VOA标准英语2009年-Gabon to Recount Presidential Votes

By Scott Stearns Dakar 29 September 2009 Gabon begins recounting presidential votes following an electoral challenge by opposition leaders, who say the results are fraudulent. Constitutional Court President Marie Madeleine Mboramsou'o ordered the re

VOA标准英语2009年-Egyptian Swine Flu Polices Under Scrutiny

By Jessica Desvarieux Cairo 28 September 2009 A CDC Image of H1N1 influenza virus With the global concern over the H1N1 swine flu virus rising, some tourists are finding themselves inside a quarantine cell as their first sightseeing experience. Egyp

VOA标准英语2009年-Swine Flu Spreads in Australia

The number of H1N1 flu cases in Australia has doubled in the past day to 59. The federal government has warned that the H1N1 influenza A virus is spreading fast. Health experts say its rapid transmission coincides with the southern hemisphere's trad

VOA标准英语2009年-Veteran Nepalese Gurkha Soldiers Win Right

Bowing to public and political pressure, Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government has announced a major policy u-turn that will allow nearly 40,000 veteran Gurkha soldiers the right to settle in Britain. The tough Nepalese fighters have been a part

VOA标准英语2009年-Pakistan Aid Bill Clears House Committee

A U.S. congressional committee has approved legislation that would provide Pakistan with billions of dollars in economic aid over the next five years. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill, lawmakers on the House of Representatives Foreign Af

VOA标准英语2009年-Former Military Ruler Delays Start of Maur

Presidential campaigning is under way in Mauritania. But the country's former military ruler has delayed the start of his campaign to give international mediators more time to resolve the country's political crisis. Campaigning began without the man

VOA标准英语2009年-Zimbabwe Government Takes Steps to Stop Im

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Zimbabwe's unity government has agreed on key appointments in an attempt to resolve the political impasse that has paralyzed the new administration. Zimbabwean PM Morgan Tsvangirai (L) addresses a press conferen

VOA标准英语2009年-US Senate Approves Funding For Afghanistan

The U.S. Senate has approved a $91 billion package that will continue funding the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and provide assistance to Pakistan by a vote 86-3 late Thursday. The measure will have to be reconciled with a House-passed version before

VOA标准英语2009年-Pakistan Claims of Success Against Taliban

With outside observers barred from getting near the fighting, it is difficult to accurately assess the effectiveness of Pakistani army operations against the Taliban in northern Pakistan. Some independent observers believe the army may be inflating

VOA标准英语2009年-Battle Between Pro-Secular and Islamic Gov

In Turkey the deep divisions between supporters of the secular state and the Islamic-rooted government have reopened again following the death of a well-known secular campaigner. The Tuesday funeral of Turkan Saylan, the founder of a pro-secular ass

VOA标准英语2009年-Russia: Arms Treaty with US Must Include M

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said plans for a U.S. missile defense system must be taken into account in a new strategic arms agreement being negotiated between Moscow and Washington. Russian FM Sergey Lavrov looks on during a meeting in Mo

VOA标准英语2009年-Geithner Says US Financial System 'Startin

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said the Obama administration is making progress in calming financial markets. Testifying before the Senate Banking committee, Geithner said a program to help banks and other financial institutions get rid of

VOA标准英语2009年-Diplomacy Chief Predicts Turnaround in US

The U.S. State Department's new public diplomacy chief says she's confident America's image abroad can be rebuilt after sagging badly during the Bush administration. Former media executive Judith McHale spoke in an interview with VOA on her first fu

VOA标准英语2009年-Clinton: US Bears 'Co-Responsibility' for

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that the United States, with an insatiable demand for illegal drugs, bears co-responsibility for rampant drug-related violence in Mexico along the U.S. border. Clinton is in Mexico City for talk

VOA标准英语2009年-Republicans Try to Adjust to Opposition Ro

As President Barack Obama makes his way through his first 100 days in office, Republicans are still trying to find their voice as the loyal opposition as they adjust to a new Democratic president and Democratic control of Congress. Barack Obama is s

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama: US to 'Do More' on Mexico Border If

U.S. President Barack Obama says his administration is sending hundreds of additional federal agents to the United States' border with Mexico, to help fight drug cartels and prevent violence from spilling over into this country. At a news conference

VOA标准英语2009年-Sarkozy Praises Congolese Military Coopera

French President Nicolas Sarkozy says it is time for new momentum in cooperation between the Democratic Republic of Congo and its eastern neighbors to resolve years of conflict in the troubled Great Lakes region. The French president addressed a joi

VOA标准英语2009年-Renowned Conservationist Improves Lives of

By Julie Taboh Washington 28 October 2009 British primatologist Jane Goodall spent almost half-a-century studying the wild chimpanzees of Gombe National Park in Tanzania. Her ground-breaking discoveries have contributed much of what we know about th

VOA标准英语2009年-American Workforce Getting Older, Working

By Steve Mort Orlando, Florida 28 October 2009 The American workforce is getting grayer. And the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that the number of workers between 65 and 74 years old will grow by more than 80 percent between 2006 and 2016.

VOA标准英语2009年-Scottish Investigators Review Case of 1988

By Jennifer Glasse London 27 October 2009 A memorial stone for the victims of Pan-Am flight 103 iin a garden of remembrance near the village of Lockerbie, Scotland, Nov. 2008 Scottish police have just announced they are looking into evidence surroun