VOA双语新闻：意大利地震灾民度过悲伤复活节

Thousands of people made homeless by Italy's deadliest earthquake in 30 years celebrated a somber Easter on Sunday. Six days after the quake struck and with the death toll now standing at 294, masses were held in makeshift chapels set up in tent citi

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马总统为访问墨西哥作准备

President Barack Obama heads to Mexico City on Thursday to meet with President Felipe Calderon, before traveling to Trinidad and Tobago for the fifth Summit of the Americas. Both nations are suffering economically, Mexico's border states are engulfed

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马称经济出现复苏迹象

U.S. President Barack Obama says the first signs of an economic recovery are beginning to emerge. But at the same time he warns the process is only beginning and much hard work lies ahead. 美国总统奥巴马说，经济复苏的最初迹象已经开

VOA双语新闻：美国船长获救 世界各地关注

The recent rescue of an American cargo ship captain held hostage for five days by pirates off the coast of Somalia has heightened awareness of the piracy issue throughout the world. 美国货船船长菲利普斯被海盗扣押在索马里近海5天后

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马将赴美洲峰会经济或为主题

U.S. President Barack Obama travels Friday to Trinidad and Tobago to attend the fifth Summit of the Americas, a gathering of all hemispheric leaders minus Cuba. U.S. officials say the summit is an opportunity to forge a regional response to the globa

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马公布美国加速开发高铁计划

President Barack Obama wants the United States to join other industrialized countries in having an extensive high-speed rail system. The president has unveiled his plan to accelerate the development of high-speed rail in the U.S. 奥巴马总统希望美

VOA双语新闻：美防长：不能失去阿富汗人民支持

Afghan President Hamid Karzai summoned the U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan on Thursday to demand an explanation for continuing civilian casualties caused by coalition troops. The commander, Army General David McKiernan, expressed deep regret a

VOA双语新闻：美警告达尔富尔或现更重人道危机

U.S. President Barack Obama is warning of an even greater humanitarian crisis in Sudan's troubled Darfur region. The fate of the people of Darfur dominated his talks at the White House with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. 美国总统奥巴

VOA双语新闻：北韩通知国际机构4月发射卫星

North Korea has told international agencies it will conduct its planned launch of what Pyongyang says is a satellite in early April. 北韩通知国际机构说，它准备在4月上旬按计划发射卫星。 North Korea's launch of a long-range roc

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马称在阿保持攻势至关重要

President Barack Obama says it is important for the United States to stay on the offensive in Afghanistan. Mr. Obama spoke after meeting with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Afghanistan, the world economic crisis and other topics. 美国总统奥

VOA双语新闻：印尼总统所在党赢得国会选举胜利

Indonesia's Electoral Commission has declared the Democrat Party of incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono the winner of last month's parliamentary polls. The widely predicted results places President Yudhoyono's party well ahead of its nearest

VOA双语新闻：美官员：塔利班对南亚构成威胁

U.S. officials are stressing the threat posed to South Asia by Taliban militants, as they assess the results of the recent U.S.-Afghan-Pakistani summit in Washington. President Barack Obama met at the White House last Wednesday with Afghan President

VOA双语新闻：UN：非洲之角两千万人急需救助

The U.N. Children's Fund says the lives of a growing number of children in the Horn of Africa are threatened by chronic food insecurity, conflict and political instability. 联合国儿童基金会说，非洲之角越来越多的儿童生命受到长期

VOA双语新闻：联合国向巴基斯坦紧急空运救援品

UN aid agencies are expanding and speeding up their relief operations to hundreds of thousands of people displaced by fighting in Pakistan's northwest province. A UNHCR charter plane carrying 120 tons of relief supplies for people fleeing the fightin

VOA双语新闻：英巴首脑就巴冲突问题举行会谈

The conflict between Pakistani forces and Taliban fighters in the North-West Frontier Province topped the agenda as British Prime Minister Gordon Brown held talks with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari at 10 Downing Street. 英国首相布朗和巴基

VOA双语新闻：世卫：全球有6千5百甲流病例

The World Health Organization reports it has received nearly 6,500 officially confirmed cases of swine influenza A-H1N1 - including 65 deaths - from 33 countries. While this is serious, WHO says the disease has not yet become a pandemic. 世界卫生组

VOA双语新闻：意大利加紧打击非法移民

Italy is cracking down on illegal immigration and under an agreement with Libya has begun sending boatloads of migrants back to Africa. Italy's lower house of parliament has approved a new security bill by that redefines illegal immigration as a crim

VOA双语新闻：南北韩紧张关系威胁开城工业园区

An industrial venture once celebrated as a symbol of reconciliation between the two Koreas may be endangered by a sharpening dispute between the two sides. North Korea is essentially tearing up the agreements that make the zone run. 南北韩之间激烈

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马赞扬国会在医保能源上合作

U.S. President Barack Obama says agreement on energy legislation and progress on health care reform show that Washington is beginning to change. 美国总统奥巴马说，在能源立法上达成的一致意见以及在卫生保健体制改革方面取

VOA双语新闻：印度国大党开始讨论组建新政府

In India, the ruling Congress Party got down to the job of choosing partners and forming a new government, a day after it beat forecasts to win a better-than-expected victory in general elections. The Congress Party-led alliance has won 261 seats in