VOA双语新闻：美政府玉米生产乙醇补贴广受批评

The U.S. program subsidizing the use of corn for the production of fuel ethanol came under sharp criticism at a Senate hearing Wednesday. Economists told the panel the program leads to higher food prices. 在美国国会参议院星期三举行的听证

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马向获得民主党提名迈大步

Illinois Senator Barack Obama took a giant step toward securing the Democratic Party's presidential nomination Tuesday with a decisive win in the North Carolina primary and a close second place finish in Indiana. Pressure is expected to mount on riva

VOA双语新闻：美国将尽最大努力帮助缅甸灾民

U.S. First Lady Laura Bush says the United States will do all it can to help the victims of the cyclone that hit Burma on Saturday. Mrs. Bush also said it is troubling that many Burmese learned about the cyclone only when foreign broadcasters like th

VOA双语新闻：津巴布韦总统决选可能推迟

Concerns about a possible delay in Zimbabwe's presidential run-off election are increasing. Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights has warned that the any delay beyond the 21 day limit from May 2 when results were released will be a breach of election law

VOA双语新闻：两州初选奥巴马克林顿最后一搏

Democratic presidential contenders Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are making a final push for support on the eve of Tuesday's primaries in Indiana and North Carolina. 星期二，美国印第安纳州和北卡罗莱纳州将举行总统提名人党内

VOA双语新闻：热带风暴重创缅甸

Burmese state media say it is now believed that as many as 10,000 people are dead and thousands more missing after Tropical Cyclone Nargis ripped through parts of the country, destroying homes, bringing down power lines and knocking out communication

VOA双语新闻：潘基文组建工作小组对付粮食危机

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has formed a high-level task force to deal with the global food crisis. 联合国秘书长潘基文组建了一个高层工作小组来应对全球的粮食危机。 Mr. Ban just returned from a trip to Europe and W

VOA双语新闻：生物柴油是未来的燃油吗？

At the 1900 World's Fair in Paris, Rudolf Diesel exhibited an engine that could run on oil from vegetables and plants. But Diesel's design was eclipsed by automobile engines that ran on petroleum-based fuel. Today, though, with concerns about the env

VOA双语新闻：中国政府努力展开震灾区重建计划

More than two weeks after the earthquake in China that killed more than 68,000 people and left nearly five million others homeless, Chinese officials are working on plans for reconstruction. 中国在两个多星期前发生的大地震，造成六万八

VOA双语新闻：美为关押伊阿未成年武装分子辩护

The United States has defended its policy of detaining juveniles in prisons in Iraq, and Afghanistan. The issue is expected to be high on the agenda Thursday when the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child examines U.S. compliance with U.N. rules

VOA双语新闻：利夫尼称定居点不是和平进程障碍

Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni indicated Sunday Israel may uproot some of its West Bank settlements as part of a peace accord with the Palestinians. Livni spoke at the start of a meeting Sunday with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza

VOA双语新闻：赖斯为布什总统访问以色列辩护

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Saturday defended President Bush's plan to visit Israel later this month for celebrations of its 60th anniversary, without making a corresponding visit to Palestinian areas. Rice is in Jerusalem for more talks with

VOA双语新闻：阿巴斯在约旦河西岸部署警察部队

The Palestinian Authority has launched a new security initiative in the West Bank. The move, which coincides with a U.S. peace mission to the Middle East, has been met with Israeli skepticism. 巴勒斯坦当局在约旦河西岸启动一项新的安全

VOA双语新闻：联合国协助布隆迪少年兵返回家乡

The United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, says more than 200 child soldiers held by rebels have been demobilized following seven months of negotiations. UNICEF says the children, including one girl, were being held by a dissident group that broke w

VOA双语新闻：印度基础设施落后拖经济后腿

India is building new roads, airports and power plants to cater to the needs of an economy that is growing at a rapid pace. But, infrastructure continues to be woefully inadequate. 印度正在修建新的道路、机场、发电站，以满足经济高

VOA双语新闻：赖斯赴中东推动以巴和平协议

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flies from London to Jerusalem Saturday for a new round of talks aimed at getting an Israel-Palestinian peace accord by year's end. Rice will lay the groundwork for President Bush's visit to the region later t

VOA双语新闻：巴基斯坦被解职法官将复职

The leader of the second largest political party in Pakistan's ruling coalition announced Friday that all the judges President Pervez Musharraf sacked last year will be reinstated on May 12. 巴基斯坦执政联盟的第二大政党领导人星期五宣

VOA双语新闻：前美军将领称伊战不会迅速结束

This week marked the fifth anniversary of the speech President Bush gave on a U.S. aircraft carrier, in which he declared the end of major combat in Iraq. The anniversary came at the end of a difficult month for U.S. forces in Iraq, and caused some r

VOA双语新闻：韩国：六方会谈有望几星期内复会

South Korean officials say six-nation talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear programs could resume within weeks. 韩国官员表示，旨在终止北韩核项目的六方会谈有望在几个星期之内复会。 Senior South Korean officials sa

VOA双语新闻：美国评估与白俄罗斯外交关系问题

The Bush administration is denying media reports that it is ordering Belarus to close its embassy in Washington as well as its consulate in New York, but is not ruling out such actions in the future. 布什政府否认媒体有关美国下令让白俄罗