VOA双语新闻：奥巴马总统赴墨西哥出席北美峰会

U.S. President Barack Obama has arrived in Mexico for the North American Leaders Summit. Mr. Obama, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon will attempt to coordinate their efforts on a number of issues. This is P

VOA双语新闻：阿富汗大选前的恐吓和不安

With less than two weeks to go before Afghanistan holds its presidential election there is continuing concern about intimidation and insecurity. 离阿富汗举行总统选举还有不到两个星期的时间，对恐吓和不安全的关注在继续。

VOA双语新闻：塔利班袭击阿富汗首都附近政府大

The latest offensive by the Taliban on Afghanistan's government infrastructure has taken place in a province adjacent to the national capital. Authorities say in the extended battle in Logar province at least two policemen and four of the assailants

VOA双语新闻：盖特纳：经济在改善，仍需努力

The Obama administration is hailing recent improvements in U.S. economic indicators, but says more must be done to put the United States on solid economic footing. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner proclaimed the risk of financial collapse to be ov

VOA双语新闻：希拉里敦促安哥拉举行自由公正选

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is urging Angolan President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos to hold free and fair elections. 美国国务卿希拉里.克林顿敦促安哥拉总统多斯桑托斯举行自由公正的选举。 Secretary Clinton met wi

VOA双语新闻：美国参议员会见缅甸民主派领袖

U.S. Senator Jim Webb made significant inroads on his visit to Burma Saturday, meeting separately with the head of Burma's ruling military government and the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Senator Webb also secured the release of an American jai

VOA双语新闻：美保守派痛批英国健保激起英人愤

Britons are outraged and speaking out in response to comments among Conservatives in the United States attacking Britain's national health care system as socialist, evil and Orwellian. 在美国医改辩论中，英国的医保体系成了一个参照物

VOA双语新闻：美参议员成功劝说缅释放在押美公

U.S. Senator Jim Webb, who won the release of an American prisoner in Burma, says the United States must develop new ways to bring about political and economic change in the isolated state. Senator Webb called on China to end its silence on Burma and

VOA双语新闻：韩国推迟发射首枚太空火箭 国人失

With just minutes to go before liftoff, South Korean engineers postponed the launch of the country's first space-bound rocket. The delay comes as a disappointment to many who looked forward to the launch as a milestone of national pride. 韩国计划发

VOA双语新闻：巴格达遭炸弹袭击，95死

Multiple explosions in the Iraqi capital have killed 95 people and wounded at least 310 others, in the worst day of violence in Baghdad since U.S. forces left urban areas in June. 伊拉克首都巴格达发生多起炸弹爆炸事件，造成至少9

VOA双语新闻：阿富汗政府：无法保证选举日当天

Top government officials responsible for security in Afghanistan say there is no way to ensure the Taliban will not be able to cause civilian casualties before the election or on the day of voting. Afghanistan's military is declaring a one-day unilat

VOA双语新闻：卡尔扎伊不顾美国反对 允许流亡军

A controversial but still powerful former Afghan warlord has flown back to the country from exile to campaign for President Hamid Karzai. The return home of the Communist-era militia general is seen as a boost for the incumbent president's campaign. 阿

VOA双语新闻：金大中病逝生前曾追求民主及南北

Former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung has died in Seoul at the age of 85. He had been hospitalized since last month for pneumonia. Mr. Kim was credited with ushering a new era of reconciliation with wartime enemy North Korea. His own life story

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马白宫会见埃及总统穆巴拉克

U.S. President Barack Obama and his visiting Egyptian counterpart, Hosni Mubarak, have expressed optimism over the possibility of moving forward on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Mr. Mubarak has made his first visit to the White House in more

VOA双语新闻：塔利班在选举两天前对喀布尔袭击

Eight people died, including two Afghan staff members of the United Nations and at least one foreign soldier, while more than 50 other people were wounded, in the latest wave of Taliban violence around Kabul. The insurgents, who are vowing to disrupt

VOA双语新闻：泰军方称弭平叛军已取得进展

The military commander overseeing Thailand's largely Muslim southern provinces says security is improving as the army steps up efforts to win hearts and minds and end insurgent attacks. But as political analysts say the drop in violence may be tempor