2011-01-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Southern Sudanese officials say at least 30 people have died in clashes along the border with northern Sudan as the second day concluded in the region’s week-long referendum on independence. Election

2011-01-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Basque separatist group ETA has declared a permanent ceasefire. The group has waged a violent campaign to form an independent state in northern Spain and southwest France.A video posted on the web

2011-01-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Rock and roll evolved in the United States and gained popularity in the post World War II era. However, a new book by Christopher Knowles proposes that this genre of music is part of the wider human s

2011-01-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Whether it is losing a loved one or a job, facing foreclosure or serious illness, people need courage to face what life throws in their path on a daily basis. To explore what courage is and how it can

2011-01-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

New medical research into a possible cure for Parkinson's disease is focusing on finding biomarkers in patients so that doctors can start treatment early before tremors and other symptoms start. Acto

2011-01-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty recently ratified by the U.S. Senate deals only with long-range nuclear weapons. Tactical nuclear weapons are often every bit as lethal as the strategic nuclear

2011-01-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Liberia's government has given the go-ahead to build a refugee camp for the 22,000 Ivorians who have already fled the violent, political crisis in Ivory Coast.The head of the Liberia Refugee Repatria

2011-01-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

French Defense Minister Alain Juppe traveled Monday to the West African nation of Niger for talks with authorities following the killing of two French hostages. The incident underscores growing concer

2011-01-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A U.S. Congresswoman is in critical condition and six people are dead after a gunman opened fire in an Arizona parking lot where Representative Gabrielle Giffords was meeting with constituents. The d

2011-01-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, 40, has been shot at a public event on Saturday in her home state. Several others were killed, including a federal judge and a 9-year-old girl.The di

2011-01-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. President Barack Obama used his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday to outline the benefits of a tax cut package he signed into law in December.President Obama says the tax cut compromise

2011-01-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

This week, Beirut said goodbye to an almost century-old coffee house that survived civil war, regime changes and countless political crises. Activists say it was one of more than a thousand historica

2011-01-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Liberia's Drug Enforcement Agency says it lacks the financial and logistical support to adequately crack down on illegal drug trafficking. Agency officials say the country's weak drug laws are compo

2011-01-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Israel has revised downward its assessment of when Iran might acquire nuclear weapons.Israel believes that Iran will not be able to produce a nuclear bomb before 2015. That is the assessment of the ou

2011-01-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

New research finds a link between vehicle emissions and cognitive function in older people. People who live in polluted cities can see the grit and dirt produced from vehicle engines but some of the

2011-01-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Stephanie Studenski, a geriatrician who specializes in the care of older people, Creatures tends to slow down as they near death. But doctors don’t use this knowledge as a way of evaluating what’s h

2011-01-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Three-dimensional cell phones and batteries that last much longer are just two of the techonogies that could become commonplace in the next few years.For the fifth year, IBM has looked at the horizons

2011-01-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Since the NFL was founded in 1920, no team has reached the playoffs with a losing record, other than the strike-shortened 1982 season when teams played only nine games. But the 7-9 Seahawks will be m

2011-01-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Coptic Christians in the United States began their Christmas holiday Thursday night with an extra measure of police protection, following new anti-Christian threats by Mideast Islamist groups. At the

2011-01-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Southern Sudan on Sunday will begin several days of voting in a referendum to decide whether to secede from the North-based government. Arab nations, particularly neighbors, Egypt and Libya, are uneas

2011-01-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

If southern Sudan chooses independence in Sunday’s referendum, the country of Sudan will not be the only thing splitting in two. The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), currently the ruling

2011-01-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The new Republican-led House of Representatives held a symbolic reading of the U.S. Constitution on the floor of its chamber on day two of the 112th Congress. Afterwards, the House turned to more mund

2011-01-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The government of Ivory Coast's incumbent president is rejecting calls for more U.N. peacekeepers, saying the entire force should leave the country because it is violating its neutrality.The head of

2011-01-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

More transparency is needed over Sudan oil revenues, according to the environmental rights group Global Witness. The distribution of resources in Sudan is a hot issue as the country prepares for a ref

2011-01-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In Afghanistan, the vast majority of the population relies on agriculture for its livelihood. Three decades of war have not changed the central importance of farming in this country, only its difficul