VOA双语新闻：奥巴马和克林顿之争进入最后阶段

The long running battle between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination may be in its final days. Both contenders are campaigning for delegates in the final three primaries between now and Tuesday. And both

VOA双语新闻：利夫尼称定居点不是和平进程障碍

Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni indicated Sunday Israel may uproot some of its West Bank settlements as part of a peace accord with the Palestinians. Livni spoke at the start of a meeting Sunday with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza

VOA双语新闻：赖斯为布什总统访问以色列辩护

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Saturday defended President Bush's plan to visit Israel later this month for celebrations of its 60th anniversary, without making a corresponding visit to Palestinian areas. Rice is in Jerusalem for more talks with

VOA双语新闻：阿巴斯在约旦河西岸部署警察部队

The Palestinian Authority has launched a new security initiative in the West Bank. The move, which coincides with a U.S. peace mission to the Middle East, has been met with Israeli skepticism. 巴勒斯坦当局在约旦河西岸启动一项新的安全

VOA双语新闻：联合国协助布隆迪少年兵返回家乡

The United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, says more than 200 child soldiers held by rebels have been demobilized following seven months of negotiations. UNICEF says the children, including one girl, were being held by a dissident group that broke w

VOA双语新闻：印度基础设施落后拖经济后腿

India is building new roads, airports and power plants to cater to the needs of an economy that is growing at a rapid pace. But, infrastructure continues to be woefully inadequate. 印度正在修建新的道路、机场、发电站，以满足经济高

VOA双语新闻：赖斯赴中东推动以巴和平协议

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flies from London to Jerusalem Saturday for a new round of talks aimed at getting an Israel-Palestinian peace accord by year's end. Rice will lay the groundwork for President Bush's visit to the region later t

VOA双语新闻：巴基斯坦被解职法官将复职

The leader of the second largest political party in Pakistan's ruling coalition announced Friday that all the judges President Pervez Musharraf sacked last year will be reinstated on May 12. 巴基斯坦执政联盟的第二大政党领导人星期五宣

VOA双语新闻：前美军将领称伊战不会迅速结束

This week marked the fifth anniversary of the speech President Bush gave on a U.S. aircraft carrier, in which he declared the end of major combat in Iraq. The anniversary came at the end of a difficult month for U.S. forces in Iraq, and caused some r

VOA双语新闻：韩国：六方会谈有望几星期内复会

South Korean officials say six-nation talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear programs could resume within weeks. 韩国官员表示，旨在终止北韩核项目的六方会谈有望在几个星期之内复会。 Senior South Korean officials sa

VOA双语新闻：美国评估与白俄罗斯外交关系问题

The Bush administration is denying media reports that it is ordering Belarus to close its embassy in Washington as well as its consulate in New York, but is not ruling out such actions in the future. 布什政府否认媒体有关美国下令让白俄罗

VOA双语新闻：美指责伊朗向塔利班提供武器

The Pentagon said Wednesday Iran is continuing to provide weapons and other material to Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, in addition to its alleged continuing support for Shiite militias in Iraq. Officials spoke to reporters Wednesday shortly after

VOA双语新闻：美民主党候选人加紧关键两州竞选

Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are seeking crucial votes in Indiana and North Carolina, where primary elections will be held Tuesday. Meanwhile, Democrats in the in the small Pacific island territory of Guam made

VOA双语新闻：美遣送前半岛电视台摄影师至苏丹

The Pentagon says it believes a former al-Jazeera cameraman sent from the Guantanamo detention center to Sudan Thursday is still dangerous, and it expects the Sudanese government to help ensure he does not resume what the Pentagon says is his involve

VOA双语新闻：津巴布韦暴力升级

As Zimbabwe braces itself for a runoff in the presidential election, violence against people loyal to the Movement for Democratic Change, or MDC, has reached unprecedented levels. MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Tuesday that more than 50 people

VOA双语新闻：布什恭贺母亲节并祝女儿新婚幸福

U.S. President George Bush is at his Texas ranch, where his daughter Jenna is getting married in a private ceremony at the Bush home. The president noted the occasion in his weekly radio address. 美国总统布什目前在德克萨斯州他的牧场家

VOA双语新闻：国际社会踊跃向中国震区捐款捐物

The international community is pledging aid packages for survivors of China's earthquake, which has killed more than 14,000 people and left tens of thousands of others in need of emergency aid. The southern Chinese city is spearheading a global relie

VOA双语新闻：印反击美将粮价高涨归咎印度说法

Politicians across the Indian political spectrum are condemning President Bush's remark, linking high food prices in the West to a growing middle class in India. Indians are pointing the finger back at the United States. 印度各党派政治人物最近

VOA双语新闻：民主党竞选人在关键两州展开冲刺

In the U.S. presidential race, both Democratic contenders have stressed party unity before two primary contests that could prove decisive in deciding which of the two will face the presumed Republican nominee, Arizona Senator John McCain, in the Nove

VOA双语新闻：美国预期北韩星期四全面申报核情

U.S. officials say they expect North Korea to make its long-delayed declaration about its nuclear program on Thursday, and if it does the Bush administration is ready to begin dropping sanctions against Pyongyang. A senior State Department official i