VOA双语新闻：巴塔利班延长斯瓦特山谷停火

Pakistani Taliban militants in the country's troubled Swat valley say they are indefinitely extending a cease-fire with the government. Swat Taliban leader Maulana Fazlullah is expected to soon announce the terms of the cease-fire. 在巴基斯坦事端

VOA双语新闻：伯南克：美国经济严重收缩

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke Tuesday told a congressional panel that the economy is in the midst of a severe contraction, but that there is a chance of turnaround later this year. 美国联邦储备委员会主席伯南克星期二告诉

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马会晤日首相谈经济安全问题

Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso has become the first foreign leader to visit U.S. President Barack Obama. The leaders of the world's two biggest economies discussed the global financial crisis, among other issues. 日本首相麻生太郎成为访问美

VOA双语新闻：美巴阿外长聚会华府审查南亚政策

The foreign ministers of Pakistan and Afghanistan are scheduled to take part in the Obama administration's strategic review of South Asia policy here in Washington this week. The three-party talks come on the heels of a peace agreement between Islama

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马倡议：750亿救助房市

The U.S. housing industry, where experts believe the economic crisis began, is the target of President Barack Obama's latest initiative to strengthen the economy. Mr. Obama has unveiled a $75 billion plan to prevent as many as nine million Americans

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马今在丹佛签署经济刺激法案

U.S. President Barack Obama is scheduled to sign the $787 billion economic stimulus plan into law at a ceremony in the western city of Denver, Colorado on Tuesday. Mr. Obama calls it a major milestone on the road to recovery for the U.S. economy, whi

VOA双语新闻：联合国：阿富汗平民死亡人数激增

The United Nations says the number of civilians killed during 2008 in Afghanistan rose 40 percent from the year before. The 2,118 civilians reported killed last year is the highest number since the U.S.-led invasion toppled the Taliban government in

VOA双语新闻：克林顿会晤日本官员讨论北韩问题

The subject of North Korea was prominent in talks in Tokyo between U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and top Japanese government officials. Clinton is on her first overseas trip in her new job and her first stop in Asia is America's long-time k

VOA双语新闻：津候任副部长遭起诉被控拥有武器

Zimbabwe's unity government's designated deputy agriculture minister Roy Bennett has been charged with possessing weaponry, banditry, and attempting to commit terrorism, in a court in Mutare in eastern Zimbabwe. Roy Bennett is also being charged with

VOA双语新闻：美两汽车商要求政府再注巨资救生

Two US automakers say they need billions more of government money in order to survive. 美国两家汽车制造商表示，他们需要政府再提供数十亿美元的帮助，才能生存下去。 General Motors and Chrysler say they need billions

VOA双语新闻：英国首相促20国峰会前迅速行动

In his monthly news conference, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown laid out the groundwork he feels must be done before the important Group of 20 economic summit April 2 in London. Mr. Brown said global cooperation is key to speed the recovery from

VOA双语新闻：美联储：今年经济可能收缩1.3%

World markets were mostly lower on Wednesday amid more dire U.S. economic news and a move by Germany to facilitate bank nationalization. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up one-tenth of a percent, while other U.S. indexes were just slightly lower

VOA双语新闻：盖茨敦促北约加大援助阿富汗努力

The day after President Obama approved the deployment of 17,000 additional U.S. troops for Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he will ask NATO allies to also send more troops to help provide security for the country's presidential and p

VOA双语新闻：联合国成员国即将讨论安理会改革

United Nations member states met informally on Thursday to begin talks on key issues of reforming the body's powerful Security Council. Many countries want to see the 15-member council expanded to include broader regional representation and additiona

VOA双语新闻：美国参加反种族歧视大会预备会谈

State Department officials say they are still skeptical about whether a U.N.-sponsored conference against racism set for April in Geneva can be a constructive exercise. The United States walked out of the initial conference on the subject in South Af

VOA双语新闻：茨万吉拉伊寻求外援西方国家拒绝

Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has asked South Africa for short-term financial assistance to get his government and the public service working again. Mr. Tsvangirai first unsuccessfully sought assistance from Western donor nations. 津巴布

VOA双语新闻：盖茨：北约国家将增加对阿投入

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says in the wake of the new U.S. decision to sharply increase its troop presence in Afghanistan, 20 countries have decided to boost their contributions to that counterinsurgency effort, too, but not all the increas

VOA双语新闻：内塔尼亚胡受命出任以下届总理

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose party came in second in national elections last week, is in line to return to power. 前以色列总理内塔尼亚胡已预定将重返权力核心。他的政党在上星期的全国选举结果

VOA双语新闻：美国称仍致力于朝鲜半岛无核化

The State Department said Tuesday the complete dismantling of North Korea's nuclear program remains the goal of the Chinese-led six-party negotiations with Pyongyang. The comment followed an assertion by a leading U.S. academic that North Korea appea

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马走访佛州推广经济刺激计划

For the second straight day and less than a day after his first presidential news conference, President Barack Obama has traveled the United States, trying to build public support for his economic stimulus proposal. This time, he spoke and took quest