VOA双语新闻 ---克林顿挑战奥巴马要一对一辩论

Senator Hillary Clinton is challenging her Democratic Party presidential rival, Senator Barack Obama, to a debate. The call is part of the escalating rhetoric between the two as they campaign in the central state of Indiana. 美国民主党总统参选

VOA双语新闻 --- India-Africa Summit Pledges Close Partner

The first India-Africa summit has concluded with a pledge to work as partners to address economic and development challenges. They also vowed to ensure food security for their developing regions, where poverty is widespread. 首届印非高峰会星期

VOA双语新闻 ---中国主持上海会谈讨论伊朗核问题

China is for the first time hosting talks on Iran's nuclear programs. China wants to show it is a responsible power while balancing its need for oil from Iran. 中国首次主持有关伊朗核计划的谈判。中国希望能展现自己是一个负责

VOA双语新闻 ---世行指责以色列窒息巴勒斯坦经济

The World Bank is accusing Israel of stifling the Palestinian economy. Palestinian economic development has clashed with Israeli security considerations. 世界银行指责以色列窒息巴勒斯坦的经济。巴勒斯坦的经济发展和以色列的

VOA双语新闻 ---美议员批评政府推迟披露叙核情报

U.S. legislators of both political parties are criticizing the Bush administration for only recently disclosing intelligence it possessed about an alleged secret Syrian nuclear reactor that Israel bombed last year. 美国民主、共和两党国会议员

VOA双语新闻 ---美指北韩帮助叙利亚建造核反应堆

Key members of the U.S. Congress are being briefed Thursday on U.S. intelligence information indicating North Korean nuclear cooperation with Syria. North Korea is being pressed to disclose its proliferation activity as part of the six-party agreemen

NPR边听边练111:卡恩上诉阻止涉及其私人生活新书《美女与野兽》的出版

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学个词Learn a Word 第949期 checkbook journalism

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VOA双语新闻--基地组织威胁要袭击美国军商船只

U.S. President Barack Obama said this week that his administration has to do a better job of dealing with terrorism threats in the wake of the failed Christmas Day bomb plot aboard a commercial flight en route to Detroit. Opposition Republicans have

VOA双语新闻 --- 战争罪法庭宣判前科索沃总理无罪

Kosovo's former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj has been acquitted of all charges by judges at the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague. He and two former Commanders of the Kosovo Liberation Army had been charged with murdering, raping, torturin

VOA双语新闻 --- 布什敦促北约东扩和在阿富汗增兵

As NATO leaders gathered in Romania for summit talks, U.S. President George W. Bush urged the alliance to continue to expand eastward and to increase its presence in Afghanistan. In a speech in Bucharest, Mr. Bush laid out his NATO policy. 北约领导

VOA双语新闻 --- Irish Prime Minister Announces Resignatio

Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern says he will resign on May 6, because of growing pressure on him from a tribunal probing alleged financial irregularities. 爱尔兰总理埃亨说，他将于5月6号辞职，因为一家特别法庭调查他有关财

VOA双语新闻 --- 尼泊尔毛派走向胜选 称致力和平

The leader of Nepal's Maoists is trying to reassure his country and the world that the former rebels will play a constructive political role as election returns show the far-left party making a much stronger-than-expected showing. Election officials

VOA双语新闻 --- Australia Offers Sanctuary to Iraqi Worke

Australia will offer a permanent home to hundreds of its Iraqi employees when Canberra pulls its combat forces out of the troubled country later this year. There are fears these employees could face retribution after Australian troops are withdrawn. 澳

VOA双语新闻 --- 希尔说与北韩的核谈判有一些进展

The chief U.S. negotiator in six-nation talks on the North Korean nuclear crisis says talks with his North Korean counterpart in Singapore were good and may yield progress. 北韩核问题六方会谈的美国首席谈判代表希尔表示，他在新加

VOA双语新闻 ---巴激进分子头目下令部下停止袭击

In Pakistan, a fugitive militant commander linked to the al-Qaida network is said to have ordered his fighters to stop attacks on security forces and government installations in the country. The move follows reports the new government has renewed con

VOA双语新闻 ---奥巴马希拉里在宾州发动最后冲刺

In U.S. politics, all eyes are on Pennsylvania as that eastern state holds a crucial primary election. On the eve of the primary, the two candidates for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination were campaigning virtually non-stop. 美国各方面

VOA双语新闻 ---宾州选民在关键的总统初选中投票

The ballot count is underway in a crucial primary election in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Voters chose between two candidates for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination: Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. 美国宾夕法尼亚州正

VOA双语新闻 ---布什与墨西哥总统讨论移民等问题

President Bush is in New Orleans, playing host to his North American counterparts, Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Immigration was a top issue with President Calderon. 布什总统正在新奥尔良接待北

VOA双语新闻 ---维州理工大纪念校园枪击案遇难者

Candlelight vigils and somber ceremonies marked the one-year anniversary of a shooting spree on the campus of a U.S. university, Virginia Tech, that left 32 people and the gunman dead. The incident was one of the worst mass-shootings in U.S. history