VOA双语新闻：1、白人妇女独立选民一票难求

白人妇女独立选民一票难求 In U.S. Presidential politics, President Barack Obama and his challenger Mitt Romney are making a final push for votes in battleground states where key groups, like female voters, could decide the outcome of the N

VOA双语新闻 Bush Says Katrina Lessons Learned

President Bush says the federal government has learned lessons from the mixed response to last year's killer hurricane along America's Gulf Coast. 布什总统表示，联邦政府已经从去年横扫美国墨西哥湾沿岸的卡特里娜飓风中得

VOA双语新闻 Final Election Results

Shiite religious parties in Iraq came up short of securing a majority in the new parliament according to final results announced Friday by the Election Commission. The results, which mean the Shi'ite parties will have to form a coalition, came as a l

VOA双语新闻：美国国会众议院通过医改法案

It was a close victory for President Obama, but a victory nonetheless. 这对奥巴马总统来说可算是一个险胜，但毕竟还是胜利了。 We pushed back on the undue influences of special interests, he said. We didn't give in to mistrust

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马宣布18个月内从伊撤军

President Barack Obama says the United States will withdraw most of its combat troops from Iraq in the next 18 months. Roughly one-third of the troops would stay through 2011 to provide security and training. 奥巴马总统说，美国将在今后18个

VOA双语新闻：印尼总统把经济列为头等大事

During his first term in office, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono oversaw a period of robust economic growth based on exports. This year exports have slowed as a result of the global recession. As the president gets set to begin his seco

VOA双语新闻：澳大利亚矿业巨头裁员三千

Mining giant BHP Billiton is cutting more than 3,000 jobs in Australia and will close a major nickel mine, because of poor profitability prospects. 由于赢利前景不佳，矿业巨头必和必拓在澳大利亚裁减3千份工作，并将关闭一个

VOA双语新闻 --- 布什与民主党的促进经济方案不同

Republicans and Democrats agree that help is needed for the sagging U.S. housing market and the ailing American economy in general. But President Bush and a Democratic lawmaker have made it clear they differ on what kind of help is needed. 美国的共

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：纽约黑人聚居区

While many Americans are familiar with black slavery in the South during the 19th Century and its role in igniting the nations great Civil War, less attention has been paid to the black experience in northern cities such as New York, where so-called

VOA双语新闻：2、巴基斯坦动作大片触动印度神经

巴基斯坦动作大片触动印度神经 Pakistans moribund film industry has been brought back to life with the action thriller Waar, which translates roughly as The Attack. The film, shot in Pakistan, tells the story of a retired military hero wh

VOA双语新闻：7、德克萨斯圣诞节：玉米肉卷和牛仔

德克萨斯圣诞节：玉米肉卷和牛仔 In Texas, Christmas and New Year's celebrations are similar to those in the rest of the United States, but Mexican culture and the state's cowboy heritage both contribute a special flavor. 德克萨斯的圣

VOA双语新闻：1、俄公民自组选举观察团

俄公民自组选举观察团 Three months after widespread charges of fraud in Russia's parliamentary elections, Russians are to vote Sunday for president. Anger over the December elections is being channeled into a massive grassroots movement of c

VOA双语新闻：1、美国人种树纪念内战阵亡军人

美国人种树纪念内战阵亡军人 The U.S. Civil War was the bloodiest war in American history. From 1861 to 1865, at least 620,000 soldiers died in the fighting. The war was fought between the states of the North - the Union, and the South - t

VOA双语新闻：3、奥巴马提议美俄裁减核武库

奥巴马提议美俄裁减核武库 U.S. President Barack Obama has proposed deep cuts in the American and Russian nuclear arsenals, a move analysts say could make the world a little safer and save the countries a lot of money. But the experts say t

VOA双语新闻：1、无家可归的缅甸船民陷入绝境

无家可归的缅甸船民陷入绝境 A six-month deadline for a temporary stay in Thailand ends next month for almost 2,000 boat people who claimed to be Rohingya escaping ethnic violence in Burma - as reports surface of mistreatment at Thai immig

VOA双语新闻：6、非洲之角再现小儿麻痹疫情

非洲之角再现小儿麻痹疫情 The global community came tantalizingly close earlier this year to ridding the world of polio. But then in May, the eradication effort took a powerful blow. The virus turned up again in the Horn of Africa, first i

VOA双语新闻：11、约翰 肯尼迪的遗志50年不衰

约翰 肯尼迪的遗志50年不衰 Friday, November 22nd, marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most traumatic events in U.S. history, the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. Public opinion polls show he remains pop

VOA双语新闻：8、纽约市菲律宾裔紧急救灾

纽约市菲律宾裔紧急救灾 The massive typhoon that slammed into the Philippines, causing the deaths of at least two thousand people and flattening entire cities, was merely the beginning of the suffering in that Pacific nation. Catastrophic f

VOA双语新闻：5、美平价医保令许多人望而却步

美平价医保令许多人望而却步 While technical problems with the web site have plagued the initial implementation of the Affordable Care Act -- President Obama's health care program, there are other consequences of this complex system of pri