Lack of electrical power is slowing efforts to bring normalcy back to southeast Texas, hit hard by Hurricane Ike last week. Private companies operating in the area have thousands of people working around the region, but many neighborhoods remain in...
Group of Eight leaders in Japan set a goal to cut global carbon emissions by at least half by 2050. Developing countries say rich nations have to take the lead. Transcript of radio broadcast: 11 July 2008 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English....
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 10 May 2008 The UN refugee agency warns it may have to reduce or even suspend a number of aid programs for hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees because it has received only about half of the $261 million it needs. Lisa Schle...
By Sonja Pace London 17 March 2008 A new Red Cross report says that five years after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, many Iraqis still lack adequate access to basic health care, sanitation and clean drinking water. VOA's Sonja Pace has more from Londo...
By Tendai Maphosa London 18 July 2007 Global AIDS treatment will fall far short of a target to have five million people in Africa being treated in the next few years. A new report reveals that the continued lack of access to drugs by many of the worl...
By Deborah Block Washington 16 July 2007 Detainees awaiting processing by immigration officials A recent U.S. government report says detainees at American immigration detention centers are not receiving adequate medical care. Three human rights group...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 31 January 2006 Lines are snaking out the door of the U.S. Consulate in Paris, as would-be French travelers to America wait to get newly required visas. The problem: the French go...
说一口流利的英语,从简单的单词开始。 听听,读读,背背,今天你的词汇量又增加了5个。 单词/词义 中英例句 单词听读 keep [ ki:p ] The matter will keep till tomorrow. v. 拖延 这件事搁到明天再说。 lack [ lAk ] She is lacking in responsibility. v. 缺乏,没有...
HEALTH REPORT - Lack of Sleep Linked to Weight Gain By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. There are new findings that not e...
DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Lack of Hope Blamed as Some Afghan Women Choose Death by Fire By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, March 29, 2004 This is Robert Cohen with the VOA Special English Development Report....