VOA双语新闻：北韩正面临十年来最严重食品短缺

The U.N. World Food Program says North Korea is facing its worst food shortage in nearly a decade. The agency says in the next year North Korea needs more than $500 million for food aid or it will risk famine. 联合国世界粮食计划署表示，北

VOA双语新闻：共和党加紧吸引年轻选民投票支持

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has drawn wide support from college students and other youthful voters, many of whom have volunteered for his campaign. But Republicans, now holding their convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, are also tryi

VOA双语新闻：佩林：共和党首位女副总统候选人

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain has chosen Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate, describing her as a tough political fighter. Governor Palin, who is a relative political unknown, and only t

VOA双语新闻：切尼谴责俄国在格鲁吉亚军事行动

U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney has condemned Russia's military operation in Georgia as an illegitimate and unilateral attempt to change the country's borders by force. 美国副总统切尼谴责俄罗斯在格鲁吉亚的军事行动是企图单方面

VOA双语新闻：尼日利亚激进组织宣布单方面停火

Nigeria's leading militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, has declared a unilateral ceasefire in the oil-rich region. 尼日利亚主要的激进组织--尼日尔三角洲解放运动宣布在这个盛产石油的地区实

VOA双语新闻：两党候选人最后冲刺竞推负面广告

With less than 50 days to go until Election Day on November 4, the U.S. presidential race between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama appears to be a dead heat. Analysts say the final weeks of the campaign promise to be intense and fille

VOA双语新闻：亚行预测亚洲国际经济增长将放缓

The Asian Development Bank predicts that developing economies in Asia will see slower growth and rising inflation in the coming year. The bank says high oil and food prices and a prolonged slowdown in industrial countries are casting a shadow on the

VOA双语新闻：受美国股市影响亚洲股市普遍暴跌

Stock markets across Asia followed U.S. and European shares sharply lower, in reaction to the collapse of the investment company Lehman Brothers. The markets in Tokyo, Seoul and Hong Kong - which were closed Monday for a holiday - led the selling. 亚洲

VOA双语新闻：穷国的贪污腐败行为危及除贫斗争

A group monitoring corruption levels around the world says illegal practices in poor countries are threatening the fight against poverty. In its just released report, Transparency International says foreign aid must be more focused and more carefully

VOA双语新闻：中国称与伊拉克石油交易仍在磋商

China says a multi-billion dollar oil deal with Iraq is still being negotiated. This contradicts reports last week from Iraqi officials, who said the deal had been signed. 中国政府表示，与伊拉克的数十亿美元石油交易还在磋商中，

VOA双语新闻：安哥拉选民十六年来首次选举议会

Voters in Angola went to the polls Friday to elect a new parliament, in the country's first elections in 16 years. Turnout was massive, but numerous irregularities and technical problems were reported. 安哥拉选民星期五前往投票站选举新议

VOA双语新闻：美财经双长恳求尽快通过救市议案

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Tuesday implored members of the Senate Banking Committee to quickly enact legislation that would permit the government to buy up bad housing-related loans that have nega

VOA双语新闻：新德里闹市炸弹爆炸 一儿童丧生

Top Indian intelligence and security officials were summoned by the Home Minister for an emergency meeting following another fatal bomb blast in the Indian capital. Police say one child died and at least 18 other people were injured in the Saturday a

VOA双语新闻：美议员继续讨论挽救金融业计划

U.S. lawmakers are continuing talks on a massive rescue plan for America's struggle financial services industry. U.S. President George Bush is facing opposition from members of his own party who object to the cost of the plan. 美国国会议员们继续

VOA双语新闻：大马士革汽车炸弹炸死至少17人

A car bomb has exploded in the Syrian capital, Damascus, killing at least 17 people and wounding 14 others. The target of the blast was not immediately clear. 叙利亚首都大马士革发生汽车炸弹爆炸事件，造成至少17人死亡，14人受

VOA双语新闻：布什促国会迅速通过金融救市计划

U.S. President George Bush is urging Congress to move quickly to pass the $700 billion financial rescue package unveiled Sunday. Mr. Bush says it is an extraordinary agreement to deal with an extraordinary problem in the economy. 布什总统敦促国会

VOA双语新闻：联合国：亚丁湾人口偷渡最近增加

UNHCR reports at least 52 Somalis died when the boat smuggling them across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen broke down, leaving them adrift with no food or water for 18 days. The UNHCR says this latest tragedy coincides with a recent upsurge in people smugg

VOA双语新闻：在埃及被绑欧洲旅行团成员已获释

A European tour group taken hostage by gunmen in southern Egypt 10 days ago has been released. The 11 European tourists, along with eight Egyptian drivers and guides, are thought to be in good health, and are being taken back to Cairo. 10天前在埃及

VOA双语新闻：奥尔默特：以巴和平须靠重大让步

Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says Israel will have to give up virtually all of the land it captured in the 1967 Arab-Israeli War if it wants peace with the Palestinians. Mr. Olmert, now serving as interim prime minister, made his remar

VOA双语新闻：美国派特使前往平壤挽救六方协议

The United States is sending a senior diplomat to Pyongyang this week to try to salvage the troubled six-party accord, under which North Korea is to scrap its nuclear program. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, chief U.S. envoy to the nuc