VOA双语新闻：Obama, McCain Gain Big Wins

Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain were the big winners Tuesday in presidential primaries in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. 竞争美国民主党总统候选人提名的奥巴马和共和党提名的麦凯恩都在星期

VOA双语新闻：中国将耗资12亿美元帮助雪灾区

China will spend more than $1.2 billion to rebuild wrecked homes, restore farms and help the poor pay for food and heat in areas where recent snowstorms killed more than 100 people. 中国将花费超过12亿美元的资金重建被暴风雪毁坏的房

VOA双语新闻 2008年2月：US Presidential Campaign

The focus of the U.S. presidential race shifts to the mid-Atlantic region of the country Tuesday, with nominating primaries in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. 美国两党总统侯选人提名竞争的焦点，星期二转移到美国大西洋海

VOA双语新闻 2008年2月：格莱美颁奖 怀恩豪斯获五

British pop star Amy Winehouse led the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles Sunday, winning five of the music industry's top honors. The singer was absent from the ceremony, but took part by satellite from London. 英国通俗歌星艾米.怀恩豪斯星期天

VOA双语新闻 2008年2月：奥巴马几天筹款七百万势

Senator Barack Obama has raised more than $7 million for his presidential campaign in the hours since the Super Tuesday voting contests this week. This new wave of fundraising comes as Obama's Democratic opponent, Senator Hillary Clinton, said she lo

VOA双语新闻 2008年2月：美亚特兰蒂斯号航天飞机

Atlantis lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Thursday, carrying seven astronauts and a European built research module. The launch follows a two-month delay needed to fix a problem in the fuel gauge on the shuttle's external fuel tank

VOA双语新闻 2008年2月：乍得在首都及六省宵禁并

Chad's government has ordered a curfew for the capital and six provinces in the interior as its army tries to chase down rebels who nearly toppled the president. Opposition leaders have been jailed in N'Djamena, while tens of thousands of civilians h

VOA双语新闻 2008年2月：前红色高棉头目农谢再度

The Khmer Rouge's former second-in-command, Nuon Chea, has been back in court, facing charges of crimes against humanity and other offenses committed during the communist rule of Cambodia 30 years ago. Nuon Chea has asked to be released on bail becau

VOA双语新闻 2008年2月：East Timor President Wounded

The President of East Timor, Jose Ramos-Horta, has been shot and wounded in attack by rebel soldiers at his home in the capital Dili, an army spokesman said. A fugitive renegade soldier who has been blamed for recent unrest in the fledgling nation wa

VOA双语新闻：希腊族塞浦路斯人投票选举新总统

Demetris Christofias, who has won the presidential election in Cyprus, and the leader of Turkish Cypriots, Mehmet Ali Talat, have agreed to meet for talks on reunification of the island. There is a new way of electioneering in Cyprus, for the first t

VOA双语新闻：美防长希望从伊拉克撤出更多美军

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he hopes to pull more American troops out of Iraq after a brief pause in withdrawals in July or August. Gates made his comments en route to Australia, which he says will continue to play a military role in Ira

VOA双语新闻 2008年2月：Choice for Kenya Mediator Withd

South African businessman Cyril Ramaphosa has withdrawn from his planned role as chief mediator in talks to resolve Kenya's political crisis, after the Kenyan government expressed objections. Former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan is currently lead

VOA双语新闻：东帝汶将向十八叛乱士兵发逮捕令

East Timor's embattled government is preparing arrest warrants for 18 men believed to have been involved in the assassination attempts on the country's president and prime minister. Additional Australian peacekeepers continue to arrive in the tiny re

VOA双语新闻：美以谋杀和战争罪起诉九一一嫌犯

The U.S. Defense Department has charged six detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay detention center with murder and war crimes in connection with the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. The six include Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the susp

VOA双语新闻：Ghana Hosts State Dinner for Bush

The president and Mrs. Bush are in Ghana where they were the guests of honor at a state dinner hosted by President John Kufuor and his wife, Theresa. 正在加纳访问的布什总统和夫人受到加纳总统库福尔和夫人特里莎的国宴款待

VOA双语新闻：布什访加纳促进当地防治艾滋工作

President Bush is in Ghana where American money is helping slow the spread of HIV/AIDS. Mr. Bush is again pressing the Congress to double AIDS funding over the next five years to $30 billion. 美国总统布什正在访问加纳，在那里，美国提

VOA双语新闻 --- Monarchy Loyalist Party Wins Bhutan Elect

In Bhutan's landmark elections that ended a century of absolute monarchy, the party widely perceived as most loyal to the monarchy won by a landslide. 不丹历史性的选举结束了长达一个多世纪的世袭君主制。被广泛视为对王室最

VOA双语新闻 --- 美国特使与巴基斯坦高官举行会谈

Pakistan's president has sworn in a political enemy as prime minister. Meanwhile, two top U.S. State Department officials arrived in the country and held talks with the embattled president and the new government leaders. 巴基斯坦总统穆沙拉夫主

VOA双语新闻 --- 科摩罗军队收复昂儒昂岛大部地区

The government of Comoros says its forces have captured most of the rebel-held island of Anjouan, following a pre-dawn invasion. 科摩罗政府说，政府军已经收复了被反政府武装控制的昂儒昂岛的大部分地区。联军拂晓前攻

VOA双语新闻 --- Kenyan Leaders Discuss Forming New Cabine

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has discussed the formation of the country's abinet with Raila Odinga, the opposition leader expected to take up the post of prime minister in a coalition government, but the two have not reached agreement. Meanwhile, civ