Heifer International

Broadcast: August 18, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Development Report. One of the biggest problems in developing countries is hunger. An organization called Heifer Internation

Amnesty International Concerned About ‘Us Versus Them’

A human rights group is warning against a rise in politically divisive speech and international indifference to rights abuses. Amnesty International released its 2016 report on Wednesday. The report is called The State of the Worlds Human Rights. The

2006年VOA标准英语-Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Terrorism

By Jim Malone Washington 28 March 2006 Navy Lieutenant Commander Charles Swift, lead attorney for Salim Hamdan, leaves Supreme Court Lawyers for a suspected member of al-Qaida argued at the U.S. Supre

Fewer New International Students Attending US Colleges

For the first time in 12 years, the number of new international students attending American colleges and universities has dropped. That information comes from the 2017 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. The report is a project o

Top international universities

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NPR 2009-5-16

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. General Motors has become the latest domestic automaker to sharply slash its dealer network. GM said today it has told more than a thousand of its dealer franchises they will be terminated by late next ye

Amnesty International Criticizes US War on Terror

Tom Rivers In its annual assessment of human rights violations on a global scale, Amnesty International is blaming both armed groups and governments for perpetuating what it calls the most sustained o

EBRD Picks Up International Support to Expand Operations

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International Agencies Rally to Help Explosion Victims in N.

Lisa Schlein The United Nations and international aid agencies are stepping up efforts to meet the long-term health needs of hundreds of victims, many of them children, injured by the giant train expl

2007年VOA标准英语-Enemy Combatant Tribunals Raise New Questions o

By Gary Thomas Washington 22 March 2007 Sign at entrance of Camp Delta On March 26 Australian terror suspect David Hicks will become the first detainee held by the United States to be tried in the new military commissions created by the Bush administ

International Players to Watch in the NBA

International Players to Watch in the NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is arguably the best basketball league in the world. Some of the most famous teams are the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers and Chicago Bulls. There was a time when

2006年VOA标准英语-US Supreme Court Rejects Military Tribunals for

By Jim Malone Washington 29 June 2006 The U.S. Supreme Court dealt the Bush administration a major legal setback in connection with the war on terror Thursday. The high court ruled that President Bush had overstepped his authority in ordering milita

VOA标准英语2009-Guantanamo Military Tribunals to Resume

The Obama administration will restart military-run trials for some terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The tribunals will include new legal protections for the detainees. US President Barack Obama (file photo) President Barack Obama issued

VOA标准英语2009-US Lawmakers Consider Guantanamo to be Both Pris

U.S. President Barack Obama's decisions to continue using military commissions to try terrorism detainees and to set a deadline for the closure of the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has earned praise and criticism on the Sunday television

International Co-operative Day（国际合作节）

-In 1921, at the International Co-operative Congress of World Co-op Leaders wanted to identify and define the growing co-operative movement's common values and ideals to help unite co-ops around the world. They decided to hold a special event to cele

Chinese premier meets UN chief on international issues

ABU DHABI, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao held talks Monday with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on major international issues. During their talks, Wen said the United Nations had played an indispensable role in boosting int

2007年VOA标准英语-International Police Organization to Work with

By Arjun Kohli Nairobi 17 July 2007 INTERPOL is working with the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda to step up efforts to capture the remaining 18 genocide fugitives. As Arjun Kohli reports for VOA from Nairobi, Rwandan officials say 13 years

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-05-16

1.President Barack Obama is reviving Bush-era military tribunals for a small group of Guantanamo detainees. Obama says the trials are the best way to protect the US while upholding its values. Critics of the tribunals had hoped that Obama would do a

International strawberry symposium opens in Beijing

BEIJING, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- The seventh International Strawberry Symposium opened in northern Beijing Saturday with over 1,000 agri scientists from around the world exchanging latest technologies of strawberry cultivation. Vice Premier Hui Liangyu a

Beijing international film festival to open

BEIJING, April 23 (Xinhua) -- The second Beijing International Film Festival is set to kick off Monday evening with an opening ceremony to be held at the National Convention Center. More than 260 films from across the globe will be screened during th