VOA双语新闻：美国经济再成为总统大选中心议题

The troubled U.S. economy once again took center stage in the presidential election campaign Wednesday. 星期三，处于困境的美国经济再次成为美国总统大选的中心议题。 With the financial turmoil on Wall Street dominating the h

VOA双语新闻：袭击美国大使馆者似为恐怖分子

The State Department says the attack on the U.S. embassy in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, was apparently an attempt by terrorists to breach the walls of the heavily-guarded facility. Officials say the attack bore all the hallmarks of an al-Qaida operati

VOA双语新闻：联合国机构进入格鲁吉亚缓冲区

The U.N. refugee agency says it finally has succeeded in entering the so-called buffer zone north of the town of Gori in Georgia. The zone is controlled by Russian military forces and has been out of reach during the past weeks due to the unstable se

VOA双语新闻：万豪酒店爆炸后巴国安全继续恶化

A senior government official says Pakistan's top civilian and military leaders had planned to dine at Islamabad's Marriot Hotel when a suicide car bombing struck it, killing 53 people. While an investigation is under way into the country's deadliest

VOA双语新闻：以色列总理奥尔默特宣布辞职下台

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert presented his resignation letter to President Shimon Peres at the president's official residence in Jerusalem Sunday. Olmert faces corruption allegations and is likely to be replaced by Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni,

VOA双语新闻：布什政府促国会迅速通过救市拨款

The Bush administration is urging U.S. lawmakers to quickly pass its sweeping $700-billion bailout plan for financial institutions that are holding large amounts of bad mortgage debt. U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said in television interview

VOA双语新闻 - 奥巴马扩大了民主党的选民基础

In the aftermath of Tuesday's U.S. presidential election, many Democrats believe Barack Obama's convincing victory could set the stage for a political realignment that could benefit the party for years to come. 这次美国总统大选的结果，让许

VOA双语新闻 - 世界各国进入衰退经济前景黯淡

After another down session on the European markets, the talk is how long and deep the recession will be. 在美国和欧洲的股票市场星期一再次下滑之后，人们现在谈论更多的是这次经济衰退将会持续多长时间以及会有

VOA双语新闻 - 美称金融峰会就应对危机达成共识

The Bush administration says Saturday's G-20 meeting in Washington laid the foundation for a coordinated international effort to tackle the global financial crisis. 布什政府说，星期六在华盛顿举行的20国集团会议为处理全球金融危

VOA双语新闻 - 奥巴马与卡尔扎伊讨论阿安全局势

Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he has spoken with U.S. President-elect Barack Obama about the effort to improve security in Afghanistan next year. Meanwhile, U.S. military in Afghanistan says Afghan and coalition forces have killed 17 Taliban ins

VOA双语新闻 - 普京：俄罗斯能经受经济危机考验

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says the global economic crisis tests the stability of all countries, including his own. Mr. Putin is expressing confidence that Russia has adequate financial resources but Russia may now be spending money faster

VOA双语新闻 - 印度财长促消减物价利率刺激需求

India's finance minister is calling for price cuts, as well as a drop in interest rates, to stimulate demand as growth slows in the nation of 1.2 billion people. Palaniappan Chidambaram says, despite the global economic crisis, a dip in Indian export

VOA双语新闻：欧盟宣布给海地近五百万美元援助

The European Union says it will give nearly $5 million to help impoverished Haitians cope with spiraling food prices. The EU aid adds to assistance from other international organizations for Haiti, the poorest country in the western hemisphere. 欧盟表

VOA双语新闻：美四乘百米自由泳接力赛惊险夺金

American swimming great Michael Phelps remains on track to win an unprecedented eight gold medals at a single Olympics. Phelps relied on three other teammates Monday to win a thrilling relay event. 美国游泳健将菲尔普斯要史无前例地在一

VOA双语新闻：津巴布韦一反对派：谈判涉及三方

The leader of Zimbabwe's smaller opposition faction says negotiations on the country's political crisis are a three-way affair and no one party can sign a settlement deal with another. 津巴布韦反对党一个较小派别的领导人说，有关解决

VOA双语新闻：美军与阿总统对空袭结果说法不一

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has condemned a U.S. airstrike in western Afghanistan that some Afghan officials say killed more than 70 civilians on Thursday. The U.S. military disputes the number of civilian casualties and insists the operation was a

VOA双语新闻：俄罗斯中止与北约一切军事合作

Russia has stopped all military cooperation with NATO after alliance foreign ministers said future ties depend on Russia pulling back troops in the former Soviet republic of Georgia. The Bush administration says Russia is violating an agreement to wi

VOA双语新闻：博尔特连破世界记录为奥运第一人

A Jamaican sprinter has taken a very short time to rewrite two cherished world records on the track. The man with a name that fits his accomplishments. 牙买加短跑运动员博尔特在很短时间里刷新了两项令人敬佩的径赛世界纪录。

VOA双语新闻：巴执政联盟推迟决定下一步行动

Leaders of Pakistan's ruling coalition government have ended their first meeting since President Pervez Musharraf's resignation by postponing any decisions about restoring judges deposed by the former president. Minority partners in the coalition rev

VOA双语新闻：英国开始着手准备下届奥运会

Triumphantly returning home after their best medal total in a century, British athletes and government officials turn their attention now to the next summer games in four years in London. After Beijing bid farewell to the 2008 Olympics, celebrations