VOA双语新闻：希拉里和奥巴马辩论有一致有攻击

Democratic Party presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama faced off in a debate Thursday in Texas. There was more agreement on issues than clashes over differences. 民主党总统候选人提名竞争者希拉里.克林顿和巴拉克

VOA双语新闻：Bush Presses for More Funds to Africa

President Bush is pressing U.S. lawmakers to double funds for fighting HIV/AIDS in Africa. Mr. Bush says his trip to Africa last week convinced him that American aid is making a difference. 布什总统向美国议员们施压，要求为解决非洲的

VOA双语新闻 --- 美国会民主党人批评布什伊战决定

Democrats are criticizing President Bush's latest decisions on military deployments in Iraq, based on recommendations of the U.S. military commander and senior U.S. diplomat in the country. Republicans supported the president, who approved a plan to

VOA双语新闻 ---奥巴马谴责他的牧师发表不妥言论

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama sought to defuse a brewing political controversy Tuesday when he condemned inflammatory statements made over the years by his former pastor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright of Chicago. Obama's remarks came

VOA双语新闻 2008年2月：Kenya Dominates

The political turmoil in Kenya has been the central theme at the opening session of an African Union summit in Addis Ababa. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon leaves Friday for Nairobi to join efforts to calm Kenya's ethnic tensions. 肯尼亚的政治

VOA双语新闻 --- Egyptian Bread Crisis Stirs Anger

In Egypt, a shortage of subsidized bread has resulted in long lines and occasional clashes in which several people have been killed. The president has ordered the army to use its bakeries to try to end the bread crisis, but the roots of the problem a

VOA双语新闻 --- 巴勒斯坦中断与以色列的和平谈判

The Palestinians have suspended peace negotiations with Israel in response to a deadly incursion into the Gaza Strip. More than 100 Palestinians, including many civilians, have been killed during the past two days. Two Israeli soldiers were also kill

VOA双语新闻 --- 布托的侄女：巴选举不是民主胜利

Pakistani writer Fatima Bhutto, niece of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, says last month's elections in Pakistan were not a victory for democracy, but rather a continuation of dynastic politics. 被暗杀的前巴基斯坦总理贝

VOA双语新闻 --- 俄大选已成定局 强对手未能参选

With all but half a percent of the ballots counted from Sunday's presidential election in Russia, Kremlin candidate Dmitri Medvedev has garnered more than all of his opponents, combined. Now, Medvedev is indicating how he will share power with outgoi

VOA双语新闻 ---赖斯国务卿重返中东挽救以巴和谈

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is back in the Middle East this week, meeting with Israeli and Palestinian leaders in a bid to try and prevent Israeli-Palestinian peace talks from collapsing. Three months after a U.S. brokered Mideast Peace

VOA双语新闻--Celebrations in Australia, Asia Ring In 2010

Starting at the International Date line in the mid-Pacific and spreading from east to west, crowds around Asia led the world in ringing in the New Year. 从太平洋海域中部的国际时间变更线开始，全世界从东到西迎接新年的到来

VOA双语新闻--伊朗核物理学家在德黑兰被炸死

An Iranian nuclear physicist has been killed by a remote-controlled bomb hidden in a motorcycle. Iranian prosecutor general Abbas Jaafar Dolatabadi is pointing the finger at Western intelligence agencies. A U.S. State Department spokesman called the

VOA双语新闻--奥巴马获诺贝尔和平奖引发争议

The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama fostered some controversy this year. 奥巴马总统在09年荣获诺贝尔和平奖，此事引发了一些争议。 The Nobel Committee cited President Obama for his extraordinary effo

VOA双语新闻 --- 美中举行研讨会商讨解决环境污染

Chinese and U.S. officials are working together to find ways to combat environmental problems. The two countries held their first joint workshop on environmental cooperation. 美国和中国官员正在共同努力寻求克服环境污染问题的途径

VOA双语新闻 --- Asia Battles Hike in Rice Prices

Grocery stores in Hong Kong have replenished rice supplies after panic buying nearly cleared the shelves. Concern is growing among Asian consumers that the region's staple food will no longer be affordable for low-income families. 香港各家食品杂

VOA双语新闻 --- 韩国官员对北韩的威胁未做出反应

South Korea is opting for a low public policy profile amid escalating tensions with North Korea. Seoul officials kept quiet, a day after Pyongyang threatened to turn the South into ashes. 韩国在与北韩日益紧张的关系问题上，选择在公开

VOA双语新闻 --- Embattled US Housing Chief Resigns

The top U.S. housing official, who is under criminal investigation, has announced he is resigning. 美国负责住房事务的最高官员宣布辞职。与此同时，他正在接受司法调查。 Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Ja

VOA双语新闻 --- 津官方结果显示执政党失去多数票

Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party has lost its majority in parliament according to the latest official result from the Zimbabwe Election Commission. This news follows an earlier announcement from the opposition Movement for Democratic Change that it be

VOA双语新闻 --- 叙利亚以色列分别演习提高警戒

Syria is beefing up security on its home front in a sign of escalating tension with Israel. There are war jitters on both sides of the border. 由于和以色列的紧张关系升级，叙利亚增强了后方的安全部署。叙以两国都出现了备

VOA双语新闻 ---欧佩克计划今后四年提高石油产量

OPEC Secretary General Abdalla Salem el-Badri says the cartel plans to boost its oil production targets by five million barrels a day by 2012. He was speaking on the final day of the International Energy Forum held in Rome. 石油输出国组织欧佩克