VOA双语新闻：美国总统候选人激烈辩论伊战问题

The war in Iraq continues to be a sharp point of difference between the two presumptive U.S. presidential nominees, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain. 在即将成为美国总统候选人的美国民主党的巴拉克.奥巴马和共和党

VOA双语新闻：韩美就进口牛肉问题展开附加谈判

South Korea is sending its chief trade official to Washington for what he describes as additional negotiations on a controversial beef import deal. However, leaders of mass protests say nothing short of scrapping the deal and restarting negotiations

VOA双语新闻：布什访意伊朗核问题仍为主要议题

U.S. President George Bush is in Italy for talks with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Thursday and a meeting with Pope Benedict Friday. 美国总统布什星期四在罗马和意大利总理贝卢斯科尼会谈，星期五将会见教皇本笃十六世

VOA双语新闻：尼克松图书馆纪念美中乒乓外交

A table tennis tournament being held June 10-12 is commemorating the historic ping-pong diplomacy that helped open relations between the United States and China in the 1970s. The event at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, Califor

VOA双语新闻：赖斯结束中东之行未取得进展

The United States' top diplomat has concluded a peace mission to Israel and the Palestinian territories. But she has little to show for it. 美国国务卿赖斯结束了她在以色列和巴勒斯坦领土上的和平使命，但是她并没有取得什

VOA双语新闻：北韩赞韩国人抗议进口美国牛肉

North Korea's official news media have recently been praising South Korean anti-U.S. beef protests, describing them as a popular struggle against a traitor president. The protests hold both irony and lessons for North Koreans. 北韩的官方媒体最近

VOA双语新闻：美伊谈判陷僵局 为达协议仍努力

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Friday initial efforts to reach agreement with the United States on the future of the U.S. troop presence have reached a dead end, and negotiators are working on new approaches. 伊拉克总理马利基星期五

VOA双语新闻：阿富汗联军部队搜捕数百越狱逃犯

Afghan and foreign troops have launched a massive manhunt to recapture hundreds of prisoners, including suspected Taliban militants, who escaped a central prison in southern Afghanistan after a raid by Taliban insurgents on Friday night. Authorities

VOA双语新闻：布什晤萨尔科奇磋商伊朗问题

U.S. President George Bush is calling on Iran's leaders to drop their objections to a modified package of incentives put forward by the five UN permanent Security Council members plus Germany. The dispute over Iran's nuclear program and other Mideast

VOA双语新闻：赖斯抵达中东批评以扩建定居点

The United States' top diplomat has arrived in the Middle East to try to give a boost to the peace process. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is pushing for a peace agreement before President Bush leaves office in January. 美国国务卿赖斯抵达

VOA双语新闻：赖斯努力促以巴和平进程重回正轨

America's top diplomat is in the Middle East trying to get the peace process back on track. 美国国务卿赖斯正在中东访问，试图推动中东和平进程重回轨道。 Israeli settlement expansion topped the agenda as Secretary of State C

VOA双语新闻：布什访英取得重要成果

U.S. President George Bush has won British support for his twin appeals for more troops for Afghanistan and more pressure on Iran. He got some welcome news from British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. 美国总统布什赢得英国对他两项要求的支

VOA双语新闻：美特使访华磋商伊朗核问题

The U.S. ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency is in Beijing for discussions expected to focus on Iran's uranium nuclear program. China has been reluctant to support tougher U.N. sanctions against Tehran. 美国驻国际原子能机构大

VOA双语新闻：麦凯恩：现实理想主义的外交政策

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Senator John McCain, says he is a realistic idealist on U.S. foreign policy positions and goals. Experts say his military background and experience as a prisoner of war in Vietnam keep him focused on p

VOA双语新闻：布什周四将视察美中部洪水灾区

U.S. President George Bush will visit the Midwest state of Iowa Thursday to inspect damage from major flooding along the Mississippi River. Mr. Bush says he will work with Congress to replenish funds used to help those affected by natural disaster. 美

VOA双语新闻：联合国：世界难民人数持续增加

The U.N. refugee agency says the number of people fleeing violence and repression worldwide has risen to 11.4 million, largely due to the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. 联合国难民署说，全球范围逃离暴力和压迫的人数已经上升到

VOA双语新闻：麦凯恩呼吁允许开采美国近海石油

President Bush and Republican presidential candidate John McCain are both calling for an end to a moratorium on developing oil and natural gas resources along much of the U.S. coastline. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama opposes such a m

VOA双语新闻：布什欲撤销美国近海石油禁采令

U.S. President George Bush wants Congress to end a federal ban on offshore oil drilling. Opposition Democrats say that would not lower gas prices. 布什总统要国会撤销禁止进行海洋石油勘探的联邦命令。反对党民主党却说，这

VOA双语新闻：美中承诺在能源环境方面展开合作

Cabinet-level officials from Washington and Beijing Wednesday concluded two days of talks in Annapolis, Maryland with a commitment to cooperate on energy and environmental issues and begin work on a bi-lateral investment treaty. There was also discus

VOA双语新闻：韩国总统再就进口美牛肉协议道歉

South Korea's president has made a second public apology for his management of a deal to resume controversial American beef imports. Responding to massive street protests, he says he will ensure age limits on the imports, in partnership with Washingt