VOA标准英语2012--Lost Luggage Ends Up Here

Lost Luggage Ends Up Here Millions of Americans return from long-distance trips by air, but their luggage doesnt always come home with them. Airline identification tags can come loose, and the bags go who-knows-where. Amazingly, some people never pic

VOA标准英语2012--Worries Boost Gasoline Prices and Stir Up US Politics

Worries Boost Gasoline Prices and Stir Up US Politics U.S. gasoline prices are rising to a level that angers many motorists. American Petroleum Institute chief economist John Felmy blames rising gasoline prices on rising demand for oil by major emerg

VOA标准英语2012--Russians Vote for President

Russians Vote for President In voting from the Pacific to the Baltic, turnout appears strong. Three months ago, Russias parliamentary elections were clouded by charges of widespread fraud. To combat fraud this time, more than 200,000 people are volun

VOA标准英语2012--Burma's Tourist Industry Booms

Burma's Tourist Industry Booms This week in Rangoon 20 contestants competed for the title of Miss Tourism Myanmar 2012, a beauty pageant organized by the tourism board to appeal to foreign visitors. Tourism Board Secretary Kyaw Htun says Aung San Suu

VOA标准英语2012--ASEAN Still Searching for Consensus on South China Sea Dispute

ASEAN Still Searching for Consensus on South China Sea Dispute The maritime dispute has become increasingly heated in the last year. China claims ownership of much of the South China Sea, along with four ASEAN states, including the Philippines. On We

VOA标准英语2012--Burma NLD Claims Aung San Suu Kyi Election Victory

Burma NLD Claims Aung San Suu Kyi Election Victory Aung San Suu Kyi's supporters celebrated at her National League for Democracy headquarters after the party announced she won. Lawyer Daw Nwe Ni Aung says she believes the woman known affectionately a

VOA标准英语2012--Newspaper Office Bombings Kill 7 in Nigeria

Newspaper Office Bombings Kill 7 in Nigeria After the explosion, the crowd that gathers around the gutted This Day newspaper office in Abuja quickly become angry. They shouted at soldiers and police, saying there is no security in Nigeria. Among the

VOA标准英语2012--Smuggling Tunnels Become Lifelines for Impoverished Gaza

Smuggling Tunnels Become Lifelines for Impoverished Gaza One of Gaza's major economic lifelines is a smuggling tunnel, 20 meters underground, stretching some 200 meters from Gaza into Egypt. It is used primarily to smuggle cement and gravel and some

VOA标准英语2012--Marijuana Grower Supply Store Opens in Washington DC

Marijuana Grower Supply Store Opens in Washington DC With a shovel full of potting soil weGrow ceremonially put down roots as the first store catering to medical marijuana growers in Washington. Franchise owner Alex Wong decided to open the store aft

VOA标准英语2012--Goldman Environmental Prizes Honor Diverse Group of Activists

Goldman Environmental Prizes Honor Diverse Group of Activists Kenyan Ikal Angelei is a hero to the people who live around Lake Turkana. She received a Goldman award for her efforts to halt construction of a dam on a river in neighboring Ethiopia that

VOA标准英语2012--Seven Years After Katrina, New Orleans Still Struggles to Rebuild

Seven Years After Katrina, New Orleans Still Struggles to Rebuild In the aftermath of Katrina, the city of New Orleans was in ruins. One hundred twenty of the citys 200,000 homes were destroyed. Eighty percent of the city was flooded. It wasnt the hu

VOA标准英语2012--Dierks Bentley Takes Listeners 'Home'

Dierks Bentley Takes Listeners 'Home' The title track to Home recently became the ninth Number One Country single of Bentley's career. The 36-year-old Arizona native was performing in Australia when he got the news. Its been so cool to see fans react

VOA标准英语2012--Cherry Blossom Symbolizes Japan's Rebirth After Tsunami

Cherry Blossom Symbolizes Japan's Rebirth After Tsunami The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom opens with a powerful image - a single long shot from the top of a hill as a town is swept away in a rolling wave of blackened water. Below, people react to th

VOA标准英语2012--US, Afghanistan Sign Draft of Strategic Partnership Agreement

US, Afghanistan Sign Draft of Strategic Partnership Agreement U.S. troops and Afghan security forces have fought on the front lines together. They have worked together to build up the Afghan Army and police force. And billions of dollars have poured

VOA标准英语2012--US Returns Smuggled Art to Italy

US Returns Smuggled Art to Italy It's a beauty--Zeus, seen as a swan, seducing a woman. A rare oil-on-copper painting from the 16th century artist Lelio Orsi. Auctioned off in Manhattan for $1.6 million. But Leda and the Swan was smuggled into the U.

VOA标准英语2012--Friday Protests Continue Before Egypt's Contested Election

Friday Protests Continue Before Egypt's Contested Election Hundreds of mostly young men turned out for Friday's protest, chanting slogans against the country's ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF). The turnout fell far short of what had

VOA标准英语2012--Lionel Richie Takes a New Musical Direction With 'Tuskegee'

Lionel Richie Takes a New Musical Direction With 'Tuskegee' Richie pays tribute to his Southern roots on his new duets album. The album features 13 of his famous pop hits, this time performed with some of todays biggest Country stars. They include Li

VOA标准英语2012--Social Media Drives Publicity in Trayvon Martin Case

Social Media Drives Publicity in Trayvon Martin Case Across the United States, African Americans mobilized in memory of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, and in protest over the fact that the man who shot him had initially avoided criminal charges. Early o

VOA标准英语2012--Chinese Company Bets Big on Laos Casino Project

Chinese Company Bets Big on Laos Casino Project The Chinese-run Kings Romans casino is one of the most noticeable and flashy features on the Lao side of the Mekong Rivers Golden Triangle. Kings Romans signed a 99-year lease with the Lao government to

VOA标准英语2012--Kenya Considers Policy to Regulate Traditional Medicines

Kenya Considers Policy to Regulate Traditional Medicines The use of plants to treat medical conditions has been an integral part of Kenyas cultures for millennia, knowledge passed down from generation to generation. Yet the conventional medical profe