VOA双语新闻：联合国：一百万缅灾民收到援助

United Nations aid agencies say they have been able to reach about one million survivors of Cyclone Nargis in Burma, also known as Myanmar, with aid. That is slightly more than 40 percent of those affected by the devastating storm, which killed nearl

VOA双语新闻：美批评缅延长昂山素季软禁期

The United States Tuesday sharply criticized the Burmese government's decision to extend the detention of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. But President Bush said U.S. cyclone relief for Burma will continue. 美国周二尖锐批评缅甸政府决定

VOA双语新闻：美国退伍军人华盛顿纪念阵亡将士

Americans are marking the Memorial Day holiday weekend - a time set aside to honor the nation's war dead. In Washington, this is also a time for the roar of motorcycle engines - as one group of veterans remembers not just the dead, but the missing. 美

VOA双语新闻：中国副总领事促国际间给灾民帐篷

Chinese officials are urging the international community to aid earthquake relief efforts by donating tents to shelter the estimated five million Chinese who lost their homes. The 7.9 magnitude quake flattened some 45,000 buildings, not including pri

VOA双语新闻：美缅甸灾难评估小组负责人获签证

The State Department said Thursday Burma has granted a visa to the head of the U.S. assessment team assigned for duty in that country's cyclone disaster. But other members of the U.S. Agency for International Development - USAID - team continue to st

VOA双语新闻：布什吁国会批准哥伦比亚贸易协议

U.S. President George Bush wants Congress to approve a free trade agreement with Colombia. Opposition Democrats have delayed that vote until after November elections. 美国总统布什希望国会批准与哥伦比亚的自由贸易协定。但是国会

VOA双语新闻：希尔下周访中俄磋商北韩核问题

The chief U.S. envoy to the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program, Christopher Hill, visits Beijing and Moscow next week to consult on efforts to move the stalled disarmament process forward. Officials say the assistant secretary of State

VOA双语新闻：UN吁南非停止驱逐津巴布韦难民

The UN refugee agency is urging South African authorities to suspend deportation of Zimbabweans and to allow them to regularize their stay in South Africa. The UNHCR says it is making this exceptional request in light of the violence against foreigne

VOA双语新闻：中国四川强烈余震造成更多伤亡

Central China has been struck by a powerful aftershock as the region struggles to recover from a massive earthquake earlier this month that killed tens of thousands of people and left many more homeless. Latest shock killed at least one person in Sic

VOA双语新闻：救援人员仍等待签证进入缅甸救灾

Burma's assurances that it will allow in international relief workers are being put to the test as aid agencies await visas for workers seeking to help victims of Cyclone Nargis. Skeptics are questioning whether Burma's military leaders will allow in

VOA双语新闻：韩国总统访华期待加强与中国合作

South Korea's President heads to China this week for high-level talks with his country's biggest trading partner. Besides hoping to expand commercial opportunities, Seoul hopes to strengthen security cooperation on issues such as ending North Korea's

VOA双语新闻：对穷国援助连续第二年下降

In 2000 the United Nations adopted the Millennium Development Goals to be achieved by 2015. One of these is halving the number of people living in extreme poverty. However, with only seven years left, campaigners are concerned that at the present rat

VOA双语新闻：分析人士称东盟增添缅与西方互信

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has long had a policy of engaging with Burma, even when many countries have criticized its military government. Now, some regional political analysts credit ASEAN with helping persuade Burma to allow in fore

VOA双语新闻：缅甸军政府延长监禁昂山素季半年

Burma's military government has extended the detention of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi for at least six months. Security forces also arrested about 20 opposition supporters. Meanwhile aid agencies say they are gradually gaining access to cyclon

VOA双语新闻：巴格达一座主要大桥重新开通

A major bridge in Baghdad that spans the Tigris River reopened Tuesday with much fanfare, 13 months after terrorists bombed the landmark and killed more than 10 people. Iraqi officials say they are celebrating more than a bridge reopening; they are c

VOA双语新闻：麦凯恩敦促制止核武扩散

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Senator John McCain, spoke about the dangers of nuclear proliferation Tuesday in a speech in Denver, Colorado. Meanwhile, there is only one week left in the Democratic primary battle between Senators B

VOA双语新闻：走访灾区：地震孤儿可能数以千计

The earthquake in southwestern China displaced five million people, and many families were separated, leaving parents and children still looking for their loved ones. In the chaos, there has been a special outpouring of concern for the thousands of c

VOA双语新闻：国际施压迫缅甸允外国医疗队进入

Burma has agreed to allow foreign medical teams into regions hit by Cyclone Nargis. The agreement, reached during a meeting of the Association of South East Asian Nations, comes ahead of a visit to Burma this week by the United Nations secretary-gene

VOA双语新闻：中国开始三天全国哀悼地震遇难者

Chinese flags flew at half-staff to mark the beginning of a three-day mourning period for the victims of a massive earthquake that struck southwestern China one week ago. More than 34,000 people have been confirmed dead, and the casualties now includ

VOA双语新闻：法与哈马斯会谈称其表现出灵活性

The French government says it has held informal talks with Hamas for the first time in months, and suggests that the militant Palestinian group is showing new flexibility. 法国政府表示，法国政府和哈马斯举行了几个月来的第一次会