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听遍美国之社会新闻[7]:Arab League Condemned Israeli Aggression Against Palestinians Israeli Aggression Against Palestinians In Tunis: Arab League foreign ministers have ended a two-day meeting with a strong statement(1) of support for the Palestinia
By Paul Sisco Washington, D.C. 29 June 2007 The American bald eagle, a national symbol since 1782, was once almost wiped out by hunters and pesticide poisoning. Today the great bird is not only surviving but thriving. Four decades after it was decla
Naguib Mahfouz was born in 1911 and died in 2006. He was an Egyptian novelist and winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. He is considered as the father of modern Arabic literature and is popular throughout the Arab world. Many of his books we
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 18 July 2007 The theme of the sixth forum on the African Growth and Opportunity Act that opens Wednesday Ghana's capital, is As trade grows, Africa prospers. The U.S. initiative allows allows African countries that undertake ec
By Carol Pearson Washington 22 August 2007 High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a disease usually associated with adults, but children can get it too and can have serious health problems because of it. A new study is now calling for pediatricians
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 02 June 2008 Islamic militants in Indonesia say they are preparing for a war against a minority Muslim sect. VOA'S Nancy-Amelia Collins in Jakarta reports. Members of Islamic Defenders Front shout God is great during
U.S. officials are denying reports that they are abandoning efforts to negotiate an agreement on the future of U.S. forces in Iraq, saying they will soon respond to Iraqi proposals for changes in the draft, and that some changes may be possible. VOA
The top U.S. diplomat for South Asia is praising Pakistan's efforts to recruit local militias against Taliban and al-Qaida fighters in the country's volatile tribal regions. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad. U.S. Assistant Secretary of St
Sideshows Make Magic in NY Amusement Park The weird, the amazing, and the simply gross are alive and well at Coney Island, where sideshow performers test their limits. Coney Island draws hundreds of thousands of visitors a year. For more than a centu
Sudan Blames Bombardment on Southern Aggression As violence continues along Sudan's disputed north-south border, the government of Sudan has rejected U.S. President Barack Obama's demand for peace. On the defensive after international condemnation of
Oscar-Nominated 'Hugo' Centers on Movie Magic Once upon a time I met a boy named Hugo Cabret. He searched to find a secret message and that message lit his way all the way home. Hugo is an orphan who lives in the shadows of a busy Paris train station
By Carol Pearson Washington 04 October 2007 Experts say heart disease and stroke are the leading cause of death among women throughout the world. Yet, a new study by Duke University in North Carolina shows, as in much of the world, women in the U.S.
The Valeri Mausoleum, the largest and most luxurious of 22 pagan tombs buried under St. Peter's Basilica[1] in Vatican City, was reopened on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. The mausoleum lies a few hundred feet away from the burial place
By Melinda Smith Washington 14 March 2008 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week released a study estimating that one out of every four teenage girls in the United States is infected with a sexually transmitted disease. The rat
By Jim Malone Washington 09 March 2007 Two more notable Republicans are considering a run for U.S. president next year. We have details from VOA National correspondent Jim Malone in Washington. Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel and former House Speaker N
By Alan Silverman Holloywood 11 March 2007 The American immigrant saga has a South Asian flavor in a new film adapted from the best-selling novel by Jhumpa Lahiri about two generations of a Bengali family living in the United States. Alan Silverman h
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 05 June 2008 The Democratic-led U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee has released a report that finds the Bush administration ignored disagreements about intelligence information in making its case for war in Iraq. Key Rep
European Union Defense ministers have wrapped up a two-day meeting in France focused on beefing up the bloc's defense capabilities and looking at EU missions in Bosnia, Chad and elsewhere. For VOA, Lisa Bryant has more on the talks from Paris. EU mi
Vice President Joe Biden is visiting U.S. soldiers and Iraqi political leaders on the first trip by a top U.S. leader to Iraq since the June 30 withdrawal of US combat troops from Iraqi towns and cities. Biden's trip comes amid a surge of insurgent
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has made a surprise visit to Baghdad where she praised recent steps toward national reconciliation. Rice slipped into Iraq from Saudi Arabia, where she was accompanying President Bush on his Mideast tour. 美国