VOA双语新闻：八国集团农业部长商避免粮食危机

Agriculture ministers from the Group of 8 most industrialized countries are meeting near Treviso in in northern Italy this weekend for the first time to discuss food security and measures to boost farming output. Talks will focus on efforts to avert

VOA双语新闻：委总统查韦斯拟派大使重返华盛顿

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he intends to send an ambassador back to Washington after a seven-month absence. Mr. Chavez made the announcement at the fifth Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago, where hemispheric leaders discussed ec

VOA双语新闻：南非各政党举行选前最后竞选集会

Political parties in South Africa have held their final rallies as the nation prepares for national and provincial elections on Wednesday. 南非各政治党派纷纷举行最后的竞选集会，同时全国在为星期三举行的大选和省级选举

VOA双语新闻：美军加强与阿军合作减少平民伤亡

A senior U.S. defense official says American forces in Afghanistan are working more closely with the Afghan military to try to reduce civilian casualties. 美国国防部一名高级官员说，驻阿富汗美军正在与阿富汗军队密切合作，以

VOA双语新闻：美：若不能说服伊朗则实施新制裁

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the United States is laying groundwork for new sanctions against Iran if outreach to Tehran on its nuclear program fails to produce results. Clinton says the Obama administration's call for dialogue provides mo

VOA双语新闻：民主党议员坚持调查布什审讯政策

The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says his panel will investigate Bush administration detainee interrogation policies if congressional support is lacking for an independent inquiry into the matter. Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy's comm

VOA双语新闻：巴基斯坦向塔利班控制区增派兵力

Militants in Pakistan have ambushed paramilitary forces who were being rushed to a region near the capital that was recently overrun by Taliban forces from the nearby Swat valley. Witnesses say gunmen in Buner district, killed at least one of the par

VOA双语新闻：国际货币基金组织将增加借贷规模

The 24 nations that comprise the International Monetary Fund's policy-making committee agreed Saturday to an immediate $250 billion increase in the lending agency's resources. The decision is in line with the recommendation made by world leaders at t

VOA双语新闻：南非非国大选举获胜祖马将任总统

South Africa's ruling African National Congress has swept Wednesday's elections. But it has failed to win the two-thirds majority it sought and has lost control of a major province. 南非执政党非洲人国民大会获得星期三的选举的大胜，

VOA双语新闻：伊朗：拟同六大国讨论核项目

Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Said Jalili, has signaled that Tehran is ready for constructive dialogue over its nuclear program, in an apparent response to the invitation by European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana for talks with the United

VOA双语新闻：土耳其逮捕数十名亲库尔德党成员

Turkish authorities have rounded up dozens of members of the country's main pro-Kurdish party, the Kurdish Democratic Society Party, or DTP, as part of operation said to be aimed at the banned Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK. The detentions come afte

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马在伊拉克谈逐步移交防务

U.S. President Barack Obama has made a surprise visit to Iraq to meet with American troops and commanders, and consult with Iraqi leaders. 美国总统奥巴马突然访问伊拉克，与驻伊美军及其指挥官会面，并与伊拉克领导人进行

VOA双语新闻：印度尼西亚选民投票选举国会议员

Indonesians voted Thursday in legislative elections across the vast nation of islands. Results are not yet in, but opinion polls show President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party may be the big winner. 印度尼西亚今天在全国范围举行

VOA双语新闻：索马里海盗猖獗暴露出海事法缺陷

The explosion of piracy off the coast of Somalia in recent years has exposed a weakness in the United Nations maritime law that makes high seas piracy illegal throughout the world. 今年以来，索马里海盗活动猖獗，暴露出联合国海事法

VOA双语新闻：英反恐高官不慎泄露机密被迫辞职

Britain's top anti-terrorism chief has been forced to resign after he inadvertently released details of an operation that then had to be initiated earlier than expected. In that operation, a dozen men in northwest England have been arrested and are b

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马将出访墨西哥墨吁加强合作

Mexico's ambassador to the United States says there must be extensive cooperation between the two countries to defeat drug cartels that have killed thousands of people in Mexico's northern border states. The ambassador spoke in Washington days before

VOA双语新闻：意大利地震灾民度过悲伤复活节

Thousands of people made homeless by Italy's deadliest earthquake in 30 years celebrated a somber Easter on Sunday. Six days after the quake struck and with the death toll now standing at 294, masses were held in makeshift chapels set up in tent citi

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马总统为访问墨西哥作准备

President Barack Obama heads to Mexico City on Thursday to meet with President Felipe Calderon, before traveling to Trinidad and Tobago for the fifth Summit of the Americas. Both nations are suffering economically, Mexico's border states are engulfed

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马称经济出现复苏迹象

U.S. President Barack Obama says the first signs of an economic recovery are beginning to emerge. But at the same time he warns the process is only beginning and much hard work lies ahead. 美国总统奥巴马说，经济复苏的最初迹象已经开

VOA双语新闻：美国船长获救 世界各地关注

The recent rescue of an American cargo ship captain held hostage for five days by pirates off the coast of Somalia has heightened awareness of the piracy issue throughout the world. 美国货船船长菲利普斯被海盗扣押在索马里近海5天后