VOA双语新闻：电影猜猜谁来吃晚餐开启一个时代

The 1967 film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner by director Stanley Kramer broke ground on racial issues. Mike O'Sullivan spoke with the late director's wife about the impact of the film, newly re-released on a 40th anniversary DVD. 1967年由导演斯坦利

VOA双语新闻：No Contest in Russian Presidential Election

Russians go to the polls on Sunday for a presidential election in which the victory of Kremlin-backed candidate Dmitri Medvedev is considered a foregone conclusion. Medvedev's path toward high office has been very different from the one facing Americ

VOA双语新闻 2008年2月：UN秘书长警告肯尼亚或出现

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon dominated day one of the African Union summit, warning of a possible catastrophe in Kenya and saying he would go to Nairobi to support mediation efforts aimed at ending the country's ethnic violence. From summit hea

VOA双语新闻：布什访加纳促进当地防治艾滋工作

President Bush is in Ghana where American money is helping slow the spread of HIV/AIDS. Mr. Bush is again pressing the Congress to double AIDS funding over the next five years to $30 billion. 美国总统布什正在访问加纳，在那里，美国提

VOA双语新闻：美以谋杀和战争罪起诉九一一嫌犯

The U.S. Defense Department has charged six detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay detention center with murder and war crimes in connection with the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. The six include Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the susp

VOA双语新闻 2008年2月：Choice for Kenya Mediator Withd

South African businessman Cyril Ramaphosa has withdrawn from his planned role as chief mediator in talks to resolve Kenya's political crisis, after the Kenyan government expressed objections. Former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan is currently lead

VOA双语新闻：希腊族塞浦路斯人投票选举新总统

Demetris Christofias, who has won the presidential election in Cyprus, and the leader of Turkish Cypriots, Mehmet Ali Talat, have agreed to meet for talks on reunification of the island. There is a new way of electioneering in Cyprus, for the first t

VOA双语新闻：India Mulling Sweeping Trade Pact With Afri

India is considering lifting certain trade duties with African countries. The move is aimed at countering China's increasing business ventures in the resource-rich continent. 印度正在考虑对非洲国家解除某些贸易关税。印度的这个举

VOA双语新闻：Greek Cypriots Vote for President

Greek Cypriots went to the polls Sunday to choose a president in what is being described as the island's most exciting election in recent history. 塞浦路斯的希腊族人星期天进行投票，要在这次被形容为塞浦路斯岛最近历史中

VOA双语新闻：布什宣布为坦桑尼亚提供免费蚊帐

President Bush is in Tanzania where he has announced a new initiative to fight malaria. The program aims to provide insecticide-treated bed nets to every Tanzanian child under five. 美国总统布什在访问坦桑尼亚期间为抗击疟疾宣布了一

VOA双语新闻：李明博宣誓就任韩国第十七任总统

The former Seoul mayor who swept December elections in South Korea is getting used to his new title: Mr. President. Lee Myung-bak has taken his oath of office in a formal ceremony in the South Korean capital. 在去年12月韩国大选中大获全胜的

VOA双语新闻：奥斯卡群星闪烁欧洲影星灿烂夺目

Filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen were big winners at this year's Academy Awards ceremony Sunday. Their grisly crime tale No Country for Old Men earned four of Hollywood's top honors. 在星期天举行的今年奥斯卡颁奖典礼上，导演乔尔.科恩

VOA双语新闻：Iraqi Kurds Concerned About Turkish Incursi

Turkey's military said they have killed 41 Kurdish rebels Monday for a total 153 rebels and 17 Turkish soldiers killed during fighting in northern Iraqi Kurdistan. Iraq's national security adviser has expressed concern that Turkey's attacks in Iraq m

VOA双语新闻：Pakistani Opposition Parties Pledge Unity

Pakistan's two main opposition parties appear to have won big gains in parliamentary elections and are pledging to form a coalition government. Before officials announced a final vote tally, opposition leaders are discussing uniting against President

VOA双语新闻：国际社会对卡斯特罗退休做出反应

Reaction from around the world to the retirement of Cuban President Fidel Castro has been mixed and cautious. 世界各国对古巴国务委员会主席卡斯特罗退休一事的反映既复杂又谨慎。 Fidel Castro's retirement formally ends the

VOA双语新闻：Bush Looking for Democracy in Post-Castro C

President Bush says Cuban President Fidel Castro's decision to step down should be the start of a democratic transition on the island. Cuba's Communist party newspaper published a quote from Mr. Castro Tuesday, saying he will not accept another term

VOA双语新闻：斯特罗辞职一生功过待后人评说

Fidel Castro has retired as Cuba's president, ending his 49-year rule of the Caribbean nation. After taking power in a coup in 1959, Mr. Castro built a Communist government that survived a U.S.-backed invasion, a Cold War-era missile crisis and more

VOA双语新闻：美国前总统布什宣布支持麦凯恩

In Houston, former President George H.W. Bush, the father of the current president, stood beside Senator John McCain to offer his endorsement for the Republican presidential nomination. 在美国休斯敦市，美国现任总统布什的父亲、前总

VOA双语新闻：Polls Close in Pakistan's Parliamentary Ele

Polls have closed in Pakistan, where voters turned out to elect a new parliament and mark the country's transition from military rule to a democracy. Threats of violence appeared to keep voter turnout low. The vote comes amid concerns of violence and

VOA双语新闻：美国和欧洲几盟国承认科索沃独立

The United States joined major European allies in recognizing the independence of Kosovo from Serbia. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said recognition is the only viable option to promote stability in the region. 美国和欧洲主要盟国一起承