VOA双语新闻：布什政府提案解决银行坏帐

In an effort to deal comprehensively with a severe financial crisis on Wall Street, the Bush administration Friday is proposing the creation of a government agency to deal with the bad loans of U.S.-based financial institutions. The plan could cost t

VOA双语新闻：专家称北韩实验导弹引擎消息可信

One of the world's foremost analysts of North Korea's ballistic missile programs says reports of missile engine testing at a newly revealed facility appear credible. North Korea is apparently able to test its missiles under more realistic conditions

VOA双语新闻：格林斯潘：美国似乎难免经济衰退

Amid continued upheaval among America's biggest financial firms, a former head of the U.S. Federal Reserve says even more institutions could face insolvency, and that the United States appears unlikely to avoid an economic recession. 前美联储主席

VOA双语新闻：雷曼兄弟银行宣布破产金融业重组

Financial lenders are facing a major industry reorganization Monday that promises to change the face of banking in the United States. 美国金融投资系统星期一面临重大行业重组，这一行动预示将改变美国银行的面貌。 Earl

VOA双语新闻：德州飓风后重建关乎美国经济未来

On Sunday, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff and other federal officials toured Galveston, Houston and other areas of Texas ravaged by Hurricane Ike when it made landfall Saturday. Chertoff says the first priority is to help people

VOA双语新闻：南奥塞梯事件冲击俄罗斯金融市场

Russian President Dmitri Medvedev says recent events in South Ossetia have complicated the country's financial markets, but there is no economic crisis. 俄罗斯总统梅德韦杰夫说，最近发生在南奥塞梯的事件给俄罗斯的金融市场

VOA双语新闻：非洲贸易自由化解除许多贸易障碍

A U.N. report finds two decades of trade liberalization have successfully removed many of the barriers that used to limit trade from the continent. But, the report by the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development says progress has been less than expec

VOA双语新闻：穆加贝和反对派签署权力分享协议

The president of Zimbabwe and two opposition leaders have signed a power-sharing agreement aimed at ending the Zimbabwean crisis. The accord follows months of negotiations mediated by South Africa. 津巴布韦总统穆加贝和两名反对派领导人

VOA双语新闻：布什：将尽最大努力帮助飓风灾民

U.S. President George Bush says the federal government is doing all it can to help the victims of Hurricane Ike. Mr. Bush will get a first hand look at storm damage along the Gulf Coast on Tuesday. 美国总统布什表示，联邦政府正在尽最大

VOA双语新闻：美两党总统候选人就金融动荡交锋

Both major U.S. presidential candidates and their running mates reacted Monday to the financial turmoil on Wall Street in the wake of the bankruptcy announcement from the investment bank Lehman Brothers. Barack Obama and John McCain have both promise

VOA双语新闻：布什总统视察艾克飓风德州重灾区

U.S. President George Bush is getting a first hand look at the damage inflicted on his home state of Texas by Hurricane Ike. The president traveled Tuesday to areas hardest hit by the storm. 美国总统布什正在亲自考察艾克飓风给他的家乡

VOA双语新闻：教皇会见法总统 造访巴黎圣母院

Pope Benedict XVI arrived in France Friday on a four-day visit that will take him from the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris to the shrine in Lourdes. This is Benedict's first trip to France as pontiff. 罗马天主教皇本笃十六世星期五开始

VOA双语新闻：布什总统周二将视察艾克飓风灾区

Search teams are spreading out along the U.S. Gulf Coast, looking for people stranded after Hurricane Ike. Emergency officials in Texas say they have rescued about 2,000 people who ignored evacuation orders and were stranded by Hurricane Ike. They sa

VOA双语新闻：佩林效应将如何影响美国大选？

Republican presidential nominee John McCain has shaken up the race for the White House and pumped new excitement into his campaign by choosing Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin as his vice presidential candidate. 美国共和党总统候选人麦凯恩选择

VOA双语新闻：巴基斯坦议员和军方坚称捍卫领土

A suspected U.S. missile strike has killed at least 14 people in a militant stronghold in northwest Pakistan. Lawmakers and the military are responding to a surge in strikes against militant targets by vowing to defend the country's territorial integ

VOA双语新闻：伊阿驻军将成为总统选举部分议题

U.S. President George Bush is sending more U.S. forces to Afghanistan while withdrawing about 8,000 troops from Iraq. Those wars and U.S. troop levels are part of this year's presidential campaign. 美国总统布什在从伊拉克撤回8千士兵的同

VOA双语新闻：已故布托女士丈夫任巴基斯坦总统

The widower of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been sworn in as Pakistan's president, formally returning the country to civilian rule nearly nine years after Pervez Musharraf seized power in a military coup. 巴基斯坦前总理布

VOA双语新闻：澳加强国防力量应对亚太军备竞赛

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has warned that Australia must be prepared to respond to an emerging arms race across the Asia-Pacific region. Mr. Rudd says the Australian Defense Force will be built up to meet the challenge. 澳大利亚总理陆克文警告

VOA双语新闻：美国国会就美俄关系前途展开听证

Lawmakers on the House and Senate foreign affairs committees closely questioned U.S. officials Tuesday about future relations with Russia in the wake of the war between Russia and Georgia. The United States is carefully reviewing how to help Georgia

VOA双语新闻：欧佩克拟减产 油价起落因投机？

Oil prices began bouncing back Wednesday after members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed to a modest production cut of 500,000 barrels a day, during a meeting in Vienna. 石油输出国组织欧佩克星期三在维也纳举