英语听力：VOA双语新闻—伊拉克外长认为伊拉克朝正确方向发展

Speaking to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, Iraqs foreign minister says his country is headed in the right direction. 伊拉克外交部长霍希亚尔.兹巴里在纽约向外交关系委员会成员演讲时表示，伊拉克在向正确

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—德班宣言十周年潘基文呼吁继续努力

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said while much has been done to combat racism and xenophobia, much remains to be done. He spoke on the 10th anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Program of Action. 联合国秘书长潘基文说，虽然联合国

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—奥巴马促国会就财政问题采取行动

President Barack Obama on Wednesday held his first solo news conference since March, answering reporters' questions on issues ranging from Afghanistan and Libya, to the impasse with Congress over federal deficit reduction and raising the government's

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—希腊民众抗议实行紧缩措施

Greek politicians have voted in favor of $40 billion worth of austerity measures that were a precondition for Greece to receive international loans and stave off financial disaster. But as strikes take place across the nation and thousands gather in

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—埃及放宽加沙地带边境管制

Egypt has eased restrictions on border crossings for pedestrians from the Gaza Strip. Palestinians see it as a big step toward ending a four-year-old blockade that Israel and Egypt have imposed on the enclave. 埃及放宽行人从加沙地带进入埃

英语听力：VOA双语新闻 18、欧盟峰会将讨论救助欧元计划

European leaders converge on Brussels Sunday for a crucial summit aimed at forging a plan to save the euro currency. As Greece struggles to avoid a default on its debts, EU leaders must try to stop the crisis from spreading to much bigger economies l

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—各界持续揣测佩林的政治未来

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin addresses a Tea Party rally in Iowa on Saturday and political supporters and rivals alike will be listening closely for any indication that she has decided to run for president. 前阿拉斯加州州长佩林星期六

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—柬埔寨民众化身“阿凡达” 抗议失去林地

More than 100 villagers from rural Cambodia were detained briefly by the authorities in Phnom Penh after handing out leaflets detailing how government land concessions are affecting their lives. 柬埔寨农村地区的100多位村民在散发有关政

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—美国股市大起大落，惊险犹如过山车

Stock volatility continued on Wall Street Wednesday as markets turned their attention once more to the weak global economy. After an impressive rally Tuesday, fears about high levels of public debt in the U.S. and Europe have erased all the gains and

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—美国总统奥巴马和夫人访问英国

U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle have spent the day in London with Britain's royal family. It was the start of President Obama's first state visit to Britain and it may bolster the longtime relationship between Britain and the United

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—G8峰会落幕承诺援助埃及和突尼斯

President Barack Obama and other G8 leaders wrapped up a two-day summit in the French coastal town of Deauville with harsh words for the governments in Libya, Syria and Iran but promises of billions in aid for democratic transitions in Egypt and Tuni

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—研究：多喝咖啡者不易患前列腺癌

A new study finds that men who drink a lot of coffee are less likely to develop potentially fatal prostate cancer. It's the latest study to show a beneficial effect from one of the world's favorite beverages. 新的研究发现大量饮用咖啡的男子

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—奥巴马促叙总统选择转型或让位

In his Middle East policy speech, President Barack Obama said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad faces the choice of either leading a democratic transition in his country or getting out of the way. The comment came a day after the U.S. administration i

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—城市绿洲：纽约的社区花园

Friday, April 22, is Earth Day, a time set aside to appreciate nature and to dedicate ourselves to protecting and sustaining it. New York City, a place many think of as an urban jungle, is home to more than 500 community gardens where the crops are a

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—美国信息自由法与政府机密文件

Wikileaks has received widespread attention for releasing classified U.S. government documents. But if you want to examine notes from White House meetings with foreign leaders, read email from a Cabinet secretary, or look at photos taken by U.S. surv

英语听力：VOA双语新闻 2、多喝咖啡的女性较少患抑郁症

Women who drink coffee may have a lower risk of depression, according to a study from the Harvard School of Public Health. Several recent studies have looked at a possible link between coffee and suicide, and found that coffee drinkers were less like

英语听力：VOA双语新闻 10、美国就业人数增加，失业率不减

The U.S. economy added 103,000 jobs in September, but the nation's unemployment rate held steady at 9.1 percent for the third straight month. Although September's job growth was stronger than most economists were expecting, it is still not growing fa

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—墨西哥犯罪率虽高仍吸引美国人买房

Some 40,000 people have been killed in Mexico over the past five years as the Latin American country's police and military battle powerful drug cartels that are also fighting with each other over smuggling routes. In spite of the dire headlines, hund

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