VOA双语新闻：美民主党人本星期结束初选

Democrats in the United States cast their final ballots this week in primary elections for the party's presidential nomination. Senator Hillary Clinton has won a commanding victory in the Democratic presidential primary election held in the U.S. terr

VOA双语新闻：澳大利亚作战部队开始撤离伊拉克

Australian combat troops have begun leaving Iraq. Their departure fulfills an election promise by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who pledged to pull his country's out of Iraq by the middle of 2008. 澳大利亚作战部队开始撤离伊拉克。这项撤离

VOA双语新闻：民主党这个星期或产生总统候选人

U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton has won Sunday's Democratic presidential primary contest in the commonwealth territory of Puerto Rico, soundly defeating rival Senator Barack Obama by a two to one margin. The Clinton victory comes near the end of the U.S

VOA双语新闻：马其顿今议会选举被暴力蒙上阴影

Officials in the Republic of Macedonia say they will repeat voting in 22 precincts that were shut down during Sunday's parliamentary election because of a deadly shootout, reports of intimidation, and alleged fraud. Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski is

VOA双语新闻：丹麦谴责丹麦驻伊斯兰堡使馆遇袭

A large car bomb blast outside the Danish embassy in Pakistan's capital has killed at least 8 people and wounded dozens of others. 驻巴基斯坦首都的丹麦大使馆外面发生了一起威力强大的汽车爆炸，这起在伊斯兰堡高尚区的

VOA双语新闻：印重新启用靠近中国边境空军基地

India has reactivated a strategic air base close to the Chinese frontier in Indian administered Kashmir, more than 40 years after it was abandoned. India plans to revive more bases close to the Chinese frontier, asserting its military prowess near Ch

VOA双语新闻：布什总统周三会晤奥尔默特

President Bush will meet Wednesday at the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. They will review progress in the Middle East peace process. 布什总统星期三将在白宫会见以色列总理奥尔默特，他们将评估中东和平进

VOA双语新闻：美欧支持进一步向伊朗施压

The United States and the European Union have agreed to step up pressure on Iran. Iran's nuclear program was one of many issues discussed during talks between U.S. President George Bush and EU leaders. 美国和欧盟同意进一步向伊朗施加压力

VOA双语新闻：印度股市周一猛烈下跌

India's stock markets have plunged sharply, largely on worries increasing oil prices will hurt the country's fast-growing economy. The Indian stock markets have been falling since worries rose about a slowdown in the U.S. economy earlier this year. 由

VOA双语新闻：中国央行准备金率创记录股市暴跌

Chinese stocks have dropped nearly eight percent after China's central bank announced it would raise the amount of cash banks must keep on hand to a record high. China has been struggling to rein in excess cash to control inflation, but pressure is g

VOA双语新闻：四川疏散地震灾民以防堰塞湖决堤

Three weeks after the earthquake in China's Sichuan province displaced five million people, a few hundred thousand have had to move again - out of the way of a dammed river that poses a flood risk. Many of the quake's survivors are anxious to get bac

VOA双语新闻：世卫组织敦促禁止所有烟草广告

The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging governments to ban all tobacco advertising. The aim is to protect the world's youth from becoming addicted to a product WHO says could cause one billion premature deaths this century. The U.N. organizatio

VOA双语新闻：布什批国会未关注一系列重要议题

U.S. President George Bush says the Democratic-led Congress has failed to address a series of important issues, and he wants action soon. Democrats are pushing their Republican colleagues in Congress to support environmental legislation. 美国总统布

VOA双语新闻：津将领敦促军人投票支持穆加贝

A senior military officer in Zimbabwe is quoted as calling on the country's troops to vote for President Robert Mugabe in the upcoming presidential runoff election against opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. With voting due to take place in less tha

VOA双语新闻：美：缅甸拒外援可能使数万人丧生

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the Burmese military government's rejection of aid soon after the May second cyclone may have cost the lives of 'tens of thousands' of people. The concern expressed by the defense secretary comes amid concern

VOA双语新闻：油价和通胀将拖累印度强劲经济？

India's economy grew by nine percent last year making it the world's fastest-growing major economy after China. But the news is not all good. There are worries that high crude oil prices and runaway inflation will slow down growth. 印度经济去年增

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马和克林顿之争进入最后阶段

The long running battle between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination may be in its final days. Both contenders are campaigning for delegates in the final three primaries between now and Tuesday. And both

VOA双语新闻：美国预期北韩星期四全面申报核情

U.S. officials say they expect North Korea to make its long-delayed declaration about its nuclear program on Thursday, and if it does the Bush administration is ready to begin dropping sanctions against Pyongyang. A senior State Department official i

VOA双语新闻：布什会见伊拉克总统讨论许多议题

U.S. President George Bush has met with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani at the White House. The outlook for an agreement on the future nature of the American presence in Iraq was among the many issues discussed. 美国总统布什在白宫会见了伊拉

VOA双语新闻：韩国正式解除对进口美国牛肉禁令

South Korea has lifted a formal ban on U.S. beef imports. Authorities are also taking a harder line on street protesters opposing the imports, now that an amended deal has been reached with Washington. 韩国正式解除了从美国进口牛肉的禁令