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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
President George Bush says the United States faces difficult economic times - a situation made worse by congressional inaction. 美国总统布什星期二在白宫举行的记者会上说,美国正面临经济困难时期,而国会缺乏行动则使
Places like these are where most of the worlds plastics end up in landfills and a fair amount of it ends up in the worlds oceans. But a new British recycling firm wants it to end up here. 这种地方是世界上大多数垃圾最终的归处垃圾填埋
Scripts: Oil followed stock markets in their gains on Friday, jumping more than a dollar a barrel after that move by the US Federal Reserve, one company thats being benefiting from higher oil prices in recent times is the energy giant Petrobras. I a
THE PRESIDENT: I'm pleased to be joined by the Republican House leadership. These are dear friends of mine who are committed to doing what's right for the country. I just met with the Republican Caucus from the House and I want to share some thoughts
By Michael Bowman White House 29 April 2008 President George Bush says the United States faces difficult economic times - a situation made worse by congressional inaction. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from the White House, where Mr. Bush held a news
By Greg Flakus Houston 11 April 2008 This has been a turbulent week in Mexico, where leftist militants continue to hold both houses of Congress in protest of an energy reform bill sent to the legislative body by President Felipe Calderon. As VOA's Gr
By Brian Wagner Miami 13 February 2008 Venezuela says it has halted oil sales to U.S.-based ExxonMobil as part of a legal dispute over compensation for the firm's assets in the country. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports Venezuela also has criticiz
AS IT IS 2013-05-22 Plans for Chemical Plants Raise Questions in Southwest China Welcome to As It Is, the daily magazine show from VOA Learning English. Im Mario Ritter. Today, we look at plans by some large companies to improve conditions for factor
By Nico Colombant Port Harcourt, Nigeria 29 May 2007 Many Nigerians hope their new president, Umaru Yar'Adua, will urgently address the issue of gasoline scarcity after he is sworn in today. Even though Nigeria is Africa's biggest oil producer, mass
India has put on hold a multi-billion dollar expansion of an aluminum plant by a British-based company. The government said it based its decision on environmental concerns. The government will also decide next week on the fate of a proposed steel pla
By Scott Stearns Dakar 23 October 2009 Preliminary results from legislative elections in Niger indicate a big win for the ruling party in a vote boycotted by the opposition. West African leaders suspended the country from its regional economic bloc,
By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 06 July 2006 It is an irony of Iraqi life, that the country with the world's second-largest proven oil reserves must import petroleum products, and has a thriving black market for gasoline. The high cost of gas is dri
By Brian Wagner Miami 22 December 2007 Cuba is hosting a summit of Latin American and Caribbean leaders to discuss a Venezuelan-led oil partnership. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports officials say the deal has helped keep oil flowing to smaller na
Audio Art Sounds Off at NYC Art Museum 音频声音在纽约市艺术博物馆的艺术 NEW YORK Art is thought of as a visual medium, but sound is the focus of a new show at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City.纽约艺术是认为是一种
By Suzanne Chislett London 08 August 2007 Tribal villagers from the eastern state of Orissa in India claim the planned expansion of a mine and mineral refinery in their region threatens their way of life. So they sent representatives to London to as
Despite a raft of new corporate job losses, world stock markets are higher due to indicators out of the United States and China that some say show the global economic downturn starting to stabilize. Demonstrators hold up placards calling for 'Britis
By Jim Randle Washington, D.C. 02 January 2007 watch Iraq Oil report Iraq's Kurds, Sunnis, and Shi'ites are bickering over how to distribute the nation's potentially vast oil revenue. In the meantime, energy officials are trying to rebuild the batte
By Brian Wagner Miami, Florida 18 September 2009 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (l) and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (r) Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is leading a new diplomatic effort to strengthen ties with a set of distant partne
Saudi Arabia is refusing a U.S. request to increase overall oil production as a way to lower record high energy costs. In Saudi Arabia where U.S. President George Bush met Friday with King Abdullah. 沙特阿拉伯拒绝美国提出的通过增加石油