VOA标准英语2010年-Clout and All that Goes With It

Throughout the Middle East and North Africa - or MENA - wasta is a currency more powerful than dirhams or dinars. Wasta is the clout you get from whom you know and it can make every aspect of your life easier - from getting a new phone line installed

VOA标准英语2010年-Honeybees Still Disappearing in the US

Honeybees, which are very important to agriculture, continue to disappear at alarming rates in the United States. And the cause of this disappearance is still elusive. While at least one recent study seems to point to pesticides as the problem, the U

VOA标准英语2010年-Famous South African Street Rocks Ahea

Vilakazi Street will be the scene of much celebration as the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa unfolds Schoolboys, their disheveled uniforms streaked with dust and faces dripping with sweat, boot a football across the road. Young children saunt

VOA标准英语2010年-Racing into Adventure

Pam Riehl Szakal and Sue Segel trek through the sand dunes during the Stark Raving Mad adventure race. Related Links United States Adventure Racing Association If you're looking for an endurance race to compete in, there are plenty of choices out the

VOA标准英语2010年-Young Artist Does Her Part to Help Gul

A brown pelican is mired in heavy oil on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast, 03 Jun 2010 She was so distressed when she saw images of oil soaked birds in the Gulf of Mexico that 11-year-old Olivia Bouler wanted to do somet

VOA标准英语2010年-Aid Groups Worry US Aid to Gaza Won't

Palestinians sit next to bags of food aid, distributed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), in the West Bank village of Sanour near Jenin, 17 Jun 2010 U.S. President Barack Obama has pledged to move forward with $400 million in aid

VOA标准英语2010年-Farming with Less Fossil Fuel Won't Me

Researchers get same yields with fewer fertilizers, pesticides Steve Baragona | Washington, DC 18 May 2010 Fossil energy use was compared among different crop rotation systems in a field experiment conducted between 2003 and 2008 in Boone Co., Iowa R

VOA标准英语2010年-US Looks Toward Memorial Day

More than 600 from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan lie in section 60 of the Arlington National Cemetery The last Monday in May is Memorial Day in the United States, a day of remembrance for the country's military war dead. This year's observance com

VOA标准英语2010年-Disadvantaged Children in Kenya Introd

For 15-year-old John Omary holding a crocodile was something he never imagined he would do The African Fund for Endangered Wildlife in Kenya hosts a program that enables children from underprivileged backgrounds to visit conservation sites around the

VOA标准英语2010-First Woman to Head Episcopal Church Blen

Katharine Jefferts Schori leads a church with over two million members in 16 countries Adam Philips | New York 26 April 2010 At the Bolling Air Force Base chapel, Katharine Jefferts Schori blesses a young airman before he leaves for a tour in the Mid

VOA标准英语2010-Expanding the Search for Extraterrestrial

Radio telescopes are not enough, says SETI scientist Art Chimes | Washington, DC 16 April 2010 When the search for extra-terrestrial life began a half-century ago, it was assumed that technological civilizations would broadcast more and more signals

VOA标准英语2010-Indonesian Village Tours Help Small Indus

In villages still recovering from an earthquake four years ago, the International Organization for Migration is helping promote small businesses and trying to build wider support for the effort in villages like Kebon. Sara Schonhardt | Kebon, Indones

VOA标准英语2010年-Archaeologists Discover Most Valuable

Excavations at Tel Kedesh, Israel, under the auspices of the University of Michigan and University of Minnesota, have discovered a gold coin which is the oldest to date in the country. Scientists believe it was minted in Alexandria around 191 BC and

VOA标准英语2010年-Cambodia's Khmer Rouge Tribunal Legacy

A nearby stupa holds the skulls of some of more than 10,000 people who were murdered at Wat Samruong Knong. Around its base are a series of murals that show what happened here - in this mural, Khmer Rouge soldiers cut open their victims and cook body

VOA标准英语2010年-NBA Players Inspire African Youths to

NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo of Congo coaches a young Special Olympics athlete during a Basketball Without Borders community event in Dakar, Senegal, 5 Aug 2010 The National Basketball Association's Basketball Without Borders Africa program this year b

VOA标准英语2010年-Senegalese Soldiers Speak of Fighting

After decades of asking for an increase in their pensions, African soldiers who fought for France were recently told that their payments would soon increase. On the heels of this announcement, some of these soldiers share their stories about fighting

VOA标准英语2010年-Israel says No Proof it was Involved i

Palestinian Fayeq al-Mabhouh sits in front of posters of his brother and Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh (L and R), who was assassinated in Dubai, and Hamas member Mohammed Hussein Mabhouh in the family house in Jebaliya, Gaza Strip, 16 Feb 2010 I

VOA标准英语2010年-Iraqi, Iranian Musicians Collaborate a

Iraqi musician Rahim Al Haj and Amir Koushkani of Iran join to play together as part of the Cultural Olympiad music program They come from two nations - Iraq and Iran - that have been enemies for years. But at the Vancouver Games, Rahim Al Haj of Ira

VOA标准英语2010年-All You Need is Love

Sunday, Feb. 14, is Valentine's Day in America. To mark the occasion, many Americans will spend big bucks on chocolates and other candy. But in a New York pizza parlor, a young woman named Christy explains that her high school boyfriend has other way

VOA标准英语2010年-Battle Continues Over US Rules on Gays

Last week, the Pentagon announced changes in enforcement of a 1993 U.S. law that compels gay service members to hide their sexual orientation. If discovered, homosexuals still face discharge from the military, but the regulations stipulate new rules