VOA双语新闻：生态学家呼吁建立经济新秩序

The sound coming from a small machine is the sound of green economy. 这是一部小型机器所发出的绿色经济的声响。 This is the world's first commercially available pedal generator, allowing to convert your human power into usable elect

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马与州长们磋商经济医保和教

U.S. President Barack Obama is turning to the nation's governors for help in meeting his domestic priorities. State leaders came to the White House for closed-door discussions on the economy, health care and education. The private meeting began with

VOA双语新闻：温哥华冬奥会组织工作受高度评价

The 21st Winter Olympics in Vancouver enter their final week Sunday. Local organizers have received high marks for the way the Games have gone so far. 第21届温哥华冬季奥运会星期天进入比赛最后一个星期，到目前为止当地组织

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马：两党携手方能创造就业

U.S. President Barack Obama is urging Democrats and Republicans in Congress to work together on efforts to create jobs. The president hosted a meeting with top lawmakers from both parties at the White House Tuesday. 美国总统奥巴马星期二在白

VOA双语新闻：伊朗下令加紧铀浓缩进程

Iran says it has informed the U.N. nuclear agency it plans to further enrich its uranium in defiance of international demands that it stop. Iran's processing program would likely need reconfiguring first, prompting speculation the announcement may ha

VOA双语新闻：白宫对批评反恐政策言论进行反击

The White House is lashing out at Congressional critics of the administration's policy on terrorism. President Barack Obama's top counter-terrorism advisor John Brennan says these critics are playing politics with national security. 美国国会对奥巴

VOA双语新闻：美国务卿：中东“间接”和谈下周

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell will return to the region next week to start indirect peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. The United States is looking to Arab allies to provide

VOA双语新闻：修改法律防止再发生漏油灾难

U.S. President Barack Obama says he will bring to justice those responsible for the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Meanwhile, the price of BP shares dropped sharply in early trading on Tuesday. The president is promising to change laws and procedur

VOA双语新闻--墨西哥官员可能得知美国公民被杀原

In Juarez, Mexico, authorities say a suspect they detained last week in connection with the March 13 murder of two US citizens has told them the reason for the killing may have to do with treatment of jailed gang members across the border in El Paso,

VOA双语新闻--发现号航天飞机发射升空

Space shuttle Discovery has launched on a mission to deliver new science equipment to the International Space Station. 美国发现号航天飞机已经升空执行一项任务，就是将新型科研仪器运送至国际空间站。 Discovery blaste

VOA双语新闻--欧洲停飞近一周造成重大经济影响

The closure of airspace over Britain, Northern Europe and Scandinavia is having economic repercussions around the world. It has halted the transport of goods, stranded hundreds of thousands of passengers and dealt a severe economic blow to the airlin

VOA双语新闻--茶党抵达华盛顿举行最终集会

The grassroots cause known as the Tea Party movement has brought its demands for lower taxes and smaller government to Washington. The Tea Party rally in Washington was the final stop on a nearly three-week national tour. After stops in 48 cities in

VOA双语新闻：鱼油补充剂也许有助于防癌

Fish oil supplements are a popular way to increase the intake of omega-3 fatty acids, which are thought to have a wide range of beneficial effects, particularly for cardiovascular health. But are they effective in preventing cancer? A new study sugge

VOA双语新闻：伊朗官员排除与美国对话可能

Top Iranian leaders and officials say they have no intention of conducting negotiations with the United States. Meanwhile, a strike by merchants appears to be continuing in several Iranian cities. Although top Iranian leaders say they will not negoti

VOA双语新闻：BP称已止漏油 奥巴马对此谨慎乐观

President Obama has described as a positive sign BP's statement that oil has, at least temporarily, stopped leaking into the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon well site. President commented briefly on the issue after returning from a visit to

VOA双语新闻：驻阿美军最高指挥官被召回华盛顿

An Obama administration official says the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan has been summoned to Washington to explain his controversial comments about President Barack Obama and members of his administration in a recent interview. Also, Britain's sp

VOA双语新闻：澳大利亚悼念坠机身亡的矿业总裁

Australia is mourning the deaths of several mining executives, including billionaire tycoon Ken Talbot, in a plane crash in West Africa. The entire management board of Sundance Resources was wiped out in the accident, leaving the company in crisis. 澳

VOA双语新闻：俄总统访奥巴马前先参观硅谷

Russian President Dmitri Medvedev will be in the United States in the next few days. His visit will focus on economic and trade matters. 俄罗斯总统梅德韦杰夫即将来美国访问，这次访问重点将集中在经济和贸易方面。 The

VOA双语新闻：北约行动取得进展 但重大挑战犹存

NATO defense ministers say progress is being made in Afghanistan despite tough resistance from the Taliban insurgency. 北约成员国的国防部长们说，阿富汗行动正在取得进展，尽管北约部队遇到塔利班叛乱分子的顽固抵抗

VOA双语新闻：印度复审针对工业灾难的更严格法

The Indian government is looking at the need for tougher laws to deal with industrial disasters, amid outrage in India about punishment meted out for the 1984 deadly gas leak in Bhopal from a Union Carbide-owned chemical plant. Thousands of people we