VOA双语新闻：二手烟会对人造成心理伤害

In recent years, medical evidence has pointed to the harmful physical effects of second-hand smoke. Now, a new study adds to evidence that non-smokers who live or work around smokers can experience psychological harm as well. 近几年来，医学证据

VOA双语新闻：乘潜艇到世界最深海沟的美国人沃

Donald Walsh grew up near San Francisco in the 1930s. Among his earliest memories is the mega-construction project he saw from his home in the Berkeley hills. 唐纳德沃尔什上世纪30年代在旧金山附近长大。他的最早期记忆包括从他

VOA双语新闻：联合国安理会敦促伊拉克尽快组建

U.S. troops will begin their drawdown in Iraq at the end of this month, but there still is no government in place and violence is on the rise. On Wednesday, the U.N. Security Council urged Iraq's recently-elected legislature to form a government quic

VOA双语新闻：美国参议员会见缅甸民主派领袖

U.S. Senator Jim Webb made significant inroads on his visit to Burma Saturday, meeting separately with the head of Burma's ruling military government and the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Senator Webb also secured the release of an American jai

VOA双语新闻：联合国大幅减少对北韩粮食援助

The United Nations World Food Program has to drastically cut the number of hungry North Koreans it feeds because of a lack of international funding and new restrictions imposed by Pyongyang. 由于缺少国际资金和平壤新实施的限制，联合国

VOA双语新闻：美作战部队完成从伊城市撤军行动

The top U.S. military commander in Iraq, Army General Ray Odierno, said Tuesday that American combat forces have completed the planned withdrawal from Baghdad and other urban areas. 美军驻伊拉克最高指挥官、陆军将军奥迪耶诺星期二说

VOA双语新闻：北瓦济里斯坦塔利班退出和平协议

Taliban militants have pulled out of a peace deal in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region, dealing a blow to the government's efforts to eliminate attacks by Islamic extremists. 在巴基斯坦北瓦济里斯坦部落地区的塔利班武装分子

VOA双语新闻：洪国政治危机导致经济险境

The forced removal of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya by his country's military on June 28 has left the Central American nation in a state of political turmoil. Already one of the poorest nations in the world, Honduras is now facing an even greater

VOA双语新闻：美中经济与战略对话落幕

An unprecedented two-day dialogue of top U.S. and Chinese officials ended in Washington Tuesday with pledges by the two governments to work more closely together on political, economic and environmental issues. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said

VOA双语新闻：议员们对奥巴马医疗改革演讲反应

President Barack Obama's address Wednesday night to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on the issue of health care reform is drawing reaction from U.S. lawmakers. The president used strong language to clarify what reform proposals would do, pledged

VOA双语新闻：本拉登新录音带称美无力阻止阿富

A new audio message, directed at the American people - purported to be from al-Qaida mastermind Osama bin Laden - claims the President Barack Obama will find himself powerless to halt the American-led war in Afghanistan. 新近传出的录音带是针对

VOA双语新闻：美国国会议员誓言为卢旺达进行宣

A delegation of five U.S. members of Congress to Rwanda said Tuesday they were deeply impressed by both the nation's people and its political leadership, and vowed to advocate for the nation upon their return to the U.S. The members of Congress spent

VOA双语新闻：亚洲开始摆脱衰退

After months of massive government spending, some economies in Asia have emerged from recession. But officials and business experts say it is not yet time for euphoria. 经过几个月的大规模政府支出项目，一些亚洲国家和地区的经济

VOA双语新闻：盖特纳：经济在改善，仍需努力

The Obama administration is hailing recent improvements in U.S. economic indicators, but says more must be done to put the United States on solid economic footing. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner proclaimed the risk of financial collapse to be ov

VOA双语新闻：阿富汗暴力升级

In Afghanistan, concerns are growing about security for the country's presidential election later this month amid an increase in violence. At least nine NATO troops have died in clashes with insurgents in Afghanistan over two days, and militants have

VOA双语新闻：英国议会批评英政府阿富汗政策

A powerful cross-party parliamentary committee has strongly criticized the British government for its handling of the war in Afghanistan. 英国议会一个极具影响力的跨党派委员会严厉批评英国政府的阿富汗战略。 In blunt ter

VOA双语新闻：联合国：资金缺乏或导致援非航班

The United Nations World Food Program says it may have to ground a vital humanitarian air service to parts of Africa this month because of a severe funding shortage. The WFP says some of the poorest countries in Africa will be deprived of critical as

VOA双语新闻：印尼航空公司欢迎欧盟取消禁飞令

The European Commission has partially lifted a ban on Indonesian airlines entering European air space. The ban was issued two years ago after the International Civil Aviation Authority identified 121 safety problems with Indonesian airlines. 欧洲委员

VOA双语新闻：尼日利亚激进组织宣布单方面停火

Nigeria's leading militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, has declared a unilateral ceasefire in the oil-rich region. 尼日利亚主要的激进组织--尼日尔三角洲解放运动宣布在这个盛产石油的地区实

VOA双语新闻：人道救援飞机刚果坠毁似无人生还

The United Nations reports a humanitarian aid flight carrying 15 passengers and two crew crashed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, 15 kilometers northwest of the airstrip at Bukavu in South Kivu Monday afternoon. The U.S.-based group that