VOA双语新闻：布什视察爱奥华洪涝灾区

U.S. President George Bush is in the Midwest state of Iowa surveying flood damage from heavy rains that have washed out millions of hectares of grazing and farmlands. 美国总统布什在中西部地区的爱奥华州视察了洪涝灾区，大雨冲毁

VOA双语新闻：曼谷大规模示威 反对党意欲倒阁

Thai police are trying to keep anti-government protesters from entering the grounds of the prime minister's office building. Anti-government groups are escalating their efforts to push Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej out of power. 泰国警察正在努

VOA双语新闻：韩国改组高层以缓解示威者之怒

South Korea's President has begun a high-level shakeup of his government expected to continue next week. The move is aimed at soothing the anger of tens of thousands of protesters who say he has disregarded public sentiment on everything from U.S. be

VOA双语新闻：美国众议院通过外国情报监听法案

The House of Representatives has approved legislation updating U.S. foreign intelligence surveillance law. President Bush welcomed the bipartisan compromise measure saying it will improve U.S. capabilities to prevent another terrorist attacks. But so

VOA双语新闻：麦克莱伦国会作证谈中情局泄密案

A former White House spokesman says Americans have lost trust in U.S. President George Bush, because he is refusing to reveal his administration's involvement in leaking the identity of a previously-covert CIA operative. The Bush administration dismi

VOA双语新闻：民调：奥巴马小幅领先麦凯恩

Recent public opinion polls in the U.S. presidential race give Democrat Barack Obama a lead over Republican John McCain. But the lead is less than expected given some Democratic advantages this election year. 最近有关美国总统竞选的民意调查

VOA双语新闻：泰总理沙马称不会因抗议活动辞职

Thailand's Prime Minister says he will not step aside despite on-going protests but will face a no-confidence debate in parliament in the coming week. The prime minister also denies claims by protestors encamped outside the government's main administ

VOA双语新闻：茨万吉拉伊退出津巴布韦总统决选

Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who won the most votes in the March 29 presidential poll, has pulled out of the second round of voting due Friday. Mr. Tsvangirai said he cannot take part in the runoff because he does not want to legitim

VOA双语新闻：美议员对沙特或增产石油反应不一

U.S. legislators are responding cautiously to statements from Saudi Arabia that hint at possible further increases in oil production, saying the United States must do more on its own to reduce its dependency on foreign sources of fuel. 美国国会议员

VOA双语新闻：茨万吉拉伊到荷兰使馆寻求保护

Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has sought refuge in the Dutch Embassy in Harare. The development comes a day after Tsvangirai withdraw from a presidential runoff election against Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe. 津巴布韦反对党领袖

VOA双语新闻：美国敦促安理会就津局势采取行动

The United States said Monday the government of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe cannot be considered legitimate in the absence of a presidential runoff election. In the wake of opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai's forced departure from the cam

VOA双语新闻：报告：中国廉价劳动力资源在萎缩

Chinese reports say the country's vast pool of cheap labor is getting smaller, which could hurt an economy that is heavily dependent on labor-intensive manufacturing. 中国的研究显示，中国巨大的廉价劳动力资源正在萎缩。这可能对

VOA双语新闻：穆加贝坚持津周五举行总统决选

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe says he has not ruled out negotiations with the opposition MDC but elections must go ahead on Friday to meet a legal obligation. Meanwhile, reports are coming in from several parts of Zimbabwe that violence is conti

VOA双语新闻：亚洲各国面临通胀高财政吃紧压力

Rising inflation is putting pressure on governments all over Asia, as angry citizens protest spiraling food and fuel costs and politicians bicker over how to handle new fiscal constraints. 日益增长的通货膨胀以及民众针对不断攀升的食

VOA双语新闻：中国宝钢同意高价购买澳洲铁矿石

Chinese steel makers have agreed to pay record prices for iron ore from the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia. In a deal signed this week, Australian mining giant Rio Tinto has secured increases that almost double the price of some grades of

VOA双语新闻：美国务院讨论设德黑兰外交办事处

State Department officials are acknowledging an internal debate over whether the United States should open a diplomatic interests section in Tehran. Iran said Tuesday it would consider a request from the United States to open a diplomatic presence. 美

VOA双语新闻：确保奥运中国将加紧稽查毒品走私

China says it will step up drug enforcement efforts during the Olympic Games in Beijing in August. Meanwhile, Chinese officials are expressing alarm about the opium traffic from neighboring Afghanistan, the country that has become the world's leading

VOA双语新闻：美大使敦促非洲国家对穆加贝施压

U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe James McGee says government-inspired violence against opposition supporters continues unabated despite U.N. Security Council condemnation of the Robert Mugabe government. McGee, who spoke to U.S. reporters in a conference

VOA双语新闻：变革与经验是美国总统竞选主题

The U.S. presidential election is more than four months away. But the contest between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain is already shaping up as a clear choice between change and experience. 离开美国总统大选还有四个多月。但

VOA双语新闻：布什会见阿罗约称竭力救助菲灾民

U.S. President George Bush says the United States will do it all it can to help the victims of the typhoon that struck the Philippines over the weekend. Following talks at the White House with Philippine President Gloria Arroyo, Mr. Bush announced pl