2009-09-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Nearly two-thirds of the people on Earth now use mobile telephones, according to a study by the International Telecommunications Union. But how safe are those phones? Scie

2009-09-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Afghanistan's government-appointed Independent Election Commission has released what it calls "final but preliminary" results from the August 20 vote for president. The d

2009-09-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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U.S. President Barack Obama is urging patience as his administration considers whether to commit more troops to the conflict in Afghanistan. The president spoke after disc

2009-09-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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U.S. President Barack Obama's point man in the Middle East is extending a Middle East peace mission.

U.S. envoy George Mitchell met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjam

2009-09-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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U.S. President Barack Obama is reaching out to organized labor as he seeks support for his economic and health care policies.

The president is waging an all-out campai

2009-09-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Tuesday called for transparency on the part of Venezuela in an arms buildup by the Hugo Chavez government that U.S. officials believe th

2009-09-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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A senior commander of radical Islamist militant group al-Shabab in Somalia has issued a public call for foreign fighters from around the world to come to Somalia and join

2009-09-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Despite reports that many industrialized economies are beginning to emerge from their worst economic crisis in decades, unemployment is rising and will likely reach a hist

2009-09-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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The U.N. Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict says the past year has been terrible for children in war-torn regions. In a report

2009-09-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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340ML members describe themselves as four boys from Maputo, Mozambique -- Pedro, Paulo, Rui and Tiago. While studying in Johannesburg they decided to start a band. They ha

2009-09-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Poor urban planning is partly to blame for flooding in West Africa that is affecting nearly 600,000 people. Some people in low-lying areas are being resettled.

More tha

2009-09-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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The United Nations says maternal and child mortality rates in the Asia-Pacific region are not improving fast enough because of poor access to reproductive health care. U.N

2009-09-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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As children growing up in Montreal, Toody Maher and her brothers loved their local park. They spent long afternoons playing with other children and learning critical socia

2009-09-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Afghan election officials have begun recounting disputed ballots from the August 20 presidential election. The recount amid fraud allegations leaves open the possibility o

2009-09-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Somali witnesses say a U.S. air assault in Somalia has killed a top terrorist suspect linked to al-Qaida. The fugitive is believed to have been behind the bombing of a Ken

2009-09-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes in protest at former U.S. President George W. Bush has been released from prison.

Muntazer al-Zaidi said he was whipped, beate

2009-09-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana says talks concerning Iran's nuclear program are likely to be held in Turkey.

EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana

2009-09-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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A new political party is taking power in Japan on Wednesday. The Democratic Party of Japan defeated the Liberal Democrats in the general election last month, making party

2009-09-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Human rights advocates say the recent conviction of a former paramilitary officer on charges of orchestrating the forced disappearance of six ethnic Mayan villagers in the

2009-09-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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One year ago, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, then opposition-leader Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara, leader of another small opposition party, signed a political

2009-09-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Actor Patrick Swayze has died at age 57 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Swayze was a classically trained dancer who became a romantic lead and an action star a

2009-09-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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After years of media attention, many understand and accept that smoking is bad for your health and that second-hand smoke is bad for people who live with smokers. But new

2009-09-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Outdoor camping is a low cost vacation option for American families coping with the current economic downturn. An online survey conducted in 2008 by the non-profit Outdoor

2009-09-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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U.S. President Barack Obama is pushing for new regulations on the American financial services sector, warning industry leaders there can be no return to the abuses of the

2009-09-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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After staying on the sidelines for years, the United States for the first time has joined the U.N. Human Rights Council as a full-fledged member.

The U.N. Human Rights