VOA双语新闻：希拉里促支持者努力为奥巴马助选

Senator Hillary Clinton has abandoned her quest to become the first woman elected President of the United States. Clinton called on an enthusiastic crowd of supporters to join her in backing fellow Democrat Barack Obama's presidential campaign. 希拉里

VOA双语新闻：穆沙拉夫否认辞职传言

Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf is denying rumors that he is planning to resign following weeks of criticism from his opponents, some of whom have vowed to impeach him. The president pledged to abide by whatever decisions the country's new parl

VOA双语新闻：布什总统将出访欧洲

Less than one month after his return from the Middle East, U.S. President George Bush is heading abroad again, this time to Europe. He will hold talks with European Union leaders and visit the capitals of key allies: Germany, France, Italy, and Great

VOA双语新闻：布什敦促国会追加战争经费

U.S. President George Bush wants $178 billion more in military spending to help pay for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Opposition Democrats are adding domestic spending to that bill, and Mr. Bush says he will veto it if those programs are not removed.

VOA双语新闻：印度面临能源严重短缺危机

India is coping with huge energy shortfalls as a growing economy raises demand for power. The government has pledged to cover the gap in five years. 由于国内不断增长的能源需求，印度正在面对一场严重的能源短缺。印度政府希

VOA双语新闻：过度捕捞导致亚洲渔业资源萎缩

Communities and marine organizations around the world celebrate World Ocean Day on June 8 to raise awareness about the importance of the seas. Most Asian fishermen are not in a celebratory mood, however. Fish stocks are declining, climate change is c

VOA双语新闻：非洲裔美国人为奥巴马自豪而谨慎

African Americans are reacting with pride to Senator Barack Obama's becoming the first person of color to be the presumptive presidential nominee of a major U.S. political party. For some though, the joy is mixed with the fear of bitter disappointmen

VOA双语新闻：中东停火前景改善以政局继续动荡

Prospects appear to have improved for a Middle East ceasefire. Truce efforts come amid political turmoil in Israel. 中东停火前景看来有所改善。不过，在各方争取实现停火的同时，以色列政局继续动荡。 An Israeli deleg

VOA双语新闻：国际社会承诺提供阿富汗巨额援助

International donors pledged billions of dollars in aid for Afghanistan at a meeting in Paris, but also urged Kabul to do more to fight corruption and instability. 国际捐助者在巴黎举行的会议上承诺向阿富汗提供数十亿美元援助，

VOA双语新闻：报告称巴基斯坦官员协助恐怖分子

Relations between the United States and Pakistan have hit some bumpy spots over efforts to curb terrorist acts by Islamic extremists. The rocky relationship was recently highlighted with the accidental deaths of 11 Pakistani paramilitary soldiers in

VOA双语新闻：布什访欧最后一站强调美欧关系

U.S. President George Bush is using the latest stop on his European trip to urge what he calls a new era in trans-Atlantic relations. Mr. Bush says the United States and Europe must now do more to help freedom flourish in the Middle East. 美国总统布

VOA双语新闻：美国总统候选人激烈辩论伊战问题

The war in Iraq continues to be a sharp point of difference between the two presumptive U.S. presidential nominees, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain. 在即将成为美国总统候选人的美国民主党的巴拉克.奥巴马和共和党

VOA双语新闻：韩美就进口牛肉问题展开附加谈判

South Korea is sending its chief trade official to Washington for what he describes as additional negotiations on a controversial beef import deal. However, leaders of mass protests say nothing short of scrapping the deal and restarting negotiations

VOA双语新闻：布什访意伊朗核问题仍为主要议题

U.S. President George Bush is in Italy for talks with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Thursday and a meeting with Pope Benedict Friday. 美国总统布什星期四在罗马和意大利总理贝卢斯科尼会谈，星期五将会见教皇本笃十六世

VOA双语新闻：尼克松图书馆纪念美中乒乓外交

A table tennis tournament being held June 10-12 is commemorating the historic ping-pong diplomacy that helped open relations between the United States and China in the 1970s. The event at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, Califor

VOA双语新闻：赖斯结束中东之行未取得进展

The United States' top diplomat has concluded a peace mission to Israel and the Palestinian territories. But she has little to show for it. 美国国务卿赖斯结束了她在以色列和巴勒斯坦领土上的和平使命，但是她并没有取得什

VOA双语新闻：北韩赞韩国人抗议进口美国牛肉

North Korea's official news media have recently been praising South Korean anti-U.S. beef protests, describing them as a popular struggle against a traitor president. The protests hold both irony and lessons for North Koreans. 北韩的官方媒体最近

VOA双语新闻：美伊谈判陷僵局 为达协议仍努力

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Friday initial efforts to reach agreement with the United States on the future of the U.S. troop presence have reached a dead end, and negotiators are working on new approaches. 伊拉克总理马利基星期五

VOA双语新闻：阿富汗联军部队搜捕数百越狱逃犯

Afghan and foreign troops have launched a massive manhunt to recapture hundreds of prisoners, including suspected Taliban militants, who escaped a central prison in southern Afghanistan after a raid by Taliban insurgents on Friday night. Authorities

VOA双语新闻：布什晤萨尔科奇磋商伊朗问题

U.S. President George Bush is calling on Iran's leaders to drop their objections to a modified package of incentives put forward by the five UN permanent Security Council members plus Germany. The dispute over Iran's nuclear program and other Mideast