VOA标准英语2012--Residents of War-Battered Aleppo Struggle to Survive

Residents of War-Battered Aleppo Struggle to Survive Government snipers have been shooting people in the streets. Thousands have been killed in Aleppo in the past few months. Parts of the Old City, a UNESCO heritage site, have been heavily damaged as

VOA标准英语2012--Billions of Dollars Lost Each Year to Illegal Logging

Billions of Dollars Lost Each Year to Illegal Logging The joint report, called Green Carbon / Black Trade, says between 30 and 100 billion dollars are lost each year to the illegal timber trade. Much of the loss is centered in key logging countries i

VOA标准英语2012--Cheating Scandal Threatens Harvard's Image

Cheating Scandal Threatens Harvard's Image Americas first college, Harvard University, is almost universally regarded as our gold standard of higher learning. So much so that in jest, students in other parts of the country sometimes call their colleg

VOA标准英语2012--Young Voters Could Again Play Key Role in US Election

Young Voters Could Again Play Key Role in US Election At the University of Maryland near Washington D.C., young Democrats meet to phone voters in nearby battleground states - states that tend to swing between Democratic and Republican candidates. Mar

VOA标准英语2012--New York Roma Enrich City's Culture

New York Roma Enrich City's Culture Romany style music and celebration are going full force at the Drom nightclub, the epicenter of a three-week New York Gypsy Festival. It highlights the musical cultures of a people who migrated north from India abo

VOA标准英语2012--S. Sudan Refugee Camp Braces for New Arrivals

S. Sudan Refugee Camp Braces for New Arrivals Things are calmer now at the main hospital in South Sudan's Yida refugee camp. The hospital is run by Doctors Without Borders (MSF). Many beds in this makeshift tent hospital are still full, but according

VOA标准英语2012--Study: HIV, Food Insecurity Closely Linked

Study: HIV, Food Insecurity Closely Linked A new study says Africa suffers from a co-epidemic of HIV/AIDS and food insecurity. Researchers say treatment and better nutrition go hand-in-hand in controlling the epidemic. Dr. Sheri Weiser said when peop

VOA标准英语2012--Aleppo Hospital Struggles With Rising Number of Civilian Casualties

Aleppo Hospital Struggles With Rising Number of Civilian Casualties Dar al-Shifa Hospital in Aleppo. Staff treat soldiers of the rebel Free Syria Army wounded in various battles this morning. They are also treating civilians. This boy was hit by a bu

VOA标准英语2012--Afghan Resort Struggles to Recover from Taliban Attack

Afghan Resort Struggles to Recover from Taliban Attack Like many of the Taliban's high-profile sieges, the Qargha Lake attack played out on TV. Viewers who witnessed it will never forget the images of people clinging to the wall of the Spozhmai resta

VOA标准英语2012--Worries Grow About Decline in Asia's Fish Stocks

Worries Grow About Decline in Asia's Fish Stocks In the southern Philippines fishing town of Sindangan a certain scene is becoming more common across Asia, with soaring fish prices and falling wild fish catches. A fisherman says more fishing boats ar

VOA标准英语2012--FlipFlop Recycling Company Turns Kenya's Trash to Treasure

FlipFlop Recycling Company Turns Kenya's Trash to Treasure Unique business The Nairobi-based FlipFlop Recycling Company is thought to be the only business of its kind and scale in the world. The company makes about 100 different products from recycle

VOA标准英语2012--Presidential Debate Brings Political Theater to Denver

Presidential Debate Brings Political Theater to Denver Mr. President, as president, you're entitle to your own airplane and your own house but not your own facts. Mitt Romney quipped during the face to face clash between himself and President Barack

VOA标准英语2012--Analysts: US Presidential Debate a 'Game Changer'

Analysts: US Presidential Debate a 'Game Changer' During a contentious 90-minute encounter in Denver, Colorado a crisp-speaking and seemingly well-rehearsed Mitt Romney repeatedly attacked the president's record, while Obama was often on the defensiv

VOA标准英语2012--New Immunization Effort Launched

New Immunization Effort Launched Over the next three months, about 50 million young people in seven African countries will be vaccinated against meningitis. Its part of larger campaign to eliminate the disease in 26 at-risk countries. Meningitis is a

VOA标准英语2012--Syrian Christians Caught in Sectarian Fears

Syrian Christians Caught in Sectarian Fears Yet the secular government has its defenders, who look to it as a protector of all minority rights, especially for Christians. At the Greek-Melchite Catholic Church in the historic Christian quarter of Old

VOA标准英语2012--Obama, Romney Clash on Foreign Policy

Obama, Romney Clash on Foreign Policy There were fewer interruptions and sharp exchanges in this debate, the candidates perhaps mindful of not coming across as too negative. Biggest US threats But at times the debate did produce a clash of worldviews

VOA标准英语2012--Longevity Traced to Grandmothers

Longevity Traced to Grandmothers In modern society, grandmothers are often called upon to babysit. But a few million years ago, when primate grandmothers first started doing that, they apparently had a major impact on human evolution. Scientists beli

VOA标准英语2012--Iran Hero Pilot Shahbazi 'Forced To Retire' Over Sanctions Campaign

Iran Hero Pilot Shahbazi 'Forced To Retire' Over Sanctions Campaign Cellphone footage posted on the Internet shows Iran Air Flight 742 from Moscow approaching Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport on October 18th last year. The front landing g

VOA标准英语2012--Britain Criticized For Rwanda Aid Donation

Britain Criticized For Rwanda Aid Donation Rebels from the March 23 Movement, known as the M23, in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Tutsi militia continues to fight DRC government troops - and staged a deadly attack on Uni

VOA标准英语2012--Many Turks Concerned with Erdogan's Syria Policy

Many Turks Concerned with Erdogan's Syria Policy There is discontent on the streets of Istanbul, Turkey's most metropolitan city. Government critics complain about the surge in the number of refugees from Syria and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan