VOA标准英语2009年-Kidnappings Plague Kenyan Capital

By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 05 November 2009 Child kidnapping in Kenya. A parent's worse nightmare. Kidnapping has become a serious problem in Kenya's capital, with children being the most common targets. Experts say criminals consider kidnapping to b

VOA标准英语2009年-Clinton Says Washington Following Through

By Scott Stearns Marrakech, Morocco 03 November 2009 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers her speech at the opening of the World Policy Conference in Marrakech, Morocco, 03 Nov 2009 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Washington i

VOA标准英语2009年-President Obama Still to Decide Whether to

By Ravi Khanna Washington 03 November 2009 President Barack Obama met last October 30 with his top military commanders to discuss U.S. strategy in Afghanistan as he considers whether to send thousands of more troops to the war torn country. Some ana

VOA标准英语2009年-Zimbabwe's Mugabe Has Built Secret Farming

By Peta Thornycroft Southern Africa 02 October 2009 Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe addresses the 64th session of the General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters, in New York, 25 Sep 2009 Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has said his fa

VOA标准英语2009年-Pakistan Defends US Aid Package

By Sean Maroney Islamabad 16 October 2009 The Pakistani government is defending the $7.5 billion U.S. aid package, saying Washington has addressed Islamabad's concerns over some of the controversial clauses. Late Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obam

VOA标准英语2009年-Former Top Officer Says US Should Recommit

By Al Pessin The Pentagon 16 October 2009 General Richard Myers talks about US strategy in Afghanistan, 16 Oct. 2009 The man who was the top U.S. military officer at the beginning of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars says the United States needs to reco

VOA标准英语2009年-Lobbyists Try to Influence Health Care Ref

By Elizabeth Lee Washington 16 October 2009 Man is transported to hospital room The U.S. Senate Finance Committee has approved a sweeping health care reform bill aimed at lowering insurance costs and expanding coverage to more Americans. In the comm

VOA标准英语2009年-Many in Central Somalia Need Food Aid Beca

By Cathy Majtenyi Central Somalia 17 October 2009 Somali children in the drought area Like the rest of eastern Africa, central Somalia is in the grips of a debilitating drought. As a result, more than half of the population is in need of emergency f

VOA标准英语2009年-Botswana's Khama to be Sworn in Tuesday fo

By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 19 October 2009 Ian Khama (June 2009 file photo) Botswana's President Ian Khama is to be inaugurated for a five-year term following his party's victory in Friday's elections. Election officials say President Ian Khama will

VOA标准英语2009年-US Senate Confirms Sotomayor for Supreme C

The U.S. Senate has confirmed the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor as an associate justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. President Barack Obama welcomed the 68 to 31 vote, which came after three days of debate on Sotomayor's judicial recor

VOA标准英语2009年-Islam Still a Force in Indonesian Election

With the Indonesian presidential elections looming, some political analysts are wondering what role Muslim organizations will play. In parliamentary elections earlier this year the Islamic parties lost a number of seats. Still, in the country with t

VOA标准英语2009年-Air France Plane Did Not Break Up in Air,

Initial results of an investigation into last month's Air France crash over the Atlantic find the aircraft plunged into the ocean at high speed. French investigators also say they are far from establishing the cause of the crash and the investigatio

VOA标准英语2009年-Cameroon Closes Radio Station Critical of

By Scott Stearns Dakar 08 October 2009 Cameroon President Paul Biya (file photo) Authorities in Cameroon have closed a private FM radio station that has been broadcasting illegally from the capital for several months. The station was highly critical

VOA标准英语2009年-Pakistani Taliban Claim Responsibility for

By Sean Maroney Islamabad 06 October 2009 Pakistani security and medical personnel and media gather in front of UN office as smoke billows out after suicide blast in Islamabad, 05 Oct 2009 The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility on Tuesday for

VOA标准英语2009年-Masaais in Southern Kenya Suffer From Drou

By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 06 October 2009 Cattle struggle to survive in Kenya's drought The Masaai community in the Kajiado area of southern Kenya is struggling to cope with a drought that is now in its third year. At least half of the area's cows h

VOA标准英语2009年-US Economy Showing More Positive Signs

By Michael Bowman Washington 08 October 2009 The U.S. economy is showing modest but welcome signs of life in employment and retail sales, adding to expectations of recovery from the longest and deepest recession of the post-World War II era. The num

VOA标准英语2009年-Indian Ghost Town of Bhangarh is on the Co

By Steve Herman Bangargh, India 09 October 2009 India, with its rich and long history, is full of mysteries. Perhaps none is as puzzling as what happened hundreds of years ago at a royal city in Rajasthan, now under excavation. Where is everyone? Bh

VOA标准英语2009年-US, Russia: No New Sanctions on Iran Yet

By Jessica Golloher Moscow 13 October 2009 Russia's Pres. Dmitry Medvedev and FM Sergei Lavrov meet with US Sec. of State Hillary Clinton at Barvikha, outside Moscow, 13 Oct 2009 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her Russian counterpart he

VOA标准英语2009年-Cohen Brothers Return With the Dark Comedy

By Alan Silverman Hollywood 12 October 2009 Michael Stuhlbarg stars as physics professor Larry Gopnik in writer/directors Joel Ethan Coens A Serious Man Film making brothers Joel and Ethan Coen, Oscar-winners for the 2007 thriller No Country For Old

VOA标准英语2009年-Amreeka Tells Story of Strangers in a Stra

By Saqib ul-Islam Washington 12 October 2009 Amreeka's stars, pictured on the movie's promotional poster What is it like for a mother and her teenage son to settle in America? And what if they are Palestinian and their arrival coincides with the ons