VOA双语新闻：奥巴马欢迎美参院通过经济刺激计

The U.S. Senate has passed an $838 billion economic stimulus bill, designed to create millions of new jobs and jolt the economy out of recession. President Barack Obama called the vote good news, but he cautioned there is more work to be done to turn

VOA双语新闻：美议员不满金融救助计划细节模糊

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner returned to the U.S. Congress Wednesday, a day after he announced the Obama administration's plan for continuing efforts to rescue the nation's ailing banking system. He faced lawmakers frustrated that few det

VOA双语新闻：美海军索马里海域抓获海盗嫌疑人

The U.S. Navy has captured nine more suspected pirates off the coast of Somalia, after they allegedly tried to board an Indian commercial ship. The same American ship took seven other men into custody Wednesday. 美国海军在索马里海域抓获了九

VOA双语新闻：美国国会准备就刺激经济计划投票

The U.S. Congress is poised to give final approval to President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan, handing the new president a major political victory in his first few weeks in office. Mr. Obama waged a two-front campaign on behalf of the bill. 美

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马总统哀悼飞机失事遇难者

U.S. President Barack Obama has offered his condolences to the families and friends of the 50 people killed in Thursday night's plane crash near Buffalo, New York. Mr. Obama addressed the tragedy in a speech to business leaders. 美国总统奥巴马向

VOA双语新闻：经济学家质疑经济刺激计划效果

President Barack Obama scored his first major political victory with the passage of a $787-billion stimulus package, which he will sign into law this week. Although many economists now agree that a stimulus was needed to jolt the ailing economy, some

VOA双语新闻：阿富汗官员将参加美对阿战略评估

Afghan President Hamid Karzai says his government will participate in President Barack Obama's strategic review of the war in Afghanistan. Mr. Karzai announced the agreement after meeting with U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke. 阿富汗总统卡尔扎伊说

VOA双语新闻：查韦斯赢得废除民选官员期限公投

President Hugo Chavez is celebrating victory in a referendum to end term limits for elected officials. The president's proposal passed with 54 percent of votes cast. The measure will allow Mr. Chavez to stay in power as long as he keeps winning elect

VOA双语新闻：美国务卿抵日开始就任后首次外访

Hillary Clinton arrives Monday in Japan, the first of four stops in Asia - her first official foreign travel as secretary of state. She will also visit South Korea, Indonesia and China to build partnerships she says will transcend geographic and poli

VOA双语新闻：负面消息导致全球股市下挫

World markets are lower after new figures show Japan's economy is shrinking at a rate not seen for decades and more bad financial news is released in Britain. 新的经济数据显示，日本经济出现数十年未曾有过的收缩，英国也发布

VOA双语新闻：以轰炸加沙走私通道回击火箭袭击

Israeli warplanes have attacked smuggling tunnels between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, after militants in Gaza fired at least two rockets into southern Israel. The tit-for-tat violence is further complicating prospects to draft a truce between Israel an

VOA双语新闻：美在导弹防御问题上显示灵活性

A senior State department official has told Moscow the United States is open to reconfiguring a European missile-defense program - aimed at Iran - that has generated Russian concerns. The third-ranking State Department official - Undersecretary of St

VOA双语新闻：澳总理谴责纵火者犯下群体谋杀罪

At least 140 people have died in Australia's worst-ever bushfire disaster. Arsonists, who are thought to have been responsible for some of the devastating outbreaks in the southern state, Victoria, have been accused of mass murder by Australian Prime

VOA双语新闻：美或重新考虑在欧建导弹防御系统

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the Obama administration might reconsider plans for a missile defense system in Europe, if Iran stopped what U.S. officials believe is a drive for nuclear weapons. Clinton met with Czech Republic Foreign Minist

VOA双语新闻：韩国新财长称经济增长将面临收缩

South Korea has a new finance minister - and a newly gloomy economic outlook. The government is reversing a recent prediction of growth, saying the South Korean economy will contract for the first time since the Asian financial crisis of the late 199

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马为推动经济刺激计划造势

U.S. President Barack Obama is back in campaign mode - traveling to regions hard-hit by the economic recession to rally support for his massive stimulus plan. His first stop was in a town in American's heartland with one of the highest unemployment r

VOA双语新闻：以周二选举新总理 加沙暴力继续

This is the last day of campaigning in Israel, where voters on Tuesday are to elect a new prime minister. With security as a major concern in the elections, polls have hardliner Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party in the lead. The polling comes as

VOA双语新闻：五角大楼：增兵部署战略审议并行

The Pentagon says orders to deploy additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan may not be issued until after a White House strategy review is completed. Previously, officials had said the troop deployment orders would come soon, regardless of the conclusio

VOA双语新闻：民主党人呼吁尽快通过刺激经济案

Democrats are calling for speedy passage of an economic stimulus bill as the U.S. economy continues to shrink and shed jobs. Yet many Republicans say they will not support the legislation, despite efforts by a few moderate Republicans to hammer out s

VOA双语新闻：以色列考虑埃及有关加沙停火建议

Three weeks after the end of the war in the Gaza Strip, there are reports of progress on a long-term cease-fire. 加沙地带战事结束三个星期后，媒体报导说长期停火协议取得了进展。 Israel's Cabinet discussed a three-stage Ga