CCTV9英语新闻：China detains crew of Maltese cargo ship

Related reading: A Maltese cargo ship, which allegedly sank China's fish boat in East China Sea, has been detained by maritime authorities in east China. Some 20 crew members onboard, including the captain, were also controlled in Beilun in the city

VOA标准英语--Cargo Vessels Evade Detection, Raising Fears of Huge Trafficking Operations

Hundreds of ships are switching off their tracking devices and taking unexplained routes, raising concern the trafficking of arms, migrants and drugs is going undetected. Ninety percent of the worlds trade is carried by sea. Every vessel has an ident

2007年VOA标准英语-Identification Process, Talks Develop in Divide

By Nico Colombant Dakar 25 January 2007 Efforts to determine who can get nationality papers in divided Ivory Coast are slowly resuming, while talks are being prepared between the president and northern rebels. VOA's Nico Colombant reports from our r

VOA常速英语2007-Pittsburgh's Wooden Cable Cars Recall Yesteryear

By Ade Astuti and Nia Sutadi Washington 01 October 2007 Nicknamed the Steel City because of its roots as the center of America's steel industry, today's Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania does not look much like a gritty steel manufacturing town of yesteryea

2006年VOA标准英语-Mass Identification Plan Ploughs Ahead in Ivory

By Franz Wild Korhogo 27 July 2006 At least two have died in a series of violent clashes between political activists in Ivory Coast during the past week. The groups cannot agree over a national identification scheme, which is meant to pave the way f

2006年VOA标准英语-Ivory Coast Identification, Disarmament Slowly

By Franz Wild Abidjan 24 May 2006 Charles Konan Banny greets villagers in Meagui In war-divided Ivory Coast disarmament and personal identification, the two obstacles to elections, saw partial success in a pilot program this week. There is little si

VOA标准英语2009年-Airline Industry Faces $4.7 Billion in Losses i

The International Air Transport Association says world airlines are set to lose $4.7 billion in 2009 due to the global recession, almost double the amount of loss predicted by IATA in December. The International Air Transport Association says 2009 i

VOA标准英语2009年-Thailand Calls for Wildlife Trade Enforcement

The Thai government is calling for broader regional support to police illegal wildlife trafficking, especially to China. Thailand is training more than 200 Bangkok airport personnel to assist in the recovery of wildlife trafficked through the intern

VOA标准英语2011--NASA Identifies Shuttle Endeavour's Heat

NASA Identifies Shuttle Endeavour's Heater Glitch NASA says engineers at Kennedy Space Center believe they have identified the cause of the heater failure that forced the postponement of the launch of the shuttle Endeavour. NASA technicians say the f

VOA标准英语2009年-Russia Arrests 8 Suspected Cargo Ship Hija

Russia says it has arrested eight people suspected of the mysterious hijacking of a cargo ship. The vessel disappeared after being boarded by hijackers off the coast of Sweden and then turned up off the coast of West Africa. There are still a number

VOA标准英语2013--Giant Airship Could Move Huge Amounts of Cargo

Giant Airship Could Move Huge Amounts of Cargo The prototype unveiled in this immense World War II hangar near Los Angeles is just half the size of the final working model. But the prototype is massive, at 75-meters-long. It is wide, flattened on the

2017年CRI China's first cargo spacecraft launched

China's first cargo spacecraft, the Tianzhou-1, was launched on Thursday from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern China's Hainan Province. Tianzhou-1 is the first cargo ship independently developed by China and is expected to dock with the o

2017年CRI China's cargo spacecraft refuels space lab in orbit

China's first cargo spacecraft has refueled the Tiangong-2 space lab in orbit for the first time. Tianzhou-1, which was launched April 20th from Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China's Hainan Province, successfully completed an automated dockin

2017年CRI China's first cargo spacecraft docks with Tiangong-2 space lab

China's first cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1 successfully docked with the Tiangong-2 space lab for the first time on Saturday. China has taken another step toward its goal of putting a space station into orbit around 2022, by sending its first cargo spa

US Identifies Marines in Urination Video

U.S. military officials say they have identified the four Marines seen on video urinating on the bodies of dead Afghan Taliban fighters. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service, heading the main inquiry into the video, has also reportedly questioned

美国国家公共电台 NPR Despite Pockets Of Popularity, Are Cargo Shorts Gauche?

Despite Pockets Of Popularity, Are Cargo Shorts Gauche? STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: And let's take a moment now to mark a dramatic turning point in men's fashion. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) CRAIG FERGUSON: Cargo shorts. (LAUGHTER) MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY

VOA双语新闻：世界航空业今年将出现巨额亏损

The International Air Transport Association says world airlines are set to lose $4.7 billion in 2009 due to the global recession, almost double the amount of loss predicted by IATA in December. 国际航空运输协会(IATA)表示，由于全球经济衰

CCTV9英语新闻：Foreign cargo ship grounded for sinking Chinese fishing boat

A foreign Cargo ship has been grounded for sinking a Chinese fishing boat with 19 on board in the East China Sea. An initial investigation showed that a Maltese cargo ship, the CATALINA, is suspected of hitting the local fishing boat. Two crew member

Two dead, two missing in yacht accident in east China

SHANGHAI, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed and another two missing when their yacht hit the cable of a cargo ship in east China's Jiangsu Province on Wednesday, local maritime officials said. Eight people, including six students of Shanghai

2016年CRI China's New Carrier Rocket to Launch 1st Cargo Spacecraft in 2017

Saturday's launch marks a key step towards China's plan to eventually operate a permanent space station, which is the final step of China's three-phased manned space program. The Long March-7 rocket has been designed as a cargo spacecraft, and is set