VOA双语新闻 ---UN Announces Food Crisis Task Force

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he will head a new task force to tackle the global food crisis that is plunging tens of millions of people into poverty and hunger. He is calling for international donors to urgently fund a three-quarter-billio

VOA双语新闻 ---Bush Calls for Action on Economic Challeng

President George Bush says the United States faces difficult economic times - a situation made worse by congressional inaction. 美国总统布什星期二在白宫举行的记者会上说，美国正面临经济困难时期，而国会缺乏行动则使

VOA双语新闻 ---布什为推迟公布叙核情报辩护

U.S. President George Bush says last week's intelligence briefings to Congress on the Syrian-North Korean nuclear link were designed to send a message to North Korea. 美国总统布什说，上星期就叙利亚和北韩之间的核联系向国会所做

VOA双语新闻：奥尔默特政治处境艰难但拒绝辞职

The noose may be tightening around Israel's embattled prime minister in a corruption scandal, but he is pressing on. 身陷腐败丑闻的以色列总理奥尔默特的处境可能越来越艰难了，但是他仍然没有退意。 Prime Minister Ehu

VOA双语新闻：国际救援者仍很难前往风灾严重区

International relief agencies say Burma's military government has been granting visas to a larger number of foreign relief workers this week. But the agencies complain that once in Burma, the authorities are preventing many from traveling to the Iraw

VOA双语新闻：世卫：缅甸灾民面临严重健康危机

The World Health Organization (WHO) warns hundreds of thousands of victims of Burma's devastating Cyclone Nargis face a potentially serious health crisis. WHO and partner agencies are launching a multi-million-dollar, six-month action plan to provide

VOA双语新闻：在埃及被绑欧洲旅行团成员已获释

A European tour group taken hostage by gunmen in southern Egypt 10 days ago has been released. The 11 European tourists, along with eight Egyptian drivers and guides, are thought to be in good health, and are being taken back to Cairo. 10天前在埃及

VOA双语新闻：联合国批缅甸政府强迫灾民回灾区

Burma's military government has begun forcing cyclone victims to leave relief centers and return to their homes in the devastated Irawaddy Delta. U.N. officials are condemning the action. They say it is putting families at risk of disease and exposur

VOA双语新闻：美国防部称将按时成立非洲司令部

The U.S. Defense Department says it is committed to launching its new Africa Command on time in October, and with the same capabilities as other major U.S. military commands. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Theresa Whelan made the comment in a

VOA双语新闻：联合国为南非外国难民提供协助

The UN refugee agency says it is providing 2,000 tents to the South African government to help provide much-needed shelter to thousands of people made homeless in the recent xenophobic attacks against foreigners. The UNHCR says it does not think camp

VOA双语新闻：联合国：缅甸重灾区救援困难重重

The United Nations reports logistical obstacles are making it difficult to get aid to cyclone victims in Burma's Irrawaddy Delta. U.N. officials say the Burmese authorities have now approved visas for UN aid workers, but that there is an overwhelming

VOA双语新闻：美最高法院裁决公民有权拥有枪支

For the first time in history, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued a definitive ruling on the right of Americans to own guns. A five-to-four majority of the court ruled that individual citizens have the right to own firearms, and in the process it stru

VOA双语新闻：北韩提交核清单布什表示谨慎欢迎

North Korea has taken a key step forward in multinational negotiations to get rid of its nuclear weapons, and is being rewarded by the United States. Pyongyang has submitted an inventory of nuclear programs and materials to China, the host of the lon

VOA双语新闻：阿指责巴策划暗杀巴称指责无根据

Pakistan has rejected as baseless and irresponsible Afghan allegations that its spy agency was behind a recent assassination attempt on President Hamid Karzai. The two countries are allies in the U.S-led war on terror, but accusations that Taliban in

VOA双语新闻：津巴布韦举行总统决选选民受胁迫

Voting got off to a slow start in the uncontested presidential runoff poll in Zimbabwe in which President Robert Mugabe is seeking to entrench himself as president for an another five years. The outcome is unlikely to be recognized, even by Mr. Mugab

VOA双语新闻：赖斯：北韩行动积极但需加强合作

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says North Korean steps this week related to its nuclear weapons are positive - but that more cooperation is needed in the future. She is meeting with the South Korean President and key foreign policy ministers. 美国

VOA双语新闻：非盟各外长辩论是否让津权力分享

Africa's top peace and security body will hold a special heads-of-state level meeting on Zimbabwe during a continental summit this weekend in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. Leaders are to consider backing a Kenya-style power-sharing proposal

VOA双语新闻：巴军队进攻边境地区亲塔利班分子

Security forces in Pakistan have begun an operation against pro-Taliban militants in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan and serving as a major route for trade and supplies to U.S-led foreign forces based there. The offensive has provoked an al-Qai

VOA双语新闻：联合国维和使命的回顾和现状

A wreath was layed at U.N. headquarters Thursday to mark the 60th anniversary of its peacekeeping operations. The world body has more than 100,000 troops from more than 120 countries working to keep the peace in 20 conflict zones. 星期四，联合国

VOA双语新闻2008年：Fatah, Hamas in Cairo for Gaza Talks

The leaders of the two main rival Palestinian factions are in Cairo for talks on the crisis at the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. Egyptian authorities view the open border as a security risk and want to reach a solution as quickly as possib