VOA双语新闻2008年：Independent Russian Presidential Bid

The independent presidential bid of Russia's Mikhail Kasyanov is in jeopardy after the Russian prosecutor accused his campaign of forging signatures on a petition required to register for the election. 俄罗斯独立的总统竞选人卡西亚诺夫正

VOA双语新闻2008年：Kenyan Government Charges 'Propagand

The U.S. ambassador to Kenya has angrily denounced print and broadcast advertisements placed by the government of President Mwai Kibaki, which accuses the United States and other Western countries of contributing to post-election violence in the coun

VOA双语新闻 ---奥巴马谴责他的牧师发表不妥言论

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama sought to defuse a brewing political controversy Tuesday when he condemned inflammatory statements made over the years by his former pastor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright of Chicago. Obama's remarks came

VOA双语新闻 ---Nigerian Oil Workers Threaten Walkout

Nigeria's senior oil workers union is threatening a nationwide strike to protest the firing of some of its members by ExxonMobil. Members are to meet later Tuesday, following the expiration of a 21-day ultimatum issued by the union to the oil company

VOA双语新闻 --- 尼泊尔清点选票无政党获绝对优势

Vote counting is under way in Nepal following the nation's historic constituent assembly election. Officials say preliminary reports indicate a high turnout and a low level of vote manipulation. That is expected to formally end more than 200 years of

VOA双语新闻 --- 美国会民主党人批评布什伊战决定

Democrats are criticizing President Bush's latest decisions on military deployments in Iraq, based on recommendations of the U.S. military commander and senior U.S. diplomat in the country. Republicans supported the president, who approved a plan to

VOA双语新闻：美军警告新总统交接面临更大威胁

America's top military officer, Admiral Michael Mullen, says the transition to a new U.S. administration could be a time of heightened threat for the United States. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who spoke in Los Angeles Monday, said the

VOA双语新闻2008年：Anti-Whaling Protesters

Two anti-whaling protesters who boarded a Japanese whaling ship in the Southern Ocean have been released. The transfer defuses a tense situation on the Antarctic seas, but activists say they will continue to harass the Japanese fleet. 两名登上日本

VOA双语新闻 --- 北约将讨论阿富汗局势及东扩问题

Leaders from the 26-member North Atlantic Treaty Organization hold their summit this week in Bucharest, Romania. Topping the agenda will be what to do to help stabilize Afghanistan and what additional countries NATO may invite to join the alliance. 北

VOA双语新闻 --- 北韩首次批韩总统李明博为卖国贼

North Korea has singled out South Korea's president for harsh criticism, for the first time since he took office. Meanwhile, the chief American envoy to talks aimed ending North Korea's nuclear weapons is in Seoul, warning time is running out for the

VOA双语新闻 2008年2月：布什促参院尽快批准经济

President Bush says U.S. Senators must move quickly to approve a $146 billion economic stimulus plan already passed by the House of Representatives. The U.S. economy lost jobs last month for the first time in more than four years. 布什总统星期五

VOA双语新闻 2008年2月：UN秘书长警告肯尼亚或出现

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon dominated day one of the African Union summit, warning of a possible catastrophe in Kenya and saying he would go to Nairobi to support mediation efforts aimed at ending the country's ethnic violence. From summit hea

VOA双语新闻：保护美领馆土耳其警察检查站遇袭

Authorities in Istanbul say six people were killed in an attack on a police checkpoint protecting the U.S. Consulate. Several other people were wounded, but no Americans were hurt in what is described as a terrorist attack. 土耳其的伊斯坦布尔当

VOA双语新闻：八国峰会结束 提出减排远期计划

Leaders of the world's advanced economies have drawn their three-day summit to a close by meeting with counterparts from major emerging economies to propose what they call a vision on climate change. 世界上最发达国家的领导人结束了三天的

VOA双语新闻：美国要求巴阿两国加强反恐协调

A top U.S diplomat has urged Pakistan and Afghanistan to increase anti-terror coordination saying they must extend their governments' authority to their border regions in order to check rising militant activities. Speaking at the end of his three-day

VOA双语新闻：津巴布韦反对派领袖拒入联合政府

Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has rejected the African Union call for a government of national unity. Tsvangirai says he wants no part of a mediation led only by South African President Thabo Mbeki. 津巴布

VOA双语新闻：布什将敦促发达国家信守援非承诺

U.S. President George Bush says he will use next week's meeting of the world's leading industrialized nations to urge fellow leaders to honor the commitments they have made to help Africa. 美国总统布什说，他将利用下周的世界工业发达

VOA双语新闻：美军高官促外交途径解决伊朗问题

The top U.S. military officer says more diplomacy is needed to convince Iran not to develop nuclear weapons, because any military strike would have unforeseeable consequences and could end up putting considerable stress on U.S. forces. 美军参谋长联

VOA双语新闻：六方会谈将商议如何验证平壤之言

Negotiators from six nations are preparing to meet in Beijing for talks on eliminating North Korea's nuclear programs. Discussions will focus on how to verify that Pyongyang is not hiding any nuclear materials or facilities. 参加朝核六方会谈的

VOA双语新闻：希尔：朝鲜半岛无核化核实最关键

The leading U.S. diplomat conducting talks with North Korea and its neighbors on the nation's nuclear program says verification will be the most important aspect of the effort to remove nuclear weapons from the Korean peninsula. Assistant Secretary o