VOA标准英语2012--NGO Dispute Means Fewer Monitors for Egypt Vote

NGO Dispute Means Fewer Monitors for Egypt Vote Egypt's historic presidential campaign comes to a close with the first round of voting to choose a new civilian leader. The Elections Commission says there will be monitors from the Arab League, the Afr

VOA标准英语2012--PACs Boosted by Supreme Court Ruling

PACs Boosted by Supreme Court Ruling The contest for control of the White House is not limited to just the presidential candidates' own campaigns. There are also outside groups that want to affect the results of the election. And in the 2012 presiden

VOA标准英语2012--Khmer Rouge Labor Camp Survivor Learns to Cry

Khmer Rouge Labor Camp Survivor Learns to Cry Arn was only a child when the Khmer Rouge came to power in Cambodia. Sent to the labor camps, he survived by learning how to play revolutionary songs on his flute. He watched as those around him were murd

VOA标准英语2012--Women's Rights Activists Encouraged by New French President

Women's Rights Activists Encouraged by New French President The easy part of Olivia Cattan's day ends at lunchtime, when she leaves her work as a pre-school assistant and starts her other job as a journalist and founder of the feminist organization P

VOA标准英语2012--Funding Shortfalls Threaten Polio Eradication

Funding Shortfalls Threaten Polio Eradication The WHO-sponsored World Health Assembly ended recentedly in Geneva, Switzerland, with the announcement of a new strategy to wipe out the polio virus forever. Organizers said global polio eradication has s

VOA标准英语2012--Clothing Company Ties Sales to Ocean Cleanup

Clothing Company Ties Sales to Ocean Cleanup Volunteers and company employees keep that promise by descending upon temporary garbage dumps that contain just about everything youd find in a typical landfill. But instead of the trash being properly dis

VOA标准英语2012--Some Accuse US of Hypocrisy Over Pakistan Doctor Case

Some Accuse US of Hypocrisy Over Pakistan Doctor Case U.S. forces found and killed Osama bin Laden after Dr. Shakil Afridi gathered some information for them. He was accused of running a fake vaccination campaign designed to help the CIA collect DNA

VOA标准英语2012--Making Farming Better in Developing Countries

Making Farming Better in Developing Countries The new head of a major research organization says the key to food security is to farm smarter, not to plow more land. The strains on agriculture are growing as the global population rises and emerging ec

VOA标准英语2012--Wartime Resistance Fighter Leads Greek Anti-Austerity Battle

Wartime Resistance Fighter Leads Greek Anti-Austerity Battle At 90 years of age, Manolis Glezos is still putting himself on the front line. During anti-government protests in March 2010 and again in February this year, he was tear-gassed by riot poli

VOA标准英语2012--India's Agriculture Boom Fuels 'Rural Urbanization'

India's Agriculture Boom Fuels 'Rural Urbanization' Life in India's countryside still involves plenty of hard work. But standards of rural living have gone up dramatically in recent years. Inflated food prices - otherwise a headache for politicians a

VOA标准英语2012--Chinese-American Recalls POW Past

Chinese-American Recalls POW Past Japan entered World War II in December 1941, attacking British-controlled Malaya and Singapore almost at the same time as Pearl Harbor. Paul Loong, a young Malaysian, was fighting with the British. When they surrende

VOA标准英语2012--Tallgrass Still Waves Undisturbed on the Plains

Tallgrass Still Waves Undisturbed on the Plains One-third of North America - stretching from what is now Indiana in the Midwest westward to the Rocky Mountains - and northward from Texas deep into Canada - was once uninterrupted prairie, where Plains

VOA标准英语2012--Ethiopian Diaspora Media Compete Over Message

Ethiopian Diaspora Media Compete Over Message At a recent anti-Ethiopian government rally in the city of Thurmont, Maryland, many of the journalists and citizen journalists recording material were from the Ethiopian diaspora. Photos and videos of the

VOA标准英语2012--SpaceX Capsule Docks with ISS

SpaceX Capsule Docks with ISS SpaceX's Dragon capsule made history when it approached the International Space Station, becoming the first private spacecraft ever to do so. The robotic capsule free floated 10 meters away from the orbiting lab, and the

VOA标准英语2012--Kenyan Vivian Cheruiyot Ready for Olympic Gold

Kenyan Vivian Cheruiyot Ready for Olympic Gold At one-point-six meters and barely 39 kilos, Vivian Cheruiyot may not appear to be much of a threat. But she has proven to be ferocious on the track. The 28-year-old Kenyan is the current womens world ch

VOA标准英语2012--Bikers Rally to Remember the Fallen

Bikers Rally to Remember the Fallen The din of hundreds of gleaming Harley Davidson motorcycles and country music give this Long Island gathering of the U.S. Veterans Motorcycle Club a festive feel. The rally is in preparation for the Rolling Thunder

VOA标准英语2012--Combat Photographer Recalls Bloodiest Battle

Combat Photographer Recalls Bloodiest Battle Documenting a war That is the picture of the photographers of the 2nd Marine division that landed on Tarawa. I am right here, at the top. They are all gone, all gone. I have never forgotten the battle at T

VOA标准英语2012--Rate of Premature Births Rising Worldwide

Rate of Premature Births Rising Worldwide The birth of a child....what should be a joyous experience, too often ends in death if that child is born prematurely in a developing country. A major report about premature delivery called Born Too Soon show

VOA标准英语2012--New Report Finds Pre-Term Birth is Greatest Risk for Newborns

New Report Finds Pre-Term Birth is Greatest Risk for Newborns Henry, is a beautiful baby who was in his mother's womb for just 26 weeks, far short of the normal gestation period of 40 weeks. Henry came into the world weighing just under 1,000 grams,

VOA标准英语2012--Indian Government Takes Heat for Rotting Wheat

Indian Government Takes Heat for Rotting Wheat In Bhopal, India anger and frustration boil over - protesters clashing with police, blaming government officials for letting their harvests go to waste. On Thursday, Punjab state's deputy chief minister