VOA双语新闻 2008年2月：奥巴马几天筹款七百万势

Senator Barack Obama has raised more than $7 million for his presidential campaign in the hours since the Super Tuesday voting contests this week. This new wave of fundraising comes as Obama's Democratic opponent, Senator Hillary Clinton, said she lo

VOA双语新闻 2008年2月：美亚特兰蒂斯号航天飞机

Atlantis lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Thursday, carrying seven astronauts and a European built research module. The launch follows a two-month delay needed to fix a problem in the fuel gauge on the shuttle's external fuel tank

VOA双语新闻 2008年2月：乍得在首都及六省宵禁并

Chad's government has ordered a curfew for the capital and six provinces in the interior as its army tries to chase down rebels who nearly toppled the president. Opposition leaders have been jailed in N'Djamena, while tens of thousands of civilians h

VOA双语新闻 2008年2月：前红色高棉头目农谢再度

The Khmer Rouge's former second-in-command, Nuon Chea, has been back in court, facing charges of crimes against humanity and other offenses committed during the communist rule of Cambodia 30 years ago. Nuon Chea has asked to be released on bail becau

VOA双语新闻 2008年2月：East Timor President Wounded

The President of East Timor, Jose Ramos-Horta, has been shot and wounded in attack by rebel soldiers at his home in the capital Dili, an army spokesman said. A fugitive renegade soldier who has been blamed for recent unrest in the fledgling nation wa

VOA双语新闻：希腊族塞浦路斯人投票选举新总统

Demetris Christofias, who has won the presidential election in Cyprus, and the leader of Turkish Cypriots, Mehmet Ali Talat, have agreed to meet for talks on reunification of the island. There is a new way of electioneering in Cyprus, for the first t

VOA双语新闻：美防长希望从伊拉克撤出更多美军

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he hopes to pull more American troops out of Iraq after a brief pause in withdrawals in July or August. Gates made his comments en route to Australia, which he says will continue to play a military role in Ira

VOA双语新闻 2008年2月：Choice for Kenya Mediator Withd

South African businessman Cyril Ramaphosa has withdrawn from his planned role as chief mediator in talks to resolve Kenya's political crisis, after the Kenyan government expressed objections. Former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan is currently lead

VOA双语新闻：东帝汶将向十八叛乱士兵发逮捕令

East Timor's embattled government is preparing arrest warrants for 18 men believed to have been involved in the assassination attempts on the country's president and prime minister. Additional Australian peacekeepers continue to arrive in the tiny re

VOA双语新闻：美以谋杀和战争罪起诉九一一嫌犯

The U.S. Defense Department has charged six detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay detention center with murder and war crimes in connection with the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. The six include Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the susp

VOA双语新闻：Ghana Hosts State Dinner for Bush

The president and Mrs. Bush are in Ghana where they were the guests of honor at a state dinner hosted by President John Kufuor and his wife, Theresa. 正在加纳访问的布什总统和夫人受到加纳总统库福尔和夫人特里莎的国宴款待

VOA双语新闻：布什访加纳促进当地防治艾滋工作

President Bush is in Ghana where American money is helping slow the spread of HIV/AIDS. Mr. Bush is again pressing the Congress to double AIDS funding over the next five years to $30 billion. 美国总统布什正在访问加纳，在那里，美国提

VOA双语新闻 2008年2月：哈马斯协助埃及关闭沿加

Egypt has closed the border with the Gaza Strip, ending 11 days of unrestricted movement for Palestinians. 埃及关闭了同巴勒斯坦加沙地带的边境，结束了11天来巴勒斯坦人在该地区无限制的活动。 Egyptian security force

VOA双语新闻 2008年2月：乐施会警告贫困使阿民众

International aid agency Oxfam is calling for a major change of direction by Western countries in their efforts to reduce suffering in Afghanistan. It warns poverty is driving ordinary Afghans into the arms of insurgents and drug gangs. 国际救援机

VOA双语新闻 2008年2月：Opposition Lawmaker Shot Dead

A second lawmaker with Kenya's opposition party has been shot dead in what police are describing as a crime of passion. The slaying has already sparked new protests and could add to the post-election chaos sweeping the country. 肯尼亚第二位反对

VOA双语新闻 2008年2月：Kenya Dominates

The political turmoil in Kenya has been the central theme at the opening session of an African Union summit in Addis Ababa. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon leaves Friday for Nairobi to join efforts to calm Kenya's ethnic tensions. 肯尼亚的政治

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 2008年2月：共和党总统候选人争做里

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney accused rival John McCain of dirty tricks during a lively debate Wednesday evening. The Republican candidates squared off at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, each invoking

VOA双语新闻：联合国再次对伊难民处境表示担忧

In testimony to a congressional committee, a United Nations official has expressed renewed concern about conditions facing Iraqi refugees who have fled to neighboring countries. 联合国一位官员在美国国会作证时再次对逃到邻国的伊拉