VOA双语新闻：美国新总统：承担责任果敢行动

Barack Obama has become the 44th President of the United States, taking the oath of office on the steps of the U.S. Capitol before a crowd of more than one million people who had gathered in frigid temperatures to see the first African American becom

VOA双语新闻：潘基文：加沙惨况“令人心碎”

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has become the first international leader to visit the Gaza Strip following Israel's 22-day offensive. Israeli troops continue to pull out of the battered enclave, where Palestinian medical officials say 1,300 peopl

VOA双语新闻：阿拉伯峰会为重建加沙提供资金

Top Arab leaders are meeting in Kuwait to discuss rebuilding Gaza and what to do about a stalled 2002 Arab peace initiative with Israel. The meeting, however, takes place amid deep divisions. 阿拉伯国家领导人正在科威特举行会议，讨论

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马将平衡伊拉克和阿富汗问题

President-elect Barack Obama has said that very soon after his inauguration on Tuesday he will meet with top U.S. military leaders to discuss priorities. During the election campaign he said he would give the military a new mission in Iraq. But prior

VOA双语新闻：伊斯兰力量占领索马里首都基地

In Somalia, Islamist fighters loyal to the Islamic Courts Union have taken control of several bases vacated by Ethiopian troops in the Somali capital. Mogadishu remains tense amid fears that militant al-Shabab fighters could launch attacks against mo

VOA双语新闻：印称引渡孟买袭击肇事者立场未变

India's foreign minister is insisting the government has not backed away from its demand Pakistan hand over perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks for prosecution on Indian soil. 印度外长坚持说，印度要求巴基斯坦把孟买恐怖袭击的

VOA双语新闻：布什告别演说回顾过去展望未来

U.S. President George Bush delivered his farewell address to the nation Thursday night. Mr. Bush used the occasion to reflect on the past and look toward the future. 美国总统布什星期四晚上向全国发表告别演说，利用这个机会回顾

VOA双语新闻：泰总理将和解及复苏列为首要要务

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva placed national reconciliation and economic recovery at the top of the government's program to end years of political discord on Wednesday. Mr. Abhisit also called for restoration of the rule of law. 泰国总理阿

VOA双语新闻：亚洲各国竭力为失业者寻找出路

Millions of Asian workers are losing their jobs because of the global economic downturn. After many years of urban job creation, governments are scrambling to find work in the countryside for the unemployed. 数以百万计的亚洲工人正在因为全

VOA双语新闻：希拉里称支持北韩核问题六方会谈

At her Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday, Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clinton expressed support for the Chinese-led six-party negotiations aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear program. But she told the Senate Foreign Relations Committe

VOA双语新闻：希拉里：美国应以外交手段为主导

Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clinton told senators Tuesday that the Obama administration will exercise smart power in international affairs with diplomacy taking the lead. 被任命为国务卿的希拉里.克林顿星期二对参议院说，奥

VOA双语新闻：布什召开最后一次内阁会议

U.S. President George Bush says he is leaving office with a record of accomplishment, and says he is going back to Texas with his head held high. Mr. Bush spoke during a farewell meeting with his Cabinet. 美国总统布什在和他的内阁成员举行

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马面临美俄关系重大挑战

According to three former senior U.S. government officials, one of the central foreign policy questions facing the incoming Obama administration will be how to deal with a resurgent Russia. 即将上任的奥巴马政府面临的一个主要外交政策

VOA双语新闻：俄罗斯提议就天然气争端召开峰会

Russia is proposing a summit of all countries involved in the current gas dispute between Moscow and Kyiv. The proposal comes a week after Moscow halted deliveries of Russian gas through a Ukrainian pipeline that supplies much of Europe. 俄罗斯提议

VOA双语新闻：负面经济消息导致全球股市下滑

Another dismal day on the overseas markets as the global economic downturn continues. In Asia, tumbling Chinese exports are now affecting jobs there. In Europe, British retail sales are nose-diving. 星期二，全球股市在经济衰退继续蔓延的

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马提八千亿紧急刺激经济计划

President-elect Barack Obama is proposing an emergency $800 billion economic stimulus plan that would use government spending and taxing power to help pull the faltering U.S. economy out of recession. 美国总统当选人奥巴马提出一个8000亿美

VOA双语新闻：俄罗斯周二恢复向欧洲输送天然气

The delivery of Russian natural gas is expected to resume Tuesday morning after Ukraine, Russia and the European Union signed a protocol allowing observers to monitor pipelines that transport the fuel across Ukraine. Moscow and Kyiv came to an agreem

VOA双语新闻：英国敦促以巴在加沙停火

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband says it is in everyone's interest to see the U.N. Security Council resolution on Gaza implemented as soon as possible. 英国外交大臣米利班德说，尽快落实联合国安理会的加沙决议案，符合

VOA双语新闻：布什在告别记者会上为其政绩辩护

U.S. President George Bush defended his record in office and wished his successor well as he went before reporters for a farewell news conference. 美国总统布什在白宫举行告别记者会时为他执政期间的政绩进行辩护，并祝福他

VOA双语新闻：美敦促以巩固完善加沙人道通道

The United States said it is pressing Israel to expand the terms of its temporary cease-fires in Gaza to allow greater access for humanitarian aid to the besieged area. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is continuing to lead U.S. cease-fire diploma