2011-02-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The race to meet the world's growing appetite for animal products may increase the risk of both human and animal diseases, according to experts, who urge policymakers to consider health implications

2011-02-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Archeologists in Frederick, Maryland are digging up the past, trying to piece together what the lives of slaves might have been like. French refugee farmers from Haiti kept slaves there in the early 1

2011-02-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The success of the M-Pesa mobile money system in Kenya is attracting the attention of development experts, aid organizations and companies seeking to replicate its effectiveness.An award-winning adver

2011-02-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Egyptians have another day off work Monday, amid word of a new timeline for implementing political reforms in the wake of President Hosni Mubarak's resignation.Egypt’s military rulers called a publi

2011-02-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The trial in South Africa of a man accused of threatening Britain and the United States with a biological weapon has been postponed until Friday. Brian Patrick Roach allegedly tried to blackmail the B

2011-02-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Famed jazz pianist and composer George Shearing, 91, died Monday, February 14 of heart failure in New York City. Shearing was born in England but settled in the United States in 1947. His recording ca

2011-02-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Many developing countries are closely watching the role escalating food prices is playing in the turmoil in North Africa.

Government repression, corruption, unemployment and poverty united protest

2011-02-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

President Robert Mugabe left Zimbabwe last Friday for medical treatment in Asia. Mugabe's recent absences from Harare means that the executive branch has met for just two hours in the last two months

2011-02-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

When breast cancer has spread to a patient's lymph system, surgeons traditionally have operated to remove a large number of underarm lymph nodes, to eliminate any trace of the cancer. The procedure i

2011-02-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The internet site WikiLeaks is credited with helping topple the regime in Tunisia, and exposing a variety of U.S. government secrets. Its founder, Julian Assange is in London fighting extradition to

2011-02-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Egypt's military is calling for an end to labor strikes and is implementing a public holiday Monday, to allow Egyptians more time to ease into normal life after President Hosni Mubarak’s ouster.In t

2011-02-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Women have been active participants in anti-government protests that toppled the leaders of Tunisia and Egypt. Now, as Tunisia turns the page on authoritarian rule, women are seeking their place in th

2011-02-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Monday marks the celebration of Valentine’s Day by much of the world. But it is a celebration that is drawing protests in some areas.In Southern India, members of a Hindu political party recently gat

2011-02-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Egyptians are cleaning up after celebrations that followed the resignation of Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's leader of nearly 30 years. The military, which assumed control of the country, on Saturday said M

2011-02-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

On the streets of Egypt, people are doing three things: celebrating their revolution, memorializing those who died in it and getting down to the nitty-gritty work of building their country’s future.F

2011-02-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Algeria's capital and other main cities demanding the government's ouster, mirroring protests in fellow North African countries Egypt and Tunisia.A day

2011-02-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Work crews have started paving Southern Sudan's first highway, which will connect the new nation to the international community. This highway brings the south one step closer to full independence.A

2011-02-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As the post-Hosni Mubarak phase begins in Egypt, analysts say the military, which is now in power, is facing off against young Egyptians who have made clear they aspire to democracy.Egypt's military

2011-02-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The military is now in charge in Egypt after the so-called Supreme Council of the Egyptian Armed Forces took power Friday, ending the three-decade rule of President Hosni Mubarak. Analysts say it rema

2011-02-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says it is preparing to help thousands of displaced Sudanese who will be returning from the capital, Khartoum, and other parts of northern Sudan to th

2011-02-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

With the resignation of Hosni Mubarak as president of Egypt and the transition of presidential powers to the military, leaders across Europe have called for a quick transition from military to democra

2011-02-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

February 14 is Valentine’s Day in the United States, a special time set aside for lovers and spouses to say, "I love you," often with flowers, chocolates and a romantic meal. And while love is unive

2011-02-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's speech on Thursday disappointed many protestors in Egypt. Many demonstrators in Cairo's Tahrir Square eagerly awaited what they thought would be Mr. Mubarak's res

2011-02-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The mood on Tahrir Square is absolutely jubilant. As many people are saying "Welcome to the New Egypt."After news that the army was going to be taking over, and that the parliament was stepping down,

2011-02-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Ivory Coast ambassador to the United Nations is calling for more international pressure to make incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo cede power. The Ivorian diplomat warned the situation could turn