2007年VOA标准英语-US Governor in Sudan to Press for Acceptance of

By Noel King Khartoum 08 January 2007 The governor of the U.S. state of New Mexico, Bill Richardson, met in Khartoum with Sudan's president to press him to allow deployment of U.N. peacekeepers in Sudan's western Darfur region. Noel King in Khartoum

VOA慢速英语2012 Health Report - Groups Warn of Health Needs in Burma

Health Report - Groups Warn of Health Needs in Burma 健康报道 - 非政府援助组织对缅甸当前的卫生需求提出警告 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 In the past year, Burm

2007年VOA标准英语-US Commander: Iraqi Forces Need Help to Control

By Al Pessin Pentagon 21 September 2007 The commander of coalition forces in Baghdad says there are not enough Iraqi forces in the city to control it without coalition help, but he says the combined U.S. and Iraqi force is making good progress in def

2006年VOA标准英语-Former Ivory Coast President Launches New

By Nico Colombant Abidjan 11 March 2006 Ivory Coast's former president Henri Konan Bedie The previously deposed president of divided Ivory Coast, Henri Konan Bedie, has launched a new bid to reclaim t

VOA标准英语10月-East Congo Rebels Withdraw from Peace Accord

A rebel leader in Eastern Congo says he is withdrawing from January's peace agreement and has issued a call for Congolese to rise up and liberate the country. VOA's Scott Bobb reports from our West Africa Bureau in Dakar. Renegade ex-general Laurent

VOA标准英语2012--Suspect in Wildlife Reserve Attack Escapes

Suspect in Wildlife Reserve Attack Escapes The manhunt has resumed for the leader of a DRC militia that attacked a wildlife reserve in June. Six people were killed and 14 endangered forest giraffes, known as Okapi were slaughtered. He had been in the

VOA标准英语2010年-US Military Trains for Possible Terror

It is hard to imagine, but it could happen anywhere in the world - an atomic blast set off by terrorists. The U.S. military is training for that possibility in the United States. More than 3,000 Army troops and National Guard - the state militias - a

VOA标准英语2011--Syria Detains Opposition Activists in Co

Syria Detains Opposition Activists in Continuing Crackdown The Syrian government is continuing its crackdown Monday against anti-government protesters. Witnesses say the government is moving tanks and security forces into a number of towns and cities

VOA标准英语2012--South Sudan Oil Dispute Raises Specter of War

South Sudan Oil Dispute Raises Specter of War South Sudan is retooling its armed forces - working to strengthen the former rebel Southern People's Liberation Army into a more formal military. Soldiers here at the Bilpam military base in Juba could be

VOA标准英语2013--Recording Rights Abuses in Northern Mali

Recording Rights Abuses in Northern Mali The French-led military intervention in northern Mali has enabled a rights group to gather evidence of alleged abuses, killings and disappearances in the region. Human Rights Watch has been interviewing victim

VOA标准英语2009年-East Timor Leader Says Voters Will Judge F

East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta says it is up to Indonesian voters to judge a former army commander who hopes to become vice president in Wednesday's elections. Human rights groups accuse Prabowo Subianto of orchestrating atrocities in both

VOA标准英语2013--Child Soldiers Detained Mali

Child Soldiers Detained Mali A human rights group says children recruited as soldiers and those believed to have ties with armed groups are being illegally detained in Mali. Amnesty International says they are being held alongside adults, and some cl

VOA标准英语2013--Battles for Aleppo Loom on Syria's Northern Front

Battles for Aleppo Loom on Syria's Northern Front Khan al Assal, off Highway 5, eight kilometers southwest of Aleppo - Syria's commercial hub besieged by war. There has been fierce fighting for control of this strategic town. Islamist rebel fighters

VOA标准英语2014--北约与俄罗斯角力乌克兰

NATO Grapples With Russian Moves in Ukraine 北约与俄罗斯角力乌克兰 LONDON U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says Russias annexation of Crimea and involvement in eastern Ukraine are the biggest threat to European security since the end of

VOA标准英语2013--HRW: Make Rights Priority in Somalia

HRW: Make Rights Priority in Somalia International donors are being called on to place human rights at the top of the agenda when they meet Tuesday on Somalia. Representatives of more than 50 countries are gathering in London to discuss Somalias futu

VOA标准英语2014--无国界医生减少在中非共和国的医疗活动

MSF Reduces CAR Medical Care 无国界医生减少在中非共和国的医疗活动 The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders is reducing its operations in Central African Republic for one week. The move is to protest the recent killings of 16 ci

VOA常速英语2007-John Lennon's Music to Help Darfur

By Mandy Clark London 04 October 2007 The human rights group Amnesty International has teamed up with John Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, to raise awareness and money for the victims of the conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan. Ono was recently on hand

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2015-04-14

Residents of the Iraqi city of Tikrit say one neighborhood is all but destroyed after government allied forces pushed out the self-named Islamic State, or ISIS. NPRs Alice Fordham reports the first city to be retaken from the militants has paid a hea

VOA双语新闻 --- Bush Confident of Success in Basra Fighti

President Bush says Iraqi security forces fighting in Basra will need time to overcome Shiite militias, but he is confident the government in Baghdad will prevail. Mr. Bush says the Iraqi offensive is a direct result of security gains made be a surge

VOA双语新闻：前美军将领称伊战不会迅速结束

This week marked the fifth anniversary of the speech President Bush gave on a U.S. aircraft carrier, in which he declared the end of major combat in Iraq. The anniversary came at the end of a difficult month for U.S. forces in Iraq, and caused some r