VOA双语新闻：奥巴马取消干细胞研究受到的限制

U.S. President Barack Obama has lifted restrictions on federal funding for medical research using human embryonic stem cells. Mr. Obama says it is part of a broader effort to limit political interference in science. 美国总统奥巴马解除对用政

VOA双语新闻：驻伊美军称选举前仍保持相当兵力

The second-ranking U.S. military commander in Iraq says he expects to keep about 130,000 American troops in the country through the end of this year, when Iraq has a series of elections planned, and then to make a fairly rapid withdrawal of most of t

VOA双语新闻：腹泻性疾病在撒哈拉以南地区增加

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies warns diarrheal diseases, such as cholera, are on the rise and increasingly becoming a major cause of death throughout the world - especially in sub-Saharan Africa. The Red Cross sa

VOA双语新闻：美联邦参议院通过四千多亿预算案

The U.S. Senate has followed the lead of the House of Representatives and approved a $410 billion bill to fund the federal government through September 30. President Barack Obama is expected to sign the measure into law. 美国国会参议院批准了一

VOA双语新闻：潘基文关注援助工作者在苏丹被绑

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is deeply concerned over the abductions of three aid workers in Sudan and is calling for their immediate release without harm. 联合国秘书长潘基文说，他对三名援助工作者在苏丹被绑架深感

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马首次发表美国教育改革讲话

U.S. President Barack Obama has unveiled the first part of his plan to reform the country's schools. The initial steps would affect all levels of education. 美国总统奥巴马公布了他对美国学校改革计划的第一步。教育改革的初步

VOA双语新闻：美国银行业危机究竟应如何解决

America's banking crisis shows few signs of subsiding, despite hundreds of billions of dollars spent by the federal government to prop up struggling financial institutions and unfreeze tight credit. 美国银行业危机没有出现任何缓和的迹象

VOA双语新闻：巴格达警察学院遭到自杀炸弹袭击

A suicide bomber has killed at least 28 people near Iraq's police academy in Baghdad. The attack occurred as the United States and Britain announced major troop reductions by September. 巴格达一所警察学院附近发生自杀炸弹袭击，导致

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马考虑接触塔利班温和派方案

U.S. President Barack Obama says he is looking at all kinds of options in Afghanistan - including reaching out to more moderate elements of the Taliban. 美国总统巴拉克.奥巴马说，他正在考虑美国在阿富汗的所有选择，包括跟塔

VOA双语新闻：美国2月失业人数增加65万多人

The deep downturn in the US economy gathered strength in February as another 651,000 workers lost their jobs. 美国日益加深的经济衰退导致失业率急剧攀升到了8.1%，这是过去25年来的最高水平。仅仅在2月份，美国就有

VOA双语新闻：美国务卿宣布奥巴马将出访土耳其

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says President Barack Obama will travel to Turkey within the next month. The visit could be seen as a sign of improvement in a long friendship between the two NATO allies that was strained by the 2003 invasion

VOA双语新闻：美议员就开支议案中专门拨款辩论

On Friday, the U.S. Senate shelved a final vote on the $410 billion spending bill that would fund the federal government through the current fiscal year. Senators from both parties have expressed reservations over the more than 8,000 localized spendi

VOA双语新闻：美国不按英国的做法与真主党对话

Two senior U.S. diplomats are due to arrive in Damascus Saturday in a visit upgrading the level of U.S.-Syrian contacts. 美国星期五表示，不打算按照英国的做法，与黎巴嫩激进组织真主党展开政治对话。与此同时，两名

VOA双语新闻：克林顿与俄罗斯外长在日内瓦会谈

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has wrapped up talks in Brussels, where she attended a meeting of NATO foreign ministers. She is now Geneva for discussions with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. It seems the two sides have much to talk

VOA双语新闻：众院允法官改房贷条件以助民保房

Acting amid more bad news about the pace of home mortgage foreclosures in the United States, the U.S. House of Representatives approved by a vote of 234 to 191 legislation that would allow judges to order changes in mortgage terms to help more Americ

VOA双语新闻：巴司机开拖拉机撞客车警车被击毙

A Palestinian driver has been shot dead in Jerusalem after allegedly slamming his tractor into a police car and a bus. The killing happened as tensions flare over Israel's planned demolition of Arab homes in East Jerusalem and a spate of new violence

VOA双语新闻：审计报告质疑通用继续经营能力

A new report casts doubt on the viability of America's biggest carmaker, General Motors, despite costly government attempts to rescue the domestic automobile industry. 尽管美国政府试图斥巨资挽救国内汽车制造业，但一份新的报告

VOA双语新闻：救援组织力促苏丹政府收回驱逐令

Aid agencies in Sudan are trying to reverse an expulsion order that was announced Wednesday after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for crimes against humanity in Darfur. 在苏丹的国际救

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马将下令改变政府花钱方式

U.S. President Barack Obama is ordering changes in the way the federal government does business. The goal is to root out wasteful spending in tough economic times. 美国总统奥巴马下令改变联邦政府的运作方式，目的是在经济困难时

VOA双语新闻：阿富汗大选时间差凸显不确定性

Piling yet another delicate issue on top of Afghanistan's already numerous problems, the Election Commission has presented the country with a dilemma. President Hamid Karzai's term is up in May, yet the commission has ruled that no election is possib