VOA标准英语2012--Free Press Eludes Burma Despite End of Censorship

Free Press Eludes Burma Despite End of Censorship This week, newspapers in Burma will hit newsstands without ministry censorship for the first time since 1962. For the staff at The Myanmar Times, a Rangoon-based weekly, this is the first editorial me

VOA标准英语2012--Syrian Rebels Share Common Goal

Syrian Rebels Share Common Goal Captain Maan Mansour was a pilot in the Syrian military. He abandoned his post three months ago and joined the rebels of the Free Syrian Army. I defected because the Assad regime was killing women and children and inno

VOA标准英语2012--Syrian Bombings Force Villagers to Flee

Syrian Bombings Force Villagers to Flee Marea, a town in northern Syria about 40 kilometers from Aleppo. A family clears up what remains of their home after a government warplane bombed it on August 21 killing one person and wounding eight others. Sa

VOA标准英语2012--US: Meles' Death Loss for Sudan Peace Process

US: Meles' Death Loss for Sudan Peace Process Prime Minister Meles Zenawi played an active role in helping end the long-running civil war in Sudan. The U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, Princeton Lyman, says his passing is a great loss. H

VOA标准英语2012--In Australia, Brain Power Fuels Emotion-Driven Music

In Australia, Brain Power Fuels Emotion-Driven Music A team of Australian researchers is tapping into the nerves and bodies of volunteers to create a raw musical performance driven purely by emotions. In a world first, the data is fed into special so

VOA标准英语2012--Mental Health Services Absent for Traumatized South Sudanese

Mental Health Services Absent for Traumatized South Sudanese At Jubas military hospital, the walking wounded often have scars that cannot be seen. Psychologist Amasi Ibrahim Adam says that she sees many fighters with post-traumatic-stress disorder. M

VOA标准英语2012--Writer of America's Soundtrack Turns 80

Writer of America's Soundtrack Turns 80 For over 50 years, John Williams' music has taken us to galaxies far, far away with the Star Wars theme, or on rollicking adventures around the world with the Indiana Jones movies. His scores make us feel giddy

VOA标准英语2012--Drought Kindles US Farmers' Appetite for African Grain Sorghum

Drought Kindles US Farmers' Appetite for African Grain Sorghum Walking through lush, green fields of sorghum, Nebraska farmer Fred Prokop treads on ground deeply scarred by weeks of drought. But he says the sorghum crop is patient. It'll wait for wat

VOA标准英语2012--As Conventions Near Debate Continues on Same-Sex Marriage

German Housewife Hailed as Euro Solution In the parks of Stuttgart, the regional capital of Swabia, there are few signs of a crisis, and the economy is growing. In a speech, at the start of the global financial crisis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel

VOA标准英语2012--German Housewife Hailed as Euro Solution

German Housewife Hailed as Euro Solution In the parks of Stuttgart, the regional capital of Swabia, there are few signs of a crisis, and the economy is growing. In a speech, at the start of the global financial crisis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel

VOA标准英语2012--Marriage Goes from Lackluster to Loving in 'Hope Springs'

Marriage Goes from Lackluster to Loving in 'Hope Springs' After more than three decades together, Kay and Arnold are in a rut with the same routine day after day. For reasons neither will talk about, their love has grown cold. Desperate for help, Kay

VOA标准英语2012--Hollywood Resurrects Schwarzenegger's 'Total Recall'

Hollywood Resurrects Schwarzenegger's 'Total Recall' It's the not too distant future: a post-war society has the wealthy elite living comfortably while the working poor battle over scraps. Unable to afford genuine adventures, they live vicariously th

VOA标准英语2012--Teenager's Music Star Dreams Come True in 'Sparkle'

Teenager's Music Star Dreams Come True in 'Sparkle' It's Detroit in 1968 and Motown is winning fans around the world. A teenager nicknamed Sparkle aches for her songs to be part of that, and she convinces her sisters to join her in a local club's tal

VOA标准英语2012--Spying on New York Muslims Yields No Leads

Spying on New York Muslims Yields No Leads Surveillance of the Muslim community by the NYPDs secret Demographics Unit for at least the past six years has not yielded a single lead or launched any terror investigation. That statement, part of a decade

VOA标准英语2012--Are Sleep Problems a Growing Epidemic?

Are Sleep Problems a Growing Epidemic? New research shows that a lack of sleep is a growing health problem around the world. Sleeplessness has been linked to such chronic illnesses as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Lack of sleep is not just a p

VOA标准英语2012--Cape Cod Is US Northeast's Summer Capital

Indonesia Working to Soothe South China Sea Tensions Chinese patrols in waters that Vietnam and the Philippines also claim have heightened tensions in the mineral-rich South China Sea. Vietnamese protestors condemn what they call a Chinese invasion o

VOA标准英语2012--China Seeks New Technology in Oil Deal

China Seeks New Technology in Oil Deal Tar sands projects run by Nexen are one reason the Canadian oil company is being offered $15 billion by the China National Offshore Oil Corporation or CNOOC. Besides oil sands, Nexen has deepwater drilling opera

VOA标准英语2012--Indonesia Working to Soothe South China Sea Tensions

Indonesia Working to Soothe South China Sea Tensions Chinese patrols in waters that Vietnam and the Philippines also claim have heightened tensions in the mineral-rich South China Sea. Vietnamese protestors condemn what they call a Chinese invasion o

VOA标准英语2012--Olympic History on Display During London Games

Olympic History on Display During London Games This year's Olympics stamp exhibit is at the large and popular British Library, where local residents and visitors have easy, and free, access. The displays focus on stamps and posters from London's two

VOA标准英语2012--Fans Note Differences Between London, Beijing Olympics

Fans Note Differences Between London, Beijing Olympics American Gary Davis has been to nine Olympics and says the stadiums built for the London games cannot compare to the iconic architectural design of the bird's nest stadium and water cube aquatic