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

VOA双语新闻 - 年终述评：美试图促使北韩重返六

The Obama administration's short-term goal is to get North Korea back to the so-called, six-party talks. Its long-term aim is to have North Korea give ups its nuclear weapons program. 奥巴马政府的短期目标是使北韩重返所谓六方会谈；

VOA双语新闻 - 暴雪冲击美国零售商

A massive storm that dumped about a half-meter of snow from Virginia to Maine did more than frustrate motorists. It added to the woes of retailers that were already bracing for weak holiday sales as the United States struggles to emerge from the deep

VOA双语新闻 - 年终报道：美国古巴修复关系举步

President Barack Obama has been under pressure to recast the nation's relations with Cuba and ease decades of restrictions on the Communist government. Already the president has ended travel limits on Cuban-Americans and called for new talks between

VOA双语新闻 - 关湾狱囚迁往该州举行听证

While many residents in the area support the move because of the jobs they hope it will bring, many across the state oppose any plan to house detainees on U.S. soil. The hearing in the town of Sterling, Illinois, offered a chance for the public to he

VOA双语新闻 - 美参众两院医疗改革法案版本分歧

When lawmakers in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives return to work in January, they will face the task of working out differences between major health care reform legislation. Informal talks were expected to get underway even earlier, and

VOA双语新闻 - 数千人聚集伯利恒欢庆圣诞夜

Thousands of people have attended Christmas Eve celebrations at the birthplace of Christianity in Bethlehem. 数千人在基督教诞生地伯利恒参加圣诞夜庆祝活动。 Christmas Eve began with festive marches through Manger Square by Pales

VOA双语新闻 - 以色列部队打死六名巴勒斯坦人

Six Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the deadliest violence in months. 以色列部队打死了六名巴勒斯坦人，这是几个月来发生的最致命的暴力事件。 Dozens of jeeps carrying masked Israeli commandos rolled i

VOA双语新闻 - 以色列将在东耶路撒冷建设700幢住

Israel plans to build nearly 700 new apartments in disputed East Jerusalem, defying demands by the United States and the Palestinian Authority for a freeze on settlement construction. While Israel has imposed a partial freeze on construction in the W

VOA双语新闻 - 年终报道：欧盟排除障碍向前迈进

It is holiday season in Brussels. Belgians and tourists stroll through Christmas markets that sell hot, spiced wine and Belgium's famous waffles. They pause before an enormous Christmas tree in the Grand Place, the central square of Brussels that is

VOA双语新闻 - 数千朝圣者在伯利恒庆祝圣诞

Thousands of pilgrims have joined local Palestinians in Christmas celebrations in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. 数千名朝圣者云集约旦河西岸城市伯利恒与当地的巴勒斯坦人一起庆祝圣诞节。 Christmas mass was celebrated

VOA双语新闻 - 英国女王发表圣诞节讲话

In her annual Christmas message, Britain's Queen Elizabeth the Second has paid tribute to those serving in her country's armed forces. 英国女王伊丽莎白二世在一年一度的圣诞节讲话中赞扬在英国军队中服役的士兵。 The Qu

VOA双语新闻 - 奥巴马称赞参议院通过医保改革法

U.S. President Barack Obama has hailed the Senate vote on health-care reform, calling it a landmark piece of legislation. The measure is a top priority for the Obama administration. 美国总统奥巴马称赞参议院投票通过医疗保险改革法案