VOA双语新闻：美报告称伊拉克安全取得重大进展

A quarterly Pentagon report on the situation in Iraq cites significant progress in recent months on security issues, but also says the progress is still fragile and uneven, and challenges remain in the effort to settle tough political issues and achi

VOA双语新闻：今年对落实阿新策略至关重要

The top U.S. military officer says 2009 is a critical year for implementing President Barack Obama's new strategy for Afghanistan. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, spoke Tuesday to a gathering in Washington of senior mi

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马和布朗淡化经济分歧

U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown are calling for global unity as world leaders gather in London for an emergency economic summit. The two leaders downplayed differences on steps to reverse the current economic slide

VOA双语新闻：美俄同意重开削减远程核武器会谈

The United States and Russia have agreed to reopen talks on reducing long-range nuclear weapons. The announcement was made as U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev met in London, the site of the G20 economic summit. 美国和

VOA双语新闻：俄罗斯积极评价美俄总统会晤

Russia says strategic stability, international security, non-proliferation, and cooperation against emerging threats are among the interests Moscow shares with the United States. The Kremlin is also offering a positive assessment of Wednesday's meeti

VOA双语新闻：亚太旅游协会：今年会有复苏迹象

The top travel industry group in Asia expects a modest recovery in travel to the region late this year, despite the global financial downturn. Travel analysts say the industry faces business closures as part of the economic rebound. 亚洲一个航运业

VOA双语新闻：美国增加失业者 各国股市却上扬

The United States has seen another jump in the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits. The news did not dampen investor exuberance in the United States or elsewhere, as financial markets worldwide rallied sharply higher. 美国又有更多

VOA双语新闻：各国首脑赞峰会 并力一向战衰退

Leaders of the world's 20 major developed and emerging economies have agreed on huge spending measures to boost world economies and implement tougher financial regulations to try avoid such crises in future. 全世界20个主要发达和新兴经济体

VOA双语新闻：北约成员国支持采取阿富汗新战略

NATO leaders have agreed on more troops, training and money for Afghanistan, warmly welcomed the new U.S. president, and selected a new secretary-general to take over the alliance in August - all amid a highly symbolic summit to celebrate NATO's 60th

VOA双语新闻：美财政部长称失业率可能还会攀升

The U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the unemployment rate may go above its current 25-year high of 8.5 percent, but says the United States and other countries must keep moving forward in making steps toward economic recovery. 美国财政

VOA双语新闻：经济改革提高亚洲应对衰退能力

The man who helped Thailand survive the Asian financial crisis says reforms a decade ago have made the region's banks better able to weather the global economic downturn. Former Finance Minister Tarrin Nimmanahaeminda also gave his endorsement to ban

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马称谋求与穆斯林世界新关系

U.S. President Barack Obama says he is seeking a new chapter in American relations with the Muslim world. Mr. Obama stressed the importance of ongoing dialogue as he wrapped up a visit to Turkey. 美国总统奥巴马说，他正在寻求美国和穆斯

VOA双语新闻：美国伊朗高级官员在海牙会晤

Senior U.S. and Iranian leaders met Tuesday on the sidelines of an international conference in The Hague aimed at re-energizing international commitments for war-torn Afghanistan. Participants agreed to boost security and development in the central A

VOA双语新闻：美国特使重申建立巴勒斯坦国承诺

U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell has told Palestinian leaders the United States remains committed to the establishment of a Palestinian state. Mr. Mitchell met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank as part of a stepped up U.

VOA双语新闻：巴基斯坦酒店保安差成为袭击对象

Investigators are sifting through the rubble of the Pearl Continental Hotel in northwest Pakistan, searching for clues to Tuesday night's devastating truck bombing that killed at least 9 people and injured 70 others. Closed-circuit footage aired on P

VOA双语新闻：白宫称投资医保乃促经济增长关键

White House budget director Peter Orszag told U.S. lawmakers Tuesday that investing in health care is key to creating economic growth. 美国白宫预算办公室主任欧尔萨格星期二在国会表示，对医疗保健的投资是创造经济增长

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马呼吁各国协调行动刺激经济

U.S. President Barack Obama is calling on America's allies to further coordinate efforts to jump-start their economies. The president also is expected to sign a bill Wednesday to keep the U.S. government running through September, while calling for r

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马：美国在必要关头才会参战

U.S. President Barack Obama is promising new Navy and Marine Corps officers that he will only send young Americans into battle when it is absolutely necessary. The president spoke Friday to the graduating class of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis,

VOA双语新闻：国会参院通过补充性战争开支法案

The U.S. Senate has approved a $91 billion package that will continue funding the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and provide assistance to Pakistan by a vote 86-3 late Thursday. The measure will have to be reconciled with a House-passed version before

VOA双语新闻：印尼航空公司欢迎欧盟取消禁飞令

The European Commission has partially lifted a ban on Indonesian airlines entering European air space. The ban was issued two years ago after the International Civil Aviation Authority identified 121 safety problems with Indonesian airlines. 欧洲委员