2006年VOA标准英语-Iran Hostage-Taker Now a Democratic Reformist

By Gary Thomas Tehran 17 July 2006 Twenty-seven years ago, a group of Iranian students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking 66 embassy staff members hostage and holding most of them for more than a year. VOA correspondent Gary Thomas, who is i

2006年VOA标准英语-Moscow One of the World's Most Expensive Cities

By Anya Ardayeva Moscow 06 November 2006 watch Building Boom Moscow is seeing an unprecedented growth in construction. Residential property prices have almost doubled in the past year and office space in the center of the city is now more expensive

2006年VOA标准英语-Blast at Moscow Market Appears to Be Commercial

By Bill Gasperini Moscow 21 August Rescuers carry the body of man killed by a blast, which hit a two-story trading arcade at a market in the northeastern part of Moscow, Monday, August 21, 2006 At least eight people were killed and dozens more injur

2006年VOA标准英语-Moscow Police Break Up Planned March by Gay Rig

By Bill Gasperini Moscow 27 May 2006 Russian police prevented gay rights activists from marching in Moscow Saturday, and dozens of people, including the rally's main organizer, were arrested as Russian nationalists confronted the activists. --------

2006年VOA标准英语-Agassi Bids Adieu to Washington, Legg Mason Cla

By Steve Schy Fitzerald Tennis Center, Washington 02 August 2006 American tennis icon Andre Agassi was here in the nations capital this week to play in the Legg Mason Tennis Classic. It was one of his final appearances before he retires after the U.

2006年VOA标准英语-Rice Repeats Washington's Full Support for Karz

By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 28 June 2006 U.S Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has reiterated Washington's full support for Afghan President Hamid Karzai, and promised that resurgent Taleban forces in the country will be defeated. --------- Condoleezza

2006年VOA标准英语-Israeli PM Heads to Washington as Palestin

By Meredith Buel Washington 17 May 2006 Newly elected Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is scheduled to visit the White House May 23 for talks with President Bush. The visit comes at a time when the

2006年VOA标准英语-Powerful Washington Lobbyist to Cooperate

By Jim Malone Washington 03 January 2006 A once powerful Washington lobbyist pleaded guilty to criminal corruption charges Tuesday as part of an agreement to cooperate with federal prosecutors investi

2006年VOA标准英语-Fund Shortage Threatens Vital Airlift to P

By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 15 February 2006 Four months after the devastating South Asian earthquake, more than 300,000 survivors still depend on United Nations airlifts for lifesaving food and suppli

2006年VOA标准英语-Iraqis Deal with Cement Shortage, High Pri

By Ben Gilbert Baghdad 11 January 2006 An Iraqi mason works on a wall surrounding a new school on the outskirts of Basra (file picture) Iraq has been hit with a construction boom - in no small part du

2006年VOA标准英语-Shortage of Health Workers Reaching Crisis

By Rowan Reid Johannesburg 07 April 2006 World Health Day celebrations in Luzaka, Zambia The World Health Organization says a shortage in trained health workers is reaching a crisis point worldwide an

2006年VOA标准英语-New Orleans - Shortage of Workers, Housing

By Greg Flakus New Orleans, Louisiana 06 March 2006 watch Housing report Six months later, housing in New Orleans is still uninhabitable Six months after Hurricane Katrina caused massive flooding in t

2006年VOA标准英语-Bush Defends Policies at Town Hall Meeting

By Paula Wolfson Washington 11 January 2006 President Bush is defending his foreign and domestic policies as he seeks support for members of his Republican party running for re-election to Congress la

2006年VOA标准英语-Hooded Police Raid Kenyan Media Offices

By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 02 March 2006 Hooded police in Kenya have raided the privately owned Standard media group's television offices and newspaper printing presses. The managing editor of the Keny

2006年VOA标准英语-Pakistani Police Use Tear Gas Against Cart

By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 19 February 2006 Pakistan's police officers retreat as mob advance during a protest in Islamabad, Feb. 19, 2006 Police in Pakistan fired teargas and rubber bullets to prevent hun

2006年VOA标准英语-Philippines Police Arrest 16 in Plot to Ov

By Nancy-Amelia Collins Manila 27 February 2006 Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo smiles during the round table discussion with her economic team at Malacanang Palace in Manila Philippine p

2006年VOA标准英语-British Foreign Secretary Urges Cooperation for

By Michael Bowman Washington 10 July 2006 Britain's foreign secretary is urging the international community to work together to combat climate change and promote free trade. Margaret Beckett is on her first official visit to the United States since

2006年VOA标准英语-Allegations of Secret US Prisons in Europe

By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 08 June 2006 watch Secret Prisons report There have been vehement rejections in Europe and the United States of a report asserting the existence of secret U.S prisons in Europe. A Council of Europe investigation alle

2006年VOA标准英语-Burglars Steal Secret Papers in Nigeria

By Gilbert Da Costa Abuja 17 July 2006 Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes, the country's leading anti-graft agency, says highly classified documents relating to what is described as a very sensitive matter were stolen over the weekend. --------

2006年VOA标准英语-Unrest Follows Hamas Victory in Palestinia

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 28 January 2006 There is growing unrest in the Palestinian territories following the landslide victory by the Islamic militant group Hamas in parliamentary elections. Hamas