VOA双语新闻 --- US Lawmakers Assess Iraq Violence

On a day of new insurgent attacks in Iraq, with at least 40 people killed, members of the U.S. Senate spoke out on the war on American television. They offered differing assessments of the situation on the ground. 在伊拉克，激进分子发动的新

VOA双语新闻 --- 担心美经济衰退美元对日圆跌破头

The U.S. dollar dropped to a 12-year low against the Japanese yen, and also sank to new lows against the euro and other global currencies. Stock markets in Asia also sold off, in part because of the weak dollar and because of concerns that the U.S. e

VOA双语新闻 --- 联合国报告预测亚太经济持续增长

An annual U.N. Economic and Social report is projecting that economic growth in the Asia Pacific region will continue this year, despite the expected recession in the United States. The survey says that together with U.S. economic uncertainty, rising

VOA双语新闻 - 雷纳德为废物着迷

Annie Leonard has dedicated herself to changing America's throw-away culture. The Berkeley, California resident has been obsessed with stuff for more than 20 years - both good stuff that is thrown out and toxic stuff that poisons the planet and its p

VOA双语新闻 - 印度尼西亚即将步入经济大国行列

Some economists say Indonesia is poised to become an emerging economic power similar to China and India. Economic growth slowed slightly during the worst of the global economic crisis, but now it is again expanding at a rate of over six percent a yea

VOA双语新闻：美中关系缓和 挑战依然巨大

Two senior U.S. advisers have wrapped up talks in Beijing with top officials that included a rare meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao. While both sides stressed the importance of expanding cooperation and promoting healthy U.S.-China relations,

VOA双语新闻 ---Nigerian Oil Workers Threaten Walkout

Nigeria's senior oil workers union is threatening a nationwide strike to protest the firing of some of its members by ExxonMobil. Members are to meet later Tuesday, following the expiration of a 21-day ultimatum issued by the union to the oil company

VOA双语新闻 --- Bush: Stimulus Plan Will Help US Economy

President Bush says he is confident tax incentives and tax rebates will make the U.S. economy stronger than ever before. President and Congress agreed on a temporary stimulus plan last month after rising energy prices and falling property values slow

VOA双语新闻2008年：New Hampshire

Voters will go the polls Tuesday in the northeastern U.S. state of New Hampshire for America's first presidential primary. Public opinion polls show the races for the Democratic and Republican nominations are extraordinarily close, following more tha

VOA双语新闻2008年：Republican Presidential Debate

Republican candidates in the U.S. presidential race debated economic policy and the war in Iraq during a televised debate late Thursday in the southern state of Florida. The candidates are striving for a lead ahead of the state's primary Tuesday. 美国

VOA双语新闻 --- Russia Drafts Law Limiting Foreign Invest

The lower house of Russia's parliament, the Duma, passed legislation Friday limiting the ability of foreigners to invest in industrial sectors considered as strategic. This came shortly after the Russian government announced the arrest of two Russian

VOA双语新闻 --- Trade a Hot Topic in US Presidential Cont

Amid a weakening U.S. economy, America's foreign-trade policy has become a contentious issue in the presidential race. Both major Democratic Party candidates say free-trade pacts have harmed American workers, while the presumed Republican nominee - a

VOA双语新闻2008年：Fight Against Global Warming Heats U

This year, the United Nation's International Panel on Climate Change issued a series of reports that concluded there is no longer any doubt that human activities are causing the planet to warm up. The IPCC called for an immediate response from the in

VOA双语新闻2008年：Kenyan Violence

The World Bank is warning that post-election unrest in Kenya is threatening east Africa's largest economy and could wipe out impressive gains the country has achieved in recent years. Widespread violence, triggered by allegations of vote-rigging in l

VOA双语新闻2008年：Bhutto Assassination

The party of the slain Pakistani opposition leader, Benazir Bhutto, is demanding the United Nations lead the investigation into Ms. Bhutto's assassination. But the Pakistani government insists a Scotland Yard investigative team arriving to help in th

VOA双语新闻2008年：Kenya Opposition Call Off Protest Ra

Kenya's opposition leaders have called off a mass rally that had been scheduled for Thursday in Nairobi to protest alleged vote rigging in last week's presidential election. Before the march was called off police used tear gas and water cannons to bl

VOA双语新闻2008年：Sri Lanka's Government

The government of Sri Lanka says it is withdrawing from a cease-fire agreement with Tamil rebels because the pact has become meaningless. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi the withdrawal is largely symbolic because the Norwegian-brokered truce c

VOA双语新闻2008年：US Military Leader

The head of the U.S. Pacific Command, Admiral Timothy Keating, is in China for a visit he says is aimed at further strengthening military relations, a task he personally began when he first visited China last May. He also acknowledges there are still

VOA双语新闻2008年：印廉价“人民汽车”广受民众

The world's cheapest car, made by an Indian manufacturer, has triggered unprecedented interest in a country where only eight people in every thousand own a car. 印度一家汽车制造商生产的全世界最廉价的汽车在用印度引起前所未有

VOA双语新闻2008年：Islamic Militants

Islamic militants have captured a remote military outpost in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border. 伊斯兰激进分子在巴基斯坦西北部靠近阿富汗边界的边远地区，夺取了一个政府军的据点。 The Pakistan military sai