VOA双语新闻：Clinton, Obama Focus on Texas, Ohio Primari

Democratic presidential rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are making a final push for support in Ohio and Texas in advance of crucial primaries on 4 March. The two Democrats took part in a contentious debate Tuesday, 26 February, that most expe

VOA双语新闻：Bush Urges US Congress to Pass Surveillance

President Bush says the House of Representatives risks reopening a dangerous gap in intelligence gathering by failing to pass a law expanding warrantless surveillance. Opposition leaders in the House say the president has all the authority he needs t

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马参选的势头获得了新的推动

Presidential contender Barack Obama won the endorsement of a former rival Tuesday in his battle with Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party nomination. Obama also got some good news in national polls as he and Clinton prepare for a debate later Tue

VOA双语新闻：东帝汶将向十八叛乱士兵发逮捕令

East Timor's embattled government is preparing arrest warrants for 18 men believed to have been involved in the assassination attempts on the country's president and prime minister. Additional Australian peacekeepers continue to arrive in the tiny re

VOA双语新闻 2008年2月：前红色高棉头目农谢再度

The Khmer Rouge's former second-in-command, Nuon Chea, has been back in court, facing charges of crimes against humanity and other offenses committed during the communist rule of Cambodia 30 years ago. Nuon Chea has asked to be released on bail becau

VOA双语新闻 2008年2月：乍得在首都及六省宵禁并

Chad's government has ordered a curfew for the capital and six provinces in the interior as its army tries to chase down rebels who nearly toppled the president. Opposition leaders have been jailed in N'Djamena, while tens of thousands of civilians h

VOA双语新闻 2008年2月：US Presidential Campaign

The focus of the U.S. presidential race shifts to the mid-Atlantic region of the country Tuesday, with nominating primaries in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. 美国两党总统侯选人提名竞争的焦点，星期二转移到美国大西洋海

VOA双语新闻：中国将耗资12亿美元帮助雪灾区

China will spend more than $1.2 billion to rebuild wrecked homes, restore farms and help the poor pay for food and heat in areas where recent snowstorms killed more than 100 people. 中国将花费超过12亿美元的资金重建被暴风雪毁坏的房

VOA双语新闻：Obama, McCain Gain Big Wins

Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain were the big winners Tuesday in presidential primaries in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. 竞争美国民主党总统候选人提名的奥巴马和共和党提名的麦凯恩都在星期

VOA双语新闻：记者无国界批评一些国家言行不一

Reporters Without Borders has gone on the offensive, accusing governments of impotence, cowardice and duplicity in failing to defend freedom of expression. The journalists' advocacy group's criticism comes in its annual report, released Wednesday. 记者

VOA双语新闻：赖斯希望塞尔维亚接受科索沃独立

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Wednesday said she hopes Serbia will accept a resolution of Kosovo's status and move forward to fuller integration with Europe. Kosovo, a Serbian province administered by the United Nations since 1999, is expe

VOA双语新闻：研究：印度吸烟导致疾病后果严重

Medical researchers have released a study that says one million people in India will die every year in the next decade from tobacco-related illnesses. The study's authors also made what they call a surprising discovery about the leading fatal illness

VOA双语新闻：US Senate Vote Bans CIA from Waterboarding

The U.S. Senate has defied a veto threat from President Bush and approved legislation that would prohibit intelligence agencies from using extreme interrogation techniques, including waterboarding. The measure was included in a bill to authorize inte

VOA双语新闻：Bush Steps Up Support to End Kenya Crisis

President Bush is stepping up U.S. support for efforts to end the political crisis in Kenya. He is sending Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Nairobi during his upcoming trip to Africa. 美国总统布什正在加强结束肯尼亚政治危机的努

VOA双语新闻：Bush Says Pakistan Vote Is Victory for Peop

President Bush says Monday's general elections in Pakistan were fair and that he hopes the new government there will continue an anti-terrorism alliance with the United States. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf says he will not step down, despite

VOA双语新闻：美批卡斯特罗家族专制 继续制裁

The United States said Monday the official transfer of power in Cuba from Fidel Castro to his younger brother Raul was a disappointment, though hardly an unexpected development. The White House said the long-standing U.S. economic embargo against Cub

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马赢威斯康辛初选获得九连胜

Senator Barack Obama won the Wisconsin state Democratic presidential primary, Tuesday, the ninth win in a row for the charismatic junior senator from Illinois. On the Republican side, Senator John McCain was the winner. The two frontrunners are targe

VOA双语新闻：希尔：北韩希望澄清各方关注问题

Washington's chief negotiator on the North Korean nuclear issue says the multinational talks are not at a stalemate. He says, despite its failure to produce a promised description of its nuclear activities, Pyongyang wants to clarify issues of concer

VOA双语新闻：US Voters Head to Polls in Wisconsin Primar

Voters in the Midwestern state of Wisconsin are at the polls in that state's primary. The main contest is on the Democratic Party side, where New York Senator Hillary Clinton has worked hard for a much-needed victory to slow the momentum of Illinois

VOA双语新闻：美国参议员提议大幅增加对巴援助

An influential member of the U.S. Congress, Senator Joseph Biden, is proposing a massive increase in non-military financial aid to Pakistan. Senator Biden made the proposal during a news conference in Islamabad. 在美国国会有影响力的参议员拜