2010-01-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Yemeni officials say two suspects were killed in fighting outside the capital, Sana'a.

Authorities have stepped up security around Sana'a and its airport. Foreign embassies are asking their

2010-01-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner rejected Iran's latest move on its uranium-enrichment efforts as a diplomatic "pirouette."

In an interview on French radio, Kouchner said it was out of th

2010-01-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Ugandan military says its forces in the Central African Republic have killed the acting guerilla commander of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army. The death adds to the lengthening list of recent c

2010-01-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Rock, blues and soul come together on a new release titled Pearl River by rising singer and guitarist Mike Zito.

For Mike Zito, singing "Dirty Blonde" from Pearl River, the phrase "up-and-comer"

2010-01-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Kiosks have long been the only source of safe drinking water for over half of Malawi’s urban population living in unplanned areas. But the occasional failure to pay water bills has led authorities t

2010-01-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. President Barack Obama's top counter-terrorism advisor says a threat from an al-Qaida affiliate led to the closure of the American embassy in Yemen. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports this same group

2010-01-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Jewish settlement councils have declared a general strike to protest the Israeli government's freeze on construction in West Bank communities. Settlement leaders demonstrated outside the Prime Minis

2010-01-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The U.N. Security Council has lifted its arms embargo on Liberia for one year, primarily to allow its peacekeeping mission there to receive military equipment. But it also allows the government of Pr

2010-01-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Ahlu-Sunna spokesman Sheik Abdullahi Sheik AbuYusuf says heavily-armed al-Shabab fighters attacked Dhusamareb town early Saturday with gunfire and mortars.

The spokesman adds that many al-Shabab

2010-01-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan says she is disappointed a deal on climate change was not struck in Copenhagen. But she says important steps were taken that, she believes, wi

2010-01-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Tony Blair's already tarnished reputation has taken another blow with former prime minister John Major now questioning his successor's motive for joining in the invasion of Iraq.

Looking back to

2010-01-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A suicide bomber set off an explosive-laden vehicle on a field during a volleyball match in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 88 people. Authorities say scores of others were wounding and childr

2010-01-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Top Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi says that he's not afraid to die for the cause of reform, and is offering the government a five-point plan for compromise.The message from the top Ir

2010-01-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Middle East diplomacy is moving into high gear this month in a fresh effort to revive stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Cairo t

2010-01-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Starting at the International Date line in the mid-Pacific and spreading from east to west, crowds around Asia led the world in ringing in the New Year.One of the first major cities to celebrate the b

2010-01-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Lithuania's Soviet-built nuclear power plant was shut down late Thursday as part of an agreement with the European Union, ushering in a new era of energy uncertainty for the country.

Engineers sa

2010-01-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Senegalese musician Baaba Maal is using an annual music festival to focus on education in the country's remote northern regions.At Baaba Maal's fourth annual "Festival les Blues du Fleuve," musician

2010-01-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Arms control is a key issue between Washington and Moscow. In this report from Washington, Senior Correspondent André de Nesnera speaks with three former senior U.S. government officials about arms

2010-01-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Tourism executives predict the number of Indian students coming to Australia will fall sharply in 2010 after a series of racially motivated attacks. The assaults created a rift between Canberra and N

2010-01-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid has been buried after a state funeral. In 1999 Mr. Wahid became Indonesia's first elected president following the fall of military strongman Suharto. Whi

2010-01-02 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.The global pharmaceutical industry has developed a vast medicine cabinet full of drugs that save

2010-01-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. President Barack Obama has been briefed on early reports about last week's aborted airline terror attack. The president has received a report on how a Nigerian man suspected of terrorist links

2010-01-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The United States Embassy in Jakarta has warned Americans that an attack may occur on the resort island of Bali on New Year's Eve.

According to the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, a message from Bali's

2010-01-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The International Committee of the Red Cross reports conditions are continuing to deteriorate in northern Yemen where fighting between the government and al-Houthi rebels has been raging for the past

2010-01-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Iranian government is escalating a crackdown on the opposition with more threats of arrests and possible executions. Eyewitness reports say security has been beefed up in the capital, Tehran, amid