VOA双语新闻：转基因作物与有机种植和睦共处？

In the midst of lawsuits over genetically modified organisms, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is asking, Can't we all just get along? 面对围绕基因改良物种所引发的诉讼，美国农业部提出，我们能否和睦共处？ GMO oppone

VOA双语新闻：越南反对老挝水电项目

Vietnamese officials are criticizing the Lao governments controversial plan to build a dam on the Mekong River. Analysts say opposition from Vietnam and other lower Mekong countries could force Laos to scale back its hydropower ambitions. 越南政府官

VOA双语新闻：日本人希望灾后重建带动经济发展

Japans government says the total cost of the damage caused by the tsunami could reach 25 trillion yen or U.S. $309 billion. 日本政府说，这次地震海啸造成的经济损失可能高达3千零90亿美元。 Reconstruction could boost economy

VOA双语新闻：克林顿承诺向埃及提供经济援助

Fifteen years after pulling out because of Sierra Leones civil war, Peace Corps volunteers are back in the West African nation. A look at the organization's work as the Peace Corps marks its 50th anniversary this year, March 1st. 3月1号是和平队成

VOA双语新闻：美国失物招领 阿肯色州寻宝行动

Each year in the United States, hundreds of millions of dollars worth of unclaimed property - especially stock certificates, jewelry left in safe-deposit boxes, and seemingly forgotten money in checking accounts - are turned over to state governments

VOA双语新闻 ：反美神职人员萨德尔离开伊拉克

After his triumphant return to Iraq on January 5, an aide to firebrand anti-U.S. cleric Moqtada al-Sadr says Sadr has gone back to Iran, where he has spent more than three and a half years studying in the Shiite theological center of Qom. Analysts ar

VOA双语新闻 ：奥巴马与共和党人争辩就业问题

President Barack Obama is promoting recent government action to spur job creation, while Republicans maintain focus on trying to discredit last year's health care reform law. 奥巴马总统正在推动政府最近增加就业机会的行动，而共和

VOA双语新闻 ：车轮上的餐饮帮助老人和残疾人

Many elderly and disabled Americans are isolated by frailty, illness and at this time of year, in the northern states, extreme cold weather. Many also suffer from malnutrition. A non-profit program called Meals on Wheels provides and delivers more th

VOA双语新闻：美批苏丹巴希尔有关阿卜耶伊言论

The United States on Thursday criticized an assertion by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir that Khartoum will not recognize South Sudan as independent, if it claims the disputed Abyei region. South Sudan is set to become fully independent in July. 美国

VOA双语新闻：美国新兴教会吸引大批会众

It's Sunday morning at the Jammin Java cafe in Vienna, Virginia. A group of people have gathered in the back - to pray. The sticky floors and low lighting are not exactly inspirational. But this is no ordinary church. It's a new kind of worship that

VOA双语新闻：通货膨胀正对美国消费者造成严重打击

Inflation is hitting U.S. consumers hard. The last era of severe inflation was in the 1970s, when prices and wages spiraled upward. This time, while the official inflation rate is still relatively moderate, wages are stagnating and prices for essenti

VOA双语新闻：导致德州独立的圣哈辛托战役

One of the most consequential battles in North American history occurred 175 years ago on a field just east of current-day Houston, Texas. In the battle of San Jacinto, on April 21, 1836, a ragtag Texas rebel army of about 900 men defeated some 1,500

VOA双语新闻：美政府新计划解决滥用处方药问题

Government health officials say the abuse of prescribed medications causes more accidental deaths in the United States than anything else except automobile crashes, which kill more than 30,000 Americans every year. Representatives of five federal age

VOA双语新闻：美国富二代帮助埃及孤儿 球星助筹款

After growing up in a wealthy New York City suburb, Mira Riad, 32, could be leading a life of privileged leisure. Instead, the Egyptian-American attorney uses her good fortune to help the neediest Egyptians - orphans and street children. 米拉丽雅德

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马总统之妹写书介绍母亲

During his run for the presidency, Barack Obama often talked about his mother, Ann Dunham, and the lessons she taught him through her work with poor rural communities around the world. Dunham died of cancer in 1995, before any of her grandchildren we

VOA双语新闻：德州大学生建造廉价棚屋

A refugee camp built by students and volunteers spreads over Southern Methodist University's expanse of green lawns and live oaks. The affordable shelters are designed to be used by the poor as well as survivors of war and natural disasters. 从4月1

VOA双语新闻：美国会将讨论提高国债上限问题

Sometime during the next several weeks, the U.S. Congress will take up the issue of raising the nation's debt ceiling so that the United States can continue to borrow money to cover a national debt that will soon soar past $14 trillion. The debate ov

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—奥巴马促叙总统选择转型或让位

In his Middle East policy speech, President Barack Obama said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad faces the choice of either leading a democratic transition in his country or getting out of the way. The comment came a day after the U.S. administration i

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—埃及人对奥巴马讲话褒贬不一

Reaction to President Barack Obama's speech on the Middle East has prompted some initial mixed reactions in Egypt. While plans for economic and development aid are being welcomed, hopes for a more consistent stand on regional unrest and a new approac

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—奥巴马：巴以和平以两国存在为基础

President Barack Obama says lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinians must be based on two states, with Israel in its 1967 borders, with conditions. In a major speech on U.S /Mideast policy, the president prodded both sides to return to negot