2010-01-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A record ransom payment has secured the release of a massive oil tanker seized in November by Somali pirates. Piracy attacks off the coast of Somalia nearly doubled in 2009 from the previous year.

2010-01-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Guinea's injured military leader is calling on his supporters to back plans for a transitional government.

In his first public comments since being shot in the head six weeks ago, Captain Moussa D

2010-01-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The science fiction fantasy was named best drama and the filmmaker was honored as best director. The honors from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association are considered the start of the award season i

2010-01-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Margaret Chan say the H1N1 Swine Flu Pandemic is not as serious as anticipated. But, she says this is no time to relax, as the Pandemic is not o

2010-01-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A statement attributed to al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula is challenging Yemen's claim it killed a top militant commander and five other members of the local terror offshoot.

The internet messa

2010-01-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Terrorism tied to Islamic fundamentalism seems to be on the rise in many parts of world -- from Yemen and Pakistan in the Middle East to Southern Thailand and the Philippine island of Mindanao in Sout

2010-01-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in Haiti, where he has come to express his support for victims of Tuesday's massive earthquake.

Mr. Ban said he is going to Haiti with a "very heavy

2010-01-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is appealing for $100 million for Haiti. The appeal covers emergency relief and long-term recovery assistance for 300,000 people o

2010-01-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Former U.S. Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton are going directly to the American people with a joint appeal to help the Haitian earthquake victims. One day after they were asked by President

2010-01-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Exit polls announced within minutes after elections ended in Ukraine indicate the country's current and former prime ministers will emerge from a field of 18 candidates to face one another in a run-o

2010-01-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. President Barack Obama is leading the nation in honoring the life and legacy of the slain civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr.

In a church where Martin Luther King preached more tha

2010-01-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Political opponents of Guinea's military government have nominated two people to be the new prime minister as part of a transitional government leading to elections. It is part of a deal reached in

2010-01-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Denzel Washington plays a prophet wandering a devastated landscape on a spiritual mission in a dark, but ultimately hopeful futuristic drama.

He is a solitary figure walking through the wasteland.

2010-01-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Since the first web browser appeared on computer screens in 1994, the Internet has radically changed global communication. With instant access to messaging and email, the ability to circulate comment

2010-01-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Pope Benedict's planned visit to Rome's main Jewish synagogue on Sunday has sharply divided Jews. Some have been angered by his efforts to push World War II Pope Pius XII toward sainthood.

Pope B

2010-01-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are joining with President Barack Obama to aid the earthquake-stricken people of Haiti. The two former presidents returned to the White House to

2010-01-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Israel has joined international humanitarian efforts in earthquake-stricken Haiti.

Two jumbo jets carrying Israeli personnel, equipment and supplies have arrived in Haiti to join in rescue and rel

2010-01-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Yemen's defense ministry says that three al-Qaida militants have been captured along the border with Saudi Arabia. Yemeni security officials also say "al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula's" top milit

2010-01-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

More international rescue teams, medical supplies, food and clean water are arriving in Port-au-Prince late Friday to help the victims of Tuesday's earthquake in Haiti. VOA correspondent Brian Wagner

2010-01-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Ukrainians vote Sunday in a presidential election fraught with uncertainty about the candidates, the process, and the result.

Voters have a choice of 18 hopefuls, none of whom is expected to gain

2010-01-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Leaders of the Greek and Turkish communities of Cyprus are starting a new series of negotiations aimed at re-unifying the divided island.

Cypriot President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cyprio

2010-01-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Grimmette is taller and heavier that Martin, but Brian drives the sled - with Grimmette lying on top of him. The arrangement calls for a closeness of thought that would challenge even the best co-wor

2010-01-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says time is running out to rescue people trapped by this week's devastating earthquake in Haiti. The Red Cross estimates 45,000 to 50,000 people have died in the

2010-01-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

President Barack Obama is promising full U.S. support for Haiti's immediate recovery from Tuesday's earthquake, and for its long-term rebuilding. Mr. Obama discussed the catastrophe Friday with Ha

2010-01-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In its first estimate, the United Nations reports about 10 percent of the housing in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince has been destroyed, leaving some 300,000 people homeless. The UN says a full as