By Dana Demange 2009-9-15 VOICE ONE: I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: Tim Tate at the Washington Glass Studio And I'm Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. At the Smithsonian American Art Museum, you can see a large heart-shaped sculptur...

起源于占卜的纸牌本就含着些命运的深意，被诗人般的歌手配成电影的片尾曲，天衣无缝心，该是鲜红跳动的桃形，扑克牌中只有红桃像它，那是爱的象 征。权力（黑桃）、金钱（方片）、武...

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 13 September 2009 The International Organization for Migration is running an 18-month project to help reintegrate thousands of returnees, internally displaced and other vulnerable groups in western Afghanistan. IOM says it is p...

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 13 September 2009 The United Nations reports the number of people affected by torrential rains and floods in West Africa has increased dramatically. The United Nations estimates 600,000 people have been affected and around 160...

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 12 September 2009 A woman carries some of her belongings on the main road crossing the North Kivu town of Kayna, Democratic Republic of Congo, 19 Nov 2008 The United Nation's Human Rights chief, Navi Pillay, condemns human righ...

By Daniel Schearf Bangkok 10 September 2009 Workers at Total's billion-dollar gas project in southeastern Burma for the construction of a controversial natural gas pipeline from the Yadana field (1996 file) A human rights group has accused Western oi...

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 10 September 2009 Logo of the World Health Organization at WHO headquarters in Geneva The World Health Organization says suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide, and one of the three leading causes of death for young peop...

By Paul Westpheling 10 September 2009 A worldwide study points to traffic accidents as the greatest cause of fatalities among young people (ages 10-24). Other leading factors contributing to death in this age group are suicide, HIV/Aids and Tuberculo...

By Steve Herman New Delhi 10 September 2009 Security experts are warning more abductions of reporters and other foreign personnel are likely in the war-torn country, following the kidnapping and controversial rescue of a British journalist in Afghani...

霓虹灯的微芒划破夜空，带给世界的是虚假的光明，却惹得人们对它顶礼膜拜。人们例行公事地生活着，言而无意，唱而无心。1965年歌手Simon 与Garfunkel推出的专辑主打歌曲《沉默之声》，后来...