VOA双语新闻：美民主党候选人加紧关键两州竞选

Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are seeking crucial votes in Indiana and North Carolina, where primary elections will be held Tuesday. Meanwhile, Democrats in the in the small Pacific island territory of Guam made

VOA双语新闻：美遣送前半岛电视台摄影师至苏丹

The Pentagon says it believes a former al-Jazeera cameraman sent from the Guantanamo detention center to Sudan Thursday is still dangerous, and it expects the Sudanese government to help ensure he does not resume what the Pentagon says is his involve

VOA双语新闻：津巴布韦暴力升级

As Zimbabwe braces itself for a runoff in the presidential election, violence against people loyal to the Movement for Democratic Change, or MDC, has reached unprecedented levels. MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Tuesday that more than 50 people

VOA双语新闻：布什恭贺母亲节并祝女儿新婚幸福

U.S. President George Bush is at his Texas ranch, where his daughter Jenna is getting married in a private ceremony at the Bush home. The president noted the occasion in his weekly radio address. 美国总统布什目前在德克萨斯州他的牧场家

VOA双语新闻：国际社会踊跃向中国震区捐款捐物

The international community is pledging aid packages for survivors of China's earthquake, which has killed more than 14,000 people and left tens of thousands of others in need of emergency aid. The southern Chinese city is spearheading a global relie

VOA双语新闻：印反击美将粮价高涨归咎印度说法

Politicians across the Indian political spectrum are condemning President Bush's remark, linking high food prices in the West to a growing middle class in India. Indians are pointing the finger back at the United States. 印度各党派政治人物最近

VOA双语新闻：民主党竞选人在关键两州展开冲刺

In the U.S. presidential race, both Democratic contenders have stressed party unity before two primary contests that could prove decisive in deciding which of the two will face the presumed Republican nominee, Arizona Senator John McCain, in the Nove

VOA双语新闻：美国预期北韩星期四全面申报核情

U.S. officials say they expect North Korea to make its long-delayed declaration about its nuclear program on Thursday, and if it does the Bush administration is ready to begin dropping sanctions against Pyongyang. A senior State Department official i

VOA双语新闻：布什会见伊拉克总统讨论许多议题

U.S. President George Bush has met with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani at the White House. The outlook for an agreement on the future nature of the American presence in Iraq was among the many issues discussed. 美国总统布什在白宫会见了伊拉

VOA双语新闻：韩国正式解除对进口美国牛肉禁令

South Korea has lifted a formal ban on U.S. beef imports. Authorities are also taking a harder line on street protesters opposing the imports, now that an amended deal has been reached with Washington. 韩国正式解除了从美国进口牛肉的禁令

VOA双语新闻：联合国警告缅甸面临食品短缺威胁

United Nations agencies warn that Burma's food shortages and escalating prices pose a threat to its food security. Aid agencies also say Burma may need food assistance for at least a year to support communities devastated by Cyclone Nargis. 联合国机

VOA双语新闻：美国：不能听任伊朗搞核武害子孙

US National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley says the world cannot let down future generations by allowing Iran to develop a nuclear bomb, saying such a development would be a disaster for the Middle East and the rest of the planet. 美国国家安全顾

VOA双语新闻：联合国粮农组织：22穷国最缺粮

The United Nations food agency says 22 countries are particularly threatened by the global food crisis that has seen soaring prices increase hunger and led to protests and riots in some countries. The FAO says these countries are vulnerable because t

VOA双语新闻 - 英法外长前往刚果拟缓和人道危机

The foreign ministers of Britain and France are heading to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda to try to stave off a further humanitarian crisis in eastern Congo where tens of thousands are fleeing advancing rebel forces, despite a cease-fire

VOA双语新闻 - 非洲人对奥巴马当选总统欢欣鼓舞

Millions of Africans are exhausted after staying up all night watching expectantly to see whether a man of African descent will elected to the America's highest office. An all-night party of journalists and political enthusiasts in Addis Ababa where

VOA双语新闻 - 美国数千万选民提前投票热情高涨

Record numbers of Americans have already cast their ballots in early voting - more than 28 million people in 34 of the 50 states. Election statistics and a new opinion survey show that registered Democrats are turning out to vote early in far greater

VOA双语新闻 - 美国国会选举民主党预料增加席位

Americans go to the polls Tuesday to vote for members of the U.S. Congress as well as the president. All 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives will be up for election, along with will more than one-third of the 100-member Senate. Democrats

VOA双语新闻 - 美或接受伊修改安全协议某些要求

U.S. officials are denying reports that they are abandoning efforts to negotiate an agreement on the future of U.S. forces in Iraq, saying they will soon respond to Iraqi proposals for changes in the draft, and that some changes may be possible. 美国

VOA双语新闻 - 美两党总统候选人做选战最后冲刺

The major U.S. presidential candidates are making last-minute appeals in hotly contested states in advance of Tuesday's election. Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain are focusing on a handful of states that could determine the winner. 美国

VOA双语新闻 - 美军在阿富汗打死19名武装份子

The U.S. military in Afghanistan says troops conducting several raids targeting al-Qaida, Taliban and Haqqani militant networks have killed 19 fighters. There are also news reports that the head of British special forces in Afghanistan has resigned a