VOA双语新闻：美国务卿抵日开始就任后首次外访

Hillary Clinton arrives Monday in Japan, the first of four stops in Asia - her first official foreign travel as secretary of state. She will also visit South Korea, Indonesia and China to build partnerships she says will transcend geographic and poli

VOA双语新闻：负面消息导致全球股市下挫

World markets are lower after new figures show Japan's economy is shrinking at a rate not seen for decades and more bad financial news is released in Britain. 新的经济数据显示，日本经济出现数十年未曾有过的收缩，英国也发布

VOA双语新闻：以轰炸加沙走私通道回击火箭袭击

Israeli warplanes have attacked smuggling tunnels between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, after militants in Gaza fired at least two rockets into southern Israel. The tit-for-tat violence is further complicating prospects to draft a truce between Israel an

VOA双语新闻：美在导弹防御问题上显示灵活性

A senior State department official has told Moscow the United States is open to reconfiguring a European missile-defense program - aimed at Iran - that has generated Russian concerns. The third-ranking State Department official - Undersecretary of St

VOA双语新闻：澳总理谴责纵火者犯下群体谋杀罪

At least 140 people have died in Australia's worst-ever bushfire disaster. Arsonists, who are thought to have been responsible for some of the devastating outbreaks in the southern state, Victoria, have been accused of mass murder by Australian Prime

VOA双语新闻：美或重新考虑在欧建导弹防御系统

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the Obama administration might reconsider plans for a missile defense system in Europe, if Iran stopped what U.S. officials believe is a drive for nuclear weapons. Clinton met with Czech Republic Foreign Minist

VOA双语新闻：韩国新财长称经济增长将面临收缩

South Korea has a new finance minister - and a newly gloomy economic outlook. The government is reversing a recent prediction of growth, saying the South Korean economy will contract for the first time since the Asian financial crisis of the late 199

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马为推动经济刺激计划造势

U.S. President Barack Obama is back in campaign mode - traveling to regions hard-hit by the economic recession to rally support for his massive stimulus plan. His first stop was in a town in American's heartland with one of the highest unemployment r

VOA双语新闻：以周二选举新总理 加沙暴力继续

This is the last day of campaigning in Israel, where voters on Tuesday are to elect a new prime minister. With security as a major concern in the elections, polls have hardliner Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party in the lead. The polling comes as

VOA双语新闻：五角大楼：增兵部署战略审议并行

The Pentagon says orders to deploy additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan may not be issued until after a White House strategy review is completed. Previously, officials had said the troop deployment orders would come soon, regardless of the conclusio

VOA双语新闻：民主党人呼吁尽快通过刺激经济案

Democrats are calling for speedy passage of an economic stimulus bill as the U.S. economy continues to shrink and shed jobs. Yet many Republicans say they will not support the legislation, despite efforts by a few moderate Republicans to hammer out s

VOA双语新闻：以色列考虑埃及有关加沙停火建议

Three weeks after the end of the war in the Gaza Strip, there are reports of progress on a long-term cease-fire. 加沙地带战事结束三个星期后，媒体报导说长期停火协议取得了进展。 Israel's Cabinet discussed a three-stage Ga

VOA双语新闻：卡尔扎伊吁与基地无关塔利班返国

At a high-level security conference in Munich, Germany Afghan President Hamid Karzai defended his country's progress toward peace Sunday and urged reconciliation with members of the Taliban that were not part of al-Qaida. 阿富汗总统卡尔扎伊星

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马全力推动其经济刺激计划

U.S. President Barack Obama is stepping up his campaign for passage of the massive economic stimulus plan now making its way through Congress. Mr. Obama is taking to the road and the airwaves. 美国总统奥巴马正在加速推动他大规模刺激经

VOA双语新闻：斯北方战区民众面临严重食品危机

The World Food Program warns hundreds of thousands of people, trapped by fighting in the northeastern Sri Lankan region of Vanni, are facing a food crisis. The Sri Lankan government is pressing its military campaign against the Tamil Tiger rebels in

VOA双语新闻：美派遣高级代表团出席慕尼黑会议

The United States is sending a high-profile delegation to a key security conference that opened in Munich, Germany Friday, marking a new page in transatlantic relations under the Obama administration. 美国派遣一个级别很高的代表团前往德

VOA双语新闻：伊拉克公布省级选举初步结果

Iraq's electoral commission has announced the preliminary results of last weekend's provincial elections, amid some accusations of irregularities and voting fraud. The Iraqi army and security forces, however, say that they will maintain order despite

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马首次公布预算总额逾三万亿

U.S. President Barack Obama has unveiled his first federal budget - outlining his spending priorities for the 2010 fiscal year. The proposal totals more than $3.5 trillion. The White House predicts the United States will enter the new fiscal year wit

VOA双语新闻：美国两党议员就预算展开激烈辩论

Democratic and Republican lawmakers engaged in more emotional debate on Wednesday over government spending. Heated exchanges over budget measures left over from last year provided a glimpse of what is likely to come when Congress tackles President Ba

VOA双语新闻：美希望加强监管但不会银行国有化

U.S. President Barack Obama says it is time to overhaul the rules governing the nation's financial sector. The Obama administration says that while it wants tighter regulations, it has no plans to nationalize banks. 美国总统奥巴马指出，现在