VOA常速英语2014--Syria Sets Presidential Election Amid Reports of Chemical Weapons Use 叙利亚传出再度使用化武

Syria Sets Presidential Election Amid Reports of Chemical Weapons Use 叙利亚传出再度使用化武 WASHINGTON Syria has announced that it will hold presidential elections June 3, despite an ongoing civil war that has killed more than 150,000 peo

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叙利亚传出再度使用化武 Syria has announced that it will hold presidential elections June 3, despite an ongoing civil war that has killed more than 150,000 people in the past three years and forced about 1.5 million to flee. The announcemen

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世界最长铁路线开通 欧亚贸易古路升级 The longest rail link in the world is operational, after a train carrying goods from China arrived in the Spanish capital, Madrid, last month. The railway has been dubbed the 21st-century Silk Road

2007年VOA标准英语-Holocaust Museum, Google Map Out Crisis in Darf

By William Ide Washington 10 April 2007 The U.S. Holocaust Museum has launched a joint project with Google's satellite imagery Web site Google Earth to promote awareness of the crisis in Darfur and give the public a new perspective on the death, disp

voa标准英语2008年-Britain, EU Seek to Stave off Humanitarian Cata

The foreign ministers of Britain and France are heading to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda to try to stave off a further humanitarian crisis in eastern Congo where tens of thousands are fleeing advancing rebel forces, despite a cease-fir

VOA标准英语2009年-UNHCR: Congolese Fleeing South Kivu Province

The United Nations refugee agency says thousands of people reportedly are fleeing their homes in Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province. This follows last week's start of a joint Congolese-Rwandan military operation against the Democrati

VOA标准英语2009年-UN Issues Urgent Appeal for Pakistan Refug

The United Nations is appealing for an additional $454 million to assist nearly two million Pakistanis displaced by fighting between army troops and Taliban militants in Swat Valley. The U.N. has already committed $88 million, bringing the total coa

VOA标准英语2009年-UN Boss Tells Sri Lanka it Cannot Confront

The United Nations' top official, during a 24-hour visit to Sri Lanka, got a first-hand look at the country's largest camp for civilians displaced by the recently ended war. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also flew over the devastation where the fina

VOA标准英语2009年-Humanitarian Situation in War-torn Yemen W

U.N. aid agencies say they are very concerned about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Yemen because of increased fighting between al-Houthi rebels and government forces in the mountains of northern Yemen. The U.N. refugee agency reports ab

VOA双语新闻 - 英法外长前往刚果拟缓和人道危机

The foreign ministers of Britain and France are heading to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda to try to stave off a further humanitarian crisis in eastern Congo where tens of thousands are fleeing advancing rebel forces, despite a cease-fire

2007年VOA标准英语-France Urges Sudan to Accept More Peacekeepers

By Nico Colombant Dakar 15 February 2007 French President Jacques Chirac is urging Sudan to accept more peacekeepers in its troubled Darfur region, while also pushing for a meeting between Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir and other African leaders at

VOA标准英语2009年-UNHCR Says Security Continues to Deteriorate in

The U.N. refugee agency says it is greatly concerned about the rapidly deteriorating security situation in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It says some 160,000 people, who have been displaced since January, are at risk of attack from

VOA常速英语2007年-Renewed Fighting in Congo Displaces 25,000

By Noel King Goma 13 November 2007 An estimated 25,000 people on Tuesday fled camps for the displaced in Congo's restive North Kivu province, after fighting erupted between forces loyal to dissident general Laurent Nkunda and the Congolese army. For

VOA常速英语2008年-Displaced Iraqis Find Difficult to Return Home

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 13 April 2008 A new report indicates Iraqi refugees and internally displaced people who have returned home find no relief from the humanitarian crisis they suffered during their exile and displacement. Iraq's Ministry for Displ

Inter-city rail projects cleared

Beijing, August 14 (Xinhuanet) -- The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)（国家发改委） on Friday approved a batch of inter-city rail transit networks, spanning more than 2,000 kilometers, to accelerate（加速） regional integ

中国和泰国签订铁路项目谅解备忘录

Reporter: The documents will see China invest in a pair of rail lines connecting northeast Thailand with Bangkok and the Thai port city of Rayong to the south of Bangkok. The two routes, which will total 870 kilometers, will later connect with the pl

VOA双语新闻：潘基文视察斯里兰卡最大难民营

The United Nations' top official, during a 24-hour visit to Sri Lanka, got a first-hand look at the country's largest camp for civilians displaced by the recently ended war. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also flew over the devastation where the final

2015年CRI First High-speed Rail Tunnel from Chinese Inland to Hong Kong Cuts Through

The first high-speed rail tunnel linking the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong has been cut through. The 3,886-meter tunnel runs from Shenzhen City, south China's Guangdong Province to the Mai Po district of Hong Kong. The Shenzhen section of the tunnel

潘基文敦促以巴结束暴力

Speaking at a joint press conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expresses his concern about the current wave of violence in the region. I have been dismayed - as we all should be - by young people takin

Central China produces super-capacity light rail train

CHANGSHA, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- The world's first super-capacity light rail train was completed Friday by China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Corporation Limited (CSR) Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., Ltd. in Zhuzhou, central China's Hunan provinc