2010-01-24 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Haitians crowded into banks and money transfer offices that reopened Saturday for the first time since last week's earthquake. Few Haitians have been able to work or access their bank accounts for ne

2010-01-24 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Celebrities lent their star power to help the people of Haiti in a telethon Friday that originated in Los Angeles, New York, London and Haiti. The concert was broadcast in the United States and Canad

2010-01-24 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

President Barack Obama says Thursday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance will damage the country's democracy and his domestic agenda. The president says he will respond with legislation

2010-01-24 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

With four months to go until the start of the football World Cup in South Africa, two new stadiums are hosting their first matches this weekend leaving only two arenas out of the total of ten yet to b

2010-01-24 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A forecast by the United Nations climate science panel that Himalayan glaciers will melt by 2035 has become mired in controversy following revelations that it was not based on scientific studies. The

2010-01-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, General David Petraeus, says there are indications the domestic conflict in Yemen could become a proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Petraeus spo

2010-01-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The United Nations Children's Fund warns children in earthquake stricken Haiti are at risk of being trafficked by unscrupulous adults. UNICEF says it is setting up so-called welcome centers where chi

2010-01-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. President Barack Obama says he will not stop fighting to create jobs, reform health care or clean up the financial industry. The president took his populist appeal to the recession-battered cent

2010-01-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown will give evidence to the country's Iraq Inquiry before general elections expected later in the year. The announcement came Friday following mounting pressure f

2010-01-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Asian stock prices have dropped in line with markets in the United States after President Obama announced plans for new limits on how banks invest.

Benchmark indexes in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan

2010-01-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a long-awaited decision on campaign finance laws Thursday that opens the way for corporations and labor unions to have an even greater impact on the U.S. elections proces

2010-01-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

At least three lawmakers have been assassinated in Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland in recent months, increasing fears that radical Islamist insurgents in the south may be expanding their

2010-01-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A new report says the Obama administration faces key challenges in Africa this year, including poverty, climate change and HIV/AIDS.

Africa Policy Outlook 2010 says the U.S. must take action to e

2010-01-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

India has puts its airports on high alert following intelligence warnings of a possible hijacking attempt by Islamic militants. The security alert comes days before India celebrates its annual Republi

2010-01-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

MUSIC: "Our World" theme

This week on Our World: Engineers assess the Haiti earthquake damage and the rebuilding challenge ahead ... the potentially life-or-death choice in how much salt to eat ...

2010-01-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Next month, Vancouver and Whistler, Canada will host athletes from more than 80 nations at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Some of the countries sending athletes might surprise you. Not only will the Jamaic

2010-01-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The U.S. military has reopened the severely damaged seaport in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince to help improve delivery of aid to victims of last week's massive earthquake. The military has als

2010-01-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton has agreed to lead a U.N. program that will offer jobs to Haitian youth as part of the clean-up and recovery following last week's earthquake.

Last spring U.N.

2010-01-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in Pakistan for two days of meetings with civilian and military leaders, mainly to discuss America's strategy for Afghanistan. Gates says he hopes he can assur

2010-01-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. President Barack Obama's point man in the Middle East is back in the region, trying to jump-start the peace process.

U.S. Envoy George Mitchell is holding separate meetings with Israeli and

2010-01-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday the United States and allies will not back down in pressing Iran on concerns that its nuclear program is weapons related. Clinton discussed Iran, and n

2010-01-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. President Barack Obama is calling for tighter regulation of America's largest banks and lending institutions. The president's plan would let regulators limit the size of big banks and rein in t

2010-01-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

International watchdog Amnesty International is calling for arms transfers to Somalia's transitional government to be suspended, because it says those weapons are being used to commit war crimes. Bu

2010-01-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Farmers in Zimbabwe say they face another difficult agricultural season, as the dry spell that has hit the country continues.

Weeks into the agricultural season, the rains are nowhere near normal

2010-01-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The commander of U.S. forces in Central Asia and the Middle East, General David Petraeus, says Pakistan will likely have to make some deals with tribes along its border with Afghanistan in an effort t