They will have a

VOA标准英语2012--US Presidential Election Has Global Implications

US Presidential Election Has Global Implications If the polls are right, the 2012 election will be decided by a few crucial votes in a handful of hotly contested states. But far from being just a domestic ballot - Bruce Stokes at the Pew research Cen

VOA标准英语2012--Ghana Prepares for December General Elections

Ghana Prepares for December General Elections The National Democratic Congress, or NDC, has been at the helm for four years now, after wrestling power from the New Patriotic Party, or NPP, in the 2008 general elections. NDC leader and interim Preside

VOA标准英语2012--US Shoppers Flock to Stores Searching for Bargains

US Shoppers Flock to Stores Searching for Bargains The holiday shopping blitz is on. U.S. retailers opened their doors to accommodate crowds of shoppers looking for deals. One woman paid $97 for each of these four flat-screen televisions. I saved $61

VOA标准英语2012--Vote Energizes Ukraine's Opposition

Vote Energizes Ukraine's Opposition In his Soviet youth, Viktor Yanukovych was a street fighter. Now, he is 62 years old and Ukraines president. Vitaly Klitschko is the World Boxing Councils Heavyweight Champion. He is 41 and represents Ukraines new

VOA标准英语2012--Ghana Voters Weigh Options Ahead of National Polls

Ghana Voters Weigh Options Ahead of National Polls Ongoing debate in the media and elsewhere suggests that Ghanaians will no longer accept the opinions of political leaders without question. Eric Adjei, a retired politician, said the days when people

VOA标准英语2012--Ghana Political Parties Vie for Power in December Polls

Ghana Political Parties Vie for Power in December Polls As voters in Ghana prepare to elect a president and parliament in December, the rival political parties are busy canvassing for votes. Most feel political tension is not especially high. George

VOA标准英语2012--Ghana Politicians Using Social Media to Reach Out to Voters

Ghana Politicians Using Social Media to Reach Out to Voters Only an estimated four percent of the people in Ghana use the internet. But the sector has immense potential for growth and tremendous mass appeal, especially among young people in urban are

VOA标准英语2012--Gaza Residents Hope Israeli Blockade Will End After Cease-fire

Gaza Residents Hope Israeli Blockade Will End After Cease-fire The cease-fire between Israel and Hamas-led Gaza has allowed Palestinian fisherman to return to the sea for the first time in more than a week. The catch is small. Israel limits how far G

VOA标准英语2012--Home TB Treatment Is Helping Patients in Swaziland

Home TB Treatment Is Helping Patients in Swaziland Mai Nambuli is still a bit hesitant, but soon she will be the personal nurse for her friend Nosipho Mpama. Mpama has drug-resistant tuberculosis and needs medication injected every day for six months

VOA标准英语2012--Surgeons Volunteer to Improve Liberian Health Care

Surgeons Volunteer to Improve Liberian Health Care Although fighting ended in Liberia in 2003, the country remains on a long road to recovery from civil war. Poverty, a lack of development and little health care are among the challenges facing the go

VOA标准英语2012--Study Shows PFCs Can Reduce Vaccine Effectiveness

Study Shows PFCs Can Reduce Vaccine Effectiveness When children are vaccinated their immune systems produce antibodies that protect them from debilitating and potentially deadly childhood infections, such as polio, measles, diphtheria and tetanus. Th

VOA标准英语2012--Run-Off Election to Decide Senegal Presidential Race

Run-Off Election to Decide Senegal Presidential Race In one scene of a 2000 video Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, then a charismatic opposition leader, cast his ballot. His election that year marked a peaceful transition from 40 years of single-

VOA标准英语2012--Kenya Terror Suspect May be London Bomber's Widow

Kenya Terror Suspect May be London Bomber's Widow British newspapers are reporting that Samantha Lewthwaite, 28, may be on the run in Kenya, under an assumed name. Lewthwaite is the widow of London bomber Jermaine Lindsay, who killed 26 people on Jul

VOA标准英语2012--Women Raise Profile in American Folk Music

Women Raise Profile in American Folk Music When people think of musicians in the American roots genre, Allison Krauss is one of the few female stars who comes to mind. For the most part, history remembers the men in old-time country, blues and folk m

VOA标准英语2012--Report: Africa Agricultural Reforms Could Ensure Food Security

Report: Africa Agricultural Reforms Could Ensure Food Security Experts say Africa needs agricultural market reforms if its going to overcome food shortages and high prices. A new report outlines what it calls high payoff, low-cost solutions. The Alli

VOA标准英语2012--US Immigrant Restaurateurs Share Dishes of Mexican State

US Immigrant Restaurateurs Share Dishes of Mexican State Gilberto Cetina Jr. and his father are conducting a special class to teach high school students about the food of Yucatan, their native state in southern Mexico. The food is distinctive, with m

VOA标准英语2012--Cowboy Culture Takes Over America's Fourth-Largest City

Cowboy Culture Takes Over America's Fourth-Largest City On parade day, horses displace cars on the streets of America's fourth-largest city. We have never seen so many cowboys and cows and horses all together with the trail wagons, one spectator said

VOA标准英语2012--Rwanda's 'Specialty Coffee' Under Attack by Stink Bugs

Rwanda's 'Specialty Coffee' Under Attack by Stink Bugs Rwanda is gaining a worldwide reputation for its bourbon and other specialty coffee, a crop grown in the country's rich volcanic soils. Specialty coffee comprises almost one-third of Rwanda's agr