VOA标准英语2012--Numerous Encephalitis Cases Devastate North India

Numerous Encephalitis Cases Devastate North India In India every year, during the rainy monsoon season, hundreds of children die or become disabled, physically or mentally, after contracting Japanese encephalitis. Doctor K. P. Kushwaha is a senior pe

VOA标准英语2012--Islamic Extremists Infiltrate Syrian Opposition

Islamic Extremists Infiltrate Syrian Opposition An amateur video shows fighters with Ahar al-Sham, an Islamic jihadist group, that appear to be attacking a Syrian military personnel carrier. A fierce gun battle erupts. Another video by the group show

VOA标准英语2012--Traditional Stoves Detrimental to Heath, Environment in Nigeria

Traditional Stoves Detrimental to Heath, Environment in Nigeria Bola Abiola serves amala, a traditional Nigerian dish made of yam flour while smoke billows from the nearby outdoor kitchen. Like many Nigerian cooks, she does not know about the health

VOA标准英语2012--Romney Attempts Campaign Reset

Romney Attempts Campaign Reset Mitt Romney was in damage control mode as he tried to appeal to Hispanic voters on the Spanish language network Univision. So my campaign is about the 100 percent in America, and I am concerned about them. Im concerned

VOA标准英语2012--US Elections Heat Up, China Trade Tensions Rise

US Elections Heat Up, China Trade Tensions Rise President Barack Obama and his opponent Mitt Romney are talking tough on trade with China. Earlier this week, Obama announced a new World Trade Organization case over Chinese automobile subsidies. He al

VOA标准英语2012--Homeless Female Vets Get Unique Final Salute

Homeless Female Vets Get Unique Final Salute Ozora Cassanova could never have imagined becoming homeless a year ago. I was a full-time student, she says. I had a part-time job. I had my military job and I was a wife. Life changed for the National Gua

VOA标准英语2012--Reality of Mormon Life More Complex Than Romney Image

Reality of Mormon Life More Complex Than Romney Image Iconic temples, a world-famous choir, and clean-cut missionaries sent worldwide by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City. But a visit to suburban Salt Lake City shows h

VOA标准英语2012--Evangelical Christians Reconcile Anti-Mormonism With Romney Choice

Evangelical Christians Reconcile Anti-Mormonism With Romney Choice Joseph Smith had 34 wives, 11 of whom were currently married to other men when he took them as wives! says Rob Sivulka, who goes for the jugular in his polemic outside the headquarter

VOA标准英语2012--Can We Feed the World?

Can We Feed the World? Decades after the Green Revolution took place in many parts of the world, food shortages, high prices, hunger and poverty are major problems. Its estimated there are about one billion chronically hungry people. Now, a new book

VOA标准英语2012--US Congressional Gold Medal Program Has Long History

US Congressional Gold Medal Program Has Long History Aung San Suu Kyi is the latest recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal, the nation's highest civilian award. Congress bestows the honor on an individual for a distinguished contribution or a life

VOA标准英语2012--Arrests Mark 1st Anniversary of Occupy Wall Street

Arrests Mark 1st Anniversary of Occupy Wall Street Demonstrators sought to occupy Wall Street only to find police already there. Nonetheless, protesters got within one block of the New York Stock Exchange to make their point that a wealthy one percen

VOA标准英语2012--Aung San Suu Kyi Visit Indicates Progress in US-Burma Relationship

Aung San Suu Kyi Visit Indicates Progress in US-Burma Relationship Within the last year, Aung San Suu Kyi, has made the transition from being Burmas most famous dissident to becoming a member of her country's parliament. Her schedule on her U.S. trip

VOA标准英语2012--Angola's Economic Boom Has Winners and Losers

Angola's Economic Boom Has Winners and Losers The city has become a big construction site. Everywhere in Luanda, new buildings are rising from the ground, as a ballet of cranes is shaping the new skyline of the capital. Luanda is busy leaving the pas

VOA标准英语2012--Refugee Camps Spread Life-Threatening Diseases

Refugee Camps Spread Life-Threatening Diseases At a crowded camp in South Sudan, where thousands have come to escape the region's military conflict, officials report that an outbreak of Hepatitis E - a viral infection transmitted by contaminated food

VOA标准英语2012--Life Returns to Somali Coastal Town after Al-Shabab Exit

Life Returns to Somali Coastal Town after Al-Shabab Exit AMISON in, Al-Shabab out African Union forces known as AMISOM faced little resistance when they rolled into Marka late last month. The Al-Shabab Islamist militants, who had controlled the town

VOA标准英语2012--Pastoralists Played Major Role in Ending Rinderpest

Pastoralists Played Major Role in Ending Rinderpest In June 2011, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization officially declared that the deadly animal disease rinderpest had been eradicated. The disease devastated livestock and lingered in Africa lo

VOA标准英语2012--Marylanders Recall Bloodiest Day in US History

Marylanders Recall Bloodiest Day in US History Last week on September 11th, people around the world vividly recalled the day 11 years earlier when foreign terrorists piloting hijacked airplanes killed nearly 3,000 Americans and others. Today, its mos

VOA标准英语2012--Angola Still Riddled With Landmines, Despite Efforts

Angola Still Riddled With Landmines, Despite Efforts Cautiously, meter after meter, a deminer checks if the ground is clear of mines and unexploded devices. He is working on a demining zone operated by the NGO Norwegian People's Aid five hours east o

VOA标准英语2012--Film Protests Show New Challenges for US in Middle East

Film Protests Show New Challenges for US in Middle East The release of a video that many consider insulting to Islam has sent thousands of people to the streets to protest in countries such as Yemen and Sudan. Some protests became violent attacks on

VOA标准英语2012--Shedding Light on Extraction Industries

Shedding Light on Extraction Industries Europe is a step closer toward curbing corruption in extraction industries in developing countries. A European Parliamentary committee has approved proposed legislation that would require European companies to