VOA双语新闻：国际社会助印尼筹办清廉全国大选

International agencies are helping Indonesia prepare for a massive country-wide election in 2009 that will include local offices in hundreds of districts. As Chad Bouchard reports from Jakarta, election officials hope to avoid past mistakes. 国际组织

VOA双语新闻：布什呼吁土耳其停止在伊军事行动

President Bush is calling for Turkey to end its military operation against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq as soon as possible. Mr. Bush talked about the Turkish offensive during a nationally broadcast White House news conference. 美国总统布什呼

VOA双语新闻 ---克林顿挑战奥巴马要一对一辩论

Senator Hillary Clinton is challenging her Democratic Party presidential rival, Senator Barack Obama, to a debate. The call is part of the escalating rhetoric between the two as they campaign in the central state of Indiana. 美国民主党总统参选

VOA双语新闻 --- India-Africa Summit Pledges Close Partner

The first India-Africa summit has concluded with a pledge to work as partners to address economic and development challenges. They also vowed to ensure food security for their developing regions, where poverty is widespread. 首届印非高峰会星期

VOA双语新闻 ---中国主持上海会谈讨论伊朗核问题

China is for the first time hosting talks on Iran's nuclear programs. China wants to show it is a responsible power while balancing its need for oil from Iran. 中国首次主持有关伊朗核计划的谈判。中国希望能展现自己是一个负责

VOA双语新闻 ---世行指责以色列窒息巴勒斯坦经济

The World Bank is accusing Israel of stifling the Palestinian economy. Palestinian economic development has clashed with Israeli security considerations. 世界银行指责以色列窒息巴勒斯坦的经济。巴勒斯坦的经济发展和以色列的

VOA双语新闻 ---美议员批评政府推迟披露叙核情报

U.S. legislators of both political parties are criticizing the Bush administration for only recently disclosing intelligence it possessed about an alleged secret Syrian nuclear reactor that Israel bombed last year. 美国民主、共和两党国会议员

VOA双语新闻 ---美指北韩帮助叙利亚建造核反应堆

Key members of the U.S. Congress are being briefed Thursday on U.S. intelligence information indicating North Korean nuclear cooperation with Syria. North Korea is being pressed to disclose its proliferation activity as part of the six-party agreemen

VOA双语新闻：穆沙拉夫呼吁新议会成立和谐联盟

Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf is calling for a harmonious coalition in the new national assembly, which is now dominated by opposition parties. Mr. Musharraf's plea for unity follows opposition calls for him to step down. 巴基斯坦总统穆沙

VOA双语新闻 2008年2月：US Presidential Race

The candidates for the Republican and Democratic U.S. presidential nominations are campaigning hard in advance of Tuesday's crucial round of contests in 22 states. That California, New York and Illinois are among the states where voters will go to th

VOA双语新闻：东帝汶总统伤情严重 澳增派军警

Australia is sending additional police officers and soldiers to East Timor following an assassination attempt on the country's president and prime minister. President Jose Ramos Horta has been flown to Darwin in northern Australia for treatment. Doct

VOA双语新闻：盖茨称美下届总统仍加强与印关系

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, on a visit aimed at increasing U.S.-Indian strategic relations, has told officials in New Delhi that Washington's commitment to a deeper relationship with India is not likely to change no matter who the next Ameri

VOA双语新闻：联合国再次对伊难民处境表示担忧

In testimony to a congressional committee, a United Nations official has expressed renewed concern about conditions facing Iraqi refugees who have fled to neighboring countries. 联合国一位官员在美国国会作证时再次对逃到邻国的伊拉

VOA双语新闻 --- Medvedev Calls for Rule of Law in Russia

In a long interview with Britain's Financial Times newspaper, Russia's President-elect Dmitri Medvedev shares his views about the country's economy, foreign policy and civil society. The next Kremlin leader is also calling for people in and out of th

VOA双语新闻 2008年2月：乐施会警告贫困使阿民众

International aid agency Oxfam is calling for a major change of direction by Western countries in their efforts to reduce suffering in Afghanistan. It warns poverty is driving ordinary Afghans into the arms of insurgents and drug gangs. 国际救援机

VOA双语新闻 --- Bush Hosts Bahraini King at White House

President Bush met at the White House with the King of Bahrain to discuss Mideast security and the war in Iraq. 布什总统在白宫会见了巴林国王哈马德。双方讨论了中东安全局势和伊拉克战争。 President Bush thanked the Ki

VOA双语新闻--基地组织威胁要袭击美国军商船只

U.S. President Barack Obama said this week that his administration has to do a better job of dealing with terrorism threats in the wake of the failed Christmas Day bomb plot aboard a commercial flight en route to Detroit. Opposition Republicans have

VOA双语新闻 --- 战争罪法庭宣判前科索沃总理无罪

Kosovo's former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj has been acquitted of all charges by judges at the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague. He and two former Commanders of the Kosovo Liberation Army had been charged with murdering, raping, torturin

VOA双语新闻 --- 布什敦促北约东扩和在阿富汗增兵

As NATO leaders gathered in Romania for summit talks, U.S. President George W. Bush urged the alliance to continue to expand eastward and to increase its presence in Afghanistan. In a speech in Bucharest, Mr. Bush laid out his NATO policy. 北约领导

VOA双语新闻 --- Irish Prime Minister Announces Resignatio

Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern says he will resign on May 6, because of growing pressure on him from a tribunal probing alleged financial irregularities. 爱尔兰总理埃亨说，他将于5月6号辞职，因为一家特别法庭调查他有关财