2009年4月10日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Unbalanced warfare not new for US Navy (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 02:17 PM PDT

In this Jan 10, 2008 photo released by the U.S. Navy, the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) arrives at the Marathi NATO Pier Facility in Souda Bay, Crete, Greece for a routine port visit. U.S. officials say an the USS Bainbridge and a half dozen others are headed to the scene where pirates captured a vessel with a U.S. crew off Somalia's coast. A person aboard the Maersk Alabama, reached by The Associated Press by satellite phone, says crew members had retaken control of the ship. (AP Photo U.S. Navy, Paul Farley)AP - Not for the first time, a powerful U.S. naval fleet designed for all-out war must find a way to swat belligerent mosquitoes — in this case, pirates holding hostage the captain of a container ship in a lifeboat off the African coast.


Obama says economy showing 'glimmers of hope' (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 01:24 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, makes remarks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - President Barack Obama declared Friday that the slumping economy has begun to show "glimmers of hope," but cautioned that it remains severely stressed and will require lots more work to turn it around.


Cautious response is quintessential Obama (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 01:29 PM PDT

AP - True to form, President Barack Obama is striking a cautious, low-profile public stance as the piracy crisis plays out.

Officials: Navy has amphibious assault ship ready (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 11:00 AM PDT

AP - The Navy is moving a huge amphibious ship closer to the scene of the pirate hostage standoff off Somalia.

Obama may get ASU honor after all (Politico)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 01:38 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama in Washington DC on April 9. Obama's anti-terror escalation may not prove enough to break the back of Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, the Pakistani and Afghan envoys in Washington, DC have warned.(AFP/Aude Guerrucci)Politico - Michael M. Crow, president of Arizona State University, tells POLITICO that the school is reconsidering its widely mocked plans not to give President Barack Obama an honorary degree when he speaks at commencement on May 13 and will “honor him in every way possible.”


Officials: Pirate fired weapon in foiled escape (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 09:14 AM PDT

AP - Defense officials say that one of the pirates holding an American captive fired an automatic weapon when the hostage tried to swim to safety.

Stimulus spending invested in volcanoes (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 01:27 PM PDT

An eruption plume rises above Mount Redoubt volcano, 50 miles across Cook Inlet from Kenai, Alaska, on Saturday, April 4, 2009. The 10,197-foot mountain had another explosive eruption at 6 a.m. and has continued to emit ash and steam throughout the day, according to the Alaska Volcano Observatory. (AP Photo/Peninsula Clarion, M. Scott Moon)AP - Weeks after Mount Redoubt erupted in Alaska, the Interior Department is spending some of its first stimulus dollars to improve volcano monitoring.


Justice Ginsburg laments being court's only woman (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 04:25 PM PDT

AP - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Friday it's lonely being the only woman on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Analysis: Pirates put Obama in 21st-century bind (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 05:14 AM PDT

This undated photo provided by Maersk Line Ltd. shows the Maersk Alabama. Somali pirates are holding the captain of the ship hostage, a day after bandits hijacked the U.S.-flagged vessel for several hours before 20 crew members overpowered them. The hijacking took place Wednesday April 8, 2009 several hundred miles off the coast of Somalia. (AP Photo/Maersk Line Ltd.)AP - A ragtag band of pirates has put President Barack Obama in a bind: He commands overwhelming firepower in the form of a growing flotilla of U.S. warships, but he doesn't want to use it.


Obama asks quick congressional OK of new war money (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 09:08 AM PDT

President Barack Obama makes remarks on veterans healthcare, Thursday, April 9, 2009, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - President Barack Obama wants Congress to act quickly on his $83.4 billion request for U.S. military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, an appeal that's disappointing the most liberal, anti-war wing of his party.


Obama phones Ghana's president (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 04:36 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama has phoned Ghana's new president and congratulated him on the African nation's peaceful transfer of power.

Obama confers with Peru's president about economy (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 04:35 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama has called the president of Peru to discuss how their two countries could work together to restore economic growth.

Obama releases Reagan records (Politico)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 02:40 PM PDT

Politico - President Barack Obama is ordering the release of nearly a quarter of a million pages of records from the Reagan White House that were kept from the public during a lengthy review by President George W. Bush.

US 'concerned' over Algerian elections (AFP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 01:00 PM PDT

Algerian election workers count ballots in a vote office in Algiers after the end of voting for the presidential election.(AFP/Pascal Guyot)AFP - The US State Department on Friday said it was 'concerned' at fraud accusations during the landslide re-election victory of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika but did not call into question the poll's legitimacy.


Obama orders pizza from St. Louis, Chicago miffed (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 12:49 PM PDT

AP - The news is hitting Chicago deep dish pizza makers' eye like a big pizza pie.

Congresswoman wants answers on KBR contract (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 12:16 PM PDT

AP - A New Hampshire congresswoman said the Pentagon has failed to justify giving a new, $35 million contract to a company whose electrical work on U.S. facilities in Iraq has been criticized as shoddy and unsafe.

Obama sees "glimmers of hope" in economy (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 12:15 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama(L), seen here with US Federal Reserve Chariman Ben Bernanke(C) and Chairwoman of the Council of Economic Advisers Dr. Christine Romer, said Friday he saw Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Friday the recession-hit U.S. economy was showing "glimmers of hope" despite remaining under strain and promised further steps in coming weeks to tackle the financial crisis.


McCain's daughter slated to write book on politics (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 11:51 AM PDT

FILE- this March 28, 2009 file photo shows Meghan McCain, daughter of Sen. John McCain, arriving at Perez Hilton's 31st Birthday Party in West Hollywood, Calif. McCain  will write a book about her experience as a progressive Republican. McCain, who campaigned for her father during the 2008 presidential race, will 'delve into what it means to love the Republican party, while not always fitting in,' says publisher Hyperion, which inked a deal with McCain. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles,File)AP - Sen. John McCain's daughter will write a book about her experience as a progressive Republican.


Algeria's Bouteflika re-elected in landslide (AFP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 12:40 PM PDT

Algeria's veteran President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, seen here casting his vote with his nephew at a school in Algiers on April 9, 2009, won a third term Friday after results showed he garnered 90 percent of votes in an Algerian vote marred by sporadic violence and boycotted by his main foes.(AFP/File/Pascal Guyot)AFP - Veteran President Abdelaziz Bouteflika won a third term Friday after results showed he garnered 90 percent of votes in an Algerian vote marred by sporadic violence and boycotted by his main foes.


Rove: Biden a 'blowhard' and 'liar' (Politico)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 05:24 AM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden meets with the Economic Recovery Implementation Cabinet, Thursday, April 9, 2009, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington.   (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)Politico - Karl Rove called Joe Biden a “blowhard” and a “liar” in response to some of the vice president’s comments about the Bush administration.


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