VOA双语新闻：美国会将讨论提高国债上限问题

Sometime during the next several weeks, the U.S. Congress will take up the issue of raising the nation's debt ceiling so that the United States can continue to borrow money to cover a national debt that will soon soar past $14 trillion. The debate ov

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马总统之妹写书介绍母亲

During his run for the presidency, Barack Obama often talked about his mother, Ann Dunham, and the lessons she taught him through her work with poor rural communities around the world. Dunham died of cancer in 1995, before any of her grandchildren we

VOA双语新闻：美国富二代帮助埃及孤儿 球星助筹款

After growing up in a wealthy New York City suburb, Mira Riad, 32, could be leading a life of privileged leisure. Instead, the Egyptian-American attorney uses her good fortune to help the neediest Egyptians - orphans and street children. 米拉丽雅德

VOA双语新闻：美政府新计划解决滥用处方药问题

Government health officials say the abuse of prescribed medications causes more accidental deaths in the United States than anything else except automobile crashes, which kill more than 30,000 Americans every year. Representatives of five federal age

VOA双语新闻：美批苏丹巴希尔有关阿卜耶伊言论

The United States on Thursday criticized an assertion by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir that Khartoum will not recognize South Sudan as independent, if it claims the disputed Abyei region. South Sudan is set to become fully independent in July. 美国

VOA双语新闻：大马士革汽车炸弹炸死至少17人

A car bomb has exploded in the Syrian capital, Damascus, killing at least 17 people and wounding 14 others. The target of the blast was not immediately clear. 叙利亚首都大马士革发生汽车炸弹爆炸事件，造成至少17人死亡，14人受

VOA双语新闻：新德里闹市炸弹爆炸 一儿童丧生

Top Indian intelligence and security officials were summoned by the Home Minister for an emergency meeting following another fatal bomb blast in the Indian capital. Police say one child died and at least 18 other people were injured in the Saturday a

VOA双语新闻：世行-IMF春季会议在华盛顿举行

Conflict, unsustainable government debt and the need for new ways to tackle global challenges in a post-crisis era are among the key issues as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund gear up for the groups' Spring meeting in Washington next we

VOA双语新闻：虚构人物神探陈查理及其原型

The fictional Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan was the subject of popular books and movies for many decades. In recent years, however, the character has been criticized as a stereotyped caricature of Asian-Americans. 几十年来，一位虚构的

VOA双语新闻：日本数千民众上街抗议核电站

Thousands of Japanese took to the streets of Tokyo to protest the country's nuclear-power plants. The rally occured as engineers continue to work on bringing the Fukushima Daiichi plant under control, after it was smashed by last month's earthquake a

VOA双语新闻：美国越来越多的人有偿照顾自家老人

Millions of Americans are looking after an older family member. A survey a few years ago put the value of family care-giving at $375 billion a year. And while care-giving has traditionally been something family members do for their elders, a growing

VOA双语新闻：美国掠影：大号套餐的诱惑

First Lady Michelle Obama has been making the talk-show rounds, plugging an exercise program called Lets Move. Designed to get Americas young people in motion, it is one of a number of efforts to attack the nations obesity epidemic. 美国第一夫人米

VOA双语新闻：中国宇航员成功完成首次太空行走

A Chinese astronaut has made the historic first step in outer space for his country. With the successful spacewalk, China has become the third country, after the United States and Russia, to do so. 一名中国宇航员为中国向外太空迈出历史

VOA双语新闻：麦凯恩、奥巴马辩论会上激烈交锋

The two major party candidates for president of the United States, Republican Senator John McCain and Democrat Senator Barack Obama met in a spirited debate over the financial crisis and foreign policy Friday at the University of Mississippi. The two

VOA双语新闻：麦凯恩决定参加和奥巴马的辩论

Republican presidential nominee John McCain has reversed his earlier decision and decided to participate in Friday's long scheduled debate with Democrat candidate Barack Obama. McCain had said he would not attend the debate unless there was agreement

VOA双语新闻：老挝与邻国在湄公河水坝争议中互不相让

Countries along the Mekong River have disagreed with Laos on its proposal to build the first hydropower dam on the main stream of the lower river. Laos says the dam will cause no serious problems, while its neighbors say more information is needed ab

VOA双语新闻：北韩终止国际社会对其核设施监督

North Korea has taken dramatic steps toward fulfilling its threat to resume production of nuclear weapons material. 北韩朝着实现其恢复生产核武器材料的威胁采取了极端的步骤。 The International Atomic Agency, or IAEA, confirm

VOA双语新闻：美国“华盛顿互惠银行”宣布破产

As U.S. lawmakers grappled over a $700 billion dollar bank bailout plan, one of the nation's largest banks - Washington Mutual Incorporated - collapsed under the weight of its enormous bad bets on the U.S. mortgage market. What is seen as the largest

VOA双语新闻：非盟谴责在索马里袭击维和部队者

The African Union's special envoy for Somalia has condemned the rise in attacks on AU peacekeepers in the country in the past week. He asserted the right of AU troops to defend themselves, but reinforced the mission's neutrality in the country's conf

VOA双语新闻：美国金融救助方案仍在讨论

U.S. congressional leaders have resumed talks on a $700 billion financial rescue package. The difficult talks resumed after the negotiators agreed to consider proposals from House Republicans, whose opposition to a White House backed plan had threate