VOA双语新闻：赖斯抵达中东批评以扩建定居点

The United States' top diplomat has arrived in the Middle East to try to give a boost to the peace process. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is pushing for a peace agreement before President Bush leaves office in January. 美国国务卿赖斯抵达

VOA双语新闻：赖斯努力促以巴和平进程重回正轨

America's top diplomat is in the Middle East trying to get the peace process back on track. 美国国务卿赖斯正在中东访问，试图推动中东和平进程重回轨道。 Israeli settlement expansion topped the agenda as Secretary of State C

VOA双语新闻：布什访英取得重要成果

U.S. President George Bush has won British support for his twin appeals for more troops for Afghanistan and more pressure on Iran. He got some welcome news from British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. 美国总统布什赢得英国对他两项要求的支

VOA双语新闻：美特使访华磋商伊朗核问题

The U.S. ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency is in Beijing for discussions expected to focus on Iran's uranium nuclear program. China has been reluctant to support tougher U.N. sanctions against Tehran. 美国驻国际原子能机构大

VOA双语新闻：麦凯恩：现实理想主义的外交政策

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Senator John McCain, says he is a realistic idealist on U.S. foreign policy positions and goals. Experts say his military background and experience as a prisoner of war in Vietnam keep him focused on p

VOA双语新闻：布什周四将视察美中部洪水灾区

U.S. President George Bush will visit the Midwest state of Iowa Thursday to inspect damage from major flooding along the Mississippi River. Mr. Bush says he will work with Congress to replenish funds used to help those affected by natural disaster. 美

VOA双语新闻：联合国：世界难民人数持续增加

The U.N. refugee agency says the number of people fleeing violence and repression worldwide has risen to 11.4 million, largely due to the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. 联合国难民署说，全球范围逃离暴力和压迫的人数已经上升到

VOA双语新闻：麦凯恩呼吁允许开采美国近海石油

President Bush and Republican presidential candidate John McCain are both calling for an end to a moratorium on developing oil and natural gas resources along much of the U.S. coastline. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama opposes such a m

VOA双语新闻：布什欲撤销美国近海石油禁采令

U.S. President George Bush wants Congress to end a federal ban on offshore oil drilling. Opposition Democrats say that would not lower gas prices. 布什总统要国会撤销禁止进行海洋石油勘探的联邦命令。反对党民主党却说，这

VOA双语新闻：美中承诺在能源环境方面展开合作

Cabinet-level officials from Washington and Beijing Wednesday concluded two days of talks in Annapolis, Maryland with a commitment to cooperate on energy and environmental issues and begin work on a bi-lateral investment treaty. There was also discus

VOA双语新闻：韩国总统再就进口美牛肉协议道歉

South Korea's president has made a second public apology for his management of a deal to resume controversial American beef imports. Responding to massive street protests, he says he will ensure age limits on the imports, in partnership with Washingt

VOA双语新闻：布什视察爱奥华洪涝灾区

U.S. President George Bush is in the Midwest state of Iowa surveying flood damage from heavy rains that have washed out millions of hectares of grazing and farmlands. 美国总统布什在中西部地区的爱奥华州视察了洪涝灾区，大雨冲毁

VOA双语新闻：曼谷大规模示威 反对党意欲倒阁

Thai police are trying to keep anti-government protesters from entering the grounds of the prime minister's office building. Anti-government groups are escalating their efforts to push Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej out of power. 泰国警察正在努

VOA双语新闻：韩国改组高层以缓解示威者之怒

South Korea's President has begun a high-level shakeup of his government expected to continue next week. The move is aimed at soothing the anger of tens of thousands of protesters who say he has disregarded public sentiment on everything from U.S. be

VOA双语新闻：美国众议院通过外国情报监听法案

The House of Representatives has approved legislation updating U.S. foreign intelligence surveillance law. President Bush welcomed the bipartisan compromise measure saying it will improve U.S. capabilities to prevent another terrorist attacks. But so

VOA双语新闻：麦克莱伦国会作证谈中情局泄密案

A former White House spokesman says Americans have lost trust in U.S. President George Bush, because he is refusing to reveal his administration's involvement in leaking the identity of a previously-covert CIA operative. The Bush administration dismi

VOA双语新闻：民调：奥巴马小幅领先麦凯恩

Recent public opinion polls in the U.S. presidential race give Democrat Barack Obama a lead over Republican John McCain. But the lead is less than expected given some Democratic advantages this election year. 最近有关美国总统竞选的民意调查

VOA双语新闻：泰总理沙马称不会因抗议活动辞职

Thailand's Prime Minister says he will not step aside despite on-going protests but will face a no-confidence debate in parliament in the coming week. The prime minister also denies claims by protestors encamped outside the government's main administ

VOA双语新闻：茨万吉拉伊退出津巴布韦总统决选

Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who won the most votes in the March 29 presidential poll, has pulled out of the second round of voting due Friday. Mr. Tsvangirai said he cannot take part in the runoff because he does not want to legitim

VOA双语新闻：美议员对沙特或增产石油反应不一

U.S. legislators are responding cautiously to statements from Saudi Arabia that hint at possible further increases in oil production, saying the United States must do more on its own to reduce its dependency on foreign sources of fuel. 美国国会议员