US Presses for Greater Pakistani Role in Afghan Peace Process Foreign ministers are meeting in Turkey this week to endorse Afghan efforts for a political solution to the decade-long conflict and to determine a plan for a sustainable Afghan economy. A

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(十一月)

Imagine a world without elephants. Not only would we have lost one of the planets most charismatic, extraordinary creatures. Also gone would be a network of ecosystem engineersbecause elephants are crucial for other creatures to exist. They disperse

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(95) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年Scientific American(十)月

By Gary Thomas Washington 27 February 2007 The top U.S. intelligence officer says Pakistan could make more energetic anti-terrorist efforts along the Afghan border. But, he adds, Pakistan's military ruler has political concerns in an election year.

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(二月)

By Barry Newhouse Irbil 16 February 2007 Hundreds-of-thousands of Iraqis have fled sectarian violence near their homes since Saddam Hussein was ousted, and the U.N. says up to 1 million more could flee their homes this year. About half of them are be

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(118) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(二月)

By Barry Kalb Hong Kong 23 February 2007 U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney says that nations like the United States and Australia simply cannot indulge in the option of ignoring safe havens for terrorist groups around the world. Speaking in Sydney, he

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(138) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(二月)

By Phil Mercer Sydney 19 April 2006 Residents watch the smoke rise in Honiara, the Solomon Islands capital, Wednesday, April 19, 2006 after a night of rioting in the aftermath of the election of Snyde

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(134) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(四月)

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 28 January 2007 India is reviewing its plan to establish special economic zones after growing protests from farmers who say they are being displaced from their lands. Anjana Pasricha takes a look at the controversy from N

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(119) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(一月)

By Al Pessin Pentagon 30 January 2007 The U.S. Navy admiral nominated to take command of all U.S. forces in the Middle East, Central Asia and East Africa says the situation in Iraq can be salvaged, but it will require hard work by the military, Iraq

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(一月)

The commander of U.S. and coalition forces in Eastern Afghanistan says his area has experienced a 40 percent increase in insurgent attacks on coalition and Afghan forces since January, compared to the same period last year. And, speaking via satelli

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(六月)

Leaders of the world's 20 major developed and emerging economies have agreed on huge spending measures to boost world economies and implement tougher financial regulations to try avoid such crises in future. Coming out of their full day meeting in L

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(四月)

In his first major military move as Commander-in-Chief, President Barack Obama has approved a nearly 50 percent increase in the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, on top of a smaller increase ordered by former-President Bush and already implement

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(二月)

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is calling for a strong and united NATO to fight terrorist threats coming from Pakistan and Afghanistan. Biden spoke at the Brussels headquarters of the Atlantic alliance, telling NATO members he is in Brussels to liste

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(三月)

By Al Pessin Pentagon 10 October 2007 The top NATO commander says the alliance should do more to fight the drug trade in Afghanistan, where it has had primary responsibility for security issues for nearly a year. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the Pent

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA常速英语(十月)

By Paula Wolfson White House 11 January 2007 President Bush has launched a campaign to win public support for his revised Iraq strategy. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House that a day after he outlined his plan in a speech to the nation

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(104) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(一月)

By Phil Mercer Sydney 07 March 2008 Demonstrators in Papua New Guinea tried to disrupt a visit by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Landowners staged protests as part of a dispute over proposed mining of the Kokoda Track, a trail where Australian

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(107) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(三月)

NATO officials say insurgents who carried out Sunday's deadly assault on a remote NATO outpost in eastern Afghanistan were able to penetrate the base before they were driven away by U.S. air strikes. Nine American soldiers were killed in the assault

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(七月)

By Al Pessin Pentagon 05 June 2007 The commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan says the international community is not doing enough to provide troops and a coordinated reconstruction effort to help stabilize the country. American McNeill spoke from A

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(128) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(六月)

An Afghan government commission says a U.S. airstrike this week that American commanders claimed had targeted militants instead killed 47 civilians. The reports of civilian casualties come as American commanders say they are trying to counter the gr

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(91) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(七月)

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says a new strategy for fighting Islamic extremists in Afghanistan will be a high priority for the administration of President-elect Barack Obama. Gates, who has served as Defense secretary under President George B

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2008年12月

U.S. defense officials responded cautiously Thursday to a report that Pakistan plans to give weapons to thousands of men in its western region so they can join the fight against militants who have taken refuge in the area. 美国国防部官员星期四

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2008年10月