2008年12月13日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Foes ready to test Obama overseas (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 03:08 AM CST

AP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev chose the day after Barack Obama's election victory to brandish a threat of ballistic missiles. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said of the president-elect: "I hope he doesn't end up being one more imperialist."

Republicans criticize Obama aides' silence (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 02:52 AM CST

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich shakes hands with Pastor Marshall Hatch of the New Mt. Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church as he arrives at his home with Pastor Ira Acree, right, of the Greater St. John Bible Church, and the Rev. Steve Jones, president of the Baptist pastor's conference, Friday, Dec. 12, 2008, in Chicago. Calls to impeach the governor intensified in the wake accusations of scheming to sell President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat to the highest bidder. (AP Photo/Mark Carlson)AP - Republicans are criticizing President-elect Barack Obama's silence over contacts his aides may have had with disgraced Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, saying he is breaking promises to bring openness to government.

Gates asks Middle East to help fight terror spread (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 02:34 AM CST

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrives at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel and Spa in Manama, Bahrain, where the International Institute for Strategic Studies is opening a regional security summit, Friday, Dec. 12, 2008. Gates met briefly with other senior officials participating in the Manama Dialogue, where Gulf Arab states' concerns about Persian Iran as well as piracy and maritime security are expected to be among concerns addressed. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged Middle East nations Saturday to help fight the spread of violent extremism by funding and training Afghan security forces and reaching out more aggressively to the fledgling government in Iraq.

Anti-smoking groups hope Obama will be role model (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 02:50 AM CST

President-elect Barack Obama walks towards the podium during a news conference in Chicago, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Of all the things President-elect Barack Obama needs right now, one of them surely isn't a new set of lofty expectations on his well-burdened shoulders.

Big donors to get tickets to swearing-in (Politico)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 06:43 PM CST

Politico - President-elect Obama’s inaugural committee is inviting supporters to give as much as $50,000 or raise as much as $300,000 to underwrite the festivities, and is offering incentives that include tough-to-get spots at the swearing-in ceremony.

Navy commander questions land attacks on pirates (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 02:51 AM CST

Some of the eight suspected Somali pirates listen as a translator Mohammed Ali Mohammed translates the proceedings of the day at the Law Courts in Mombasa Kenya Thursday Dec. 11, 20008, during the hearing of their case where they are charged with hijacking a cargo ship along Somali waters. The hearing of the eight Somali suspects was adjourned until January 14th,15th and 16th after the state pleaded for more time to go through the suspects files.. (AP Photo)AP - Days before Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is to ask the United Nations to authorize "all necessary measures" against piracy from Somalia, a leader of the U.S. military, which would help carry out that policy, said in effect: Not so fast.

Fundraiser emerges as key event in Illinois probe (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 11:23 PM CST

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. answers questions about a report involving his brother Jonathan outside his house in Chicago, Friday, Dec. 12, 2008. As calls for the impeachment Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich intensified,, the Chicago Tribune reports in a story for Friday's editions, citing unnamed sources, that businessman Raghuveer Nayak and Blagojevich aide Rajinder Bedi told attendees at an Oct. 31 meeting that they needed to raise the money for the governor to ensure Jackson's appointment.The Oct. 31 meeting led to a Blagojevich fundraiser held Saturday that was co-sponsored by Nayak. The governor attended, as did Jackson's brother Jonathan, who went into business with Nayak several years ago, according to the newspaper report. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)AP - A fundraiser held by Indian-American businessmen three days before Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested on corruption charges emerged Friday as a potentially key event in the federal investigation into whether he tried to sell President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat.

Al Franken gets boosts in Minnesota Senate recount (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 11:01 PM CST

Attorney Marc Elias is shown Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008 in St. Paul, Minn. Elias represents Democrat Al Franken in the tight Minnesota U.S. Senate race with Republican Sen. Norm Coleman. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)AP - Democrat Al Franken won a pair of victories Friday before the state board overseeing the Senate recount, including a decision that as many as 1,500 incorrectly rejected absentee ballots should be included.

For a mere 50K, you get a 4-day inauguration trip (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 02:25 AM CST

In this Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008 file photo, workers construct the inaugural platform at the west front of the Capitol in Washington, in preparation for Barack Obama's presidential inauguration on Jan. 20, 2009. A million or more people are expected for Obama's inauguration — quite possibly an all-time record crowd for the capital. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - The inauguration committee of President-elect Barack Obama, who ran on a platform to change the way business is done in Washington, is selling four-day packages of four tickets to his historic swearing-in ceremony and parade plus some extras in exchange for $50,000.

Administration unwilling to see automakers fail (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 02:53 AM CST

Pontiac G6 and Chevrolet Malibu's are shown at the General Motors Orion Assembly plant in Orion Township, Mich., Friday, Dec. 12, 2008. Festering animosity between the United Auto Workers and southern Senators who torpedoed the auto industry bailout bill erupted into full-fledged name calling Friday as union officials accused the lawmakers of trying to break the union on behalf of foreign automakers. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - The Bush administration simply wasn't willing to stand by and watch the American auto industry financially collapse — the stakes were too huge.

Gates warns US adversaries not to test Obama (AFP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 01:59 AM CST

An Iranian schoolgirl walks past an anti-US mural painted on the wall of the former US embassy in Tehran. US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has warned that US adversaries would be AFP - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates warned on Saturday that US adversaries would be "sorely mistaken" to test president-elect Barack Obama in the Gulf and called for regional pressure to change Iran's behaviour.

Republicans: Don't blame us, blame the UAW (Politico)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 06:49 PM CST

Politico - As General Motors announced the temporary closure of 20 plants Friday, Republicans who fought a White House-backed bailout plan want Americans to blame the United Auto Workers and think about Rod Blagojevich.

Emanuel not a target of investigation (Politico)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 06:20 PM CST

Politico - Incoming White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is not a target of the federal corruption probe into Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a source who has been briefed on the investigation said.

Obama Has Raised $10 million for Inaugural Activities (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 05:41 PM CST

CQPolitics.com - President-elect Barack Obama has already raised at least $10 million from 243 contributors for his inauguration and related activities, his inaugural committee revealed today.

Obama, Democrats agree to $500 billion stimulus package (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 05:19 PM CST

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., right, meets with Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — While an auto bailout is on life support, President-elect Barack Obama and Democratic congressional leaders have agreed to a $500 billion economic-stimulus package that they want to move next month even before Obama takes office.

Shift in Cuba policy anticipated under Obama (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 05:15 PM CST

A man cycles past a Cuban flag in Havana November 5, 2008. (Enrique De La Osa/Reuters)McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Throughout his campaign, President-elect Barack Obama said that he'd loosen some restrictions on travel and remittances to Cuba and rebuild the already slight ties to the communist nation cut by the Bush administration.

Stevens loses law license (Politico)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 05:07 PM CST

Politico - Ted Stevens can't catch a break. It's the least of his concerns at the moment, but, from the AP...

Obama seeks early January move to Washington (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 04:47 PM CST

President-elect Senator Barack Obama comes onto the stage with his family, (2nd L-R) daughters Sasha and Malia and his wife Michelle, to speak to supporters during his election night rally after being declared the winner of the 2008 U.S. Presidential Campaign in Chicago, November 4, 2008. (Jim Young/Reuters)Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama explored moving into a guest house run by the White House in early January so his daughters can start school on January 5, but the house was booked up with events, aides said on Friday.

Ill. scandal puts spotlight on vacant seat in NY (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 04:30 PM CST

In this Dec. 1, 2008. file photo, New York Gov. David Paterson speaks at a news conference at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. Paterson commended Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for her service, but refused to speculate on candidates or a timetable for naming her replacement. (AP Photo/Tim Roske)AP - The corruption scandal engulfing Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich puts a spotlight on the nation's only other vacant Senate seat — that of Hillary Rodham Clinton in New York.

Darfur groups pin high hopes on Obama team (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 04:30 PM CST

AP - Human rights activists waging a high-profile campaign to end the violence in Sudan's western Darfur region are pushing President-elect Barack Obama and his team to re-energize efforts to end the nearly six-year conflict.

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