2006年VOA标准英语-ICRC Warns of Increased Violence in Palest

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 10 April 2006 The International Committee of the Red Cross warns of a social breakdown and increased violence in the Palestinian territories, if governments withhold funds and a

2006年VOA标准英语-US Senate Expected to Approve Funding of Embryo

By Deborah Tate Washington 17 July 2006 The U.S. Senate Tuesday is expected to approve federal funding for expanded embryonic stem cell research, despite a veto threat from President Bush who opposes the idea on moral grounds. -------- On the eve of

2006年VOA标准英语-IAEA Optimistic, but US Believes Security

By Mohamed Elshinnawi Washington, D.C. 07 March 2006 watch IAEA report A defiant Iran warned the International Atomic Energy Agency that it would press ahead with uranium enrichment if the agency push

2006年VOA标准英语-IAEA Diplomats Locked in Iran Nuclear Talk

By Marlene Smith Vienna 07 March 2006 The International Atomic Energy Agency resumed closed talks Tuesday on Iran's nuclear program in an effort to avoid escalation in the stand-off with the Islamic R

2006年VOA标准英语-IAEA, Asian Countries Discuss Security of Nucle

By Steve Herman Tokyo 08 November 2006 Speakers at IAEA seminar pose for group photo at start of two-day meeting in Tokyo Diplomats, bureaucrats and nuclear experts are meeting in Japan to discuss how to strengthen nuclear security in Asian countrie

2006年VOA标准英语-Rice Backs Referral of Iran's Nuclear 'Def

By David Gollust Washington 12 January 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Thursday expressed strong U.S. support for the European move to take the issue of Iran's nuclear program to the U.N. Sec

2006年VOA标准英语-Iran Nuclear Moves Seen as Calculated Acti

By Gary Thomas Washington 11 January 2006 Iran has incurred international displeasure for its decision to resume work on its controversial uranium enrichment program. British Prime Minister Tony Blair

2006年VOA标准英语-Moussaoui Testifies at 9/11 Sentencing Tri

By Jim Malone Washington 13 April 2006 Confessed al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui complained about his defense lawyers Thursday during his sentencing trial in Alexandria, Virginia, just outside

2006年VOA标准英语-US Lawmakers Debate Security, Iraq, Terrorism,

By Dan Robinson Washington 08 September 2006 As the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks approaches, Republicans and Democrats continue to trade words over Bush administration policies in Iraq, the fight against radical Isla

2006年VOA标准英语-Lawmaker's Illness Could Affect US Senate Contr

By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 14 December 2006 A U.S. Senate Democrat remains hospitalized after undergoing brain surgery in Washington. With Democrats poised to take control of the Senate with a razor-thin majority next month, Senator Tim Johnson's

2006年VOA标准英语-Fewer U.S. Teens Are Smoking Cigarettes

By Paige Kollock Washington, D.C 10 January 2006 watch Smoking report Every day, thousands of young people pick up the habit of smoking. But a new report says the number of teen smokers in the United

2006年VOA标准英语-Abbas Calls Referendum in Major Challenge to Ha

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 10 June 2006 Mahmoud Abbas during a press conference at his headquarters in Ramallah, June 10, 2006 Moderate Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has called a referendum on a two-state solution, in a major challenge to the new

2006年VOA标准英语-Major Terror Plot Disrupted in Britain

By Jim Malone Washington 10 August 2006 British authorities said Thursday they have foiled a major terrorist plot that involved the use of liquid explosives on several airliners flying from Britain to the United States. So far, 21 people have been a

2006年VOA标准英语-Experts: Corruption Scandal Could Be Major

By Jim Malone 11 January 2006 Opposition Democrats expect to make gains in congressional elections later this year in part because of a corruption scandal involving once-powerful Republican lobbyist J

2006年VOA标准英语-Republicans Worry About Recent Scandal's Impact

By Jim Malone Washington 04 October 2006 A budding scandal in the U.S. Congress and new questions about the war in Iraq have Republicans on the defensive less than five weeks before congressional elections in November. ----- Rep. Mark Foley speaks a

2006年VOA标准英语-Experts Say Anti-AIDS Drugs Alone Won't Pr

By Jessica Berman Washington 15 March 2006 A new study says universal access to AIDS drugs in developing countries could increase HIV infection rates if they are not accompanied by prevention measures

2006年VOA标准英语-Uganda Fights Drug Resistance in Malaria,

By Carolyn Weaver Kampala, Uganda 03 May 2006 watch Drug Resistance report Anti-microbial resistance -- germs becoming resistant to medicine -- is part of the natural history of infectious disease. No

2006年VOA标准英语-Conference Blames Culture, Poverty, War for Afr

By Efam Dovi Accra 15 November 2006 A conference of African population experts in Ghana says unless deep-rooted cultural practices, ignorance, and war are addressed, efforts to save the lives of thousands of women who die each year from complication

2006年VOA标准英语-India's National Song Stirs Controversy

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 02 September 2006 The song that was India's anti-colonial rallying cry, which is 100 years old next Thursday, is at the center of a religious controversy. Muslim leaders are objecting to the song being sung in all school

2006年VOA标准英语-Somali Peace Talks Resume After Two-Month Delay

By Noel King Khartoum 02 September 2006 Peace talks between leaders of Somalia's interim government and the Islamist group that controls the capital, have resumed in Sudan. Both sides expressed a desire to put an end to violence that has divided the