AP 2009-12-27

1. Democrats have secured enough votes to pass health care reform. Saturday, Ben Nelson became the 60th senator signed on to the bill. The legislation is the center keys of President Barack Obama's domestic agenda and its passage would be a major vic

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1. President Barack Obama laying out his plan Tuesday to close the detention center in Guantanamo bay. Obama said the prison is counterproductive and is used as propaganda to recruit terrorists. The proposal calls for transferring the remaining detai

AP 2010-08-24

1. Hundreds of people on both sides of a controversy over a proposed mosque and community center near Zero Ground rallied Sunday. A crowd of demonstrators against the project stood behind police barricades three blocks from the World Trade Center sit

AP 2010-08-30

1. FDA officials say they've found positive samples of salmonella that link two Iowa farms to a massive egg recall. The officials say investigators found salmonella in chicken feed that was sold to both farms at the center of the recall. 2. New York'

AP 2009-12-08

1.Tiger Woods is still in Florida as his charity golf tournament is set to tee off on the other side of the country. Yesterday Woods released a statement on his website apologizing for what he called transgressions. The report-announced weekly magazi

2006年VOA标准英语-US Disability Legal Center Helps Cancer Patient

By Mike O'Sullivan 08 June 2006 Millions of Americans are living productive lives despite battling cancer, thanks to progress in medical treatment. But some cancer patients who face workplace discrimination or the loss of health insurance need legal

AP 2010-12-02

1. The White House is calling a decision by WikiLeaks to release hundreds of thousands of classified US diplomatic files reckless and dangerous. Government officials say the documents often contain incomplete information that could deeply impact US i

AP一分钟时事04“奋进号”安全返航

This is AP News Minute. I. New fighting in Basra, Iraq. Reports indicate militiamen have overrun a number of police stations and an oil pipeline has been blown up. Also today more rockets were fired into the heavily-fortified Green Zone in Bagdad. I

AP 2010-08-22

1. President Barack Obama says he has no regrets over the comments he made about the right of Muslims to build an Islamic center, blocks away from where the World Trade Center once stood. He was asked about his position during a town hall meeting on

AP 2010-08-23

1. Goodbye Iraq. The final American combat brigade headed over the Kuwait border on the way to the US. President Obama pledged to end combat by August 31st. The departure beats its deadline by nearly two weeks. Fifty thousand troops will remain in no

AP 2010-08-19

1. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says it would be a sad day for America if opponents stop plans for a proposed mosque near the World Trade Center site. Bloomberg is among a few outspoken officials supporting the construction. On Friday, President

AP 2012-02-18

1. Chinese expected next leader is defending his nation's record on human right, but says there is room for improvement. Vice president Xi Jinping said he had candid discussions on the issue with President Obama at the White House. 2. President Obama

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-06-03

1. Officials say a fire is under control after a train derailed outside Baltimore Tuesday. The CSX train carrying chemicals collided with a trash truck in a Baltimore suburb. The truck driver was the only person injured. 2. Iraqi police say bomb atta

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-10-06

I'm Anderson Cooper. Welcome to the 360 potcast. * Cruises take no prese* crusade against Obama care, and backlash in his own party. After Cruises's marathon speech in the senator 2000 republican is calling him a fraud. You'll hear from him. Also the

2006年VOA标准英语-More Bed Nets Needed in Burundi's Fight Ag

By Cathy Majtenyi Bujumbura 24 April 2006 Every 30 seconds a child in Africa dies of malaria. Health care workers report a drop in malaria rates with bed net use, but in the tiny central African natio

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ENVIRONMENT REPORT -February 8, 2002: Health Effects of World Trade Center Attack By Cynthia Kirk This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT. There are growing environmental concerns about the

2006年VOA标准英语-Prodi Makes Headway in Italian Election

By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 05 April 2006 For the past five years, Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has headed the center-right coalition government. It has been the longest serving government

2006年VOA标准英语-Prodi Claims Electoral Victory in Italy, b

By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 11 April 2006 Official results in the Italian general election show center-left challenger Romano Prodi won enough seats in both houses of parliament to form a government.

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-09-02

1. Hurricane Gustav is quickly losing its punch after plowing through south Louisiana's fishing and oil industry.The National Hurricane Center downgraded the storm to a Category 1 with 90-mile-an-hour winds. 2. Hurricane Gustav is sending water rush

AP 2011-02-06

1. President Barack Obama has been busy pushing the message he laid out last night in the State of the Union address. He was in Wisconsin today where he warned the U.S. has fallen down on the job and needs to get serious about winning the future. 2.