VOA双语新闻：北韩货轮受美海军跟踪或许返航

A North Korean cargo ship being closely tailed by the United States Navy appears to be changing course, and may be returning to North Korea. The ship has come to be seen as an initial test of new United Nations restrictions on Pyongyang. 受到美国海

VOA双语新闻：伊拉克正式接管全国城镇安全治安

Iraqi forces officially assumed control of Baghdad and other cites across the country, following the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from urban areas. 在美国作战部队撤出伊拉克城市地区后，伊拉克部队正式接管了巴格达和全国

VOA双语新闻：美国参议员会见缅甸民主派领袖

U.S. Senator Jim Webb made significant inroads on his visit to Burma Saturday, meeting separately with the head of Burma's ruling military government and the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Senator Webb also secured the release of an American jai

VOA双语新闻：美保守派痛批英国健保激起英人愤

Britons are outraged and speaking out in response to comments among Conservatives in the United States attacking Britain's national health care system as socialist, evil and Orwellian. 在美国医改辩论中，英国的医保体系成了一个参照物

VOA双语新闻：美参议员成功劝说缅释放在押美公

U.S. Senator Jim Webb, who won the release of an American prisoner in Burma, says the United States must develop new ways to bring about political and economic change in the isolated state. Senator Webb called on China to end its silence on Burma and

VOA双语新闻 - 俄火车事故导致26人丧生疑为恐怖袭

Officials in Russia say a train crash that killed at least 26 people and injured at least 50 late Friday may have resulted from an attack. 俄罗斯官员说，星期五晚上的火车事故可能是由于袭击造成的，这次事故导致至少26人

VOA双语新闻 - 印度经济快速增长

India's economy grew by 7.9 percent in the three months through September - its fastest pace since last year's global financial crisis. India, along with several other Asian economies, is recovering from the global slowdown. 今年7到9月份，印度经

VOA双语新闻 - 北韩更换货币、大幅调高币值

North Korea has apparently revalued its currency, in a move that may be aimed at tightening domestic market activity. 北韩重新调整了其货币价值。此举可能是为了更加严格控制其国内市场活动。 South Korean media quoted unn

VOA双语新闻 - 中国和发展中国家在气候问题上达

China says it has reached a consensus on climate change with major developing countries that largely believe developed nations should bear most of the burden of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. 中国说，已经在环境变化问题上同一些重要

VOA双语新闻 - 伊朗威胁对国际原子能机构责难进

Iran's foreign ministry spokesman says Tehran plans to take legal action after being rebuked by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over its nuclear program. 伊朗外交部发言人说，在其核项目招致国际原子能机构的责难之

VOA双语新闻 - 迪拜危机缓和 全球股市回升

The government-owned company, Dubai World, has reassured investors abroad by revealing details of its restructuring plans, nearly a week after hinting it may not have enough money to repay its debts. 由迪拜政府控股的迪拜世界集团公布了其

VOA双语新闻 - 博帕尔毒气泄露受害者苦等判决2

India is marking the 25th anniversary of the leak at the Union Carbide pesticide plant in the city of Bhopal. The victims have generally been left in a legal haze since the ill-fated night (Dec. 2, 1984) when a toxic-gas cloud spread across the centr

VOA双语新闻 - 北约一些国家表态向阿富汗增兵

NATO says at least 20 countries plan to increase their troop levels in Afghanistan, following U.S. President Barack Obama's announcement of a 30,000-troop boost to the war-torn nation. 北约表示，至少20个国家计划向阿富汗派驻更多部队

VOA双语新闻 - 美俄接近达成削减核武新协议

U.S. and Russian negotiators are continuing talks in an effort to agree on a new follow-on treaty to the 1991 START-One pact that expired Saturday, December 5. Both sides say an agreement is more likely at the end of the month. 美国与俄罗斯谈判

VOA双语新闻 - 奥巴马承诺让更多美国人重返工作

U.S. President Barack Obama is pledging to do whatever he can to put more Americans back to work. The president says November's lower jobless rate is encouraging, but not good enough. 美国总统奥巴马保证要尽一切所能让更多的美国人重

VOA双语新闻 - 北约盟国承诺向阿富汗增兵七千人

Twenty-five NATO countries and other contributors to the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan have pledged about 7,000 additional troops to supplement the new U.S. force commitment to Afghanistan. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

VOA双语新闻 - 哥本哈根峰会应对全球气候变暖

UN officials, climate experts, environmental activists, and more than 60 world leaders gather in Copenhagen for a two-week conference on climate change to begin December 7. Their aim is to achieve a legally binding agreement to cut greenhouse gas emi

VOA双语新闻 - 美大使警告核计划将进一步孤立伊

A senior U.S. official says Iran's announcement it intends to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants in defiance of the international community's demands it halt such activities will further isolate that country and could put it on the path to more U

VOA双语新闻 - 美官员：不会迅速撤离阿富汗

Days after President Barack Obama unveiled a new U.S. war strategy in Afghanistan, U.S. officials are stressing an eventual drawdown of American troops will be done gradually and in a manner that allows Afghan forces to assume security responsibiliti

VOA双语新闻 - 美国特使抵首尔准备参加平壤谈判

Washington's special representative to North Korea has arrived in the South Korean capital ahead of talks in Pyongyang. The envoy will try to bring the Kim Jong Il government back to six-nation talks on giving up its nuclear weapons, which North Kore