Four Dead as Hurricane Irene Churns Up US East Coast Hurricane Irene continues to pound the U.S. East Coast with heavy rains and strong winds, leaving at least four people dead in its wake and paralyzing ground and air traffic. U.S. officials say thr...
Unrest Ripples Across Troubled Middle East Tensions continue to mount in a number of Syrian cities after violent crackdowns against anti-government protesters. Witnesses say government forces have surrounded the town of Banias, and clashes have been...
[ti:UNIT 8 My Country and English-speaking Countries Lesson 57: North, South, East, West] [00:01.19]UNIT 8 第八单元 [00:02.91]Lessons 57～64 第57～64课 [00:06.60]My Country and English-speaking Countries 我的国家和讲英语的国家 [00:...
[Scene: Central Perk, all six are there.] Monica: Would you let it go? It's not that big a deal. Ross: Not that big a deal? It's amazing. Ok, you just reach in there, there's one little maneuver, and bam, a bra right out the sleeve. All right, as far...
[00:01.35]Module 5 A FABLE [00:05.37]UNIT 2 I live in the East Sea. [00:10.14]1 Listen and read. Then say. [00:14.68]The turtle tried to climb inside the well [00:17.89]but he couldn't.The well was very small. [00:21.81]He then said to the frog, [00:...
The president of East Timor has urged Australian resources giant, Woodside Petroleum, to support its plan to base a multi-billion-dollar oil and gas plant in his impoverished nation rather than in the Australian city of Darwin. From Sydney, Phil Mer...
East Asian nations have agreed to form an $80 billion fund to help each other fend off the effects of the global financial crisis. As Daniel Schearf reports from Beijing, the fund could help boost confidence in the region's markets. Chinese Premier...
A rebel leader in Eastern Congo says he is withdrawing from January's peace agreement and has issued a call for Congolese to rise up and liberate the country. VOA's Scott Bobb reports from our West Africa Bureau in Dakar. Renegade ex-general Laurent...
By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 14 June 2008 Eritrea has dominated discussions at an East African summit in Addis Ababa attended by all regional leaders except Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki. From the summit site, VOA's Peter Heinlein reports the l...
By Faiza Elmasry Berkeley, CA 09 June 2008 Over the past century, the University of California at Berkeley has assembled a vast collection of East Asian treasures. Now in their new home on campus, the museum-quality materials are available for stude...
