VOA双语新闻：卡扎菲军队空袭石油港口城市布雷

Insurgents opposed to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi continue to hold two strategic towns along the road to eastern Libya, after unsuccessful attempts by pro-Gadhafi forces to retake them. Libyan warplanes launched new air strikes Thursday against the

VOA双语新闻：美国最后一位一战老兵去世

The last known American veteran of World War I died Sunday at his home in West Virginia. Former U.S. Army Corporal Frank Buckles was 110 years old. VOA Pentagon Correspondent Al Pessin had the chance to speak to Mr. Buckles several years ago and file

VOA双语新闻：NBA的外籍球员们

The number of foreign-born players in America's professional National Basketball Association has tripled in the past two decades. One of the veterans - San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker - and a rookie - Washington Wizards' Hamady Ndiaye - talk about the

VOA双语新闻：美国失业率2月份下降到8.9%

U.S. unemployment dipped below 9 percent last month, as private employers added the most jobs since April. The U.S. Labor Department released its monthly employment report Friday, showing the U.S. economy picked up a net total of 192,000 jobs in Febr

VOA双语新闻：美国汽车销售2月份激增

Auto sales jumped sharply in the United States last month as consumers came back to showrooms to check out the newest models. The world's top two automakers gained the most traction in February, bolstered in part by consumers migrating to more fuel-e

VOA双语新闻：儿童餐室帮助低收入家庭儿童

In the United States, many low income parents cannot afford to buy enough food for their children. A program called Kids Caf is helping some of these children by providing free nutritious snacks and meals during after-school programs. 在美国，许多

VOA双语新闻：社交媒体改变诊所运作方式

Just as the Internet's social networks have changed the way people communicate - a case in point is how Facebook helped Egyptian protesters to organize their historic demonstrations - social media also are changing the way doctors' offices operate an

VOA双语新闻：美国和平队50周年，依然吸引志愿者

Alex Gordon volunteered in the Peace Corps in the early 1990s. He has a box full of keepsakes from the more than two years he spent building a rural school in Paraguay. 亚历克斯戈登1990年早期参加过和平队。作为和平队志愿者，他在

VOA双语新闻：美国和平队志愿者深入乡村社区

As the U.S. Peace Corps celebrates its 50th year of service, the more than 8,000 volunteers currently working in the developing world still adhere to its early vision of service in communities. Volunteers working in one of the agency's newest program

VOA双语新闻：美国人物：漫画大师斯坦·李

Stan Lee is the creative force behind some of the world's greatest comic-book super-heroes. He created iconic characters such as Spiderman, the X-Men, Incredible Hulk and Captain America. For 70 years, Lee has led fans into a world where heroes with

VOA双语新闻：发现号航天飞机的告别之旅

As Discovery begins its 39th and final mission into Earth's orbit Thursday, Americas 30-year space shuttle program comes one step closer to its scheduled end this April. 发现号航天飞机2月24日下午升空，开始它第39次、也是最后一次

VOA双语新闻：转基因作物与有机种植和睦共处？

In the midst of lawsuits over genetically modified organisms, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is asking, Can't we all just get along? 面对围绕基因改良物种所引发的诉讼，美国农业部提出，我们能否和睦共处？ GMO oppone

VOA双语新闻：越南反对老挝水电项目

Vietnamese officials are criticizing the Lao governments controversial plan to build a dam on the Mekong River. Analysts say opposition from Vietnam and other lower Mekong countries could force Laos to scale back its hydropower ambitions. 越南政府官

VOA双语新闻：日本人希望灾后重建带动经济发展

Japans government says the total cost of the damage caused by the tsunami could reach 25 trillion yen or U.S. $309 billion. 日本政府说，这次地震海啸造成的经济损失可能高达3千零90亿美元。 Reconstruction could boost economy

VOA双语新闻：克林顿承诺向埃及提供经济援助

Fifteen years after pulling out because of Sierra Leones civil war, Peace Corps volunteers are back in the West African nation. A look at the organization's work as the Peace Corps marks its 50th anniversary this year, March 1st. 3月1号是和平队成

VOA双语新闻 Americans Misuse Chinese Characters

From the moment Spaniards -- or was it Vikings? -- first dropped anchor and encountered the natives whom the Spanish called Indians (because they thought they had landed in India), the land now known as America has been a multicultural place. And of

VOA双语新闻 US Closes Bombay Consulate

After receiving reports of a possible terror attack, the United States has closed its consulate in the Indian city of Bombay. U.S. officials say they have received information about possible terrorist attacks on American interests in Bombay and the c

VOA双语新闻2008年：Bush to Push Mideast Peace Agenda

President Bush visits the Middle East next week to push his peace agenda following a U.S.-sponsored international conference late last year meant to infuse the stalled Mideast peace process with new momentum. The president will be meeting with all th

VOA双语新闻 Bush Says Iraq and Economy Top 2006 Agenda

President Bush says his biggest priorities for 2006 are winning the fight against terrorism and keeping the U.S. economy growing by creating more jobs. Opposition Democrats say the president is unfairly cutting spending on social programs. 布什总统

VOA双语新闻 Powell Meets Yushchenko

Secretary of State Colin Powell told Ukraine's new President Viktor Yushchenko Sunday he can count on U.S. support as he steers that country toward closer ties with the Euro-Atlantic community. Mr. Powell attended Mr. Yushchenko's inauguration in his