VOA标准英语2012--Women in Jazz Festival Features Lundy, Carrington

Women in Jazz Festival Features Lundy, Carrington Lundy was introduced to the piano at age six, sang in her church choir, and studied opera at the University of Miami before embarking on a career as a jazz vocalist. She is also an accomplished compos

VOA标准英语2012--S. Korean Activists Resume Protests Against US Beef

S. Korean Activists Resume Protests Against US Beef Organizers are hoping to revive the street activism of four years ago when South Korea decided to resume U.S. beef imports. That movement turned into the largest anti-government protests this countr

VOA标准英语2012--Civilians Bear Brunt of Sudan, South Sudan Violence

Civilians Bear Brunt of Sudan, South Sudan Violence A humanitarian group says unless South Sudan has a sustained period of peace, it will never be able to provide the necessary infrastructure, healthcare and education for its people. World Relief is

VOA标准英语2012--Study: Warm Ocean Speeds Antarctic Melting

Study: Warm Ocean Speeds Antarctic Melting The study's lead author, Hamish Pritchard, is a glaciologist with the British Antarctic Survey. In 1993, and again in 2003, he observed the collapse of two ice shelves on the Antarctic Peninsula. He says the

VOA标准英语2012--Kenyan Driving Schools Aim to Decrease Road Fatalities

Kenyan Driving Schools Aim to Decrease Road Fatalities Like so many other teenagers around the world, 19-year-old Martin Otieno Jr. cant wait to get his drivers license. He shows all the characteristics of a first-time driver - hands gripping the ste

VOA标准英语2012--Volunteers Clean Up Los Angeles River

Volunteers Clean Up Los Angeles River Flood control channels encase the Los Angeles River, which is dry for most of the year but springs to life forcefully when the winter rains begin in November and December. Each April, as the waters subside, volun

VOA标准英语2012--Citizens' Access to Information Limited in Many Countries

Citizens' Access to Information Limited in Many Countries Everyone wants access to unlimited and unobstructed information but not everyone gets it. Seeking and receiving information is a fundamental human right, stresses Joel Simon, Executive Directo

VOA标准英语2012--Obama, Karzai Sign US-Afghan Postwar Security Pact

Obama, Karzai Sign US-Afghan Postwar Security Pact President Obama made an unannounced trip to Afghanistan Tuesday, arriving under the cover of darkness to sign the U.S.-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement. At the presidential palace in Kabul

VOA标准英语2012--North Darfur State Lacks Critical Medical Services

North Darfur State Lacks Critical Medical Services The aid group Doctors without Borders has sharply reduced essential healthcare services in parts of Sudans North Darfur State. The group, also known as MSF, says it has no more drugs or medical suppl

VOA标准英语2012--Syrian Smugglers' Operations Booming in Jordan

Syrian Smugglers' Operations Booming in Jordan Overlooking Syria's southern border from Jordan, Ahmed Al-Masri is making plans to cross it. He leads a group of Syrian smugglers who risk everything on a daily basis to bring supplies into the country.

VOA标准英语2012--Egyptians Vote in Historic Presidential Election

Egyptians Vote in Historic Presidential Election Millions of Egyptians stood in long lines Wednesday to cast ballots in the first presidential election since President Hosni Mubarak resigned last year amid massive protests. The buildup to the content

VOA标准英语2012--NATO Leaders Commit to Afghan Transition

NATO Leaders Commit to Afghan Transition Afghan President Hamid Karzai sat with NATO leaders and representatives of other nations whose support Afghanistan will need if it is to move from war to stability. NATO leaders formally approved the plan to t

VOA标准英语2012--US Ambassador Crocker to Step Down from Afghan Post

US Ambassador Crocker to Step Down from Afghan Post U.S. officials announced Tuesday that Ryan Crocker will be stepping down due to health reasons as Washington's envoy in Afghanistan sometime after major Afghan donors meet this July in Tokyo. As is

VOA标准英语2012--No US-Pakistan Breakthrough at NATO Summit

No US-Pakistan Breakthrough at NATO Summit Zardari and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appeared cordial at their brief meeting at the NATO summit in Chicago. But relations between the two countries remain at an impasse. Pakistans presidential

VOA标准英语2012--Egyptian Women Contemplate Future Under New Leaders

Egyptian Women Contemplate Future Under New Leaders Women's rights conference A recent women's rights conference in Cairo attracted a cross section of Egyptians - Muslims, Christians, leftists and conservatives. Organizers of the new An Egyptian Woma

VOA标准英语2012--'Last Call' Sounds Water Alarm in Dry World

'Last Call' Sounds Water Alarm in Dry World You dont have to be a scientist to understand if you take more water out of the bathtub than you put into the bathtub, the bathtub will eventually go empty, marine biologist Tim Barnett says in the film. Th

VOA标准英语2012--Lebanese Fable Follows Female Fight For Peace

Lebanese Fable Follows Female Fight For Peace Where Do We Go From Here? opens with a group of black-clad women moving slowly from the village toward the cemetery. But, instead of walking, they sway and slide in a mystical dance, establishing the film

VOA标准英语2012--Handbook Explains How to Create Durable and Inclusive Constitutions

Handbook Explains How to Create Durable and Inclusive Constitutions The book is called Constitution-Making and Reform: Options for the Process. Its authors say the process for designing and implementing a constitution is important: it is instrumental

VOA标准英语2012--Activists Urge NATO to Protect Afghan Women's Rights

Activists Urge NATO to Protect Afghan Women's Rights Like so many Afghans, Manizha Naderi has concerns about the fate of her country after 2014, when international forces complete their withdrawal from Afghanistan after more than a decade of war. The

VOA标准英语2012--Election Surge by Egypt's Old Guard Frustrates Revolutionary Youth

Election Surge by Egypt's Old Guard Frustrates Revolutionary Youth Egypt's revolution primarily was an uprising of the young -- a rejection of the old, stifling, decades-long government. So it is particularly galling to many activists that two of the