By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 20 August 2007 The Democratic chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont, has threatened to hold members of the Bush administration in contempt for withholding documents subpoenaed b...
By Paula Wolfson White House 24 July 2007 President Bush is stressing the link between al-Qaida and Iraq, as he seeks to build support for his war policy. VOA White House correspondent Paula Wolfson reports Mr. Bush says terrorists in Iraq pose a dir...
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 25 May 2007 Tens of thousands public sector workers are demonstrating in major centers across South Africa to highlight their rejection of a government pay offer and their plan to embark on an indefinite strike startin...
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 13 February 2007 Relief agencies in southern Africa say rising flood waters across several countries in the region are threatening 500,000 people and that more than 60,000 have been evacuated in Mozambique. Aid groups repor...
By Phuong Tran Dakar 24 January 2007 While talks sputter to end Guinea's deadly two-week nationwide strike, the country's main export industry is starting to feel the effects. Guinea is the world's largest exporter of bauxite, the raw material used...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 17 October 2006 An Indonesian man rows his boat on Kapuas river amid haze from burning brush fires, in Pontianak, Borneo island, Indonesia, Oct. 5, 2006. The endangered orangutan, elephants and other wildlife are faci...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 15 February 2006 Four months after the devastating South Asian earthquake, more than 300,000 survivors still depend on United Nations airlifts for lifesaving food and suppli...
By Greg Flakus San Antonio, Texas 06 January 2006 Dry conditions and high winds are making life difficult for firefighters in Texas, where wildfires continue to threaten life and property in various p...
本讲为2005年下半年新的教学内容,请对照教材听录音! plant species are not the only forms of life (threatened with ___ (extinct) in the rainforest). Threaten … with …. He thre...
By Carrie Giardino Talks between a militia leader and the Nigerian president aimed at ending further violence in the oil-rich southern region are in a third day in Abuja. But the rebel leader has accu...