VOA双语新闻：非盟谴责在索马里袭击维和部队者

The African Union's special envoy for Somalia has condemned the rise in attacks on AU peacekeepers in the country in the past week. He asserted the right of AU troops to defend themselves, but reinforced the mission's neutrality in the country's conf

VOA双语新闻：韩国：北韩恢复核活动只导致孤立

South Korea's chief diplomat says a diplomatic process aimed at getting rid of North Korea's nuclear weapons is at risk if Pyongyang continues on its current path. The North's moves to resume activity at its main nuclear reactor could end up isolatin

VOA双语新闻：美国“华盛顿互惠银行”宣布破产

As U.S. lawmakers grappled over a $700 billion dollar bank bailout plan, one of the nation's largest banks - Washington Mutual Incorporated - collapsed under the weight of its enormous bad bets on the U.S. mortgage market. What is seen as the largest

VOA双语新闻：国会担忧布什七千亿美元金融计划

Members of Congress are demanding more taxpayer protections and more congressional oversight be included in the $700 billion bailout plan that is being debated to rescue failing U.S. financial institutions. Democrats and some Republicans voiced displ

VOA双语新闻：美两党议员：对金融计划审慎行事

As key U.S. financial officials testified before a Senate committee on Tuesday, Bush administration officials were on Capitol Hill trying to allay concerns and press for action on the $700 billion financial bailout plan. Majority Democrats report pro

VOA双语新闻：北韩终止国际社会对其核设施监督

North Korea has taken dramatic steps toward fulfilling its threat to resume production of nuclear weapons material. 北韩朝着实现其恢复生产核武器材料的威胁采取了极端的步骤。 The International Atomic Agency, or IAEA, confirm

VOA双语新闻：伯南克：经济增长取决于稳定市场

As Congress debates President Bush's proposed bail out of the bad loans of financial institutions, central bank chief Ben Bernanke told lawmakers Wednesday that the U.S. economy risked very serious consequences if measures were not taken. 美国国会正

VOA双语新闻：布什相信国会能批准救助金融计划

U.S. President George Bush says he is confident that Congress will agree on a robust plan to bailout America's troubled financial sector. There is strong opposition to the president's $700 billion rescue plan among lawmakers. 美国总统布什表示，

VOA双语新闻：美国总统候选人辩论的历史和作用

On Friday, presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain are scheduled to hold the first of three debates ahead of November's election. Presidential debates have often played a crucial role in U.S. election campaigns in the past. 美国总统候

VOA双语新闻：布什对以巴达成和平协议充满希望

U.S. President George Bush says he is still hopeful that an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement can be reached. Mr. Bush spoke during talks at the White House with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. 美国总统布什说，他对以色列与巴勒斯

VOA双语新闻：麦凯恩奥巴马对暂停竞选各有立场

Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama are taking a rare break from the campaign trail to join President Bush and congressional leaders at the White House for a meeting on the U.S. financial crisis. McCain and Obama are scheduled for th

VOA双语新闻：美国会和民众对救市计划心有疑虑

Markets made moderate gains Thursday on news that congressional leaders had agreed in principle to a bailout plan for troubled firms on Wall Street. But a White House meeting later in the day highlighted work that still needs to be done to reach a fi

VOA双语新闻：布什首次会见巴国新总统扎尔达里

President Bush has met for the first time with Pakistan's new president, Asif Ali Zardari. The meeting came just days after a terrorist attack on an Islamabad hotel that claimed dozens of lives. 布什总统首次会见巴基斯坦新总统扎尔达里

VOA双语新闻：以色列外长利夫尼开始组建新政府

Negotiations are underway in Israel to form a new government after the prime minister resigned. 以色列外长利夫尼开始了组建新政府的任务，目前正在同各政党举行磋商。 Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is holding consul

VOA双语新闻：阿交战各方停火三天允许接种疫苗

The warring factions in Afghanistan say they will heed a call by the United Nations to stop fighting so aid workers can begin a three-day polio vaccination campaign. The Taliban, the Afghan army and international military forces say they will halt th

VOA双语新闻：布什要政府接管金融系统不良资产

U.S. President George Bush says America's economy is facing a pivotal moment in a financial crisis that began with risky home mortgages now spreading throughout the financial system and eroding consumer confidence. Mr. Bush wants Congress to buy up s

VOA双语新闻：金融危机击倒英国大银行威胁世界

As the financial crisis claimed more victims this week on Wall Street, the rest of the world's markets and banks have been in turmoil. In Britain, 45,000 banking jobs are now in jeopardy. 这个星期，随着华尔街 一家又一家的金融机构在

VOA双语新闻：亚洲股市升幅大 经济增长前景暗

Financial markets in Asia have rebounded after massive central bank intervention and moves by the United States authorities to assist troubled financial firms. While Asia's economic growth prospects are expected to dim in 2009, analysts expect the fi

VOA双语新闻：韩国受金融危机冲击 联想当年

South Korea's currency and stocks have taken a beating this week following the financial crumbling of another major US financial institution. For many Koreans, the crisis appears quite similar to what they experienced 11 years ago but this time, some

VOA双语新闻：美促北韩贯彻六方协议停止核项目

The United States said Friday North Korea is continuing to take steps to reverse the shutdown of its Yongbyon reactor complex. The State Department urged North Korea to remain in compliance with the six-party accord, under which is to scrap its nucle