VOA双语新闻 - 美国国会中期选举竞争激烈

Recent public opinion surveys suggest that Democrats might be narrowing the gap with Republicans in the battle for control of Congress in the November 2 midterm elections. The latest poll from The Washington Post and ABC News shows Republicans leadin

VOA双语新闻 - 克林顿继续呼吁俄罗斯从格鲁吉亚

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has renewed the U.S. call for a withdrawal of Russian forces from Georgia under the accords that ended the two countries' brief war in 2008. 美国国务卿克林顿再次呼吁俄罗斯按照一项协议从格鲁吉亚

VOA双语新闻 - 联合国天津气候会议仍无共识迹象

United Nations talks on climate change are nearing a close with no clear consensus yet in sight. The meeting is aimed at laying the groundwork for progress at a major climate change meeting in Mexico later this year. 联合国在天津举行的气候变

VOA双语新闻 - 印度尼西亚即将步入经济大国行列

Some economists say Indonesia is poised to become an emerging economic power similar to China and India. Economic growth slowed slightly during the worst of the global economic crisis, but now it is again expanding at a rate of over six percent a yea

VOA双语新闻 - 新方法可预测早产儿健康问题

Premature babies face a variety of health risks. Some preemies do just fine, but others face major challenges. 早产儿面临各种健康风险。有些早产儿情况不错，但有些就会出现严重的健康问题。 Doctors and nurses who care

VOA双语新闻 - 中国邀请美国国防部长盖茨明年访

At the ASEAN Defense Ministers meeting in Hanoi, Chinese Minister of Defense Liang Guanglie invited his U.S. counterpart Defense Secretary Robert Gates to visit China, in what seems like an easing of military tensions in the region. Diplomacy appears

VOA双语新闻 - 阿富汗和平委员会开始与塔利班官

Officials with Afghanistan's new peace council say they are in the early stages of beginning a process to negotiate peace with Taliban militants. This comes a day after the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, sai

VOA双语新闻 - 首尔20国集团峰会保安严密

South Korea plans an unprecedented peace-time mobilization of soldiers and police to minimize any trouble when it plays host to the leaders of the world's top 20 economies next month. South Korea's military, coast guard and police said they are prepa

VOA双语新闻：切尔诺贝利撤离人员回访旧居

In Ukraine they call them Chernobylites. People affected by the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in then-Soviet Ukraine. Residents evacuated after the April 26, 1986 disaster lost their homes as well as their health. And the workers sent

VOA双语新闻：一帮一：美国辅导帮助组织

Mentoring is a time-honored relationship, in which someone with more experience helps another with less, for purposes of growth, knowledge and support. Thats the idea behind Mentoring USA, a New York based non-profit organization that matches childre

VOA双语新闻：美国掠影：大号套餐的诱惑

First Lady Michelle Obama has been making the talk-show rounds, plugging an exercise program called Lets Move. Designed to get Americas young people in motion, it is one of a number of efforts to attack the nations obesity epidemic. 美国第一夫人米

VOA双语新闻：美国拉美裔人口显著增长

Recently released data from the 2010 U.S. census shows significant growth in the nation's Hispanic population. And nowhere has that growth been more dramatic than in the southwestern state of Texas, the state with the biggest overall population incre

VOA双语新闻：利比亚叛军声称夺回重要油港布雷加

Libyan rebels are claiming to have captured the strategic oil port town of Brega Saturday as fighting continues against forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Popular protests are also continuing across the region, especially in Yemen and Syr

VOA双语新闻：美活动人士绝食抗议政府削减预算

Leading anti-hunger advocates are fasting to protest U.S. budget-cutting proposals that could threaten some of the world's most vulnerable people. 一些主要的反饥锇活动人士最近绝食，抗议美国政府削减预算的建议。他们认为

VOA双语新闻：美国穆斯林继续是主要歧视对象

The Obama administration says Muslim-Americans continue to be prime targets for hate, abuse and discrimination, a situation that requires proactive efforts by authorities to combat. Safeguarding the rights of Muslims in the United States was the focu

VOA双语新闻：美国人物：传承印第安文化的斯内夫

For decades, films and television shows almost always portrayed American Indians as stereotypes. The stories were written and produced by white Americans. In 1977, Native American Public Telecommunications (NAPT) was founded to bring audiences native

VOA双语新闻：美国黑人与白人仍存在巨大差距

A new report by the National Urban League, a leading U.S. civil rights organization, says African-Americans still lag far behind whites when it comes to finding jobs, getting adequate healthcare and being enrolled in college. The annual study, which

VOA双语新闻：美国越来越多的人有偿照顾自家老人

Millions of Americans are looking after an older family member. A survey a few years ago put the value of family care-giving at $375 billion a year. And while care-giving has traditionally been something family members do for their elders, a growing

VOA双语新闻：动荡后的巴林经济前景不明

Fragile stability appears to be returning to Bahrain following anti-government protests that recently brought the Persian Gulf kingdom to a standstill. However, analysts say economic uncertainty is likely to linger on. 近期发生的反政府抗议活

VOA双语新闻：美国采取措施加强食品安全

More steps are being taken to improve U.S. food safety. The Agriculture Department unveiled new regulations April 5 that would force meat and poultry companies to delay shipments to consumers until government inspectors get results of products they h