英语听力：VOA双语新闻 22、俄罗斯能否在年底前加入世贸组织？

Russia has been trying to join the World Trade Organization since 1993. Now Russian officials are saying they hope to become a member by the end of this year. 俄罗斯方面自从1993年起，就一直想要加入世界贸易组织。如今，俄罗斯

VOA双语新闻：格俄冲突导致俄罗斯与西方摊牌？

Georgia is emerging battered but defiant from its recent military confrontation with Russia. Russian troops still control significantly more Georgian territory than they did a month ago and no one can answer the key question: How can the occupiers be

VOA双语新闻：格俄冲突使俄股市汇市损失惨重

Russia's currency and stock market have suffered substantial losses since the outbreak of hostilities in Georgia three weeks ago. Investors are nervous going into the weekend over the possibility that European heads of state may apply sanctions again

VOA双语新闻：俄格冲突令土耳其处于尴尬境地

The Russia-Georgia conflict has put Turkey in a tight spot. Will Turkey side with the United States, its NATO ally, and let more U.S. military ships into the Black Sea to assist Georgia? Or will it choose Russia which also shares a Black Sea coast wi

VOA双语新闻 --- 布什称美国坚定支持乌格加入北约

U.S. President George W. Bush says he strongly supports a bid by Ukraine and Georgia to start the process of NATO membership. The comments came during a stop in Kyiv on his way to the NATO summit in Romania. 美国总统布什表示，他强力支持乌

VOA双语新闻：教皇呼吁在格开辟人道主义通道

Pope Benedict XVI issued another strong appeal on Sunday for a humanitarian corridor to be opened to allow aid to get through to the displaced in Georgia. 天主教教皇本笃十六世星期天再次强烈呼吁在格鲁吉亚开辟人道主义通道，

VOA双语新闻：布什：要求分离地区须留在格境内

U.S. President George Bush says Russia must not lay claim to the breakaway Georgian republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Mr. Bush says all Russia forces must leave Georgia. Russia says there is no timetable for that withdrawal. 美国总统布什说

VOA双语新闻：俄外长：协议未定从格撤军时间表

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Russian troops have no timetable for withdrawing from Georgia under a cease-fire agreement both sides have signed. Lavrov told reporters in Moscow today the pullout is contingent on the security situation i

VOA常速英语2013--斯大林家乡格鲁吉亚将重新竖立斯大林雕像

Stalin Statue Roils Georgia 60 Years After Dictators Death斯大林家乡格鲁吉亚将重新竖立斯大林雕像 GORI, GEORGIA This year marks the 60th anniversary of the death of Georgias most famous - or infamous - son, Josef Stalin. A missing b

VOA双语新闻 - 解决俄格冲突危机国际会议获进展

Georgia and Russia have agreed to work to resolve security incidents in the breakaway South Ossetia region where the two countries fought a war in August. Although the two days of talks did not produce a detailed accord, mediators say progress was ma

VOA双语新闻：俄国同意将部队全数撤离南奥塞梯

Russia has agreed to withdraw its troops from controversial buffer zones it had set up around Georgia's breakaway provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The announcement by the Russian president was made following talks with visiting French Preside

VOA双语新闻：美国指俄罗斯违约找借口驻军格国

The United States is accusing Russia of trying to find excuses to keep thousands of troops in Georgia in violation of a cease-fire Moscow signed last month with the former Soviet republic. 美国指责俄罗斯试图寻找借口，让数千名部队留

VOA双语新闻：美国国会就美俄关系前途展开听证

Lawmakers on the House and Senate foreign affairs committees closely questioned U.S. officials Tuesday about future relations with Russia in the wake of the war between Russia and Georgia. The United States is carefully reviewing how to help Georgia

VOA双语新闻：美国防长促北约对俄罗斯小心谨慎

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he will urge caution and prudence in NATO's response to Russia's actions in Georgia when he meets with alliance defense ministers in London Friday. 美国国防部长罗伯特盖茨表示，他这个星期五在

VOA双语新闻：布什呼吁结束南奥塞梯流血冲突

The White House is making a renewed appeal for an end to the bloody conflict between Georgia and Russia over the Georgian breakaway province of South Ossetia, and accusing Russia of 'disproportionate' action. U.S. President George Bush is pushing for

VOA双语新闻：赖斯称俄罗斯须遵守停火承诺

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, speaking after telephone consultations with big-power foreign ministers, said there has been progress in European mediation efforts on the Russia-Georgia conflict. Rice said Moscow must abide by its stated pr

VOA双语新闻：白宫施压俄罗斯停止南奥塞梯冲突

The White House is increasing pressure on Russia to stop the escalating conflict in Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia. U.S. President George Bush is speaking out on the crisis while attending the summer Olympic games. 白宫加紧施压，敦

VOA双语新闻：美国防部：未见俄军大规模撤离

Officials at the Pentagon have seen no indication that Russian forces are making any significant moves to withdraw from Georgia, as Russia's leaders promised when they signed a cease-fire agreement on Saturday. The White House says it should not take

VOA双语新闻：英国敦促俄罗斯：别发动新冷战

On a trip to Ukraine, Georgia was the main talking point as Britain's Foreign Secretary met with President Yushchenko and others. David Miliband's visit came just a day after Russia's president recognized the independence of Georgia's two breakaway r

VOA双语新闻：美军舰满载救援物资抵达格港口

A U.S. ship carrying humanitarian aid has arrived in Georgia's Black Sea port of Batumi carrying humanitarian aid for residents of western Georgia displaced by Russia's recent military incursion. Authorities are assessing the destruction as Russian t