2010-10-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

James Zogby is one of the nation's most influential Arab-American leaders. Through the Arab American Institute, the son of Lebanese immigrants has mobilized the Arab-American electorate, taking it fr

2010-10-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Civil, religious freedoms

The controversy over the proposed Islamic Cultural Center in New York City was a hot topic at the candidates night, and one that Democratic and Republican candidates agree

2010-10-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Experts on Iraq say citizens there are frustrated, as Iraqi leaders continue to struggle with forming a government. U.S media reports say some of that frustration is causing hundreds of well-armed Ira

2010-10-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Residents of Mississippi favor pork barbecue, fried catfish, buttery biscuits and gravy and tamales. Generations of eating calorie-laden foods have lead to Mississippi's designation as having the fa

2010-10-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Josh Dwonch was diagnosed with a rare liver disease when he was a baby. His parents, humanitarian workers, had faced their fair share of challenges, but nothing and no one could have prepared them for

2010-10-24 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Strikes continue in France and the country is bracing for another day of demonstrations next Thursday over a new retirement reform bill that the country's Senate passed on Friday. President Nicolas S

2010-10-24 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

All the political protagonists in Ivory Coast are on board for a presidential election finally scheduled to take place October 31st. The country has been divided since rebels took up arms in 2002. The

2010-10-24 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Recent al-Qaida terror threats in Europe have stirred up new interest in the group's foray into urban warfare, as used by Lashkar-e-Taiba in the Mumbai terror attacks in 2008. Experts say the threat

2010-10-24 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Is there a distinctive Kenyan "look"? Perhaps not yet. A country-wide competition held six years ago to come up with a Kenyan "national dress" failed to take off. But in Kenya's burgeoning fashion

2010-10-24 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A representative from the U.N. Mission in Sudan has dismissed reports that extra troops would be sent to the Abyei region in advance of the tense vote.Responding to recent reports the United Nations p

2010-10-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Finance policy makers from the world's 20 largest economies and the heads of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund are in South Korea. Their two-day meeting, which began Friday, focuses on a

2010-10-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Last October, a NASA rocket, traveling at a speed of 9,000 kilometers per hour, smashed into a dark crater on the moon's south pole.Upon impact, the Centaur rocket kicked up a cloud of debris and ele

2010-10-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Little Big Town trademark four-part harmony is the common thread through the latest album "The Reason Why". The group all share lead vocals on the album's 12 tracks.Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapma

2010-10-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

India has put on hold a multi-billion dollar expansion of an aluminum plant by a British-based company. The government said it based its decision on environmental concerns. The government will also de

2010-10-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The mythical island nation of Carana, off the east coast of Africa, is in a state of near-collapse, and African Union rapid deployment forces are battling to save it. That is the scenario being played

2010-10-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The European Union representative to the Central African Republic said the commission has made available more than $15 million to fund the country's presidential and legislative elections. This is ra

2010-10-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The French Senate has passed a controversial pension reform bill that has sparked protests and strikes throughout France. Actions by workers and students have crippled transport, shut down high school

2010-10-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

For 81-year-old Youssef Ahmad, the memory of Israel's 1948 war of independence still brings pain. His entire family was killed when an Israeli shell destroyed their home.Youssef's children and grand

2010-10-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The use of tobacco is now the primary cause of death around the world. And the Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control says not enough countries are taking adequate steps to discourage it.

2010-10-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

One of the most heated Congressional races in the United States pits a Hispanic Democrat, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, against a Vietnamese-American Republican named Van Tran. Both are working to m

2010-10-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Unrest continues in France as the government debates a reform to France's retirement system that has sparked more than a week of action targeting transport. Demonstrators blocked access to Marseille

2010-10-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A Ugandan media watchdog is condemning a local newspaper, which published a story that featured the names, photographs, and contact details of 100 alleged homosexuals and called for them to be hanged.

2010-10-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Obama administration announced plans Wednesday to sell up to $60 billion worth of advanced fighter aircraft, helicopters and related weapons systems to Saudi Arabia. The package is aimed at helpi

2010-10-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Australian government's arguments for sending its forces into Afghanistan have been challenged in the country's first parliamentary debate on the conflict. Dissenting members of parliament accus

2010-10-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

China's economic growth remained strong in the third quarter, though the pace slowed from earlier this year. The government's primary concern - inflation - edged slightly higher, suggesting the worl