VOA双语新闻 ---Bush Calls for Action on Economic Challeng

President George Bush says the United States faces difficult economic times - a situation made worse by congressional inaction. 美国总统布什星期二在白宫举行的记者会上说，美国正面临经济困难时期，而国会缺乏行动则使

VOA双语新闻 ---UN Announces Food Crisis Task Force

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he will head a new task force to tackle the global food crisis that is plunging tens of millions of people into poverty and hunger. He is calling for international donors to urgently fund a three-quarter-billio

VOA双语新闻 ---UN Holds Food Crisis Talks in Switzerland

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is heading emergency talks aimed at tackling the growing crisis caused by soaring food prices around the world. Participating in this two-day high-powered meeting in the Swiss capital, Bern, are the President of the

VOA双语新闻 --- Arab Summit Closes Amid Sharp Divisions

A controversial and partly boycotted Arab League summit has ended in the Syrian capital, Damascus, with no progress on the Lebanese political crisis and a summit declaration that Iraq refused to endorse. Despite the obviously sharp divisions among th

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 --- 美总统大选主要对手对撤军表立场

The major U.S. presidential candidates highlighted their positions on the Iraq war in high-profile Senate hearings that featured testimony from the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus. Republican Senator John McCain and Democr

VOA双语新闻 ---纽约官员谴责袭击时代广场招兵站

Authorities in New York City say a small explosive device detonated near a U.S. military recruiting station in the Times Square district of the city. The blast happened in the very early hours Thursday morning. 美国纽约市当局说，一个小型爆

VOA双语新闻 --- 希拉里见军方将领批奥巴马缺经验

Democratic Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are attacking each other on their foreign policy and national security credentials, as both candidates brace for a long and grueling battle for their party's presidential nomination. Senator Clinto

VOA双语新闻：美防长希望从伊拉克撤出更多美军

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he hopes to pull more American troops out of Iraq after a brief pause in withdrawals in July or August. Gates made his comments en route to Australia, which he says will continue to play a military role in Ira

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：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：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 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