VOA双语新闻：以色列考虑埃及有关加沙停火建议

Three weeks after the end of the war in the Gaza Strip, there are reports of progress on a long-term cease-fire. 加沙地带战事结束三个星期后，媒体报导说长期停火协议取得了进展。 Israel's Cabinet discussed a three-stage Ga

VOA双语新闻：卡尔扎伊吁与基地无关塔利班返国

At a high-level security conference in Munich, Germany Afghan President Hamid Karzai defended his country's progress toward peace Sunday and urged reconciliation with members of the Taliban that were not part of al-Qaida. 阿富汗总统卡尔扎伊星

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马全力推动其经济刺激计划

U.S. President Barack Obama is stepping up his campaign for passage of the massive economic stimulus plan now making its way through Congress. Mr. Obama is taking to the road and the airwaves. 美国总统奥巴马正在加速推动他大规模刺激经

VOA双语新闻：斯北方战区民众面临严重食品危机

The World Food Program warns hundreds of thousands of people, trapped by fighting in the northeastern Sri Lankan region of Vanni, are facing a food crisis. The Sri Lankan government is pressing its military campaign against the Tamil Tiger rebels in

VOA双语新闻：美派遣高级代表团出席慕尼黑会议

The United States is sending a high-profile delegation to a key security conference that opened in Munich, Germany Friday, marking a new page in transatlantic relations under the Obama administration. 美国派遣一个级别很高的代表团前往德

VOA双语新闻：伊拉克公布省级选举初步结果

Iraq's electoral commission has announced the preliminary results of last weekend's provincial elections, amid some accusations of irregularities and voting fraud. The Iraqi army and security forces, however, say that they will maintain order despite

VOA双语新闻：红十字会：加沙面临全面人道危机

The International Committee of the Red Cross said Gaza is suffering what it calls a full-blown humanitarian crisis. It said the death toll and number of injured is rising, the infrastructure of the Palestinian territory is shattered and civilians lac

VOA双语新闻：阿拉伯国家促以色列结束加沙攻势

Arab foreign ministers met at the United Nations on Monday to discuss a draft resolution for the Security Council that calls for an immediate end to Israeli attacks in Gaza. 阿拉伯各国外长星期一聚集在纽约的联合国总部，讨论将递

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马促国会迅速通过刺激经济案

President-elect Barack Obama urged congressional leaders on Monday to act quickly to pass a huge stimulus package for the U.S. economy. Mr. Obama met with a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Capitol Hill. 美国当选总统总统奥巴马星期一敦促

VOA双语新闻：国际社会加紧调解加沙冲突努力

The Egyptian capital, Cairo, is buzzing with diplomatic activity, as European and Arab diplomats scramble to put together a cease-fire in Gaza, amid increasingly strident calls from Arab public opinion to halt Israel's invasion of the enclave. 在埃及

VOA双语新闻：美国推动处理核心问题的加沙协议

The Bush administration said it is pushing for a Gaza agreement that will end Hamas rocket fire into Israel, arms smuggling through tunnels from Egypt, and re-open Gaza crossing points for relief supplies and commerce. Secretary of State Condoleezza

VOA双语新闻：布什下令向达尔富尔无偿空运物资

U.S. President George Bush has authorized an American airlift of equipment for African Union and United Nations peacekeepers in Sudan's troubled Darfur region. 美国总统布什授权美国有关部门向苏丹战乱地区达尔富尔的非洲联盟和

VOA双语新闻：以部队进入加沙后战事在继续升级

Fighting escalated in Gaza a day after an Israeli ground offensive into the Palestinian territory. Israel confirms one of its soldiers has been killed and 30 wounded, and medical officials in Gaza say more than 30 Palestinians have been killed since

VOA双语新闻：印控克什米尔暴力冲突致7人丧生

Fighting between suspected Muslim militants and Indian troops in a forest area of Indian administered Kashmir has entered its fourth day on Sunday. The violence close to the line of control has claimed seven lives, including three security personnel.

VOA双语新闻：北约欧盟加强科索沃冲突城市治安

Troops of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and European police have increased patrols in and around Kosovo's volatile northern town of Mitrovica, after at least six people were injured in clashes between Serbs and ethnic Albanians late F

VOA双语新闻：布什指责哈马斯挑起加沙暴力冲突

For the first time since the start of the Israeli military offensive in Gaza, U.S. President George Bush has gone before television cameras to talk about the Mideast crisis. 自以色列对加沙开始发动攻击以来，美国总统布什第一次在

VOA双语新闻：赖斯展开外交努力以解决加沙危机

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is joining U.N. Security Council and bilateral diplomacy on the Gaza crisis in New York. The United States is seeking a deal on Gaza that would end Hamas rocket fire into Israel, halt arms smuggling to the mil

VOA双语新闻：布什将太平洋大片海域定为保护区

U.S. President George Bush is launching one of the biggest conservation efforts in the world. He is designating large tracts of the Pacific as national monuments - meaning they are protected from commercial fishing, mining and other uses. 美国总统布

VOA双语新闻：以同意周三起在加沙开通人道走廊

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told the U.N. Security Council Tuesday that Israel has agreed to open a humanitarian corridor into Gaza starting Wednesday. Meanwhile, Egypt's president has invited Israel and the Palestinian factions to talks in C

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马称将外交上更多使用软实力

President-elect Barack Obama has indicated his administration is likely to be less reliant on the threat of military force to persuade and influence other countries, and more likely to use so-called soft power, the attractiveness of a nation's ideals