2006年VOA标准英语-Progress Reported on AIDS, Bird Flu, Malaria, C

By Melinda Smith and Paul Sisco Washington, DC 22 December 2006 watch 2006 Science and Medicine Within the next quarter century, AIDS is projected to be among the top three causes of death around the world. That dire prediction comes from researcher

2006年VOA标准英语-No Apparent Progress as US, N. Korean, Chinese

By Roger Wilkison Beijing 29 November 2006 Officials from the United States, North Korea and China have held a second day of talks in Beijing on resuming negotiations aimed at dismantling North Korea's nuclear weapons program. From the Chinese capit

2006年VOA标准英语-Lebanese Troops to Deploy South Thursday

By Margaret Besheer Beirut 16 August 2006 Late Wednesday, Lebanon's government approved a plan to deploy the army south of the Litani River beginning Thursday morning. Lebanese officials say the army will not force Hezbollah fighters to disarm, but

2007年VOA标准英语-Citizens' Group Gets Food to Needy Residents

By Jeffrey Young Washington 01 May 2007 To most Americans, the governments in their towns and regional areas called counties are the governments they interact with the most. And alongside these local governments are groups of citizens who work on the

2006年VOA标准英语-Italy to Pull Troops Out of Iraq by End of

By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 22 January 2006 Italian Defense Minister Antonio Martino, second from left, reviewing the Italian Joint Task Force in Nasiriyah, southern Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2005 (file)

2006年VOA标准英语-Development Projects Continue in Iraq Desp

By Sonja Pace Washington 24 February 2006 The head of the U.S. government's development program for Iraq, says projects are going ahead, and progress is being made, despite the insurgency and violence

2006年VOA标准英语-Bush: US Making Progress in Iraq

By Scott Stearns White House 29 March 2006 President Bush says the U.S. mission in Iraq is making progress despite continuing violence. Mr. Bush is explaining his strategy for success in Iraq at a tim

voa标准英语2008-Bush, Obama Remember Troops at Christmas

Both U.S. President George Bush and President-elect Barack Obama are spending a quiet Christmas out of the media spotlight with family and friends. They are urging Americans to remember U.S. troops abroad as they celebrate this holiday season. Presi

VOA标准英语2012--Scientists Provide Template for Developing New Anti-malarial Drug

College Makes Human Rights a Major Issue For years, Southern Methodist University Professor Rick Halperin pushed for a human rights degree program. The former chairman of Amnesty International USA taught his first human rights on campus 21 years ago,

VOA标准英语 British Troops End Mission in Basra, Hand Over to US

British forces turned over command of military operations in the southern Iraqi city of Basra to US troops on Sunday. A truck bomb that exploded Tuesday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, however, indicates that the military situation in many plac

VOA标准英语2012--Conservation Project at Risk from Mai Mai Attack

Conservation Project at Risk from Mai Mai Attack The hunt continues for the Mai Mai militia that attacked a DRC conservation project in June. Six people were killed, as well as 14 endangered animals called Okapi, or forest giraffe. The attack occurre

VOA标准英语2009年-US Studies Withdrawing More Troops from Iraq

A top American military commander says there could soon be a further reduction in the U.S. troop presence in Iraq, based on recommendations from commanders in the field. The head of U.S. Central Command, General David Petraeus, spoke to reporters in

VOA标准英语2011--Durban Climate Conference Drags On With Few Signs of Progress

Durban Climate Conference Drags On With Few Signs of Progress The United Nations climate conference in Durban, South Africa has gone into overtime, as delegates met Saturday to try to reach agreement on several deals to fight climate change. Observer

VOA标准英语2009年-Al-Shabab Group Threatens More Terror Attacks i

Somalia's militant al-Shabab group has promised to launch more attacks against African Union peacekeeping troops a day after 11 soldiers from Burundi were killed in blasts claimed by the group. On an Internet website, al-Shabab posted pictures of th

VOA标准英语2009年-UN Agency Proposes Selective Industrialization

A United Nations agency is offering what it calls a conceptual breakthrough to uplift the world's poorest people. The U.N. Industrial Development Organization contends selective industrialization offers the best chance for smaller, developing countr

VOA标准英语2009年-Pirate Booty Causes Kenya Property Prices to Sk

Property prices in Nairobi and elsewhere in Kenya have skyrocketed in the past few years, partly because more money may be finding its way there from pirate activities in neighboring Somalia. A local analyst says buying property is a popular and eas

VOA标准英语2011--Minority Groups Show Solidarity With 'Occupy' Protest Movement

Minority Groups Show Solidarity With 'Occupy' Protest Movement Hundreds of African Americans and Hispanics marched the nearly 18-kilometer length of Manhattan on Monday, to show solidarity with New York's Occupy Wall Street protest. Although the Occu

VOA标准英语2011--Yemen Opposition Rejects Gulf Proposal o

Yemen Opposition Rejects Gulf Proposal on Power Transfer Yemen's opposition rejected on Monday a Gulf Arab initiative for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down because the proposal appears to offer him immunity from prosecution, while Saleh himse

VOA标准英语2012--Most Accurate Projection of Polar Ice Melt Produced to Date

Most Accurate Projection of Polar Ice Melt Produced to Date Measuring ice sheets is a tricky business. Over the last two decades, dozens of studies on ice loss have come up with conflicting results. Now, a global scientific team, reporting in the jou

VOA标准英语2013--Some Iraqis Profit from Economic Progress; Most Suffer

Some Iraqis Profit from Economic Progress; Most Suffer Baghdad's Stock Exchange opened one year after the fall of Saddam Hussein as a private non-profit organization - replacing the government-owned Iraq Stock Exchange. Director Taha Ahmed al-Rubaye