VOA双语新闻 ---美宾州选民将在关键的初选中投票

All eyes in the U.S. presidential election campaign are on Pennsylvania, where voters will cast ballots Tuesday in the race for the Democratic Party nomination. Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are campaigning in the state almost non-stop. 所

VOA双语新闻 ---美国认为卡特会晤哈马斯没有收获

The U.S. State Department says it sees no policy changes by the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the wake of former President Jimmy Carter's meetings with Hamas leaders. The Bush administration counseled Mr. Carter against meeting Hamas. 美国国务

VOA双语新闻 ---布什与墨西哥总统讨论移民等问题

President Bush is in New Orleans, playing host to his North American counterparts, Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Immigration was a top issue with President Calderon. 布什总统正在新奥尔良接待北

VOA双语新闻 ---Oil Prices Reach a Record High

Government energy ministers from oil-rich nations and international oil company executives are attending a three-day International Energy Forum in Rome. The meeting, which ends Tuesday, is being held as crude oil prices reached a record high. 盛产石

VOA双语新闻 ---奥巴马在宾州初选中与克林顿对决

Democratic presidential contenders Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are headed for a crucial primary showdown in Pennsylvania on Tuesday. Clinton desperately needs a win to stay in the race, while Obama hopes a good showing will solidify his status a

VOA双语新闻 ---世界最大水电工程将提高非洲电力

Seven African governments and some of the world's largest banks and construction firms are meeting in London to plan the biggest hydro-electric power project in the world. Supporters say the $80 billion project on the Congo River could double the amo

VOA双语新闻 ---伊朗总统将访印 两国关系有改善

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected to make a brief visit to India before the end of the month. It will be the first trip to the South Asian nation by an Iranian head of state in five years. Discussions are expected to include a propose

VOA双语新闻 ---教皇在体育场主持弥撒 群情振奋

Pope Benedict XVI ended his six-day visit to the United States with a jubilant mass at the 57,000-seat Yankee Stadium. The leader of the world's one billion Catholics praised the United States' tradition of religious freedom at the service. 罗马天主

VOA双语新闻 ---美国韩国对北韩公布核清单抱希望

President Bush and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak say they are still hopeful that North Korea will disclose the details of its nuclear weapons program, as required under a 2007 six-party accord. Pyongyang is more than three months late in discl

VOA双语新闻 ---天主教教皇走访纽约世贸大厦遗址

Pope Benedict XVI began his last day in the United States at Ground Zero, the site of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on New York. 教皇本笃十六世以参观纽约世贸大厦遗址开始他最后一天对美国的访问。世贸大厦遗址

VOA双语新闻 ---France to Double Food Aid

French President Nicolas Sarkozy says his country will double emergency food aid to meet a crisis sparked in several developing countries over sharply rising food prices. Mr. Sarkozy's remarks made at a major international conference in Paris. 法国总

VOA双语新闻 ---美议员起草法案要伊承担更多战费

A group of Democratic and Republican senators have begun drafting legislation that would require Iraq to fund more of the war costs that Americans are now paying. 一些民主党和共和党议员开始起草一项法案，要求伊拉克承担更多的

VOA双语新闻 ---卡特会哈玛斯领袖招以美官员抗议

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has sparked an outcry of protest from Israeli and American officials for his decision to meet with Hamas leaders during a week-long visit to the Middle East. Although he received a cold welcoming in Israel in recent

VOA双语新闻 ---Pope Celebrates Outdoor Mass in US Capital

Pope Benedict XVI has celebrated an outdoor Mass for more than 45,000 people in Washington, D.C. The pope expressed concerns about problems in modern society and once again addressed the sex scandal that has rocked the church. 罗马天主教皇本笃在

VOA双语新闻 ---布什：努力遏制温室气体排放增长

President Bush says the United States will strive to stop the growth of greenhouse gas emissions by 2025. The pledge came as representatives of 17 countries headed to Paris for talks on climate change. 布什总统说，美国将在2025年之前努力遏

VOA双语新闻 ---彼得雷乌斯被提名领导中央司令部

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has named the top U.S. commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, to lead the U.S. Central Command, which oversees the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as U.S. military operations and security cooperation thro

VOA双语新闻 ---油价为何如此高？答案似多种多样

Since the beginning of the decade, gasoline prices in the United States have roughly tripled, while the global price of a barrel of oil has risen even more. The trend has inflicted pain on consumers and petroleum-dependent industries while massively

VOA双语新闻 ---美重申拒绝北韩未履行承诺核申报

The Bush administration said Wednesday it will not accept a North Korean nuclear declaration that does not fulfill Pyongyang's obligations under the six-party disarmament accord. U.S. intelligence officials are preparing to brief congressional leader

VOA双语新闻 ---Clinton Wins Crucial Pennsylvania Primary

Senator Hillary Clinton has won the Pennsylvania primary election, keeping her campaign for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination alive. Despite the victory, she still trails Senator Barack Obama in the total number of delegates committed to

VOA双语新闻 ---宾州选民在关键的总统初选中投票

The ballot count is underway in a crucial primary election in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Voters chose between two candidates for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination: Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. 美国宾夕法尼亚州正