VOA慢速英语2009年-Education Report - Getting a Fellowship, F

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The Ford Foundation in the United States is a charitable organization that calls itself a partner for social change. It has a study program currently available to college graduates in twenty-two coun

VOA慢速英语2009年-IN THE NEWS - Looking Back at the Life of

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, Americans said goodbye to the last son of one of the nation's most politically influential families. Senator Edward Kennedy died Tuesday of brain cancer. He was seventy-seven. A visitor writes i

VOA标准英语2009年-Polls Open in Gabon

Voters in Gabon are choosing a new president to succeed long-time ruler Omar Bongo. Mr. Bongo died in June after 42 years in power. Supporters of Ali Bongo Ondimba, son of former dictator Omar Bongo, leave his final presidential campaign rally in Li

VOA标准英语2009年-Honduras Shuts Down Broadcasters, Some Con

By Brian Wagner Tegucigalpa 29 September 2009 The interim government in Honduras has closed two news broadcasters and suspended some constitutional rights in response to the country's ongoing political crisis. In Tegucigal, officials say they are co

CNN 2009-08-20

Good morning, I'm Melissa Long here at the CNN Center in Atlanta with a look at some of the stories that are happening NOW IN THE NEWS on this Wednesday. Devastating blasts rocked Baghdad in one of the worst explosions of violence since the US troop

VOA标准英语2009年-UN: Refugees Increasingly Being Refused As

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 28 September 2009 The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, is appealing to countries to open their borders to asylum seekers. He says the number of places where people fleeing conflict and persecution can fin

VOA慢速英语2009年-Development Report - Brazil Launches First

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A hydrogen fuel cell powered bus in Hartford, Connecticut, in 2007. If you travel by bus in Sao Paulo, Brazil these days your vehicle may be powered by hydrogen fuel cells. The city's urban transpo

VOA慢速英语2009年-THIS IS AMERICA - How We Are Connecting Wi

VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus. This week on our program: the world of social media. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: People use social networking sites to share ideas, opinions and

VOA慢速英语2009年-EXPLORATIONS - Hip-Hop Goes Global to a So

VOICE ONE: I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about hip-hop music with a message. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Hip-hop music started in the South Bronx area of New York City in the early n

VOA标准英语2009年-Libya's Gadhafi To Take UN Stage

By Elizabeth Arrott Cairo, Egypt 18 September 2009 Mural of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi will make his debut at the United Nations General Assembly later this month, after many years in the diplomatic wilderness. Mr. G

VOA标准英语2009年-Iraqi Shoe-Thrower Released From Prison

The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes in protest at former U.S. President George W. Bush has been released from prison. Muntazer al-Zaidi speaks during a press conference at the offices of his employer Baghdadiyah TV, 15 Sep 2009 Muntazer al-Zaid

VOA标准英语2009年-Humanitarian Situation in Northern Yemen D

U.N. aid agencies say the humanitarian situation in northern Yemen continues to deteriorate as the battle between the Yemeni government and rebels allied to al-Qaida rages on. The agencies say tens of thousands of civilians are trapped in the confli

VOA标准英语2009年-Cambodia Struggles to Save Mothers, Even a

By Robert Carmichael Phnom Penh 10 November 2009 Mother and child in Cambodia Cambodia is one of the poorest countries in Southeast Asia. Given its turbulent past, decades of civil war and the devastating policies of the Khmer Rouge to name just two

VOA标准英语2009年-Hungarians Have Mixed Feelings About Colla

By Peter Fedynsky Budapest 03 November 2009 In this June 27, 1989 file picture, then Hungarian Foreign Minister Gyula Horn, right, with Austrian counterpart Alois Mock cut through barbed wire of former Iron Curtain marking border between East, West

VOA标准英语2009年-Debate Still Rages Over Who Won the Cold W

By Mark Snowiss Washington 03 November 2009 The 20th anniversary of the 1989 East European revolutions has re-opened contentious debate over who won the Cold War and what caused Soviet communism to disintegrate so rapidly in its final years. The fal

VOA标准英语2009年-Al-Qaida Linked Group Gains Control of Som

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 02 October 2009 Kismayo, Somalia Al-Shabab militants in Somalia have claimed control of the country's southern port town of Kismayo, one day after deadly fighting with a rival Islamist group. But the city remains tense amid rep

VOA标准英语2009年-India's Youngest Cabinet Ministers Look to

Despite the election of younger heads of government in such countries as Britain, France, Germany, Japan and the United States, the face of politics in India is still one of relative seniority. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who has heart trouble, i

VOA标准英语2009年-US Nurse Brings Medicine and Education to

By Paige Kollock New York 07 October 2009 In the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States and the subsequent allied war in Afghanistan, a registered nurse from California wanted to help innocent people in the Muslim worl

VOA标准英语2009年-Kenya Pioneers New Way to Transfer Money

By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 06 October 2009 Mobile phones in Kenya can be used to transfer funds In Kenya, sending money home to villages and farms from the city used to be problematic. Many people in rural areas do not have access to banking, making

VOA标准英语2009年-Japanese Students Create 3D Version of Des

By Akiko Fujita Nagasaki, Japan 08 October 2009 Brick-colored Urakami Cathedral (center), with twin towers, stands 08 Aug 2005 in area of hypocenter of atomic bombing in Nagasaki Students at Japan's University of Nagasaki are attempting to recreate