VOA双语新闻 - 泰警方逮捕反政府抗议主要领导人

Thai police have arrested key leaders of protests who have occupied a main government building in Bangkok since August 26. But analysts warn the arrests mark a setback in efforts to reconcile anti-government protesters and may lead to heightened poli

VOA双语新闻 - 阿富汗称联军承诺减少平民伤亡

Afghanistan's defense minister on Sunday said the Pentagon has pledged to take steps to reduce civilian casualties from aerial attacks against insurgents in the country. A strategic review of the war will also be conducted as Afghanistan gets permiss

VOA双语新闻 - 参院批准救市案 世界市场仍下滑

World markets have fallen, despite the fact that a U.S. financial rescue package cleared its first hurdle, passing by an overwhelming margin in the U.S. Senate. 美国国会参议院以压倒性多数投票通过了布什政府提出的金融机构拯救

VOA双语新闻 - 美国副总统候选人佩林拜登将辩论

Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Joe Biden are set to face off in a much-anticipated vice presidential debate Thursday night in St. Louis, Missouri. Voters are likely to be especially focused on Alaska Governor Palin, a newcomer to the national st

VOA双语新闻 - 佩林拜登辩论伊战伊朗和经济问题

Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Joe Biden debated foreign policy and the economy Thursday night in the only vice presidential debate of the campaign. Alaskan Governor Palin, a newcomer to the national stage, stood her ground during her exchanges

VOA双语新闻 - 联合国：3千2百万难民需要照顾

The U.N. refugee agency's annual conference opens in Geneva on Monday. Representatives from the UNHCR's 76-nation governing body will attend the week-long meeting to set the work agenda for the coming year. They will focus on the needs and actions to

VOA双语新闻 - 赖斯访问印度磋商核协议

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is arriving in India to discuss the U.S.-India civilian nuclear agreement, which has received approval in the U.S Congress. India's communist parties, who oppose the deal, plan to hold protest demonstrations d

VOA双语新闻 - 布什签署救市法案后美国股市仍跌

Volatile trading on U.S. financial markets ended in losses on Wall Street, after President George Bush signed a massive rescue plan for U.S. economy. 美国总统布什签署用巨资拯救美国经济的法案之后，美国金融市场依然动荡不

VOA双语新闻 - 土耳其部队与库尔德武装激烈冲突

At least 15 Turkish soldiers have been killed in a clash with Kurdish rebels of the Kurdistan Workers Party. or PKK. The clash occurred on the Turkish Iraqi border late Friday night. The Turkish state has been fighting the PKK for more than 20 years.

VOA双语新闻 - 赖斯：美印不久将签署民用核协议

U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, on a visit to India, says a landmark civil nuclear agreement between the United States and India will be concluded soon. However the two countries did not sign the deal during her visit. The deal will overtu

VOA双语新闻 - 欧洲领导人寻找应付金融危机对策

French, German, British and Italian leaders are meeting in Paris Saturday to look for a common European response to the world financial crisis. 法国、德国、英国和意大利领导人星期六在巴黎举行会议，设法找到欧洲对世界金

VOA双语新闻 - 欧盟誓言尽最大努力避免经济危机

Leaders of Europe's major economies vow to do their utmost to prevent the 27-member EU from being hit by a major economic crisis. 欧洲主要国家的领导人星期六在巴黎召开特别峰会，他们誓言尽最大努力来避免有27个会员国

VOA双语新闻 - 利夫尼誓言推动以巴和谈对抗伊朗

The new leader of Israel's ruling party is vowing to move forward with peace talks with the Palestinians, while confronting Iran. 以色列执政党的新领导人誓言要在对抗伊朗的同时，推动和巴勒斯坦的和平谈判。 Foreign Min

VOA双语新闻 - 美两党总统竞选班子加紧攻击对手

With roughly one month to go until Election Day in the United States, the two major presidential campaigns are stepping up their attacks on each other. 目前距离11月4号美国选举日还有大约1个月的时间，两个政党的总统竞选班子

VOA双语新闻 - 希尔与北韩讨论核实核项目清单

The chief U.S envoy in talks to get North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons says his discussions with officials in Pyongyang covered a lot of ground. He says he has great concern about moves to restart North Korea's main facility for producing mat

VOA双语新闻 - 印度尼西亚连续三天关闭股市

Indonesia kept its stock market closed for a third consecutive day Friday to stem panic selling as global markets continued to fall over concerns about the U.S. financial crisis. 就在美国金融危机引发全球股市下跌之际，印度尼西亚连

VOA双语新闻 - IMF：世界经济增长会显著下降

The International Monetary Fund anticipates sharply lower world growth because of the financial crisis rippling across the globe. The IMF, however, does not anticipate a repeat of the global depression of the 1930s. 国际货币基金组织预计，由

VOA双语新闻 - 联合国要求法庭对科索沃独立表态

The U.N. General Assembly has voted to ask the International Court of Justice to give an advisory opinion on whether Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia earlier this year conforms to international law. 联合国大会投票表决要求国际

VOA双语新闻 - 美军司令称驻韩美军预期不会减少

The commander of U.S. forces in Korea says he does not anticipate any reduction in the number of U.S. troops on the peninsula, even as South Korea's army prepares to take responsibility for the country's wartime defense. The commander, General Walter

VOA双语新闻 - 报告称众多难民基本需要未获满足

A new report finds nearly a third of refugees and other people cared for by the U.N. refugee agency are not getting their basic needs met. 一项新的报告发现，在联合国难民机构受到照顾的难民和其他人当中，有三分之一人的