VOA慢速英语2009年-Education Report - Number of Foreign Stude

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A new report says the number of foreign students in the United States reached a record high in two thousand eight. More than six hundred seventy thousand international students attended an American c

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2009-10-11)

This is AP news minute. 1.Reaction around the globe to President Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize is mixed. The committee calls an early vote of confidence for his efforts towards global peace. Critics said the award is premature. 2.President Obama

VOA标准英语2009-Women Fatten Sheep to Raise Money for School

A group of women in Southeastern Senegal pooled their money, bought 25 sheep for $35 each, now selling their largest ones for around $165, in their latest business project, called Operation Tabaski Ricci Shryock | Dakar 23 November 2009 Photo: VOA P

VOA标准英语2009-Clinicians Urge Oversight of AIDS Patient Ca

South Africas national government protocol requires state health facilities to provide antiretroviral medication to ill, HIV-infected people. However, independent health groups continue to receive reports of HIV-infected people dying because certain

VOA标准英语2009-Spain Helping Mauritania Slow Illegal Immigr

Spanish, Mauritanian governments step up patrols along the coast to stop illegal immigration; Madrid helps Nouakchott with an annual budget of $750 million and a small plane to keep watch on immigration routes. Scott Stearns | Dakar 24 November 2009

VOA标准英语2009-Cars in Russia Measured by People Power, Not

The Russian Parliament recently made a rare legislative reversal -- withdrawing a tax increase on cars just days after approving it. Peter Fedynsky | Moscow 25 November 2009 A big increase in the number of new drivers in Russia has led to traffic ja

VOA标准英语2009-Bangkok Faces Grim Future as Waters Rise

By Ron Corben Bangkok 17 November 2009 Monsoonal floods in Bangkok, Thailand Built along the banks of the Chao Praya river as it nears the ocean, Bangkok has long been vulnerable to flooding. Poor urban planning and careless expansion have made the

VOA标准英语2009-US Veterans Groups Speak Out On Afghanistan

By Jim Malone Washington 16 November 2009 As President Barack Obama considers sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, veterans' groups are speaking out, though not always with one voice. At Arlington National Cemetery near Washington DC, Afghan war

VOA标准英语2009-Fat Producing Hormone May Lower Risk of Type

By Melinda Smith Washington 14 November 2009 The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that at least 180 million people have diabetes. Roughly 90 percent have what's called Type Two diabetes, caused by the body's ineffective use of insulin. Rese

VOA标准英语2009年-Iraq Electoral Official Says Vote Will Hap

By Elizabeth Arrott Cairo 09 November 2009 Election officials in Iraq say the next general election will take place January 21. The announcement one day after a last-minute deal on the nation's electoral law, means the vote will be held within the t

VOA标准英语2009年-US, Germany Press Afghan President on Refo

By David Gollust Berlin 09 November 2009 A US armored personal carrier drives past a defaced election poster of Afghan Pres. Hamid Karzai in Kabul (File) The United States and Germany say the new Afghan government being formed by President Hamid Kar

VOA标准英语2009年-Afghans React To Possible US Troop Surge

By Sean Maroney Kabul 09 November 2009 As U.S. President Barack Obama debates with his advisers on whether to increase the number of American troops in Afghanistan, Afghans have their own opinions. This year has been the deadliest for foreign troops

VOA标准英语2009-Sri Lanka Military Chief Resigns

By Steve Herman New Delhi 12 November 2009 Government officials in Colombo confirm the chief of Sri Lanka's armed forces has quit his post, but are not commenting on speculation he is poised to challenge the island nation's president in an upcoming

VOA标准英语2009-Kremlin Calls for Sweeping Modernization of

By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 12 November 2009 Russian President Dmitri Medvedev (file photo) Russian President Dmitri Medvedev is calling for sweeping economic, social, political, and military modernization of his country. In his second annual State of

VOA标准英语2009年-Polls Slam Australia's PM for Handling of

By Phil Mercer Sydney 10 November 2009 Photo shows Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were caught in Indonesian waters while trying to sail to Australia, 26 Oct 2009 Opinion polls show that many Australians are unhappy with the way Prime Minister Kevin R

VOA标准英语2009年-World War II 'Lost Battalion' Veterans Reu

By Greg Flakus Houston 04 November 2009 In late October, 1944 the First Battalion of the U.S. 141st Infantry Regiment, comprised mostly of men from the Texas National Guard, broke through German lines in northeastern France and then found themselves

VOA标准英语2009年-Africa Boycott Steers UN Climate Talks

By Selah Hennessy London 04 November 2009 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Commitments on greenhouse-gas emissions cuts will be the focus of the remaining few days of a U.N. climate conference in Barcelona. African delegates pulled out of t

VOA标准英语2009年-Elbaradei Reports On Global Nuclear Activi

By Bernard Shusman New York 04 November 2009 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei (file photo) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei has given what amounts to his final report on gl

VOA标准英语2009年-British Leader Vows Afghan Mission Unchang

By Tom Rivers London 04 November 2009 Video grab made 04 Nov 2009 of a casualty being taken to a base hospital after 5 British soldiers were shot dead in Helmand Province, Afghanistan While calling the deaths of five British soldiers gunned down in

VOA标准英语2009年-Iranian Opposition Supporters Return to St

By Edward Yeranian Cairo 04 November 2009 Photo obtained by AP outside Iran shows a man running from police in anti-government protest in Tehran, 04 Nov 2009 Iranian police have clashed with opposition demonstrators who tried to take over a governme