2010-08-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A former Israeli soldier is defending herself against charges of insensitivity after posting pictures of her posing with handcuffed and blindfolded Palestinian detainees on the popular social networki

2010-08-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Ethiopia's 2010 election all but wiped out the country's once vibrant political opposition. This means that Ethiopia faces the prospect of one-party rule for the foreseeable future.Prime Minister M

2010-08-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Pakistani officials say all money donated for flood assistance will go to help the victims. The officials assure international donors none of the funds meant to provide aid to millions of desperate p

2010-08-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Like most twins, Scott Kelly says he and his brother, Mark, shared a lot as kids, even taking the same part-time jobs in high school."When we were 17 years old we worked for the same ambulance company

2010-08-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In the United States, more patients are turning to alternative and complementary medicine as part of their health care.Researchers at the National Institutes of Health say that nearly 40 percent of ad

2010-08-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

According to a new study published in Britain, wildlife conservation in Africa is leading to widespread human rights abuses. In her new book, Nature Crime, researcher Rosaleen Duffy wrote that organi

2010-08-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Prime Minister Meles Zenawi categorically rejects characterizations of Ethiopia as a one-party state. Speaking to reporters last week, he likened the Horn of Africa nation to Japan or Botswana, where

2010-08-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In India, Maoist guerrillas say they are prepared for a three month ceasefire and a dialogue with the government. But it is uncertain if the government will accept the offer.

The offer of a truce

2010-08-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A suicide bomber has killed at least 61 people in an attack at an army recruitment center in Baghdad. More than 125 other people are said to have been injured in the blast. The attack comes two week

2010-08-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Today, we continue looking at the question of whether new media - Facebook, blogging, tweeting - can bring democracy to the Middle East. We've heard from those who are critical of U.S. attempts to

2010-08-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

President Barack Obama has become embroiled in a political controversy involving a mosque and Islamic center being built near the site of the 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City. The president re

2010-08-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The region of Puntland, in northeastern Somalia, has banned journalists from interviewing al-Qaida-linked rebels currently battling the semi-autonomous state. While officials say the restriction is n

2010-08-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Raquel Trejo Rubio has a job few Americans apparently want.

The 28-year-old Mexican migrant picks crab meat. "I came because there is no work or money in Mexico," says Trejo. "I have a daughter an

2010-08-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Among the many specialty summer camps in the U.S. are drama camps, where youngsters learn about theater and put on a play.There is a summer camp in Loch Sheldrake, New York, that has nurtured some wel

2010-08-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Oscar-winner Julia Roberts stars in the film version of a best-selling memoir about one woman's worldwide search for fulfillment and meaning in her life. Here's a look at Hollywood's version of Eat

2010-08-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Buying a product these days often means you are getting more than you bargained for. Unwrapping your latest purchase can leave the room strewn with the cardboard, plastic and packing foam waste that k

2010-08-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The United Nations refugee agency reports that all 490 Tamil passengers on a cargo ship that landed in Vancouver, Canada, recently are seeking asylum. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee

2010-08-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The ancient disease of malaria continues to be a scourge that sickens millions worldwide annually. There are many ways to stop the spread of the disease.You can kill the mosquitoes that spread it wit

2010-08-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. officials say they have a long-term commitment to help Pakistan recover from one of the worst disasters in that nation's history. Three weeks of monsoon rains have killed an estimated 1,600 peop

2010-08-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Southern African Development Community is expected to discuss the political progress in Zimbabwe during its annual two-day summit beginning Monday. Regional heads of states are taking part in the

2010-08-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Jim White studies really old ice. He thinks it will help predict what the climate will be like in the future.White is director of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Color

2010-08-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Many of Cairo's poor are spending this Ramadan, the Islamic month of spiritual devotion, coping with such worldly problems as electricity shortages, stifling heat and rising prices. But a small rep

2010-08-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Anacostia neighborhood - named for the polluted branch of the Potomac River that runs past it - is the poorest, most run-down section of Washington, D.C.It encompasses most of the city's public-h

2010-08-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Archaeologists working in northern Israel say they have unearthed the heaviest and most valuable gold coin ever found in the country. The 2,200-year-old coin is thought to have been minted by the anci

2010-08-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Pediatricians, Desmond Runyan, was at an international meeting about a decade ago when he proposed that countries work in parallel to measure the type and extent of child abuse occurring in each place