2009-12-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A top pro-government cleric is warning Iranians Friday not to take advantage of one of Shi'ite Islam's most sacred holy days to create a free-for-all protest against the government. He also told Chr

2009-12-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Taliban has released a new video that purportedly shows a U.S. soldier who was captured in Afghanistan almost six months ago. The video was sent to various media organizations on Friday, along wit

2009-12-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The White House is calling a small explosion aboard an international flight bound for the U.S. city of Detroit "an attempted act of terrorism." Counterintelligence officials say a Nigerian engineerin

2009-12-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Eyewitnesses are reporting that crowds clashed with Iranian security forces in parts of Tehran and several provincial cities, Saturday. Police reportedly swung batons at protesters, smashing car-wind

2009-12-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Six Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the deadliest violence in months.Dozens of jeeps carrying masked Israeli commandos rolled into the West Bank town of Nablus before dawn and surro

2009-12-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Five years after the devastating tsunami struck the Asia Pacific region, aid agencies say communities have largely recovered and early warning systems are in place. But, the International Federation

2009-12-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Nigeria's fragile truce with rebels in the oil-rich Niger Delta appears to be under serious threat. Former militants are protesting the non-payment of allowances and militants have blown up an oil pi

2009-12-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In her annual Christmas message, Britain's Queen Elizabeth the Second has paid tribute to those serving in her country's armed forces.The Queen, the symbolic head of the British military, spoke of t

2009-12-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Thousands of pilgrims have joined local Palestinians in Christmas celebrations in the West Bank town of Bethlehem.Christmas mass was celebrated at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, with carols

2009-12-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Pope Benedict delivered his traditional Christmas Day blessing Friday just hours after being knocked to the ground by a woman at the start of Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica. The Vatican s

2009-12-26 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: How farming fits in the global warming puzzle ... a dinosaur that may have injected its victims with venom ...and a car that finds a

2009-12-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

It was a day to remember for 150 lucky high school jazz students who came to the White House in June for a program called Jazz Studio. Front and center were five members of the Marsalis family and sa

2009-12-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

There is no way around the fact that things are tough, business-wise. Billboard magazine reports that through the week ending November 29, U.S. CD sales plummeted nearly 20percent, and digital track

2009-12-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. President Barack Obama has hailed the Senate vote on health-care reform, calling it a landmark piece of legislation. The measure is a top priority for the Obama administration.On Christmas Eve,

2009-12-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Yemeni TV says government forces have killed 34 suspected al-Qaida members in a dawn airstrike on rugged terrain 650-kilometers east of the capital Sana'a. Security sources say the al-Qaida operativ

2009-12-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Thousands of people have attended Christmas Eve celebrations at the birthplace of Christianity in Bethlehem.

Christmas Eve began with festive marches through Manger Square by Palestinian boy and g

2009-12-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The U.S. State Department has expressed deep concern about reports that Thailand is preparing to deport more than 4,000 ethnic Hmong from Laos back to that country by the end of the year. The Hmong,

2009-12-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

When lawmakers in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives return to work in January, they will face the task of working out differences between major health care reform legislation. Informal tal

2009-12-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

New York City leaders and environmentalists from around the state are fighting a plan to permit a new method of drilling for natural gas in the city's upstate watershed. They say the process, called

2009-12-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Finance Minister Biti was addressing the media at the launch of a three-year economic blueprint. He warned uncertainty over the future of the fragile unity government is hampering economic recovery.Z

2009-12-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Media reports say Turkish police have raided the homes of suspected Kurdish separatists around the country, arresting 31 people, including eight mayors.
The reports say police arrested the suspects e

2009-12-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In his end of the year speech, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev says his country will develop a new generation of nuclear weaponry, even as it works toward a new strategic arms treaty with the United

2009-12-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

2010 will mark the 50th anniversary of the first hit single by legendary soul singer Irma Thomas. Irma has had a long-standing reign as "The Soul Queen Of New Orleans." Irma Thomas was only 19 y

2009-12-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Nestle spokesman in South Africa, Ravi Pillay, said the decision was made after security officials made an unannounced visit to its plant and obliged it to buy milk from what he called a non-contr

2009-12-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

"The yeas are 60, the nays are 39. H.R. 3590 as amended, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is passed," Vice President Joe Biden announced.The vice president presided over the Senate at t