VOA双语新闻：津巴布韦一反对派：谈判涉及三方

The leader of Zimbabwe's smaller opposition faction says negotiations on the country's political crisis are a three-way affair and no one party can sign a settlement deal with another. 津巴布韦反对党一个较小派别的领导人说，有关解决

VOA双语新闻：美四乘百米自由泳接力赛惊险夺金

American swimming great Michael Phelps remains on track to win an unprecedented eight gold medals at a single Olympics. Phelps relied on three other teammates Monday to win a thrilling relay event. 美国游泳健将菲尔普斯要史无前例地在一

VOA双语新闻：白宫施压俄罗斯停止南奥塞梯冲突

The White House is increasing pressure on Russia to stop the escalating conflict in Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia. U.S. President George Bush is speaking out on the crisis while attending the summer Olympic games. 白宫加紧施压，敦

VOA双语新闻：他信夫妇拒返回泰国面对腐败指控

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has confirmed he will not return to Bangkok to face corruption charges. The Thai courts have issued warrants for the arrest of Mr. Thaksin and his wife. 泰国前总理他信证实，他不会返回曼谷面

VOA双语新闻：美军事指挥官对伊拉克前途乐观

The commander of multi-national forces in Iraq's northern provinces reports significant progress in the battle against terrorists and insurgents, allowing the region to turn its attention to economic matters and other concerns. 驻伊拉克北部各省

VOA双语新闻：美国游泳名将跻身于奥运精英行列

In Beijing, American Michael Phelps has won his third swimming event in as many days, to tie the record for most career Olympic gold medals. Phelps now has nine in his impressive collection. The U.S. swimmer is nearly certain to surpass that total. 美

VOA双语新闻：津巴布韦权力分享谈判进入第三天

The troubled Zimbabwe negotiations which have still not resolved the main issue, who will have executive power in any power sharing deal, entered its final day Tuesday. The mediator of the talks, South African President Thabo Mbeki is due back in Sou

VOA双语新闻：赖斯称俄罗斯须遵守停火承诺

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, speaking after telephone consultations with big-power foreign ministers, said there has been progress in European mediation efforts on the Russia-Georgia conflict. Rice said Moscow must abide by its stated pr

VOA双语新闻：欧盟支持派人监督格鲁吉亚停火

European Union foreign ministers expressed support Wednesday for sending monitors to supervise a cease-fire in the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia, which Georgia claims is already being violated by Russia. 欧盟外长星期三表示支持派

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马麦凯恩不久将宣布竞选搭档

The U.S. presidential campaign is about to intensify in a major way. Presidential contenders Barack Obama and John McCain are expected to announce their vice presidential running mates soon, in advance of the national party nominating conventions, wh

VOA双语新闻：美国纪念非洲两大使馆爆炸十周年

The State Department Thursday observed the 10th anniversary of the al-Qaida bombings of the U.S. embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the twin attacks, which killed 229 people, destroyed buildings but not t

VOA双语新闻：美国警告对伊朗实施更多制裁

The United States says major world powers will have no choice but to pursue new sanctions against Iran in the absence of a positive reply to their offer of incentives for it to halt uranium enrichment. The State Department says a written response to

VOA双语新闻：布什夫妇启程前往亚洲访问

U.S. President George Bush is on his way to Asia for talks with leaders in South Korea, Thailand, and China - where he will attend the opening of the Olympic Games. 美国总统布什正在前往亚洲的途中。他将在那里和韩国、泰国和中

VOA双语新闻：欧盟宣布给海地近五百万美元援助

The European Union says it will give nearly $5 million to help impoverished Haitians cope with spiraling food prices. The EU aid adds to assistance from other international organizations for Haiti, the poorest country in the western hemisphere. 欧盟表

VOA双语新闻：布什抵达首尔将会晤韩国总统

U.S. President George Bush has arrived in Seoul, South Korea, the first stop on a week-long Asian tour that will also take him to Thailand and China for the opening of the Beijing Olympics. Thousands of South Koreans opposed to the resumption of U.S.

VOA双语新闻：布什敦促北韩同意严格核查核项目

U.S. President George Bush is urging the North Korean government to agree to a strong verification of its nuclear program. The comments came at a joint news conference in Seoul with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak. 美国总统布什敦促北韩同

VOA双语新闻：美议员要伊拉克用利润资助重建

U.S. lawmakers want Iraq to use bigger oil profits to pay for more of its own reconstruction. Iraq's parliament has approved a supplementary budget that raises this year's spending to more than $70 billion. 美国国会议员要求伊拉克用更大量

VOA双语新闻：奥运即将开幕 奥运迷们情绪高涨

The 2008 Olympics are about to begin in Beijing and excitement is running high among the hundreds of thousands of fans from inside China and around the world. Many visitors are taking advantage of free time between Olympic events to tour some of Beij

VOA双语新闻：美国游泳队力争北京奥运更显辉煌

U.S. swimmers had great success at the Athens Olympics four years ago. But they did even better at last year's World Championships in Melbourne, so there are high hopes for a big medal haul in Beijing. 美国游泳选手4年前在雅典奥运会上取得

VOA双语新闻：美国男排以沉重心情迎战委内瑞拉

With heavy hearts, the U.S. Men's Olympic Volleyball team decided to take the court Sunday, one day after the stabbing death in Beijing of a close relative of the head coach. 美国奥林匹克男子排球队在其主教练的亲属在北京遇刺身亡