VOA双语新闻：No Contest in Russian Presidential Election

Russians go to the polls on Sunday for a presidential election in which the victory of Kremlin-backed candidate Dmitri Medvedev is considered a foregone conclusion. Medvedev's path toward high office has been very different from the one facing Americ

VOA双语新闻：国际社会助印尼筹办清廉全国大选

International agencies are helping Indonesia prepare for a massive country-wide election in 2009 that will include local offices in hundreds of districts. As Chad Bouchard reports from Jakarta, election officials hope to avoid past mistakes. 国际组织

VOA双语新闻：电影猜猜谁来吃晚餐开启一个时代

The 1967 film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner by director Stanley Kramer broke ground on racial issues. Mike O'Sullivan spoke with the late director's wife about the impact of the film, newly re-released on a 40th anniversary DVD. 1967年由导演斯坦利

VOA双语新闻 2008年2月：中国铁公路交通运输逐渐

Roads, railways and air traffic are slowly returning to normal in China, where the worst snowstorms in 50 years have stranded millions of travelers trying to get home for this week's Lunar New Year holiday. The severe weather also affected the shipme

VOA双语新闻2008年：以色列部分解除对加沙地带封

Israel has allowed a one-day delivery of food and fuel to the Gaza Strip, partially lifting a nearly week-long blockade of the territory. 以色列允许一天的时间给加沙地带运输食品和燃料，部分解除了对这个地区将近一个星

VOA双语新闻 ---US Offers Russia Assurance on Missiles

Though not backing away from plans to build a missile-defense system in central Europe, the United States is offering a series of confidence-building measures to allay Russian concerns about the project. Senior Russian officials were informed of the

VOA双语新闻 --- 日本宣布对北韩经济制裁延长半年

Japan has extended economic sanctions against North Korea, citing the reclusive country's lack of progress on an international nuclear disarmament agreement. The extension of sanctions comes as six-party nuclear talks continue to stall. 日本延长了

VOA双语新闻：美财经双长恳求尽快通过救市议案

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Tuesday implored members of the Senate Banking Committee to quickly enact legislation that would permit the government to buy up bad housing-related loans that have nega

VOA双语新闻2008年：美国再次呼吁肯尼亚双方结束

The United States Thursday renewed its call on Kenya's government and political opposition to end clashes and resolve the conflict stemming from last month's disputed elections. The State Department said it holds both sides responsible for the violen

VOA双语新闻 --- 布什称美国坚定支持乌格加入北约

U.S. President George W. Bush says he strongly supports a bid by Ukraine and Georgia to start the process of NATO membership. The comments came during a stop in Kyiv on his way to the NATO summit in Romania. 美国总统布什表示，他强力支持乌

VOA双语新闻 2008年2月：奥巴马辩论希拉里好莱坞

Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama sparred over health care, immigration and the war in Iraq in a debate in Los Angeles Thursday. The last two major contenders for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination also fou

VOA双语新闻 --- 美国议员官员谈论萨德尔下令停战

The debate among Americans about the state of the war in Iraq played out on this week's Sunday television interview programs. Democratic and Republican lawmakers and the head of the CIA offered their views on a radical Iraqi Shi'ite cleric's order fo

VOA双语新闻 --- Arab Summit Closes Amid Sharp Divisions

A controversial and partly boycotted Arab League summit has ended in the Syrian capital, Damascus, with no progress on the Lebanese political crisis and a summit declaration that Iraq refused to endorse. Despite the obviously sharp divisions among th

VOA双语新闻：非洲观察员：津选民投票出于恐惧

The head of an African Observer Mission to Zimbabwe says voter turnout was low in Friday's presidential runoff election and that many voted out of fear. The vote count is under way in the election in which the only candidate was President Robert Muga

VOA双语新闻：美国议员称伊朗试射导弹是挑衅

Iranian missile tests have provoked widespread criticism in the U.S. Congress, where lawmakers called them provocative and urged stronger U.S. and international pressure on Tehran. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns told a co

VOA双语新闻：阿巴两国指责对方让国内暴力升级

Afghanistan and Pakistan are urging each other to do more to stop terrorism, blaming each other for violence in their countries during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday. 阿富汗和巴基斯坦都强烈要求对方加大努力，制止

VOA双语新闻：布什签署监控法 电信公司免起诉

U.S. President George Bush has signed legislation expanding the government's surveillance powers. The measure also protects telecommunication companies from lawsuits stemming from assistance they provide to help track potential terror suspects. 美国总

VOA双语新闻：美国特使论六方会谈的进展和不足

The U.S. envoy to six nation talks on disarming nuclear North Korea has said they reached agreement on the principles for verifying Pyongyang's denuclarization. However, the envoy, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, says negotiators

VOA双语新闻：印度联合政府为信任投票作准备

There is hectic political lobbying in India, where the Congress-led coalition government is preparing to face a vote of confidence later this month. The government opted to hold the vote after angry leftist parties took back their support to protest

VOA双语新闻：阿富汗称美军空袭炸死47平民

An Afghan government commission says a U.S. airstrike this week that American commanders claimed had targeted militants instead killed 47 civilians. The reports of civilian casualties come as American commanders say they are trying to counter the gro