U.S. Military Women Closer Than Ever to Combat Zone

By Zlatica Hoke A growing number of American women are joining the U.S. Armed Forces to serve in an ever wider array of duties. In the past decade, they have eroded one of the last remaining barriers

2006年VOA标准英语-Ghana Court Cracks Down on Armed Robberies

By Bill Rodgers Washington, D.C. 23 August 2006 watch Profiling report The recently foiled terrorism plot in Britain has once again raised questions about whether airport security personnel should begin screening airline passengers based on race and

2007年VOA标准英语-Armed Group Threatens Renewed Attacks in Nigeri

By Sarah Simpson Lagos 24 September 2007 One of the main armed groups operating in Nigeria's oil rich delta, The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND, has released a statement calling an end to a four-month ceasefire on attacks a

VOA标准英语2009年-British-French Nuclear-armed Submarine Collisio

A British official said nuclear-armed submarines from Britain and France collided deep under the Atlantic Ocean while on separate exercises earlier this month, but limited details are only now emerging. A British Ministry of Defense handout picture

VOA标准英语2009年-Thousands of Displaced in Kabo Living in A

The United Nations refugee agency says it finally managed to gain access over a week ago to a remote northern area of the Central African Republic, following months of insecurity. A UNHCR spokesman tells VOA aid workers found more than 2,000 displac

VOA标准英语2014--Armed Groups Target Students, Teachers 武装分子袭击目标瞄准学生和老师

Armed Groups Target Students, Teachers 武装分子袭击目标瞄准学生和老师 A new report says attacking schools and universities has become a weapon of war. It says in the last five years hundreds of students and teachers have been killed an

美国国家公共电台 NPR It's Hard To Imagine How Armed Teachers Might Change Schools

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: What would our schools really be like if teachers carried guns in their classrooms, if, as President Trump suggested at this week's White House meeting with families who have suffered through school shootings, 20 percent of teacher

美国国家公共电台 NPR Armed At Church: Why This Congregation Is 'Not A Gun-Free Zone'

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: When the parishioners at one church in upstate New York gather for worship each week, many of them are armed. The church even advertises its open-carry policy online. From member station WRVO, Payne Horning reports. (SOUNDB

VOA常速英语2008年-Rape in Kenya Used as Weapon in Political Unres

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 01 February 2008 A United Nations report released February 1shows rape is being used as a weapon in Kenya as the country is roiled in ethnic violence since the December elections. The survey of rape victims was conducted in the

VOA常速英语2007年-Armed Groups to Meet in DRC Peace Summit

By Selah Hennessy Goma 22 December 2007 A summit has been called in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to try to bring peace to the war-torn country. Conference organizers say they hope the meeting will initiate a dialogue between the army, reneg

VOA标准英语2008年-Hezbollah to End Armed Presence in Beirut

By Ed Yeranian Beirut 10 May 2008 Hezbollah said it would withdraw all its fighters from the streets of Lebanon's capital, after Lebanon's army command said it would retain the pro-Hezbollah security chief at Beirut Airport, whose dismissal sparked t

VOA常速英语2008年-Threat From Armed Groups Persists Amid Politica

By Derek Kilner Nairobi 05 March 2008 Kenya's parliament is set to reconvene Thursday to begin the process of enacting a power-sharing agreement reached last week between the country's two main parties. But as Derek Kilner reports from Nairobi, incid

VOA标准英语2008年-Bush, Democrats Salute America's Armed Forces

U.S. President George Bush and opposition Democrats are both paying tribute to America's armed forces, as part of the celebration of the nation's 232nd anniversary. VOA's Kent Klein reports from Washington. President George W. Bush On this Independe

VOA常速英语2007年-Nigerian Police Kill 785 Suspected Armed Robber

By Sarah Simpson Lagos 15 November 2007 Nigerian police say they have killed 785 suspected armed robbers and lost 62 of their own officers in the last three months. Human rights groups have repeatedly accused Nigerian police and security forces of ki

VOA常速英语2007-Congo Peace Imperiled by Armed Groups in East

By Noel King Kigali 19 October 2007 Congo's 2006 democratic elections were intended to usher in a new era of peace in the once war-torn nation. And while improvements have been seen in certain areas across the vast country, holdout armed groups in th

2007年VOA标准英语-UN Blames Sudanese Government For Rapes in Darf

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 21 August 2007 The United Nations is accusing armed groups backed by the Sudanese government of systematic rapes and other forms of sexual abuse in South Darfur.In its report, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Right

VOA标准英语2013--刚果性暴力事件骤增

DRC Sexual Violence Sharply Risesc 刚果性暴力事件骤增 The U.N. refugee agency says theres been an alarming rise in sexual violence in the DRCs North Kivu Province. Fighting between government forces and two rebel groups has displaced thousan

新西兰英语 306 Should the police be armed?

Yesterday two police officers were shot and injured in Christchurch. A police dog was shot dead. The police officers did not have guns because they did not expect trouble. They were looking for a missing mental health patient and went to a house next

英语听力精选进阶版 9427

Syrian opposition groups have called on President Assad to resign immediately and make way for a transition to democracy. It comes as Syrian troops and tanks continue operations in the town of Rastan, where more than 50 people are reported to have be

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2789 armed conflict

今天我们要学的词是 armed conflict. Armed conflict 武装冲突。The Red Cross said the situation in Syria amounts to an international armed conflict following the U.S. missile strikes. 美国实施导弹打击后，红十字会说，叙利亚