VOA标准英语2013--Vote Counting Underway After Big Voter Turnout in Kenya

Vote Counting Underway After Big Voter Turnout in Kenya Voters began lining up in the early morning hours at this polling station in Gatundu. Huge turnout across the country overwhelmed polling stations, and many, like Lucas Nganga, waited hours to v

VOA标准英语2013--Cluster Munitions Have Prolonged Impact

Cluster Munitions Have Prolonged Impact Mohamed is 13 years old. Two years ago, he played with a shiny metal object he found outside his home in Benghazi, Libya. He didn't know it was a cluster munition until it exploded. Cluster munitions release sm

VOA标准英语2013--HIV Cure Raises Hope

HIV Cure Raises Hope Tim Brown is one of only two people ever to be considered cured of HIV infection. But it was not easy. He also had leukemia. A bone marrow transplant from a donor with a rare mutation cured his HIV. The first transplant went well

VOA标准英语2013--Women Play Increasingly Vital Role in Peace Missions

Women Play Increasingly Vital Role in Peace Missions Captain Annie - French soldiers dont use their last names - is examining Gomo, a working security dog from France who lives at a base of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. The captain is

VOA标准英语2013--Venezuela's Chavez Built Ties With Iran

Venezuela's Chavez Built Ties With Iran The relationship between Iran and Venezuela began in the 1960s, in the early days of OPEC, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. But it was during Hugo Chavezs presidency that strong ties were form

VOA标准英语2013--Aid Agencies: World Has Forgotten Darfur Conflict

Aid Agencies: World Has Forgotten Darfur Conflict An estimated 300,000 people have died in the decade-long conflict in Darfur, most of them civilians. Almost two million have fled their homes. Abakar Adam has lived in a refugee camp near the town of

VOA标准英语2013--Italian Political Gridlock Threatens Euro

Italian Political Gridlock Threatens Euro Italians surprised the world, and perhaps themselves - splitting their vote among disgraced former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, a center-left coalition and a protest movement led by a former comedian. Th

VOA标准英语2013--Burma Hopes for US Return to Textile Industry

Burma Hopes for US Return to Textile Industry Shaking off the dust It is the first time Aung Win has returned to a former textile factory since U.S. sanctions forced it to close down a decade ago. The vice chairman of the Myanmar Garment Manufacturer

VOA标准英语2013--South Africa Pledges to Get Tough on Rape

South Africa Pledges to Get Tough on Rape In recent months, the outrage has grown. These protesters are marching to protest the brutal killing of teenager Anene Booysen. Anene was one of an estimated 64,000 girls and women who are raped every year in

VOA标准英语2013--Syria Issue Likely to Come Up During Obama's Mideast Trip

Syria Issue Likely to Come Up During Obama's Mideast Trip With President Assad's forces still controlling Syrian air space, rebels want the United States to give them the weapons they say they need to finish the fight. When we are denied weapons, we

VOA标准英语2013--Sequestration Puts Malaria Vaccine Trial in Jeopardy

Sequestration Puts Malaria Vaccine Trial in Jeopardy No buzz is heard. But you can almost feel the vibration of 10,000 mosquitoes. Instinctively, you scratch, even though no insect is freely flying. The females are attracted to body heat to feed on b

VOA标准英语2013--iPhone Becomes Low Cost Microscope

iPhone Becomes Low Cost Microscope The Apple iPhone can be used for lot of things making calls, playing games and sending pictures, video and text. Scientists say it also can be converted into a low-cost microscope to detect worm-related infections i

VOA标准英语2013--Global Politics Shaken By Social Media

Global Politics Shaken By Social Media By his own admission, Beppe Grillo tries hard not to look like a politician. But his '5-star Movement' took 25 percent of the vote at the Italian elections last month - the highest share for a single party. Addr

VOA标准英语2013--Latin America's Left Sees Void After Chavez

Latin America's Left Sees Void After Chavez In death, as in life, Hugo Chavez won acclaim from the leaders of Latin America's new left, united in their opposition to what they see as U.S. domination of the region. For them, the late Venezuelan leader

VOA标准英语2013--Iran, Armenia Find Solidarity in Isolation

Iran, Armenia Find Solidarity in Isolation In all of Christian Armenia, there is only one mosque: The Iranian Mosque, restored 15 years ago by Iran. The mosque offers classes in Persian and is an essential landmark for visiting Iranian VIPS, like Ira

VOA标准英语2013--Nigeria Recruits Midwives to Save Lives

Nigeria Recruits Midwives to Save Lives Patience Afor Abdullahi, a midwife and the head of nursing at Abuja National Hospital in the Nigerian capital, has lost track of how many babies she has delivered and she would not trade her job for anything. I

VOA标准英语2013--Microfinance Gives Voice to Rural Indian Women

Microfinance Gives Voice to Rural Indian Women It all started eight years ago with a $1,000 loan to buy buffaloes. Shahnaz Begum, who had never earned a penny in her life, suddenly had a source of income, a way to educate her children and a newfound

VOA标准英语2013--US, China Facing Increasingly Belligerent North Korea

US, China Facing Increasingly Belligerent North Korea With North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un threatening a pre-emptive nuclear strike to stop what Pyongyang says are plans for a U.S. and South Korean attack, Washington is again calling on Beijing to he

VOA标准英语2013--NASA: Ancient Martian Conditions Suitable for Life

NASA: Ancient Martian Conditions Suitable for Life NASA says there is new evidence that ancient Mars could have supported microbial life. NASA's Curiosity rover has drilled into a rock near an ancient stream bed on the Red Planet, and the rover has a

VOA标准英语2013--Some Abuse Victims Skeptical about a New Pope

Some Abuse Victims Skeptical about a New Pope This is a picture of me, right before my abuse. I was around eignt or nine when the abuse started, says Becky Ianni, who remembers herself as a normal, happy child. Continuing to refer to the photo she sa