2008年11月24日星期一

Yahoo! News: Elections

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Elections

President-elect Obama rolling out economic course (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 03:39 AM CST

President-elect Barack Obama steps out of his vehicle as he arrives at the University of Chicago Lab School to play basketball, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Eager to calm economic anxieties, President-elect Barack Obama is rolling out an economic vision that will require congressional cooperation even before he settles into his new desk in the White House's Oval Office.

Americans rush plans for Obama inauguration (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 02:23 AM CST

Pattie H. Brew, 97, wears an Obama hat with her 'I Voted' sticker taped to it at her home in Washington Monday, Nov. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - Pattie Brew, daughter of a North Carolina sharecropper, had let almost a century go by without casting a vote for president or joining the inaugural crowds only three miles from her home in the nation's capital.

Official: Richardson to be commerce secretary (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2008 11:20 PM CST

In this Aug. 28, 2008 file photo, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson waves after addressing the Democratic National Convention in Denver. President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Richardson to be Secretary of Commerce, adding a prominent Hispanic and one-time Democratic rival to his expanding Cabinet. Obama planned to announce the nomination after Thanksgiving, according to a Democratic official familiar with the discussions. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)AP - President-elect Barack Obama has chosen New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson to be commerce secretary, adding a prominent Hispanic and one-time Democratic rival to his expanding Cabinet.

Venezuelans swamp polls in key vote for Chavez (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2008 03:55 PM CST

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez waves upon his arrival at a polling station in Caracas, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008. Chavez sought to hold on to his dominance in state and municipal elections Sunday, facing an opposition aiming to win back power in key states and cities. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - Venezuelans voted to choose state governors and mayors Sunday in elections that could either hand President Hugo Chavez his second straight electoral setback or give his leftist government a new mandate.

No enemies list (Politico)

Posted: 23 Nov 2008 06:10 PM CST

Politico - The hiring of Ellen Moran as White House communications director makes sense for some reasons: She's thought of as a capable, experienced hand, and she's known and worked with top Obama aides for nearly two decades.

Foes of stem cell research now face tough battle (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2008 11:05 AM CST

Claudia Castillo from Colombia poses in an undated photograph. Castillo, 30, has received the world's first tailor-made trachea transplant, grown by seeding a donor organ with her own stem cells to prevent her body rejecting it, an international research team reported on November 19, 2008. The success of the operation, performed in June using tissue generated from the Castillo's own bone marrow, raises the prospect that transplanting other organs may be possible without drugs to dampen the immune system, they said. REUTERS/HO/Hospital Clinic Barcelona (SPAIN). NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.AP - When the Bush presidency ends, opponents of embryonic stem cell research will face a new political reality that many feel powerless to stop.

Chavez, opposition share Venezuela election spoils (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 03:31 AM CST

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez with his grandchildren talks to media after casting his vote in Caracas November 23, 2008. Venezuelans vote Sunday in state elections where Chavez aims to consolidate his grip on the OPEC nation to re-energize his drive toward socialism a year after he suffered a referendum defeat. (Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)Reuters - President Hugo Chavez's left-wing party and the growing opposition shared the spoils of Venezuela's local elections as they jostled for political momentum in the OPEC nation on Monday.

McCain to see pre-poll situation in Bangladesh (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 02:29 AM CST

Reuters - Three senior U.S. senators, including defeated presidential candidate John McCain, will visit Bangladesh early next month to meet its leaders ahead of a long-delayed vote, a U.S. official said on Monday.

Obama presents team to navigate economic crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 01:14 AM CST

President-elect Barack Obama walks into the University of Chicago Lab School with secret service agents to play a pickup basketball game in Chicago, Illinois November 23, 2008. (Jeff Haynes/Reuters)Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama takes his first major step toward addressing the U.S. financial crisis on Monday, presenting the team that will steer his economic policies and navigate a potentially deep recession.

Obama plans second stimulus package of up to 700 bln dlrs: report (AFP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 12:59 AM CST

The New York Stock Exchange on November 5. US President-elect Barack Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress are preparing plans for a second massive economic stimulus programme that could total up to US$700 billion over the next two years.(AFP/File/Don Emmert)AFP - US President-elect Barack Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress are preparing plans for a second massive economic stimulus program that could total as much as 700 billion dollars over the next two years, The Washington Post reported Monday.

Obama to introduce economic team (AFP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 12:17 AM CST

US president-elect Barack Obama was set to unveil his economic team amid the global financial crisis, his transition office said Sunday as a top advisor confirmed Timothy Geithner, pictured in 2006, had been tapped for Treasury.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - US President-elect Barack Obama was poised Monday to unveil his White House economic team, which faces the monumental task of reversing one of the most serious crises faced the US economy in recent decades.

Want an inauguration ticket? Get in line (Politico)

Posted: 23 Nov 2008 07:23 PM CST

Politico - In his column last Sunday for the San Francisco Chronicle, former Mayor Willie Brown had a piece of advice for blue-state Democrats looking to score presidential Inauguration tickets: Call a Republican.

Russian president sees Obama flexible on missile defense (AFP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2008 06:51 PM CST

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit family photo session in Lima. Medvedev said Sunday he believed US president-elect Barack Obama would be open to changing position over a hotly contested US plan for a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe.(AFP/Luis Acosta)AFP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday he believed US president-elect Barack Obama could change Washington's position over a hotly contested plan for a US missile defense shield in Eastern Europe.

Obama again steps to forefront in economic crisis (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 23 Nov 2008 06:49 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama took center stage in the economic crisis for the third day running Sunday as he dispatched aides to pitch his rapidly expanding stimulus plan on TV and announced plans to introduce his economic team Monday.

YWCA survey reveals women's priorities for Obama (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2008 04:03 PM CST

AP - More than three-fourths of young women, those ages 18-29 and known as Generation Y, want incoming President Barack Obama to make civil rights and racial justice top priorities of his administration, a survey says.

Little known about Geithner's views (Politico)

Posted: 23 Nov 2008 03:35 PM CST

Politico - President-elect Barack Obama is putting together an economic team that gets rave reviews on Wall Street and will likely get an easy ride through the Senate.

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