VOA双语新闻：奥巴马将赴美洲峰会经济或为主题

U.S. President Barack Obama travels Friday to Trinidad and Tobago to attend the fifth Summit of the Americas, a gathering of all hemispheric leaders minus Cuba. U.S. officials say the summit is an opportunity to forge a regional response to the globa

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马公布美国加速开发高铁计划

President Barack Obama wants the United States to join other industrialized countries in having an extensive high-speed rail system. The president has unveiled his plan to accelerate the development of high-speed rail in the U.S. 奥巴马总统希望美

VOA双语新闻：美防长：不能失去阿富汗人民支持

Afghan President Hamid Karzai summoned the U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan on Thursday to demand an explanation for continuing civilian casualties caused by coalition troops. The commander, Army General David McKiernan, expressed deep regret a

VOA双语新闻：美警告达尔富尔或现更重人道危机

U.S. President Barack Obama is warning of an even greater humanitarian crisis in Sudan's troubled Darfur region. The fate of the people of Darfur dominated his talks at the White House with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. 美国总统奥巴

VOA双语新闻：北韩通知国际机构4月发射卫星

North Korea has told international agencies it will conduct its planned launch of what Pyongyang says is a satellite in early April. 北韩通知国际机构说，它准备在4月上旬按计划发射卫星。 North Korea's launch of a long-range roc

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马称在阿保持攻势至关重要

President Barack Obama says it is important for the United States to stay on the offensive in Afghanistan. Mr. Obama spoke after meeting with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Afghanistan, the world economic crisis and other topics. 美国总统奥

VOA双语新闻：印尼总统所在党赢得国会选举胜利

Indonesia's Electoral Commission has declared the Democrat Party of incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono the winner of last month's parliamentary polls. The widely predicted results places President Yudhoyono's party well ahead of its nearest

VOA双语新闻：美官员：塔利班对南亚构成威胁

U.S. officials are stressing the threat posed to South Asia by Taliban militants, as they assess the results of the recent U.S.-Afghan-Pakistani summit in Washington. President Barack Obama met at the White House last Wednesday with Afghan President

VOA双语新闻：UN：非洲之角两千万人急需救助

The U.N. Children's Fund says the lives of a growing number of children in the Horn of Africa are threatened by chronic food insecurity, conflict and political instability. 联合国儿童基金会说，非洲之角越来越多的儿童生命受到长期

VOA双语新闻：联合国向巴基斯坦紧急空运救援品

UN aid agencies are expanding and speeding up their relief operations to hundreds of thousands of people displaced by fighting in Pakistan's northwest province. A UNHCR charter plane carrying 120 tons of relief supplies for people fleeing the fightin

VOA双语新闻：英巴首脑就巴冲突问题举行会谈

The conflict between Pakistani forces and Taliban fighters in the North-West Frontier Province topped the agenda as British Prime Minister Gordon Brown held talks with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari at 10 Downing Street. 英国首相布朗和巴基

VOA双语新闻：世卫：全球有6千5百甲流病例

The World Health Organization reports it has received nearly 6,500 officially confirmed cases of swine influenza A-H1N1 - including 65 deaths - from 33 countries. While this is serious, WHO says the disease has not yet become a pandemic. 世界卫生组

VOA双语新闻：意大利加紧打击非法移民

Italy is cracking down on illegal immigration and under an agreement with Libya has begun sending boatloads of migrants back to Africa. Italy's lower house of parliament has approved a new security bill by that redefines illegal immigration as a crim

VOA双语新闻：南北韩紧张关系威胁开城工业园区

An industrial venture once celebrated as a symbol of reconciliation between the two Koreas may be endangered by a sharpening dispute between the two sides. North Korea is essentially tearing up the agreements that make the zone run. 南北韩之间激烈

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马赞扬国会在医保能源上合作

U.S. President Barack Obama says agreement on energy legislation and progress on health care reform show that Washington is beginning to change. 美国总统奥巴马说，在能源立法上达成的一致意见以及在卫生保健体制改革方面取

VOA双语新闻：印度国大党开始讨论组建新政府

In India, the ruling Congress Party got down to the job of choosing partners and forming a new government, a day after it beat forecasts to win a better-than-expected victory in general elections. The Congress Party-led alliance has won 261 seats in

VOA双语新闻：斯里兰卡反政府武装承认失败

Sri Lanka's rebels have announced they would be laying down their guns to prevent what they call further unnecessary slaughter of Tamil civilians by government troops. The island nation's military says it has defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil E

VOA双语新闻：巴基斯坦军方称加强对塔利班攻势

Pakistan's army says its forces have killed more than 140 Taliban militants during the last 24 hours in Swat valley. Several troops have also been reported killed. Thousands of people continue to flee the clashes, joining hundreds of thousands of Pak

VOA双语新闻：饱受战争创伤的斯里兰卡经济

Sri Lanka's military victory over a 26-year long insurgency has come at a high cost to the nation's economy. With the war over, many Sri Lankans are now turning their attention to rebuilding the country's battered economy. 斯里兰卡为长达26年的

VOA双语新闻：斯里兰卡准备庆祝击败猛虎组织

Sri Lanka is preparing for a major celebration following the battlefield defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, ending a quarter-century civil war. Joyous outbursts that are mixed with some lingering anxiety, especially among the minority Ta