VOA双语新闻：议员们对奥巴马医疗改革演讲反应

President Barack Obama's address Wednesday night to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on the issue of health care reform is drawing reaction from U.S. lawmakers. The president used strong language to clarify what reform proposals would do, pledged

VOA双语新闻：新学年伊始 奥巴马开学讲话引争议

A new school year in the United States has begun with a touch of controversy. It surrounds a welcome back speech to students from President Barack Obama that was seen in classrooms around the country. In some communities, parents staged a boycott of

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马将就健保改革发表重要讲话

U.S. President Barack Obama will attempt to regain political momentum when he delivers a major address on health care reform to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday. 美国总统奥巴马星期三将在参众两院的联席会议上发表有关健保

VOA双语新闻：阿富汗总统否认上月选举有重大舞

Afghanistan's president is denying there was any major fraud in last month's voting. Full, preliminary results show the incumbent, Hamid Karzai, capturing enough votes to avoid a runoff with his closest challenger. 阿富汗总统卡尔扎伊否认上个

VOA双语新闻：全球外国直接投资急剧下滑

The U.N. Conference on Trade and Development, or UNCTAD, reports that global foreign direct investment fell drastically last year and that it is expected to continue to slide this year, with significant recovery not forecast until 2011. But the UNCTA

VOA双语新闻：伊拉克官员呼吁国际社会关注明年

Iraqi officials testifying before a committee of Congress have urged the United States to be cautious in how it withdraws military forces from their country. Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi and another member of Iraq's parliament also said Thursday

VOA双语新闻：索马里非盟营地遭遇自杀炸弹袭击

Two suicide bombings have rocked the headquarters of the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia, killing the second-in-command and injuring the head general. The UN says at least 30 personnel were injured and being evalcuated for treatment. An I

VOA双语新闻：北韩释放愿重返六方会谈信号

North Korea's leader has apparently told a senior Chinese envoy he is willing to resume talks to resolve the issue of Pyongyang's nuclear weapons. 北韩领导人据报对中国高级特使表示，他愿意返回有关解决北韩核武器计划的会

VOA双语新闻：印尼总统把经济列为头等大事

During his first term in office, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono oversaw a period of robust economic growth based on exports. This year exports have slowed as a result of the global recession. As the president gets set to begin his seco

VOA双语新闻：美国务卿为奥巴马新导弹防御计划

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a policy speech Friday defended the Obama administration's new approach to missile defense in Europe, saying it is not shelving its program but making it more relevant to threats actually posed by Iran. The

VOA双语新闻：澳大利亚修改入籍考试

Australia is revising controversial citizenship tests, to make sure applicants are more aware of their rights and responsibilities rather than examine their general knowledge about sports and culture. 澳大利亚将修改引起争议的公民入籍考