By Margaret Besheer Baghdad 16 April 2007 In the Iraqi capital, illegal Sunni and Shi'ite groups are trying to shift the sectarian balance of neighborhoods to their favor. They use intimidation and executions to force residents of different sects to...
By Phuong Tran Dakar 05 April 2007 Watch Corner Kitchen report According to most poverty indicators, almost half the population of Sub-Saharan Africa is living on less than one dollar a day. One Senegalese food stand owner shows how far a dollar goe...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 31 January 2007 In April, France holds presidential elections that may usher in the country's first female leader. Socialist politician Segolene Royal, 53, has been dominating the news for months. However, she is hardly the only...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 12 September 2006 Sheika Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa (file photo) The U.N. General Assembly has opened its 61st session and for the first time a Muslim woman is in the president's chair. From U.N. headquarters, VOA's Pete...
The newlyweds entered the elevator of their Miami Beach hotel. The operator, a magnificent blonde, looked at them in surprise and said, "Why, hello, Teddy, how are you?" When the couple reached their...
标准英语,VOA,Africa,woman,first,By Nico Colombant Monrovia 16 January 2006 Liberian Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Henry Reed Cooper, right, administers oath of office to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Africa's first elected woman presid...
A husband said to his wife, " Why did God create women to be beautiful but foolish?" "Well," his wife answered at once." The reason is very simple. God made us beautiful so men would love us; God made...
It was rush hour and I was dashing to a train in New York City's Grand Central Terminal - As I neared the gate, a plump, middle-aged woman sprinted up from behind, lost her footing on the smooth marbl...
Smart(精明的) man + smart woman = romance Smart man + dumb(愚蠢的) woman = pregnancy(怀孕) Dumb man + smart woman = affair Dumb man + dumb woman = marriage Smart boss + smart employee = profit...
When a man loves a woman Can't keep his mind on nothin' else He'd trade the world For a good thing he's found If she is bad, he can't see it She can do no wrong Turn his back on his best friend If he...
