VOA双语新闻：每个小姑娘都得是公主吗？

Even though women continue to advance in American society, many little girls still get stuck in a world of fairytale princesses and frilly pink dresses. That does not sit well with journalist Peggy Orenstein, who mused about her young daughters obses

VOA双语新闻 - 美国关闭驻利比亚使馆 但保持接触

The United States Friday suspended operations at its embassy in Libya after U.S. diplomatic personnel were airlifted out of the country. However, officials say diplomatic contacts with representatives of the Moammar Gadhafi government continue. 美国驻

VOA双语新闻 - 伊拉克担心伊朗施加宗教政治影响

Iraqi officials say thousands of Iranians have streamed illegally across the border into Iraq, swelling the populations of cities that are home to some of Islam's holiest shrines. One Iraqi official said there is deep concern that Iran is directly fu

VOA双语新闻 - 英报告促西方国家支持阿伊重建

A panel of British lawmakers warns that Afghanistan could implode and Iraq become a failed state, without strong support from the West and neighboring countries. 英国议会一个委员会警告说，如果得不到西方国家和邻国的有力支持

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—利比亚过渡委员会士兵暂停重镇战事

Fighters for Libya's provisional authorities say they have surrounded key areas still held by forces loyal to ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi. At a checkpoint north of Bani Walid, there appears to be a lull before any storm. 利比亚过渡当局的部队

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—一批效忠卡扎菲的人逃往尼日尔

Reports that a large convoy of Moammar Gadhafi's supporters has fled Libya for Niger have angered many in the Libyan capital. Citizens want to see their former leader and those around him facing justice at home. 有关卡扎菲支持者的一大批车队

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—美国巴基斯坦关系出现缓和迹象

Ties between the intelligence agencies of Pakistan and the United States have been severely strained since the killing of Osama bin Laden in a covert U.S. raid in Pakistan in May. 自从美国今年5月秘密派人前往巴基斯坦打死基地组织头

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—卡扎菲倒台后的黎波里出现独立媒体

Independent news media are beginning to emerge in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, two weeks after the fall of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. They are pledging to help build democratic institutions that were never allowed to develop under his 42-year rul

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—就业市场疲软严重冲击非洲裔美国人

President Barack Obama is proposing several measures his administration says will create millions of jobs and stimulate the sluggish economy. The nation's high unemployment rate has hit minority groups in the United States especially hard. Nearly thr

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—克林顿911周年讲话：基地组织走向败亡

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday al-Qaida is on the path to defeat and that the United States will not relent until the job is done. 美国国务卿克林顿说，基地组织正走向失败，但美国在任务完成之前，绝不会

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—美驻阿大使：美国不会抛弃阿富汗

Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States began a new engagement in the Muslim world. One of the key architects of that engagement is the newly-appointed U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Ryan Crocker. 2001年9/11恐怖袭击发生后

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—纽约市加强警戒准备纪念9/11十周年

Americans on Sunday will mark the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. New York City is preparing for a day of observances. New York police are imposing massive security for the Sunday ceremony with both Presid

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—9/11十年后阿富汗战火未熄

Soon after the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, the U.S. and its NATO allies went to war in Afghanistan to drive the Taliban from power and root out al-Qaida terrorists hiding there. That war is still going strong. 在美国

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—9/11死难者家属世贸故地悼亲人

Ten years ago, the United States homeland came under attack. Islamic terrorists flew hijacked passenger planes into the two World Trade Center towers in New York and another into the Pentagon outside of Washington, D.C. A fourth plane crashed in Penn

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—奥巴马北卡大学演讲促国会通过就业计划

For the third time in a week, President Barack Obama is campaigning for his jobs plan in a state that could be crucial to his re-election effort. Meanwhile, a new poll shows that more than half of Americans do not think the plan will help reduce unem

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—利比亚非洲移民生活在恐惧之中

Human rights organizations say tens of thousands of African migrants in Libya have been displaced from their homes and jobs by months of fighting between forces loyal to former leader Moammar Gadhafi and the transitional authority that opposes him. M

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—北京开始流行冰球运动

When one thinks of the sports in which China excels, swimming, gymnastics or track and field usually come to mind. But ice hockey? While the sport may not have as big a following as soccer or basketball, there are an increasing number of youngsters w

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—油价虽然走低 市场动荡依旧

In recent months, crude oil prices have experienced their sharpest drop since the 2008 financial crisis, and now stand at around $80 a barrel. 近几个月，原油价格经历了2008年金融危机以来最深的跌幅，现在保持在每桶80美元左

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—世粮署：埃塞俄比亚紧急粮储接近于零

The head of the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) in Ethiopia says the country's emergency food stocks are almost completely exhausted, with drought conditions expected to worsen before they improve. There are also growing concerns about food shortages i

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—战后三年俄罗斯与格鲁吉亚关系仍然僵滞

Three years after the 2008 war between Georgia and Russia, the temporary ceasefire lines between the two look increasingly like permanent borders. 2008年格鲁吉亚与俄罗斯爆发战争，三年后的现在，两国间的临时停火线越来越像