2009-12-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

China says it has reached a consensus on climate change with major developing countries that largely believe developed nations should bear most of the burden of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Chin

2009-12-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

North Korea has apparently revalued its currency, in a move that may be aimed at tightening domestic market activity. South Korean media quoted unnamed North Korean sources Tuesday as saying the Nort

2009-12-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Environmentalists in Ghana are concerned about the delay in laws regulating next year's start of offshore oil drilling. Ghana's offshore Jubilee Field could earn the country as much as $1 billion

2009-12-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Filings for candidates for the Philippines next presidential election show that powerful families continue to dominate the political landscape. Benigno Aquino, the son of a late president, is the curr

2009-12-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Lawyers for Serbia argued that Kosovo's move not only challenged Serbia's sovereignty, but undermined international law.Harvard Law Professor Andreas Zimmermann is one of the lawyers arguing Serbia

2009-12-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay is condemning the Swiss law banning minarets as clearly discriminatory. The U.N. official calls the ban deeply divisive and worrisome. The U.N. Hi

2009-12-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Today, December 1, is the annual observance of World AIDS Day. The epidemic continues to take an enormous toll, even as scientists have developed a range of medicines that have turned an AIDS diagnosi

2009-12-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

From the campaign trail to the White House, Michelle Obama has attracted attention. She was on the cover of Vogue magazine in March, and she appears on the cover of Glamour magazine's December issue.

2009-12-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A senior U.S. official says Iran's announcement it intends to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants in defiance of the international community's demands it halt such activities will further isolate

2009-12-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Asian markets have rallied because of efforts in the United Arab Emirates to shore up banks hit by Dubai's debt problems. But the region is keeping a close eye on Dubai's debt and a weakening dolla

2009-12-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Iran's speaker of parliament says hope remains for a diplomatic solution to the international dispute over his country's nuclear program. The comment comes one day after the government said it woul

2009-12-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

What will likely be Germany's last Nazi-era war crimes trial is underway in Munich. On the dock is 89-year-old John Demjanjuk, a retired U.S. auto worker who is accused of participating in the killi

2009-12-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Military officials in the Central African Republic say they have retaken a key northern town that was captured by rebels last week. The country's president is pushing a peace deal ahead of 2010 elect

2009-12-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Incumbent Teodoro Obiang is expected to have the most votes in Equatorial Guinea presidential election count. Final results are expected December 7.With only a quarter of votes counted, President Teo

2009-12-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

India's economy grew by 7.9 percent in the three months through September - its fastest pace since last year's global financial crisis. India, along with several other Asian economies, is recoverin

2009-12-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Britain has confirmed an additional 500 British troops will be heading to Afghanistan in the next month, bringing its force level there to 9,500. Britain's prime minister also said other NATO nation

2009-12-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Financial markets in Dubai and other Arab emirates dropped about seven percent early Monday, with investors worried about Dubai's ability to pay back $60 billion in debt. Both Dubai's and neighbori

2009-12-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Welcome to American Profiles, VOA's weekly look at Americans who are making a positive difference in the world. Our spotlight this week is on Chip Giller, an environmental advocate who created Grist.

2009-12-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In Asia, gold has always been a popular investment - both jewelry and bullion. But soaring prices are changing the gold trade in the region. For many in Asia gold has long held a special place as an i

2009-12-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Marking World AIDS Day (December 1) this year, the U.N. Program on HIV/AIDS has published new research that shows the number of new AIDS cases decreasing worldwide, and it says HIV prevention programs

2009-11-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Saudi Arabia's health minister said Sunday that five people had died from swine flue during the annual Hajj. They were among 73 confirmed cases.

Fears of a major out

2009-11-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Charles Darwin's groundbreaking book On the Origin of Species was first published 150 years ago, November 24, 1859. Educator and author Richard Milner has spent his care

2009-11-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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A senior Iranian cleric says Iran will produce its own uranium fuel if there is no deal with the United Nations Atomic Energy Agency. The cleric's comments came in react

2009-11-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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In Namibia, voting continued on the second and last day of the country's presidential and parliamentary elections. President Hifikepunye Pohamba and his South West Africa

2009-11-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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The United State says the International Atomic Energy Agency's vote Friday censuring Iran shows a growing international "deficit of confidence" over Tehran's insistence