2006年VOA标准英语-Study Finds That Brain Exercises Help Memory

By David McAlary Washington 19 December 2006 As we get older, most of us will have more difficulty remembering things, like phone numbers, grocery lists, and most importantly, when to take medications. But a new study shows that mental training for

2006年VOA标准英语-Violence in Darfur Threatens to Spread Beyond S

By Noel King Khartoum 19 December 2006 Sudan hosted summits by both the African Union and Arab League during the past year, and it has one of the 10 fastest-growing economies in the world. But the country's Darfur region remains wracked by a deadly

2006年VOA标准英语-US Envoy Says No Breakthroughs at North Korea N

By Roger Wilkison Beijing 19 December 2006 The chief U.S. negotiator at the six-party talks in Beijing that are aimed at persuading North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program says there were no breakthroughs after his first bilateral meeting

2006年VOA标准英语-Rice Disappointed, Concerned by Death Sentences

By David Gollust State Department 19 December 2006 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she is disappointed and concerned by the death sentences handed down by a Libyan court against five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted

2006年VOA标准英语-Report Shows Drop in Zimbabwe's AIDS Infection

By Peta Thornycroft Harare 19 December 2006 In a year when Zimbabwe's economy continued to plummet and its death rate continued to soar, there was one piece of good news: the rate of infection of HIV/AIDS has dropped significantly. Peta Thornycroft

2006年VOA标准英语-UN-backed Group Links Climate Information To Af

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 19 December 2006 The Global Climate Observing System, an organization sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization, is launching an initiative to provide vital climate information for development needs in Africa. Lisa Sc

2006年VOA标准英语-Abbas Mulls Next Move as Unity Talks with Hamas

By Robert Berger Jerusalem Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is mulling his next move after talks on forming a national unity government with the ruling Islamic militant group Hamas collapsed. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau,

2006年VOA标准英语-UN's Top Somalia Envoy Hopeful Peace Talks Will

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 01 December 2006 The United Nation's envoy to Somalia says Thursday's deadly suicide car bombings near the town of Baidoa, where the country's besieged interim government is based and the only town it controls, have not dampene

2006年VOA标准英语-Victims Of African Migration Include Abandoned

By Nico Colombant Dakar 01 December 2006 Victims of African migration are not only young people who go on reckless trips trying to get to Europe. They also include those affected by economic migration within the continent. Among these are wives left

2006年VOA标准英语-Massive Beirut Protest Calls for Lebanon's Gove

By Challiss McDonough Beirut 01 December 2006 Hundreds of thousands of opposition protesters rallied in central Beirut on Friday, in a Hezbollah-organized demonstration aimed at bringing down the government of Prime Minister Fuad Siniora. Thousands

2006年VOA标准英语-Saddam Bids Iraqis Farewell in Letter, Urges Un

By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 28 December 2006 Saddam Hussein sits in court in Baghdad Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, who faces hanging before the end of January, has written a letter to the Iraqi people, urging them to unite and saying he

2006年VOA标准英语-Bush Says Security Team 'Making Good Progress'

By Paula Wolfson White House 28 December 2006 U.S. President George Bush says he is making good progress on a revised strategy for Iraq. VOA White House correspondent Paula Wolfson reports, the president spoke in the midst of consultations at his Te

2006年VOA标准英语-'Weird Al' Yankovic Returns with More Parody on

By Larry London Washington 28 December 2006 Watch Weird Al report In the very competitive world of pop music, where there is little room for eclectic tastes or experimentation, there should be absolutely no room for anything weird, let alone anyone

2006年VOA标准英语-Congolese Soldiers on Trial for War Crimes

By Joe Bavier Kinshasa 28 December 2006 A group of Congolese soldiers is on trial for war crimes allegedly committed in the country's volatile east. U.N. investigators last month discovered mass graves containing around 30 bodies, including women an

2006年VOA标准英语-Humanitarian Crisis Triggered by Somalia Fighti

By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 28 December 2006 Aid agencies say recent fighting in Somalia has taken a humanitarian toll. Hundreds of people have been wounded, thousands have fled their homes and tens of thousands are cut off from food relief they have

2006年VOA标准英语-Somali Prime Minister Says Government Troops in

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 28 December 2006 Ali Mohamed Gedi (7 Dec 2006) Somalia's prime minister, Ali Mohamed Gedi, says the government's Ethiopian-backed troops have reached entry points into the capital, Mogadishu, after Islamists abandoned the city.

2006年VOA标准英语-Former Senator, VP Candidate Edwards Joins 2008

By Jim Malone Washington 28 December 2006 John Edwards announces his candidacy for president in an area affected by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, 28 Dec 2006 Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards is the latest Democrat to formally announce

2006年VOA标准英语-Israel Transfers Weapons to Abbas' Security For

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 28 December 2006 Israel has allowed the transfer of weapons to forces loyal to embattled Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in the Gaza Strip. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, it is part of Israel's poli

2006年VOA标准英语-Bush to Meet with National Security Team on Ira

By Paula Wolfson White House 27 December 2006 President Bush holds private consultations Thursday at his Texas ranch with members of his national security team. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House that Mr. Bush is expected to announce a

2006年VOA标准英语-US Proposes Listing Polar Bears as Threatened S

By David McAlary Washington 27 December 2006 The United States is proposing to declare polar bears a threatened species because of their shrinking Arctic ice habitat. As we hear from VOA's David McAlary, analysts say the move is an unusual admission