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

VOA双语新闻：穆加贝发言人反驳国际社会批评

A spokesman for Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe has rejected criticism of the country's presidential election, saying those who call the vote illegitimate can 'go hang'. Mr. Mugabe is attending an African Union summit. 津巴布韦总统穆加贝的发言人反

VOA双语新闻：非盟声明吁津巴布韦组建团结政府

A summit of African leaders is encouraging Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe to form a government of national unity with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. A final summit statement takes no position on Zimbabwe's runoff presidential election, which many wes

VOA双语新闻：土耳其法院就取缔执政党举行听证

Turkey's constitutional court has begun hearing a case calling for the ruling Justice and Development Party to be shut down on the charge of undermining the secular state. The prosecutors are asking the court to disband the party and ban the prime mi

VOA双语新闻：韩国最大工会罢工支持抗议美牛肉

South Korean religious groups have temporarily taken over leadership of protests against the resumption of American beef imports, calling for peace and police restraint. At the same time, South Korea's biggest labor union group has begun a strike and

VOA双语新闻：印卡车司机示威抗议油价暴涨

In India, millions of trucks have gone off the roads to protest rising operating costs triggered by higher fuel prices and rising taxes. High oil prices are hurting India's economy. 数百万印度卡车驶离公路抗议由于高油价和增长的税收

VOA双语新闻：伊朗：正研究新的经济鼓励计划

Iran's foreign minister says there is a new atmosphere in talks centered on his country's controversial nuclear program. In remarks to reporters at the United Nations, Manouchehr Mottaki said there have been positive and constructive developments in

VOA双语新闻：报导称美计划追剿巴境内恐怖份子

The New York Times reports there is a secret plan to put American commandos in Pakistan's tribal areas, along the Afghanistan border, to hunt for terrorists who take refuge there. But the Times says the plan has not been implemented due to concerns a

VOA双语新闻：前红色高棉外交部长在柬法院出庭

Former Khmer Rouge foreign minister leng Sary appeared before Cambodia's genocide tribunal to press for his release from pretrial detention. He is one of five defendants being held by the so-called Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, se