VOA标准英语2012--Somali Film Company Launches in Kenya

Somali Film Company Launches in Kenya In the Somali neighborhood of Eastleigh, in the eastern suburbs of Nairobi, two businessmen have launched a Somali film production company called Eastleighwood. Ahmed Shariff, one of the founders, hopes to change

VOA标准英语2012--Small Island States Tackle Climate Change

Small Island States Tackle Climate Change Experts from more than 50 small island countries are meeting this week in Mauritius to discuss climate change and food security. The so-called Small Island Developing States are home to more than 50 million p

VOA标准英语2012--Charitable Giving Ingrained in US Culture

Charitable Giving Ingrained in US Culture It is Tuesday morning and cars line up at the Salvation Army Center in Alexandria, Virginia. Maria and Ingrid are donating some things they dont use any more. I feel awful - there are a lot of the clothes, wh

VOA标准英语2012--Global Plan to Control Measles Launched

Global Plan to Control Measles Launched Measles, one of the most infectious diseases on the planet, is a leading cause of death and disability among children worldwide, especially in the developing world, even though a safe and cost-effective vaccine

VOA标准英语2012--Automakers Vie for Market Share in China

Automakers Vie for Market Share in China Featuring more than 1,100 flashy, new vehicles, the Beijing Auto Show is now among the largest in the world. Car News web magazine editor Tycho de Feyter says it's an important showcase of China's economic clo

VOA标准英语2012--Health Care Expert Details Ways to Cut Costs

Health Care Expert Details Ways to Cut Costs Americans expressed their views on health care in late March as the Supreme Court heard arguments on a law many call Obamacare. Health care is so expensive that without insurance, many people could not aff

VOA标准英语2012--Stubborn Holdouts Trip Up Land Developers

Stubborn Holdouts Trip Up Land Developers Before a big office complex or housing subdivision can be built, the developer must acquire all the land on which the buildings will rise. Sometimes this means buying up a lot of small parcels of land at the

VOA标准英语2012--Drug-Resistant Malaria Threatens Effort to Control Disease

Drug-Resistant Malaria Threatens Effort to Control Disease The biggest fear is the resistance will spread across Southeast Asia and then spill over into Africa, where the vast majority of the 700,000 deaths a year [from malaria] occur. Historically,

VOA标准英语2012--Basketball Court Moves To Broadway

Basketball Court Moves To Broadway This sports arena introduction of basketball Hall-of-Famers Earvin Magic Johnson and Larry Bird sets the stage for a drama about a ferocious rivalry that turned into friendship. After seeing the script, Magic Johnso

VOA标准英语2012--Books Introduce Children to Natural World at Early Age

Books Introduce Children to Natural World at Early Age Ava Coggin is being homeschooled. She loves when her mother reads to her - especially Bring on the Birds It's an award-winning picture book about animals, written and illustrated by Stockdale. Wh

VOA标准英语2012--Tensions Rise Ahead of Planned North Korean Launch

Tensions Rise Ahead of Planned North Korean Launch North Korea says it will launch this 32-meter-long rocket by April 16, with the goal of placing an Earth observation satellite into orbit. It will be the nation's third ballistic missile attempt, and

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