VOA双语新闻 - 美俄接近达成削减核武新协议

U.S. and Russian negotiators are continuing talks in an effort to agree on a new follow-on treaty to the 1991 START-One pact that expired Saturday, December 5. Both sides say an agreement is more likely at the end of the month. 美国与俄罗斯谈判

VOA双语新闻 - 奥巴马承诺让更多美国人重返工作

U.S. President Barack Obama is pledging to do whatever he can to put more Americans back to work. The president says November's lower jobless rate is encouraging, but not good enough. 美国总统奥巴马保证要尽一切所能让更多的美国人重

VOA双语新闻 - 北约盟国承诺向阿富汗增兵七千人

Twenty-five NATO countries and other contributors to the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan have pledged about 7,000 additional troops to supplement the new U.S. force commitment to Afghanistan. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

VOA双语新闻 - 哥本哈根峰会应对全球气候变暖

UN officials, climate experts, environmental activists, and more than 60 world leaders gather in Copenhagen for a two-week conference on climate change to begin December 7. Their aim is to achieve a legally binding agreement to cut greenhouse gas emi

VOA双语新闻 - 美大使警告核计划将进一步孤立伊

A senior U.S. official says Iran's announcement it intends to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants in defiance of the international community's demands it halt such activities will further isolate that country and could put it on the path to more U

VOA双语新闻 - 美官员：不会迅速撤离阿富汗

Days after President Barack Obama unveiled a new U.S. war strategy in Afghanistan, U.S. officials are stressing an eventual drawdown of American troops will be done gradually and in a manner that allows Afghan forces to assume security responsibiliti

VOA双语新闻 - 美国特使抵首尔准备参加平壤谈判

Washington's special representative to North Korea has arrived in the South Korean capital ahead of talks in Pyongyang. The envoy will try to bring the Kim Jong Il government back to six-nation talks on giving up its nuclear weapons, which North Kore

VOA双语新闻 2008年2月：共和党总统候选人争做里

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney accused rival John McCain of dirty tricks during a lively debate Wednesday evening. The Republican candidates squared off at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, each invoking

VOA双语新闻：杰克逊母亲要求管理他的遗产

As fans mourn the death of pop star Michael Jackson, the singer's family is sorting out the details of his estate. Jackson's mother is asking to administer his estate on behalf of his three children. 正当歌迷们哀悼流行天王麦克尔.杰克逊

VOA双语新闻 - 年终述评：美试图促使北韩重返六

The Obama administration's short-term goal is to get North Korea back to the so-called, six-party talks. Its long-term aim is to have North Korea give ups its nuclear weapons program. 奥巴马政府的短期目标是使北韩重返所谓六方会谈；

VOA双语新闻：联合国再次对伊难民处境表示担忧

In testimony to a congressional committee, a United Nations official has expressed renewed concern about conditions facing Iraqi refugees who have fled to neighboring countries. 联合国一位官员在美国国会作证时再次对逃到邻国的伊拉

VOA双语新闻：盖茨称美下届总统仍加强与印关系

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, on a visit aimed at increasing U.S.-Indian strategic relations, has told officials in New Delhi that Washington's commitment to a deeper relationship with India is not likely to change no matter who the next Ameri

VOA双语新闻：Kenya Political Negotiations Suspended

Negotiations between Kenya's government and the opposition have been suspended. The two sides have been unable to agree on the terms of a power-sharing arrangement to break the political deadlock gripping the country since a disputed presidential ele

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马参选的势头获得了新的推动

Presidential contender Barack Obama won the endorsement of a former rival Tuesday in his battle with Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party nomination. Obama also got some good news in national polls as he and Clinton prepare for a debate later Tue

VOA双语新闻：Bush Presses for More Funds to Africa

President Bush is pressing U.S. lawmakers to double funds for fighting HIV/AIDS in Africa. Mr. Bush says his trip to Africa last week convinced him that American aid is making a difference. 布什总统向美国议员们施压，要求为解决非洲的

VOA双语新闻：纽约爱乐访平壤开创音乐外交先例

North Koreans applauded the historic first performance in their capital by a U.S. symphony orchestra. An event some call a watershed in thawing chilled ties between the two countries. 美国纽约爱乐乐团在北韩首都历史性的首次演出获得

VOA双语新闻：希拉里和奥巴马辩论有一致有攻击

Democratic Party presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama faced off in a debate Thursday in Texas. There was more agreement on issues than clashes over differences. 民主党总统候选人提名竞争者希拉里.克林顿和巴拉克

VOA双语新闻 2008年2月：Residents Flee Chad Capital

U.N. officials say thousands of Chadians have been fleeing the capital N'Djamena to neighboring Cameroon after two days of heavy fighting between rebel groups and government forces. Rebels who are on the outskirts of N'Djamena say they are preparing

VOA双语新闻：东帝汶总统伤情严重 澳增派军警

Australia is sending additional police officers and soldiers to East Timor following an assassination attempt on the country's president and prime minister. President Jose Ramos Horta has been flown to Darwin in northern Australia for treatment. Doct

VOA双语新闻 2008年2月：US Presidential Race

The candidates for the Republican and Democratic U.S. presidential nominations are campaigning hard in advance of Tuesday's crucial round of contests in 22 states. That California, New York and Illinois are among the states where voters will go to th