2011-02-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Much of the attention on Chicago's local elections February 22 is focused on the race for mayor. Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel and former Senator Carol Moseley Braun lead a list of

2011-02-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Security forces have fired shots in Manama on Friday, where demonstrators were gathering for an anti-government rally, in defiance of a government ban on protests. Hospital officials say there are ca

2011-02-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Demonstrations against long-serving governments continue to roil the Middle East and North Africa Friday from Libya eastward to Bahrain.In Libya, more protests as well as funerals for those killed in

2011-02-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Madagascar’s ousted President Marc Ravalomanana is due to return home Saturday from exile in South Africa despite a warrant for his immediate arrest. It has been almost two years since a coup d’etat

2011-02-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Have you ever wondered how those hard-shelled mollusks known as mussels anchor themselves to rocks on lake and river bottoms? How they stick to sea walls, or resist pounding waves?Scientists at the Un

2011-02-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In a three-day competition on the popular U.S. television quiz show Jeopardy, an IBM super computer named Watson faced off against two human contestants and won. The computer proved adept at trivia, o

2011-02-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In this report from Washington, Senior Correspondent André de Nesnera looks at Egypt's nuclear program and its stance on chemical weapons. With Egypt's political future still in limbo, analysts qu

2011-02-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The number of foreign-born players in America's professional National Basketball Association has tripled in the past two decades. One of the veterans - San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker - and a rookie

2011-02-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Westminster dog show in New York City is the longest-running show of its kind in the United States.This year’s winner, a Scottish deerhound named Hickory, is the first of her breed to win the Bes

2011-02-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

There were fresh clashes in Iran’s capital, Tehran, on Wednesday during the funeral of a student killed in a political rally earlier this week.The funeral was for Sanea Jaleh, a 26-year-old student w

2011-02-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Egyptian village of Kafr Torky lies along the banks of the Nile, seemingly a world away from the passions that played out further north, in Cairo's Tahrir Square. Yet even in such a bucolic setti

2011-02-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As Egypt works to replace the government of President Hosni Mubarak, the country’s financial future is still far from certain. Many Egyptians are confident that a new government will usher in a more

2011-02-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Opposition supporters in Bahrain have held protests for a third straight day, calling for more rights and for the prime minister to step down.Wednesday’s demonstrations passed without incident, in co

2011-02-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In U.S. politics, there is no issue that divides Democrats and Republicans more than their vastly different views on the role and size of the central government. That political divide is at the heart

2011-02-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A community radio project in Senegal’s troubled Casamance region is trying to help the peace process there by encouraging dialogue in an atmosphere of ongoing tension and violence.Pasted to the wall

2011-02-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Hundreds of pro-government demonstrators marched and chanted in the streets of the Libyan capital Tripoli and the coastal port city of Benghaz. The demonstrations follow reports in the Libyan press of

2011-02-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As drought continues in Kenya's arid north, a coalition of humanitarian groups is urging the east African nation to combat future shortages through infrastructure development and economic reform.It h

2011-02-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In the four centuries since Romeo and Juliet was first performed, Shakespeare's tragic tale of "star cross'd lovers" has been recast into formats from high school comedy to musical theater. Now, at

2011-02-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

European Union sanctions against President Robert Mugabe and most of his colleagues in the ZANU-PF party have been renewed despite requests from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) that

2011-02-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The United Nations refugee agency says it has begun work on a new camp for internally displaced people in western Ivory Coast. The UNHCR says it expects the current shortage of shelter for thousands o

2011-02-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

People the world over are living longer, and now a new study shows who is likely to live the longest. The information could help doctors and others, including the elderly, plan goals for treatment and

2011-02-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Egypt's transition government inherits a damaged economy. One of the hardest hit sectors is tourism, which accounts for 11 percent of the country's income - hundreds of millions of dollars each day

2011-02-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

President Barack Obama has again criticized Iran's government for its crackdown on opposition protesters. The president used a news conference to address ramifications for the Middle East following

2011-02-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Thai and Cambodian authorities say fresh fighting broke out between their soldiers, with each side once again blaming the other. The new skirmish came shortly after the United Nations Security Council

2011-02-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Guitarist Tom Principato has been a mainstay on the Washington, D.C. blues scene for more than 40 years. Tom’s new CD was inspired by family, friends and collaborators who helped shape his life on an