VOA双语新闻：海地棚户城居民克服物资短缺

Residents of makeshift tent cities throughout Port-au-Prince say that conditions have improved since the earthquake three weeks ago, but shortages of food and relief supplies still make life difficult. 海地首都太子港各处临时帐篷区的居民

VOA双语新闻：美俄削减核军备条约即将达成

A senior U.S. official says American and Russian negotiators meeting in Geneva are closing in on a deal for a key nuclear disarmament treaty, and the United States Senate would likely ratify it. 美国的一名高级官员说，在日内瓦举行会议

VOA双语新闻：UN警告海地儿童处境危险

Aid workers in Haiti say hundreds of thousands of children are at risk in the aftermath of the January 12 earthquake. The case of 33 children allegedly abducted by a group of Americans illustrates the plight of children separated from parents, and th

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马促民主党继续为其事业奋斗

U.S. President Barack Obama is urging his Democratic Party to continue fighting for its causes, despite a hostile political climate. Mr. Obama has recently adopted a more combative tone. 美国总统奥巴马敦促说，尽管政治环境敌对，民主

VOA双语新闻：以色列呼吁重启和谈

Israel says it is extending an olive branch to Syria in a bid to end an escalating war of words. 以色列向叙利亚抛出了橄榄枝，试图结束双方的口水战。 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to ease tensions with Syria

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马向国会递交2011财政预算

U.S. President Barack Obama has sent a $3.8 trillion budget request to Congress for the fiscal year that begins on October first. It is the first step in what is expected to be a long, contentious budget process. 美国总统奥巴马向国会递交了

VOA双语新闻：联合国：海地援救工作取得重大进

The United Nations reports significant progress has been made in providing assistance to hundreds of thousands of quake victims in Haiti. A senior U.N. official says the relief operation is being scaled up on all levels, with shelter topping the list

VOA双语新闻：新管理层誓言拯救日航

The new chairman of Japan Airlines (JAL) says management will decide soon which U.S. airline the company will partner with. Kazuo Inamori takes over two weeks after JAL, once one of Japan's premier companies, filed for bankruptcy. Akiko Fujita report

VOA双语新闻：伊拉克在与叙利亚交界处修建防护

U.S. and Iraqi officials inaugurated a portion of the country's new border security fence along the Iraqi-Syrian border, as efforts are stepped up to improve security before March parliamentary elections. Sunni and Shi'ite political leaders also cont

VOA双语新闻：美军在海地设数据处理中心

The U.S. Army has set up a data collection center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to assess the needs of residents in the aftermath of the massive earthquake January 12. Thousands who come daily are in desperate need of water, food and work. 美国军方在海

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马总统敦促国会共和党议员一

President Barack Obama has urged Republicans in the House of Representatives to work with him on major national priorities, saying cooperation is essential to the country's economic recovery. President's spoke to Republicans at their issues conferenc

VOA双语新闻：接受联邦资助公司主管年薪新上限

President Barack Obama has imposed pay limits on executives of banks and other companies that receive government bailout money to avoid collapse. 美国总统奥巴马对于为了避免倒闭而接受政府救援资金的银行和其他公司的高层主

VOA双语新闻：美国会酝酿立法加强对金融业监管

A key Democratic lawmaker has outlined his plans to use legislation the U.S. Congress would approve in coming months to impose greater controls on financial firms to protect investors and help avoid another financial system collapse. Republicans step

VOA双语新闻：达施勒争议分散奥巴马对经济关注

U.S. President Barack Obama's choice for a key cabinet spot has withdrawn - leaving a major vacancy at the massive Department of Health and Human Services. Tom Daschle bowed out after problems surfaced involving taxes and possible conflicts of intere

VOA双语新闻：克林顿国务卿将首次会晤英德外长

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is scheduled to meet with her British and German counterparts on Tuesday in her first meetings with senior foreign officials in her new post. Plans are also being made for her first overseas trip as Secretary -

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马：将为扭转经济局面负责

President Barack Obama says he will be held accountable for turning around the nation's ailing economy, and making sure that federal funds used to rescue financial institutions and spur growth are well spent. 美国总统奥巴马说，他将为扭转美

VOA双语新闻：美籍联合国官员在巴基斯坦遭绑架

Gunmen in southwest Pakistan have kidnapped an American working for the U.N. refugee agency and killed his Pakistani driver. 巴基斯坦西南部的枪手绑架了为联合国难民机构工作的美国人，并将他的巴基斯坦司机打死。 T

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马贸易政策会引发贸易摩擦？

President Barack Obama is facing an early decision on trade policy, one that could anger key members of his Democratic Party, or spark a trade war with some of America's closest allies. In a few weeks Mr. Obama is to travel to Canada, where officials

VOA双语新闻：英国工人罢工抗议雇用他国工人

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has condemned the strikes spreading across Britain protesting the employment of foreign European workers, while unemployment soars in the country. 英国首相布朗谴责正在英国蔓延的罢工。罢工工人抗议在英

VOA双语新闻：英国工人抗议雇主可雇用外籍工人

With the recession biting and unemployment rates rising, Britain is the latest European country to experience social unrest. At issue in the U.K.; the practice of legally employing foreign European workers in certain sectors while some Britons remain