2010-11-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The wife of alleged Russian arms smuggler Viktor Bout says Thailand acted illegally in extraditing him to the United States and vows to launch a legal battle against Thai authorities.Alleged Bout told

2010-11-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Egyptian government has rejected calls to allow international monitoring of parliamentary elections to be held next Sunday. The government says foreign oversight would infringe on state sovereign

2010-11-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Burma, one of the poorest nations in East Asia, may be entering a new phase of development after recent elections and the release of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi from detention. Regional political

2010-11-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Actress Susan Sarandon never has shied away from a challenge. She's played a witch, nun, dying mother, drunken grandmother, a fugitive and even herself on the television show, "The Simpsons."There's

2010-11-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As aid workers in Haiti struggle to contain the cholera outbreak, one of the biggest obstacles is access to safe water. In rural areas, many people rely on rivers and streams from which to wash, bath

2010-11-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Committee to Protect Journalists lists 25 journalists from around the world who were murdered this year because of their work. And countless others face threats, prison time and harassment. Each

2010-11-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The death toll from the cholera epidemic in Haiti is now nearing 1,200 and more than 18,400 people have been hospitalized since the waterborne disease was first reported in October. Health care offic

2010-11-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

World Team Tennis held its 18th annual Smash Hits fundraising event on November 15, co-hosted by British pop singing star Elton John and U.S. tennis legend Billy Jean King. And for the first time, Wa

2010-11-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A leading U.S. government health agency is focusing an annual campaign on educating patients, parents, and health care providers about the need to avoid the misuse of antibiotics. Inappropriate use of

2010-11-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Nigeria's economy is one of the biggest campaign issues for presidential candidates, especially following last week's strike over wages.President Goodluck Jonathan ended the strike after just one da

2010-11-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

UN aid agencies say access to health facilities and rapid treatment are key to preventing the spread and escalation of deaths from cholera in Haiti. The aid agencies warn violence is jeopardizing thei

2010-11-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks co-star in the American version of a 2008 French thriller about a schoolteacher who devises a plan to break his wife out of prison. The original was Pour Elle release

2010-11-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A simple blood test may predict future heart disease.A number of risk factors can predict your chance of getting a heart attack. High blood pressure or cholesterol, a history of smoking, just getting

2010-11-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A new way of taking tuberculosis drugs shows promise in laboratory tests. Instead of taking a pill or getting a shot, patients would inhale their medicine to get the drug deep into the lungs.Tuberculo

2010-11-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A number of political analysts are looking at what to expect when Republicans assume committee chairmanships.One of them is Brett D. Schaefer, a fellow at the Heritage Foundation's Margaret Thatcher

2010-11-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke issued a warning about China's currency policies while defending a U.S. bond-purchasing plan that some leaders call clueless. The fed chief made the comments at

2010-11-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Roughly 45 million turkeys will be served across the United States on Thanksgiving Day, November 25. But the turkey we eat today is not the same one that was consumed by the pilgrims in the 17th centu

2010-11-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

President Barack Obama is mounting an all-out push for U.S. Senate ratification of the New START nuclear treaty with Russia, calling it crucial for U.S. national security. The president summoned a bip

2010-11-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

An orbiting NASA telescope has detected evidence of what may be the youngest black hole yet discovered and, at 50 million light years away, it is relatively close to Earth.The object resulted from a s

2010-11-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Soccer's world governing body FIFA has banned two of its executives for offering to sell their World Cup bidding votes for cash, just two weeks ahead of the final decision. It follows an undercover i

2010-11-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Boys from Little Mexico

Writer Steve Wilson spent a year chronicling the ups and downs of this determined team from heavily-Hispanic Woodburn. His new book, "The Boys From Little Mexico," is a port

2010-11-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In Madagascar, military supporters of President Andry Rajoelina say they are negotiating with a group of officers who declared a coup Wednesday. The coup attempt came as the country voted on a new co

2010-11-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has wasted little time slipping back into her role as Burma's most outspoken democracy activist since being released from house arrest last week.In her first wee

2010-11-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Nine years after the fall of the Taliban, one of the regions in Afghanistan most damaged by 30 years of war is slowly coming back to life. On Fridays many Kabulis pack into their cars and leave the tr

2010-11-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A group of military officers in Madagascar say they have taken control of the country and have dissolved all political institutions. Another group of senior officers, however, says it will oppose any