VOA双语新闻：阿富汗政府：无法保证选举日当天

Top government officials responsible for security in Afghanistan say there is no way to ensure the Taliban will not be able to cause civilian casualties before the election or on the day of voting. Afghanistan's military is declaring a one-day unilat

VOA双语新闻：卡尔扎伊不顾美国反对 允许流亡军

A controversial but still powerful former Afghan warlord has flown back to the country from exile to campaign for President Hamid Karzai. The return home of the Communist-era militia general is seen as a boost for the incumbent president's campaign. 阿

VOA双语新闻：金大中病逝生前曾追求民主及南北

Former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung has died in Seoul at the age of 85. He had been hospitalized since last month for pneumonia. Mr. Kim was credited with ushering a new era of reconciliation with wartime enemy North Korea. His own life story

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马白宫会见埃及总统穆巴拉克

U.S. President Barack Obama and his visiting Egyptian counterpart, Hosni Mubarak, have expressed optimism over the possibility of moving forward on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Mr. Mubarak has made his first visit to the White House in more

VOA双语新闻：塔利班在选举两天前对喀布尔袭击

Eight people died, including two Afghan staff members of the United Nations and at least one foreign soldier, while more than 50 other people were wounded, in the latest wave of Taliban violence around Kabul. The insurgents, who are vowing to disrupt

VOA双语新闻：澳大利亚修改入籍考试

Australia is revising controversial citizenship tests, to make sure applicants are more aware of their rights and responsibilities rather than examine their general knowledge about sports and culture. 澳大利亚将修改引起争议的公民入籍考

VOA双语新闻：泰军方称弭平叛军已取得进展

The military commander overseeing Thailand's largely Muslim southern provinces says security is improving as the army steps up efforts to win hearts and minds and end insurgent attacks. But as political analysts say the drop in violence may be tempor

VOA双语新闻--吉尔吉斯临时政府拟审判被废黜总统

Kyrgyzstan's interim government is planning to put on trial the deposed president, some members of his family and former officials following the violence earlier this month that toppled the Bakiyev administration and left more than 80 protesters dead

VOA双语新闻--波兰将为遇难总统举行国葬

Poland is preparing for state funerals for President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, and is awaiting the repatriation of the bodies of many of its political and military elite - all killed in a plane crash in western Russia on Saturday. Many Poles are s

VOA双语新闻--吉尔吉斯临时政府用武力赶总统下台

Kyrgyzstan's interim government is trying to cut a deal with the country's defiant president who had fled south after last week's bloodshed in the capital. The continuing standoff has the Central Asian nation concerned about further violence. 吉尔吉

VOA双语新闻：茶党数千人在内华达州沙漠集会

Thousands of so-called Tea Party activists rallied in the hometown of Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada Saturday. The Tea Party rally launched a nationwide bus tour for the grassroots conservative group that plans to arrive in Washington

VOA双语新闻：美国国会众议院通过医改法案

It was a close victory for President Obama, but a victory nonetheless. 这对奥巴马总统来说可算是一个险胜，但毕竟还是胜利了。 We pushed back on the undue influences of special interests, he said. We didn't give in to mistrust

VOA双语新闻：数千人华盛顿集会要求改革移民政

Thousands of supporters of immigration reform rallied in the nation's capital on Sunday, voicing their frustration with the government's pace of handling the complex issue. The gathering was both a serious and lively gathering that brought together p

VOA双语新闻：印度与俄罗斯签署能源及国防条约

A short visit to India by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has allowed New Delhi and Moscow to strengthen their strategic partnership, which has had its ups and downs since the end of the Cold War era. Indian and Russian officials say the two pr

VOA双语新闻：智利总统说灾后需要几年重建国家

Chile's president says it will take several years to rebuild the country after Saturday's powerful earthquake and devastating tsunami that killed at least 800 people. 智利总统说，在星期六的强烈地震和摧毁性的海啸之后，需要几年

VOA双语新闻：克林顿向巴西谈制裁伊朗必要性

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday in Brazil she doubts Iran will negotiate seriously about its nuclear program unless the U.N. Security Council approves new sanctions against it. Clinton held talks in Brasilia with Brazil's Presi

VOA双语新闻：印度尼西亚期待奥巴马来访

Indonesian leaders and academics gathered today in Jakarta to discuss how U.S. President Barack Obama's upcoming visit could help build better bilateral relations in areas such as education, climate change and trade. 印度尼西亚领导人和学者今

VOA双语新闻：伊朗核机构负责人称天野之弥“有

It was another day of bullhorn diplomacy by Iran's top nuclear officials, who appear to be struggling to halt momentum for a new round of international sanctions. The head of Iran's atomic energy agency, Ali Akbar Salehi, began the day by calling IAE

VOA双语新闻：美滑雪运动员米勒终赢得奥运金牌

American alpine skier Bode Miller, 32, is a four-time world champion and two-time overall World Cup champion. Now he can finally call himself an Olympic champion after winning the gold medal Sunday in the men's combined event at Whistler Mountain. 美国

VOA双语新闻：美国国防部长促北约实行重大改革

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates called on the NATO alliance Tuesday to chart a clear path toward relevance and enhanced capability as it faces a different set of threats than it was founded to address more than 60 years ago. Gates wants a key NAT