2006年VOA标准英语-Native Alaskans Feel the Heat of Global Warming

By Brian Padden Anchorage, Alaska 10 August 2006 watch Alaskans Feel Heat Native Alaskans have seen many changes in the last century. Many have been converted by Christian missionaries. Their hand-made canoes have been replaced by motorboats. And th

2006年VOA标准英语-New York School Children Pay Tribute to Ne

By Gini Sikes New York 02 February 2006 New York City school children are celebrating Black History Month with an exhibit of portraits of Nelson Mandela at the landmark Rockefeller Center. The show's

2006年VOA标准英语-UN Pushes Back Elections in Ivory Coast for Ano

By Franz Wild Abidjan 15 October 2006 The United Nations' elections supervisor in Ivory Coast, Gerard Stoudman, has said it will take another year to organize elections in the war-divided country. The United Nations had already said elections would

2006年VOA标准英语-Iraq's Oil Production Down; Oil Minister Q

By Ben Gilbert Baghdad 03 January 2006 Iraq's oil production has dropped sharply because of insurgent attacks and bad weather, raising the prospect of energy shortages. Meanwhile, the country's oil mi

2006年VOA标准英语-General Says Afghan Development Must Come This

By Al Pessin Pentagon 17 October 2006 The British general who commands NATO forces in Afghanistan says he launched the country's first nationwide security plan on Tuesday, and that the international community must take advantage of gains made in fig

2006年VOA标准英语-Kenya's Anti-Corruption Body to Seize Millions

By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 14 September 2006 The Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission plans to seize millions of dollars, allegedly made through corrupt deals. Aaron Ringera Kenyan media Thursday quoted commission director Aaron Ringera as saying the mon

2006年VOA标准英语-Anti-Government Protests Fizzle in Zimbabwe

By Tendai Maphosa Harare 13 September 2006 In Zimbabwe, police have prevented protest marches organized by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions from taking place. In Harare and elsewhere in the country, the police sealed off the places where marche

2006年VOA标准英语-US Expands Anti-Malaria Aid to Africa

By David McAlary Washington 14 December 2006 President Bush has expanded the number of African nations receiving special U.S. aid to combat malaria. Mr. Bush says there can be no turning back from his goal of cutting the number of malaria deaths in

2006年VOA标准英语-Bangladeshi Anti-Poverty Banker Wins 2006 Nobel

By Tom Rivers London 13 October 2006 Muhammad Yunus waves to well-wishers at his home in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct.13, 2006 Muhammad Yunus and the Bangladesh bank he set up 30 years ago have been jointly awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. --- Muhammad

2006年VOA标准英语-Republicans Try to Maintain Control of US Congr

By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 13 October 2006 Several issues are expected to be key in influencing how people vote in next month's U.S. congressional elections, from public perceptions about President Bush's handling of the war in Iraq, [and] the sta

2006年VOA标准英语-Presidents of Sudan, Eritrea Meet to Mend Relat

By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 12 June 2006 The presidents of Sudan and Eritrea met in the Sudanese capital Khartoum in a bid to improve relations between the two countries. The leaders were expected to discuss the rebellion taking place in eastern Sudan

2006年VOA标准英语-South Dakota a Battleground in Abortion Debate

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 03 October 2006 A landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion in 1973, but the issue remains divisive. The latest battleground is the state of South Dakota, where voters will decide in November wheth

2006年VOA标准英语-Congo Trial Focuses Attention on Mining Industr

By Phuong Tran Dakar 14 December 2006 A court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has postponed the trial of several employees of an international mining company accused of helping government soldiers carry out a brutal 2004 crackdown against a rebe

2006年VOA标准英语-Authorities Scramble to Rescue Trapped Min

By Stephanie Ho Washington 03 January 2006 Authorities in the U.S. state of West Virginia are scrambling to rescue 13 coal miners who have been trapped 80 meters underground, after an explosion Monday

2006年VOA标准英语-Crimea Cautiously Welcomes New Ukraine Governme

By Lisa McAdams Feodosia, Crimea 09 August 2006 Many in Ukraine, particularly in the Russian-speaking south and east, remain hostile to the United States - their former Cold War foe. Russia has warned that relations between the neighbors would suffe

2006年VOA标准英语-Serbia Denounces Kosovo Albanians' Choice

By Barry Wood Pristina 04 March 2006 Top UN administrator Soren Jessen-Petersen, left, shakes hands with Agim Ceku head of the Kosovo Protection Corps The Serbian government Friday strongly criticized

2006年VOA标准英语-Philanthropist Bill Austin Gives Gift of Hearin

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 14 December 2006 The head of a leading US hearing aid company spends much of his time providing hearing aids to poor children around the world. Bill Austin, the founder and chief executive of Starkey Laboratories, spok

2006年VOA标准英语-Serbian Leader Warns Against Kosovo Independenc

By David Gollust Washington 07 September 2006 Serbian President warned Thursday in Washington that independence for the Serbian province of Kosovo would create a dangerous precedent for the Balkans and elsewhere. The Belgrade official is holding tal

2006年VOA标准英语-Revised Aceh Autonomy Law Under Fire

By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 11 July 2006 Indonesia's parliament has passed a bill to extend political autonomy for Aceh, but human-rights activists and former Achenese rebels say the law does not satisfy a 2005 peace agreement. The conflict has revived

2006年VOA标准英语-Large Turn Out for Indonesia's Aceh Elections

By Nancy-Amelia Collins Banda Aceh 11 December 2006 Polls have closed in Indonesia's tsunami-ravaged province of Aceh after a Acehnese woman casts her ballot at a polling station in Banda Aceh, 11 Dec 2006 landmark vote for a provincial government.