VOA双语新闻：韩国预算追加数十亿抵御金融风暴

South Korea's government is getting ready to open up its wallet again, in hopes of staving off the worst effects of the global economic slowdown. Seoul is adding billions to a planned budget. 韩国政府已经准备好再度解囊，在计划的预算

VOA双语新闻：美监管者望获更大授权应对危机

America's top financial officials say they need broad new powers to regulate companies like insurance giant AIG, which are partly blamed for the country's financial crisis. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke

VOA双语新闻：最高指挥官称北约须改变行动方式

The commander of NATO military forces, General John Craddock, said the alliance must change the way it conducts operations so the next mission does not suffer the same problems as the alliance's effort in Afghanistan. 北约最高军事长官、美国将

VOA双语新闻：世界航空业今年将出现巨额亏损

The International Air Transport Association says world airlines are set to lose $4.7 billion in 2009 due to the global recession, almost double the amount of loss predicted by IATA in December. 国际航空运输协会(IATA)表示，由于全球经济衰

VOA双语新闻：美国议员质疑美在欧导弹防御计划

Two key members of Congress raised questions on Monday about the U.S. missile defense plan for Europe, saying that the system is untested and would not protect key American interests from an attack by Iran. And a leading Senator called for more coope

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马：对救助银行计划很有信心

The Obama administration has announced details of a $100 billion plan to entice investors to buy up bad loans from the nations troubled banks. It is hoped the plan will help ease the credit crunch that has disrupted the American economy. President Ba

VOA双语新闻：土总统对伊拉克进行历史性访问

Turkey's President Abdallah Gul is making the first visit to Iraq by a Turkish head of state in 33 years. Both Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Turkish President Gul were all smiles for the historic occasion. 土耳其总统居尔正在伊拉克访问

VOA双语新闻：韩国欧盟进入自贸谈判最后阶段

South Korea and the European Union have started what they call their final round of talks in efforts to agree on a trade liberalization deal. The deal still faces serious opposition from South Korean farmers, and may require fine tuning on opening up

VOA双语新闻：红十字会与非洲气象组织合作

The international Red Cross has signed an agreement with an African meteorology organization, hoping to better predict and respond to disasters caused by climate change. 国际红十字会同非洲气象组织签署协议，希望能更好地预测，并

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马政府为增加政府支出辩护

The Obama administration is defending its proposals to massively boost government spending in the wake of a congressional report that projects record federal deficits and a doubling of America's national debt in coming years. Republicans and even som

VOA双语新闻：美国跨党派委员会促改善美俄关系

A bipartisan commission of former U.S. senators and other leading foreign policy experts is calling on the Obama administration to reach out to Russia to improve strained relations. The panel describes bilateral ties as deeply troubled, and calls on

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马向预算批评者发起挑战

U.S. President Barack Obama is taking on Republican critics of his economic plan. After vowing to ease the partisan rhetoric in Washington, the president is turning up the heat. 美国总统奥巴马星期二就他的经济计划跟国会参众两院的

VOA双语新闻：美众院听证会调查AIG奖金发放

In a congressional hearing on Wednesday, the CEO of American International Group, the troubled insurance company, will face tough questions from angry members of Congress. The appearance by AIG Chief Executive Edward Liddy comes amid continuing outra

VOA双语新闻：克林顿谴责苏丹驱逐国际救援团体

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will be held responsible for any deaths among Darfur refugees caused by his decision to expel foreign aid groups from the country. Clinton says the Obama admi

VOA双语新闻：马法院支持军方让拉乔利纳当总统

Madagascar's highest court has backed the military's move to replace President Marc Ravalomanana with his rival, opposition leader Andry Rajoelina. But some African leaders are questioning whether the move is constitutional. 马达加斯加最高法院

VOA双语新闻：国际金融机构寻求美国会支持放贷

The heads of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Wednesday briefed members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on global economic crisis and the just concluded meeting of world finance ministers that they attended in Britain. 国际

VOA双语新闻：众议院通过法案对某些奖金课重税

The House of Representatives approved legislation on Thursday by a vote of 328 to 93 that would heavily tax employee bonuses handed out by companies receiving government bailout funds. 美国国会众议院星期四投票，以328票赞成，93票反对

VOA双语新闻：学者：食品水能源短缺将汇成风暴

Speaking at the Sustainable Development conference in London, Britain's chief scientific advisor warns that under the backdrop of a growing global population, the world will face a perfect storm of threats as food, water and energy shortages combine

VOA双语新闻：经合组织促成员国拒贸易保护主义

A new report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the OECD, warns protectionism will worsen the global financial crisis. The report analyzes six emerging countries and shows how their economies boomed after they opened their

VOA双语新闻：欧盟领导人讨论如何制止经济下滑

European Union leaders are in Brussels for a two-day meeting amid heavy pressure to pump more money into their economies to fight the global financial crisis. The Europeans will seek a united front two weeks before a key meeting of the top 20 world e