英语听力：VOA双语新闻—四名肯尼亚人要起诉英国政府

Four Kenyans, three men and one woman, plan to take legal action against the British government over alleged colonial-era atrocities. Britain's High Court ruled Thursday that the elderly Kenyans can sue over alleged torture by British authorities com

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—乔治亚公司出口筷子到中国

In the United States, many products - such as cameras, computers and mobile phones - carry the label Made in China. 美国许多产品像相机、电脑、手机，都贴有中国制造的标签。 But the reverse is happening in the southeastern sta

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—亚特兰蒂斯号历史性降落 航天飞机划句号

The Space Shuttle Atlantis and its four-person crew landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida just before dawn, bringing to a close a program that began in 1981 and leaving the United States temporarily with no vehicle to transport astronauts int

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—美失业率上升奥巴马促国会通过提案

With the United States' unemployment rate at its highest level this year, President Barack Obama is calling on lawmakers to pass a series of his administration's proposals to improve the economy. Opposition Republicans are blaming the president's pol

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—美国防部长盖茨离任前荣获总统自由奖

U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday awarded retiring Defense Secretary Robert Gates the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The award came during a military tribute to Gates on his final day in office. 奥巴马总统星期四授予即将退休的国防

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—美国民众开始国庆庆祝活动

Americas independence holiday, July 4th, is a chance for Americans to take the day off, have a picnic, go to the beach or take advantage of sales at the shopping mall. 美国的独立纪念日7月4号这一天，美国民众休假一天，很多人到户

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—希腊危机引发对欧元未来的担忧

From Scandinavia to the Mediterranean shores of southern Europe, there are widespread fears over the future of the euro currency and the European Union itself. The EU has been shaken by the Greek debt crisis, but its leaders insist the Union and the

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—援救加沙船队不顾挫折决心完成使命

An international aid flotilla is continuing with plans to sail to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip despite a series of setbacks. 一支国际救援船队在遇到一连串挫折后，继续遵循驶向哈玛斯控制的加沙地带的计划。 Pro-Palestin

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—利比亚人：卡扎菲“绿宝书”不读也罢

War's effects are often hardest on children, and the conflict in Libya is proving no exception. In this rebel stronghold, efforts are being made to help children cope. 战争对于孩子来说，从来都是残酷的，眼下利比亚的冲突也不例

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—南苏丹独立在即 街头兴奋忙乱

The countdown is on for South Sudan's independence July 9, and the country's future capital is making its final preparations for the big day. 距离7月9日南苏丹的独立日期，已经进入倒计时阶段。 Joy in Juba Right now we're on one o

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—泰国第一位女总理准备就职

Thailand is set to have its first female prime minister in Yingluck Shinawatra, younger sister of ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Her victory as leader of the opposition Pheu Thai party has raised hopes that women can play a larger r

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—墨西哥打击贩毒引发人权担忧

The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, is concluding a weeklong visit to Mexico, where she expressed concern over abuse of citizens by police and soldiers fighting organized crime groups. The major effort against drug cartels and o

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—不满政府行动迟缓埃及抗议活动再起

Young people in a tent city at the center of Cairo's Tahrir Square chanted a song from the 1950s, with words updated to refer to their revolution, saying they want to return Egypt to what they see as its former glory. Tension rose in Egypt Tuesday wi

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—尼日利亚劳工领袖呼吁大罢工

Nigerian labor leaders are calling for a three-day general strike next week to protest failures to pay a new, national minimum wage. 尼日利亚劳工领袖呼吁在下星期进行为期三天的大罢工，以抗议政府没有做到支付新的全国

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—俄罗斯向亚洲敞开大门

Last year, China replaced Germany as Russias largest trading partner. Now, as Russian gas and oil pipelines increasingly point East, the Kremlin wants to convert a backwater city on the Trans-Siberian Railway into Asias door to Russia. 去年，中国取

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—埃及人再度集会要求加快改革

Several thousand people gathered in Cairos Tahrir Square for another protest after mid-day prayers Friday, but the numbers were nowhere near the million-man march some activists had called for, or the tens of thousands who came out last Friday. 7月1

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—美国经济政策未定 企业不愿雇人

As lawmakers in the United States argue over the nation's debt ceiling and spar over who is responsible for the nation's 9.2 percent unemployment rate, many business owners look on in disbelief. They are uncertain about the state of the economy, and

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—美国明确支持希腊紧缩措施和复苏计划

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the United States unequivocally supports the economic recovery plan of Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou. Clinton held talks with top Greek officials in Athens in advance of a critical European meeting Thu

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—挪威右翼男子被控制造挪威袭击事件

Norwegian police are questioning the suspected gunman who shot and killed at least 85 people at a youth summer camp hours after he allegedly set off a bomb blast that killed seven people in the capital, Oslo. Police are also investigating the possibi

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—纽约同性伴侣迫不及待举行婚礼

Homosexual couples in New York are being married for the first time after Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a law permitting same sex marriage in the state last month. But such marriages, though now legal in New York, remain controversial. 美国纽约州的