2010-01-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

For nearly a decade, the popularity of Australian universities rose rapidly among Indian students, and the number of those heading to the country for higher education rose from about 10,000 in 2001 to

2010-01-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Experts from some so-called “terror-prone” nations targeted by new, more stringent airline safety regulations are speaking out against them. They say the U.S. response to the failed Christmas Day b

2010-01-09 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: A new role for coral reefs as cradles of evolution ... a White House initiative on science education ... and solving a lead-poisoning mystery among

2010-01-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Time again for our Website of the Week, when we showcase interesting and innovative online destinations. More than 7 million people are locked up in U.S. prisons or otherwise under the supervision of

2010-01-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The 26-page publication called Fixing Intel: A Blueprint for Making Intelligence Relevant in Afghanistan says military intelligence efforts in the country over the past eight years have been "token an

2010-01-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The U.S. Navy says it is on heightened alert after receiving what it calls "credible" al-Qaida threats against American warships and commercial vessels in the Gulf of Aden, the Arabian Sea, and the Pe

2010-01-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Ten international aid groups, including Oxfam, World Vision, the International Rescue Committee, and Save the Children, have released a report urging sustained international engagement with Sudan's t

2010-01-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

European aviation officials are meeting in Brussels to discuss airport security measures and British authorities are doing the same as governments try to decide the best way to protect planes and air

2010-01-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Southern African ministers are meeting in Mozambique to prepare for next month's summit of the African Union. Madagascar, Zimbabwe and Democratic Republic of Congo are major topics of discussion.

2010-01-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. President Barack Obama said this week that his administration has to do a better job of dealing with terrorism threats in the wake of the failed Christmas Day bomb plot aboard a commercial flight

2010-01-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Elvis Presley was among the first inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, so it's no surprise that its museum in Cleveland, Ohio, is rolling out the red carpet to honor rock's most in

2010-01-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A new study out this week highlights the role that coral reefs play in evolution, adding another reason to preserve these delicate, diverse, and often beautiful ecosystems.

Many of the world's co

2010-01-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Guinea's acting military leader says political parties should immediately choose a new prime minister to help lead the country to free elections. He says the life of the country's military chief is

2010-01-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Israel is adding an important link to its missile defense shield.

Rocket alarms have terrified Israeli border communities near the Gaza Strip for years. But now Israel has a high-tech answer to th

2010-01-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The U.N. special investigator on extra-judicial killings has called for the government of Sri Lanka to conduct an independent investigation into a videotape that appears to show the summary execution

2010-01-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A suicide bomber has struck a military facility in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, killing at least four soldiers and wounding 11 others. This is the second incident in the region within a month, fuel

2010-01-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

An environmental group says one of its boats was split in two and taking on water after a collision with a Japanese whaling ship in Antarctica.

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society says one of it

2010-01-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

American bobsled driver Steve Holcomb knows what it is to be a champion. He and his crew took the four-man World Championship last February in Lake Placid, New York. But Holcomb almost lost his chan

2010-01-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The United States Women's Olympic ice hockey team will be relying on a mixture of youth and experience as they prepare for the 2010 Winter Games this February in Vancouver, Canada. Women's squads fr

2010-01-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. President Barack Obama says the United States had enough information to uncover the plot to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day, but failed to put all the bits and pieces of intelli

2010-01-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The formal process of consulting the Zimbabwean people on a new constitution is to begin next week. But civic groups for weeks have been training activists to educate communities about the new charte

2010-01-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The State Department said Tuesday it has revoked U.S. travel visas for a number of individuals after a Nigerian man with a visa to travel to the United States tried to bring down a jetliner over Detro

2010-01-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The 2001 attacks, in which terrorists hijacked airliners to use as guided missiles, sparked a major overhaul of the U.S. intelligence community.

Yet on Christmas Day, a would-be suicide bomber, U

2010-01-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The World Food Program is pulling its operations out of much of rebel-controlled Somalia, affecting some 1 million in-need Somalis. The food aid organization is citing "unacceptable demands" from the

2010-01-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The researchers will sail for Antarctica early next month, in an expedition funded by the Australian and New Zealand governments.

The scientists hope their journey to the Southern Ocean will help