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Yahoo! News: Elections

US urges Hamas to cease rocket attacks on Israel (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2008 09:32 PM CST

An explosion is seen following an Israeli missile strike in the northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008. Israeli warplanes retaliating for rocket fire from the Gaza Strip pounded dozens of security compounds across the Hamas-ruled territory in unprecedented waves of air strikes Saturday, killing more than 200 people and wounding nearly 400 in the single bloodiest day of fighting in years. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)AP - The U.S. on Saturday blamed the militant group Hamas for breaking a cease-fire and attacking Israel, which retaliated with strikes of its own during what became the single bloodiest day of fighting in years.


Obama's Hawaii retreat loses power for 11 hours (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2008 09:12 PM CST

President-elect Barack Obama, leaves with some shaved ice at the Koko Marina Shopping Center while on vacation in Hawaii Kai, Hawaii, Friday, Dec. 26, 2008.  (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)AP - President-elect Barack Obama's Hawaiian vacation was darkened for 11 hours Friday night and early Saturday when a power outage enveloped the island of Oahu.


Analysis: Kennedy's shine obscures other hopefuls (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2008 08:24 PM CST

Caroline Kennedy responds during an interview, Friday, Dec. 26, 2008 in New York. Kennedy's name first surfaced as a possible replacement for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in early December after President-elect Barack Obama nominated Clinton to be secretary of state. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)AP - Officially, Gov. David Paterson's main focus is the state's fiscal crisis, not the decision about whom to appoint if, as expected, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is confirmed as secretary of state.


GOP chairman 'shocked' that Obama parody sent out (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2008 09:38 PM CST

AP - The chairman of the Republican National Committee said Saturday he was "shocked and appalled" that one of his potential successors had sent committee members a CD this Christmas featuring a 2007 parody song called "Barack the Magic Negro."

Blackwell defends Saltsman (Politico)

Posted: 27 Dec 2008 02:56 PM CST

Politico - Ken Blackwell, the former Ohio secretary of state who appears to be leading in the race to become the next chairman of the Republican National Committee, is defending a rival who distributed a CD containing a song called "Barack the Magic Negro," and dismissing criticism as a sign of media "hypersensitivity" to race.

How normal will life be for Obama's famous tweens? (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2008 11:50 AM CST

President-elect Barack Obama, has a laugh with his daughter Malia, center, along with other family and friends at the Koko Marina Shopping Center while on vacation in Hawaii Kai, Hawaii, Friday, Dec. 26, 2008.  (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)AP - They're only 10 and 7, and already designers are angling to dress them. They've been on the cover of People and Us Weekly. And there's that standing invitation — unlikely though it is to be redeemed — to the set of "Hannah Montana."


Questions and answers on Obama's overseas playbook (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2008 10:48 AM CST

AP - The international to-do list President George W. Bush hands to his successor has a lot of boxes marked "incomplete." Some of Bush's foreign policy and security priorities were overtaken by the two expensive wars that outlast him. In other cases Bush ran out of time or political capital, or was vexed by the realities of a new world where even close allies don't always cater to American whims.

Bomb kills 10 at northwest Pakistan polling station (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 02:29 AM CST

Pakistani activists from Pasban Pakistan carry replica missiles as they shout anti-Indian slogans during a protest in Karachi. Pakistan's leader, Asif Ali Zardari, has pleaded for dialogue, not war, to fight terrorism in South Asia but told India not to push Islamabad too hard for action against extremists one month after the Mumbai attacks.(AFP/File/Rizwan Tabassum)Reuters - A bomb exploded at a polling station in northwest Pakistan on Sunday killing at least 10 people, including four children, during a by-election for a provincial assembly seat, police and government officials said.


Bangladesh poll brings hope with a dash of doubt (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 02:07 AM CST

Reuters - Bangladesh holds a parliamentary election on Monday that may be its most-honest ever and will move it back to democracy after two years of emergency rule by an army-backed interim government.

How Hawaii Protected Obama During the Power Outage (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 12:00 AM CST

Time.com - A very public vacation day for the President-elect becomes a security problem when the lights go out in Honolulu and practically all of Oahu

Lights blink back on after Hawaii power failure (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2008 10:47 PM CST

Pedestrians take pictures as traffic lights, street lights and buildings are without power along Kalakau Ave. and the rest of Honolulu, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008, during an extensive blackout on the island. The island of Oahu lost power Friday evening in the midst of heavy rain and lightning, leaving some 800,000 residents and thousands of tourists in the dark, as well as the neighborhood where President-elect Barack Obama was vacationing. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)AP - Almost all of Oahu had electrical power restored Saturday after a power failure blacked out the island's population of about 900,000 and thousands of holiday visitors, including President-elect Barack Obama.


Power blackout in Hawaii left Obama family in dark (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Dec 2008 08:06 PM CST

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama talks with onlookers as his daughter Sasha and a friend sit down with their shave ice at Hawaii Kai shopping centre, December 26, 2008. (Hugh Gentry/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama was without electricity for 12 hours at his vacation home on Oahu after a suspected lightning strike blacked out Hawaii's most populous island, an aide said on Saturday.


After Bush, will MoveOn live up to its name? (Politico)

Posted: 27 Dec 2008 05:22 PM CST

Politico - After more than a decade spent railing against the Republican machine, MoveOn wants to move on —even if it means leaving some of its high-minded ideals behind.

Obama 'monitoring' Gaza strikes: spokesman (AFP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2008 05:13 PM CST

Palestinians carry a wounded compatriot as smoke and fire rise up in the background following an Israeli air strike that targeted Buriej refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. US president-elect Barack Obama is AFP - US president-elect Barack Obama is "monitoring" the deadly violence in the Gaza strip and spoke to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice about the situation, his aides said Saturday.


Zimmerman: Caroline less open than the Queen (Politico)

Posted: 27 Dec 2008 02:30 PM CST

Politico - So much for the Clintons hushing up their pals, vis-a-vis Caroline Kennedy.

Island-wide blackout hits vacationing Obama in Hawaii (AFP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2008 02:19 PM CST

A Honolulu Police Department car sits on the street leading to US President-elect Barack Obama's shortly before the power went out across Oahu at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kailua, Hawaii.(AFP/Tim Sloan)AFP - Much of the Hawaiian island of Oahu was left without power overnight into early Saturday, including the area where president-elect Barack Obama is vacationing, after a huge blackout plunged the island into darkness.


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