By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 06 July 2007 New estimates by the Indian government and international agencies show that the number of people living with HIV/AIDS in India is between two and three million - far less than previously estimated. However, a...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 31 January 2007 The Nigerian government says laboratory tests for the deadly bird flu virus on samples taken from human victims are positive. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa reports that the authorities have moved quickly to assu...
【句子对照】 We were all totally stressed out --- we thought something awful must have happened to you. Mrs. Smith was worried sick, and Chase is practically a basket case. 我们简直都紧张死了我们以为你出了什么事情。史密斯太太都急出病来了，而蔡斯简直...
By Brian Padden Irbil, Iraq 28 August 2006 Kurdish leaders in Iraq say they want to be sure prosecutors build the strongest case possible against Saddam Hussein and six of his military commanders charged with genocide in the Anfal military operation...
By Jim Malone Washington 16 March 2006 Government prosecutors are trying to overcome a major legal setback in the death penalty case against Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person tried and convicted in...
By Margaret Besheer Washington 18 February 2006 French officials have confirmed the first case of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in their country. The virus was found in a wild duck in southeaster...
Turkish health minister Recep Akdag says preliminary tests show five more people are infected with the bird flu virus. The cases were detected in four provinces, raising the number of suspected and co...
basket case all washed up 今天我们要给大家介绍两个表示毫无希望的习惯用语。我们要讲的第一个常用语是：basket case。 Basket的意思就是"篮子"。比如说，要是...
By Julie Carpenter Doctors in some parts of the United States have prescribed marijuana to people suffering from a variety of medical conditions; and though it is used for medicinal purposes in many p...
Spanish Police Arrest Algerian in Bombing Case Gil Carbajal Police in Spain have arrested an Algerian man and are searching for at least five Moroccans suspected of involvement in last Thursday's bomb...
