VOA标准英语2010年-New Study Says Technological Advances

Every year the environmental research group Worldwatch Institute in Washington releases a study called State of the World. This year, the study focuses on the need to change the global culture from consumption to sustainability. Many economies around

VOA标准英语2010年-Obama: Campaign Finance Ruling 'A Powe

President Barack Obama says Thursday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance will damage the country's democracy and his domestic agenda. The president says he will respond with legislation. The Supreme Court voted 5-to-4 Thursday to strike d

VOA标准英语2010年-HHS Secretary: Distribution of Medical

The Haitian government says many homeless Haitians are being moved to safer areas after being taken out of the destroyed city of Port-au-Prince, where the recent earthquake did its worst damage. On Friday, VOA's Melinda Smith talked with U.S. Health

VOA标准英语2010年-UN Panel: Prediction on Himalayan Glac

A forecast by the United Nations climate science panel that Himalayan glaciers will melt by 2035 has become mired in controversy following revelations that it was not based on scientific studies. The chairman of the panel says the error arose because

VOA标准英语2010年-Haitian Earthquake Survivors Receive M

The aid group Doctors Without Borders says many earthquake survivors in Haiti with untreated wounds are dying from infections. But thanks to a medical team from the University of Miami in Florida, a number of patients are receiving special treatment

VOA标准英语2010年-Patients' Needs Strain Resources in Ha

More than one week after the earthquake in Haiti, patients' medical needs continue to strain resources. Since the arrival of the U.S. Navy hospital ship Comfort on Tuesday, medical staff have received more than 250 patients, performed more than 100 s

VOA标准英语2010年-Expectations High for Foreign Efforts

The new U.S. security agreement to help oversee Haiti's main transportation links is an attempt to clearly define the role of the 18,000 American forces arriving in the coming days. While U.S. troops are still primarily focused on evacuating the inju

VOA标准英语2010年-Haitian Government Works on Plan to Ho

With an estimated 1.5 million people homeless from the earthquake in Haiti, the debate over how to temporarily house so many people has begun. Both the Haitian government and the United Nations are working on a plan for temporary camps around the cap

VOA标准英语2010年-Haitians Crowd Few Banks Reopening Aft

Haitians crowded into banks and money transfer offices that reopened Saturday for the first time since last week's earthquake. Few Haitians have been able to work or access their bank accounts for nearly two weeks. Haitians clutched identification ca

VOA标准英语2010年-Website of the Week — Scitable

Time again for our Website of the Week, when we showcase interesting and innovative online destinations. Our web guide is VOA's Art Chimes. This time it's an educational site where you can learn about one of the most fascinating areas of science toda

VOA标准英语2010年-Asian Markets Drop After Wall Street R

Asian stock prices have dropped in line with markets in the United States after President Obama announced plans for new limits on how banks invest. Benchmark indexes in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, and Seoul fell up to two and a half percent Friday.

VOA标准英语2010年-Research: Fish Oil May Slow Aging of H

Scientists say that omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil can help people with heart disease live longer. But until now, no one knew why omega-3 oils are so beneficial. This is what coronary artery disease looks like. Plaque builds up inside the coronary a

VOA标准英语2010年-Haitians in Mass Exodus from Capital P

With Haiti still in a state of emergency after last week's terrible earthquake, many residents of Port-au-Prince are leaving the city, trying to get out any way they can. The exodus from Port-au-Prince has begun. With food and water scarce, thousands

VOA标准英语2010年-Experts: Haiti Reconstruction Faces Hu

Representatives of major donor countries will gather in Montreal on January 25 to discuss reconstruction efforts in Haiti, following the massive earthquake that struck the Caribbean nation January 12. Many Haitians have been given a new lease on life

VOA标准英语2010年-Physician Uses Cell Phones to Bring He

Epidemiologist Joel Selanikio has used the explosion in mobile phone technology and the World Wide Web to deliver more effective public health services throughout the developing world. Dr. Selanikio and his organization DataDyne.org are making a diff

VOA标准英语2010年-Foreign Olympic Hopefuls Head to USA T

Next month, Vancouver and Whistler, Canada will host athletes from more than 80 nations at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Some of the countries sending athletes might surprise you. Not only will the Jamaican bobsledders be back, but so will skiers from co

VOA标准英语2010年-Obama Vows To Fight For Jobs, Health R

U.S. President Barack Obama says he will not stop fighting to create jobs, reform health care or clean up the financial industry. The president took his populist appeal to the recession-battered central state of Ohio Friday. President Obama's energet

VOA标准英语2010年-Haiti Buries Thousands of Its Dead in

Soon after the earthquake struck, and the search for the living had begun in Haiti, there were bodies, thousands and thousands of dead bodies. Then the burials began, not ordinary burials with traditional rituals and grief, but burials in mass graves

VOA标准英语2010年-Al-Shabab Denies Threatening Attack ag

A spokesman for the Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab on Friday denied issuing a new threat against Kenya, saying that a recording posted online is a fake. Tensions in Kenya has increased. Kenya is reported to have detained as many as 2000 peo

VOA标准英语2010年-Fears Increase Over Insurgents in Soma

At least three lawmakers have been assassinated in Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland in recent months, increasing fears that radical Islamist insurgents in the south may be expanding their effort to weaken the government in Puntland. One r