VOA标准英语2009-Ethiopia's Meles says US at Fault for Africa

By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 13 November 2009 Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi (file photo) Ethiopia Prime Minister Meles Zenawi says failures in the U.S. financial system are largely to blame for Africa's economic crisis, and pointed to China

VOA标准英语2009-Union Says Zimbabwe Farm Workers Worst Abuse

By Peta Thornycroft Southern Africa 13 November 2009 A new report from a Zimbabwe union says workers on the country's white-run farms were subjected to even greater violence than their employers during violent farms seizures under Zimbabwe President

VOA标准英语2009-Largest Los Angeles Hotel Goes 'Green'

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 12 November 2009 Many hotels around the United States are going green by recycling their waste and conserving water, power and other resources. The largest hotel in Los Angeles, the Westin Bonaventure, was recently cer

VOA标准英语2009-Paris Youths Occupy Mansion to Protest Lack

By Lisa Bryant Paris 12 November 2009 The economic crisis has taken a toll on young Europeans - especially in France, where nearly one in four French between the ages of 15 and 25 is unemployed. Now a group of young Parisians has found an imaginativ

VOA标准英语2009-Somalia Terrorist Group Suspected in Killing

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 13 November 2009 Shabab militia patrol Bakara Market in Mogadishu (Oct 2009 file photo) Security forces in Somalia's northern semi-autonomous region of Puntland say three people have been arrested in connection with the fatal s

VOA标准英语2009-Human Trafficking Reaches to High Alert Arou

By Kane Farabaugh Dayton, Ohio 13 November 2009 Like slaves on an auction block waiting to be selected, victims of human trafficking have to perform as they are told or risk being beaten (2005 File) The U.S. State Department estimates that 800,000 h

VOA标准英语2009年-Kenya Party Calls for Renegotiation of Power-Sh

In the latest sign of the divisions within Kenya's governing coalition, the country's largest party says the power-sharing agreement binding the two main political factions together should be renegotiated. Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki (l) and oppos

VOA标准英语2009年-British Prime Minister Addresses US Congress

In an address to a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has urged the United States to seize the opportunity to expand cooperation with Europe to solve the world economic crisis and tackle other issues. British Pri

VOA标准英语2009年-Suicide Bombing Targets Police Academy in Baghd

A suicide bomber has killed at least 28 people near Iraq's police academy in Baghdad. The attack occurred as the United States and Britain announced major troop reductions by September. A wounded Iraqi policeman being treated in a Baghdad hospital,

VOA标准英语2009-US says Pakistani Nukes are Secure

The top U.S. military officer says he is comfortable that Pakistan's nuclear weapons are secure, but he says he is gravely concerned about Taliban advances in the country and neighboring Afghanistan. Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mik

VOA标准英语2009-US to Press Pakistan on Taliban, Nuclear Securit

U.S. officials say President Barack Obama will press Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari this week to continue a military drive against Taliban insurgents to prevent a situation in which extremists might threaten that country's stability and nuclea

VOA标准英语2009-Gates: Arab Allies Should Not Worry About Possib

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is on a trip to the Middle East, where he says he will tell two key American allies they should not worry about any potential improvements in American relations with Iran. US Defense Secretary Robert Gates Secreta

VOA标准英语2009-Pakistan: Up to 500,000 May Flee Taliban-Held Sw

Security forces have been battling with Taliban fighters for more than a week in the northwest Malakand division, but troops have largely avoided entering the militant stronghold in Swat Valley. Local residents board the bus as they flee the trouble

VOA标准英语2009-Georgia, Moscow Trade Allegations on Military Up

Moscow and Tbilisi are trading accusations over responsibility for what is described as an uprising at a military unit in Georgia. The crisis erupted on the eve of controversial NATO military exercises in the Caucasus republic, and ongoing oppositio

VOA标准英语2009-Joe Biden Urges Israel To Support Two-State Solu

U.S. President Barack Obama met with Israeli President Shimon Peres Tuesday, while U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was urging Israel to support a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Israeli President Shimon Peres pauses during a sp

VOA标准英语2009-Gates Says US-Iran Contacts Will Be Open

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the United States will keep its allies in the Middle East informed as it pursues the possibility of improved relations with Iran, and discounted concerns in the region about a U.S.-Iran deal that could hurt t

VOA标准英语2009年-Islamist Unity in Somalia Tested by New Preside

In Somalia, militant Islamist factions are testing the resolve of the country's new interim president, who was sworn in Saturday pledging to restore governance in a society torn apart by nearly two decades of civil war. The parliamentary election of

VOA标准英语2009年-AU Summit Hails New Somali Leader; Calls on ICC

Somalia's newly-elected President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed has been hailed at the opening ceremonies of a summit of African leaders in Addis Ababa. The session was dominated by Libya's leader Moammar Gadhafi, who vowed to push ahead with his idea of

VOA标准英语2009年-African Union Summit Dominated by Gadhafi Legac

The just completed African Union summit in Addis Ababa was partly a celebration of the continent's achievements, and partly a reminder of how deeply it remains troubled by wars, poverty and flawed leadership. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon address

VOA标准英语2009年-Mauritania Rejects AU Sanctions

Mauritania's military leaders are going ahead with plans for new elections in June, despite African Union sanctions meant to force the return of the toppled civilian government. Mauritania's military government says the African Union's decision to i