VOA双语新闻2008年：McCain Wins South Carolina Republica

Arizona Senator John McCain has won the Republican presidential primary in South Carolina. In Columbia, McCain won 33 percent support, over 30 percent for former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee. 亚利桑那州国会参议员麦凯恩赢得了共和党

VOA双语新闻2008年：CIA指责巴国激进分子刺杀布托

The CIA has blamed al Qaida-linked militants operating in Pakistan's mountainous tribal region for the assassination last month of former Prime Minister and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. The Pakistani government is tightening security around the

VOA双语新闻2008年：Thailand's Elected Parliament Reconv

Thailand has an elected parliament this week for the first time since 2006, the year former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was deposed in a military coup. The new parliament includes many Thaksin allies, indicating the exiled leader could be poise

VOA双语新闻2008年：Doha Free Trade Talks Resume at WTO

Trade experts from 151 countries are resuming international trade talks in Geneva. Delegates to the World Trade Organization talks hope to reach compromises on a number of issues that have been holding up an agreement to liberalize world trade for th

VOA双语新闻2008年：Bush Hails Legislative Action in Ira

Iraq's Parliament has passed a law that removes restrictions that prevented many members of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party from serving in government posts. President Bush quickly hailed the move as an important step. 伊拉克议会通过了一项法律

VOA双语新闻2008年：Japanese Whalers

The environmental group Greenpeace has claimed to have driven Japan's controversial whaling fleet out of Antarctic hunting grounds after a dramatic chase through thick fog and rough seas. Activists have promised to harass the Japanese fleet and disru

VOA双语新闻2008年：Fred Thompson Quits US Presidential

Former Senator Fred Thompson of Tennessee quit the race for the Republican Party's presidential nomination Tuesday after a series of disappointing finishes in the early nominating contests. Thompson's withdrawal comes as the remaining Republican cont

VOA双语新闻 --- Bush: Stimulus Plan Will Help US Economy

President Bush says he is confident tax incentives and tax rebates will make the U.S. economy stronger than ever before. President and Congress agreed on a temporary stimulus plan last month after rising energy prices and falling property values slow

VOA双语新闻 --- Economists Debate How Far US Economy Will

Polls show overwhelming numbers of Americans believe the U.S. economy is in a recession, although government statistics have yet to show a period of negative growth that meets the technical definition. What is known is that the American economy has s

VOA双语新闻：金正日参观火箭发射区

North Korean media says leader Kim Jong Il has toured the northeast province where Pyongyang says it plans to launch a satellite soon. South Korean leaders are deeply concerned about the looming launch. 北韩媒体说，北韩领导人金正日参观了

VOA双语新闻：有议员呼吁调查布什政府反恐政策

Influential Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy has proposed that an independent truth commission be established to investigate alleged abuses of power under the Bush administration. President Barack Obama has reacted cautiously to the suggestion, sayin

VOA双语新闻：猛虎组织周五晚间空袭科伦坡

Sri Lankan military officials say Tamil rebels carried out an aerial bombing raid in the capital of Colombo late Friday. 斯里兰卡军方说，泰米尔猛虎反政府组织星期五晚些时候在首都科伦坡展开了空中轰炸。 A military

VOA双语新闻：埃及暂时部分开放加沙过境点

Egypt is partially opening its border with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. The border crossings are a key issue in Israeli-Palestinian cease-fire talks. 埃及部分开放跟哈马斯控制的加沙地带相邻的边界过境点。开放过境点是以色列

VOA双语新闻：美国州长辩论奥巴马救助房主计划

President Barack Obama's plan to aid millions of Americans who are at risk of losing their homes is getting a mixed review from state governors who gathered in Washington for a three-day meeting. A rash of home foreclosures helped plunge the United S

VOA双语新闻：英首相吁恢复保守的银行管理方式

Writing in Britain's Observer newspaper, Prime Minister Gordon Brown is calling for a return to old-fashioned, conservative banking practices. It is a change for Mr. Brown who as Treasury Secretary for a decade was a proponent of the light regulatory

VOA双语新闻：欧盟八大国决定加强监管金融市场

European leaders agreed to a common platform to combat the global financial crisis that includes oversight of all financial markets and products around the world. The proposed measures were drafted in Berlin in preparation for a key meeting of the wo

VOA双语新闻：日本首相周二访白宫会晤奥巴马

Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso will meet Tuesday with President Barrack Obama. He will be the first foreign leader to visit the White House since the new administration took office last month. 日本首相麻生太郎星期二将会见美国总统奥巴

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马会见各州州长谈经济问题

U.S. President Barack Obama says the nation's governors will be held accountable for money flowing into their states as part of his economic stimulus plan. The money should start arriving this week. 美国总统奥巴马星期一向全国州长协会

VOA双语新闻：UN机构：工业化要选择正确产品

A United Nations agency is offering what it calls a conceptual breakthrough to uplift the world's poorest people. The U.N. Industrial Development Organization contends selective industrialization offers the best chance for smaller, developing countri

VOA双语新闻：索激进派威胁再次袭击维和部队

Somalia's militant al-Shabab group has promised to launch more attacks against African Union peacekeeping troops a day after 11 soldiers from Burundi were killed in blasts claimed by the group. 索马里激进组织青年党发誓要对非洲联盟维和