VOA标准英语2012--MEK in Court to Force US to Drop Terrorist Label

MEK in Court to Force US to Drop Terrorist Label Day-after-day, supporters of the Iranian opposition MEK hold protests outside the U.S. State Department in Washington, demanding the group be removed from the department's list of Foreign Terrorist Org

VOA标准英语2012--US Investigates American Support of Iranian Dissident Group

US Investigates American Support of Iranian Dissident Group MITCHELL REISS: The U.S. State Department needs to de-list the MEK immediately! That was former U.S. Ambassador Mitchell Reiss, in April 2011. He is one of the prominent Americans demanding

VOA标准英语2012--Israeli Court Orders Three West Bank Settlements Demolished

Israeli Court Orders Three West Bank Settlements Demolished The houses of Ulpana overlook Beit El, an Israeli settlement of 7,000 people not far from the major Palestinian city of Ramallah. The Israeli High Court has ruled that five of Ulpana's 14 bu

VOA标准英语2012--Obama Hosts NATO, Focus on Afghanistan and Alliance Future Global Role

Obama Hosts NATO, Focus on Afghanistan and Alliance Future Global Role The U.S. and NATO are withdrawing from Afghanistan under a timetable that will have all foreign combat forces out by 2014. Despite high profile Taliban attacks, NATO says Afghan g

VOA标准英语2012--Earth Summit Strives for Energy for All

Earth Summit Strives for Energy for All Nearly two billion people, about one-third of the worlds population, don't have access to energy, according to the United Nations. At a preview of the summit, at the non-profit Center for Global Development in

VOA标准英语2012--Music Industry Addresses Drug, Alcohol Problems

Music Industry Addresses Drug, Alcohol Problems The shocking stories are familiar - lives cut short by alcohol and drug abuse. Cocaine contributed to Whitney Houston's death. She drowned in her bathtub in a Beverly Hills hotel earlier this year. Mich

VOA标准英语2012--Cigars Are on a Roll in United States

Cigars Are on a Roll in United States While cigarette smoking has been slowly declining in the face of massive regulation and anti-tobacco campaigns in the United States, cigar smoking has held steady generally and is on the rise among teens. In all

VOA标准英语2012--Egypt's Politics Move Ahead, Economy Lags Behind

Egypt's Politics Move Ahead, Economy Lags Behind Egypt's revolution bears fruit this month with the nation's first widely-contested presidential election. But another force behind last year's uprising - economic discontent - has yet to be eased. For

VOA标准英语2012--New Movie Boosts Campaign to Save Polar Bears

New Movie Boosts Campaign to Save Polar Bears Polar bears are in trouble. Scientists say only 20,000 remain, and their long term survival could be at risk. The new IMAX movie, To the Arctic, is narrated by actress Meryl Streep. The movie tells the st

VOA标准英语2012--Conductor Courts Diverse Audiences

Conductor Courts Diverse Audiences Morgan believes introducing music to young students is key to attracting more people of color to classical music. He knows firsthand. By the time he reached third grade, knowing he wanted to be a conductor, Morgan s

VOA标准英语2012--Protesters Camp Out in Central Moscow

Protesters Camp Out in Central Moscow Several hundred opposition activists are camping out in the Chistye Prudy area of central Moscow, in an action organizers are now calling Occupy Abai, after the 19th century Kazakh poet and philosopher Abai Kunan

VOA标准英语2012--Iranian Dissident Group Seeks to Shed Terrorist Label

Iranian Dissident Group Seeks to Shed Terrorist Label The Iranian opposition group Mujahedin-e Khalq is pursuing a two-part campaign to get off of the U.S. State Department's list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. One part is a public relations eff

VOA标准英语2012--Occupy’s May Day on the Streets

Occupys May Day on the Streets Demonstrators in New York started banging drums early despite rainy skies that appeared to threaten the days turnout. But this Occupy activist was undaunted. If the NYPD [New York Police Department] can't stop us, Mothe

VOA标准英语2012--Australian Musical Family Act The McClymonts Set Sights on US

Australian Musical Family Act The McClymonts Set Sights on US The McClymont sisters are Australias latest musical export. Sam says their three-part harmonies and soaring vocals have developed over a lifetime of performing together. We were singing si

VOA标准英语2012--Alligators Drift into Florida Canals Near Homes

Alligators Drift into Florida Canals Near Homes The lowly, ugly alligator is an American success story. An endangered species that was threatened with extinction all the way into the late 1980s, it has made such a comeback that there are now millions

VOA标准英语2012--Obama, Romney Look to November Showdown

Obama, Romney Look to November Showdown President Barack Obamas surprise trip to Afghanistan on the first anniversary of the death of Osama bin Laden is the latest indication that foreign policy and national security issues will matter this election

VOA标准英语2012--Miro's Political Side on Display

Miro's Political Side on Display This is the kind of fantasy painting that Miro is known for. But for the first time, a museum in the United States is showing what's less known about Miro, that many of his paintings were a response to history - espec

VOA标准英语2012--Circus Train is Home to Traveling Performers

Circus Train is Home to Traveling Performers Ringling Brothers and Barnum Baileys newest show is called Dragons. Ringmaster Jonathan Iverson, a former opera singer, joined the circus about 10 years ago. He was drawn by the history and mystique of the

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