'Slum Film Festival' Showcases Urban Stories The festival is a community-based event, featuring films by and about people living in urban slums, screened in the open air. The event allows filmmakers to show their work to residents of the areas where
VOA标准英语2012年(八月)
Human Impact Muffles Mother Nature's Voice Whether it's the driving rain in a tropical storm, the scream of a mountain gorilla or the jolt of a snow mobile engine against the winter silence, Krause has recorded it all. In his new book, The Great Anim
VOA标准英语2012年(八月)
9/11 Victims' Families Watch Closely as Guantanamo Hearings Begin The trial will happen far away - in both time and distance - from the destruction of September 11th, 2001. Judi Jackson Reiss lost her 23-year-old son, Josh, in the World Trade Center
VOA标准英语2012年(八月)
Conventions Loom as Test for US Presidential Candidates Negative ads from both sides blanket the TV airwaves and the candidates are taking it personally. The other side has decided that compromise is a dirty word, President Obama said. And they spend
VOA标准英语2012年(八月)
Political Conventions Aim to Energize Party Faithful Just like a whistle that starts a soccer match, the conventions signal its time for the real game to begin. This high energy has to carry the U.S. presidential campaign through its final 10 weeks.
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Dallas Attacks West Nile Virus by Land, Air The aerial and ground fumigation programs are blanketing around 1,400 square kilometers of the county, but don't target all mosquitoes. Laura McGowan, who works with Clarke, the company contracted to carry
VOA标准英语2012年(八月)
German Growth Offers Lifeline for Euro As the music booms from his new range of top-end speakers in the testing suite, Dieter Burmester allows himself a little dance. From its headquarters in Berlin, the company that bears his name produces audio equ
VOA标准英语2012年(八月)
Syrian Conflict Gives Kurds New Freedom When Syrian government forces withdrew recently, the Kurdish city of Afrin came under the control of the Kurd's Democratic Union Party, known as the P.Y.D. Afrin has its own checkpoints and flies its own flag.
VOA标准英语2012年(八月)
Two Brothers Wage Media War for Syrian Rebels Its a dangerous trek across the Turkish border into Syria. With the Turkish military patrolling one side and Syrian rebel fighters on the other, the risk of being caught up in the conflict is extremely hi
VOA标准英语2012年(八月)
Digital Revolution Transforms Comic Books For the past 30 years, Golden Apple Comics in Los Angeles has been selling comic books to adults and children like eight-year-old Evan Cray. I just like holding the pages and reading it, he says. The look of
VOA标准英语2012年(八月)
Syrians Work to Restore Services Amid War At this makeshift gas station along the roadside in northern Syria, fuel sells for about $2 a liter. It is one of the precious resources the Free Syrian Army is helping to secure. The FSA is organizing Local
VOA标准英语2012年(八月)
Dallas Continues Spraying in Fight Against West Nile Fever Many people in Dallas continue to work and play outdoors, but they are heeding warnings from health officials to protect themselves. Fifteen-year-old Macias says he has followed the news repo
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New Documentary Revives American Pioneer Music The Little House on the Prairie television series is perhaps the best-known adaption of the Laura Ingalls Wilder stories. The show aired for eight seasons beginning in 1974 and has since been translated
VOA标准英语2012年(八月)
Young Kenyan Artists Face Tough Market At the Kuona Trust, a visual arts center in a Nairobi suburb, artists work out of converted shipping containers. Kuona's mission is to provide opportunities for its artists to produce world-class art in Kenya. S
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Phelps Wants to Enjoy Life After Olympic Glory Phelps now has three Olympic records - for winning the most overall medals with 22, for winning the most gold medals with 18, and for the most gold medals in a single Olympics with eight, which he won in
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For Freed Inmate, Painful Memories of Life on Death Row The execution in Texas of a man alleged to have been mentally disabled has once again brought attention to the issue of capital punishment in the United States. Nearly 1,300 people have been exe
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US Drought Impacts Global Food Security The United States is the leading producer of corn and soybeans two commodities that developing countries rely on. However, over the past two months, prices have risen sharply as the U.S. experiences its worst d
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Athletes, Fans Getting Tattooed in London The blue, yellow, black, green, and red interlocking rings that make up the symbol of the Olympic Games are getting etched into the skin of Olympic athletes across London, a reminder that they competed in one
VOA标准英语2012年(八月)
Political Activists Shun Staging Protests at Olympics Maria Wenda and a small number of protesters from the Free West Papua Movement staged a demonstration in front of the Indonesian Embassy in London during the Olympics. She says the group hopes the
VOA标准英语2012年(八月)
Movies About Superheroes Score Big in US Captain America and the superheroes known as The Avengers have a plan - to dominate movie theaters, as they compete with rival superheroes - Batman in The Dark Knight Rises, and The Amazing Spider-Man. The Ave
VOA标准英语2012年(八月)
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- VOA标准英语2012--Syrian Rebels Share Common Goal
- VOA标准英语2012--Syrian Bombings Force Villagers to Flee
- VOA标准英语2012--US: Meles' Death Loss for Sudan Peace Process
- VOA标准英语2012--In Australia, Brain Power Fuels Emotion-Driven Music
- VOA标准英语2012--Mental Health Services Absent for Traumatized South Sudanese
- VOA标准英语2012--Writer of America's Soundtrack Turns 80
- VOA标准英语2012--Drought Kindles US Farmers' Appetite for African Grain Sorghum
- VOA标准英语2012--As Conventions Near Debate Continues on Same-Sex Marriage
- VOA标准英语2012--German Housewife Hailed as Euro Solution
- VOA标准英语2012--Marriage Goes from Lackluster to Loving in 'Hope Springs'
- VOA标准英语2012--Hollywood Resurrects Schwarzenegger's 'Total Recall'
- VOA标准英语2012--Teenager's Music Star Dreams Come True in 'Sparkle'
- VOA标准英语2012--Spying on New York Muslims Yields No Leads
- VOA标准英语2012--Are Sleep Problems a Growing Epidemic?
- VOA标准英语2012--Cape Cod Is US Northeast's Summer Capital
- VOA标准英语2012--China Seeks New Technology in Oil Deal
- VOA标准英语2012--Indonesia Working to Soothe South China Sea Tensions
- VOA标准英语2012--Olympic History on Display During London Games
- VOA标准英语2012--Fans Note Differences Between London, Beijing Olympics
- VOA标准英语2012--Free Press Eludes Burma Despite End of Censorship
- VOA标准英语2012--Syrian Rebels Share Common Goal
- VOA标准英语2012--Syrian Bombings Force Villagers to Flee
- VOA标准英语2012--US: Meles' Death Loss for Sudan Peace Process
- VOA标准英语2012--In Australia, Brain Power Fuels Emotion-Driven Music
- VOA标准英语2012--Mental Health Services Absent for Traumatized South Sudanese
- VOA标准英语2012--Writer of America's Soundtrack Turns 80
- VOA标准英语2012--Drought Kindles US Farmers' Appetite for African Grain Sorghum
- VOA标准英语2012--As Conventions Near Debate Continues on Same-Sex Marriage
- VOA标准英语2012--German Housewife Hailed as Euro Solution
- VOA标准英语2012--Marriage Goes from Lackluster to Loving in 'Hope Springs'
- VOA标准英语2012--Hollywood Resurrects Schwarzenegger's 'Total Recall'
- VOA标准英语2012--Teenager's Music Star Dreams Come True in 'Sparkle'
- VOA标准英语2012--Spying on New York Muslims Yields No Leads
- VOA标准英语2012--Are Sleep Problems a Growing Epidemic?
- VOA标准英语2012--Cape Cod Is US Northeast's Summer Capital
- VOA标准英语2012--China Seeks New Technology in Oil Deal
- VOA标准英语2012--Indonesia Working to Soothe South China Sea Tensions
- VOA标准英语2012--Olympic History on Display During London Games
- VOA标准英语2012--Fans Note Differences Between London, Beijing Olympics