2009年4月25日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Elections

100 days of Obama: Turning peril into possibility (AP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2009 05:57 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2009, file photo, President Barack Obama waves as he walks along the West Wing Colonnade towards the Oval Office in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - Barack Obama opened his presidency by drawing an unflinching portrait of the challenges. Then he set about turning those perils into possibilities.


Inside accounts of interrogation approval differ (AP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2009 06:45 PM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo provided by U.S. Central Command, shows Abu Zubaydah, date and location unknown. A new document indicates the CIA first proposed to top Bush administration officials in mid-May 2002 that alleged al-Qaida terrorist Abu Zubaydah be submitted to waterboarding. That was three months before the U.S. Justice Department approved the interrogation technique in a secret legal opinion. (AP Photo/U.S. Central Command, File)AP - Release of Bush-era documents that shed more light on the origins of the CIA's use of harsh interrogation tactics has ignited a backstage battle between former Bush officials over a crucial May 2002 meeting that paved the way for use of waterboarding on a suspected al-Qaida leader.


Clinton tries to reassure Iraqis during visit (AP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2009 06:26 PM PDT

In this handout photo released by the Iraqi Presidential Press Office, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, shakes hands with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, during their meeting in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, April 25, 2009. Clinton sought to assure Iraqis on Saturday that the Obama administration would not abandon their country even as it presses ahead with plans to withdraw American troops amid a recent surge in violence. Persons in background are unidentified aides.(AP Photo/Iraqi Presidential Press Office, HO)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton tried to reassure nervous Iraqis that the U.S. won't abandon them, even as she said the American troop withdrawal would stay on schedule despite a recent surge in violence.


IMF head says it will sell bonds to raise funds (AP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2009 05:04 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner smiles as he meets with Western Hemisphere ministers during a roundtable discussion at the U.S. Treasury Department in Washington Saturday, April 25, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - The International Monetary Fund will sell bonds as a way to raise funds to lend to struggling nations, the head of the organization said Saturday, in a victory for developing countries.


Sec. Clinton makes first Baghdad visit (Politico)

Posted: 25 Apr 2009 08:46 AM PDT

Politico - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in unannounced visit to Baghdad that the recent spate of bombings is a sign that the situation in Iraq is improving, downplaying sectarian violence and said that U.S. support will not waiver.

Texas case before high court to test voting rights (AP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2009 06:21 PM PDT

Don Zimmerman, vice-president of the Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One board, foreground,  is shown outside the home of Jack and Beverly Stueber, background, in the garage of their home Austin, Texas home in this photo taken Friday, April 3, 2009. Canyon Creek, the heart of Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One, is the site of a major Supreme Court battle over the federal government's often used and most effective tool in preventing voting discrimination against minorities. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)AP - The community of Canyon Creek was ranchland rich with limestone and cedar trees when Jim Crow held sway in the South. The first house wasn't built until the late 1980s and not even a hint of discrimination attaches to this little slice in suburbia.


Gore-Gingrich: Two longtime rivals face off again (AP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2009 06:10 PM PDT

Former Vice President Al Gore, right, accompanied by former Virginia Sen. John Warner, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 24, 2009, before the House Energy and Environment subcommittee.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Al Gore paused during his descent from atop the marble Capitol steps on his way to spar with an old rival, Newt Gingrich. Grinning as he glided toward a former aide he had spotted, Gore joked, "Just like old times."


Obama's health fine after trip to Mexico (AP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2009 05:47 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama's health is fine a little more than a week after he traveled to Mexico, where an outbreak of swine flu has killed at least 68 people and sickened more than 1,000, the White House said Saturday.

Analysis: IMF relevant again, money may fall short (AP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2009 06:15 PM PDT

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, speaks during a news conference, after the conclusion of the G7 finance minister and central bank governor meeting, Friday, April 24, 2009, in Washington.   (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Not long ago the International Monetary Fund seemed headed for relic status. Now it's once more flying high, rolling out ambitious plans to blanket an economically distressed world in dollars. Even grander designs are on the drawing board.


HHS tracking swine flu outbreak (AP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2009 03:33 PM PDT

AP - The Health and Human Services Department says it is aggressively tracking a swine flu outbreak in Mexico.

Iceland's left wins resounding election victory (AFP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2009 06:38 PM PDT

Social-Democrate Party leader and Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir celebrates in Reykjavik. Iceland's interim leftist government won a resounding victory in a snap general election as voters punished the conservative party they blame for the country's economic meltdown seven months ago.(AFP/Olivier Morin)AFP - Iceland's interim leftist government won a resounding victory in a snap general election as voters punished the conservative party they blame for the country's economic meltdown seven months ago.


Rough economy threatens Zuma's SAfrica promises (AFP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2009 06:24 PM PDT

South Africa's president-in-waiting Jacob Zuma celebrates in Pretoria. Zuma on Saturday claimed a AFP - Jacob Zuma led his African National Congress to election victory with sweeping promises to help the nation's poor, but will enter office with little room to manoeuvre due to a faltering economy.


Official: Ethiopia arrests 35 for coup plot (AP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2009 04:44 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, July 20, 2007 file photo, Berhanu Nega, who was elected mayor of Addis Ababa in 2005, celebrates at his parents' Addis Ababa home after his pardon and release from prison. The Ethiopian government has arrested 35 people suspected of a coup attempt allegedly backed by an Ethiopian-American economist Berhanu Nega, now teaching at a Pennsylvania university, an Ethiopian government spokesman said Saturday, April 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Anita Powell, File)AP - The Ethiopian government has arrested 35 people suspected of a coup attempt allegedly backed by an Ethiopian economist now teaching at a Pennsylvania university, a government spokesman said Saturday.


Obama: Give me ideas on tightening federal belt (AP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2009 04:07 PM PDT

President Barack Obama exits after making comments on higher education in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Think you can do better than your federal boss? President Barack Obama wants to know how.


Mixed grade for Gibbs from W.H. press (Politico)

Posted: 25 Apr 2009 03:25 PM PDT

Politico - Robert Gibbs gave White House reporters a "strong A" Friday for their work over the first 100 days of the new administration. 

Boxer: Get ready for tough re-election fight (AP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2009 02:33 PM PDT

AP - U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer is warning Democratic supporters to get ready for a tough re-election campaign next year.

Obama health fine after trip to Mexico (AP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2009 01:23 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama, seen here on April 24, on Saturday urged workers and business to come up with creative and wide-ranging ways to cut budgets and reduce costs ahead of a forum on government reform.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)AP - The White House says President Barack Obama's health is fine a little more than a week after he traveled to Mexico, where an outbreak of swine flu has killed at least 68 people and sickened more than 1,000.


Key events in Obama's first 100 days (AP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2009 01:04 PM PDT

AP - A look at key events during the first 100 days of Barack Obama's presidency:

Zuma claims 'resounding' victory in SAfrica polls (AFP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2009 01:03 PM PDT

South Africa's president-in-waiting Jacob Zuma celebrates in Pretoria. Zuma on Saturday claimed a AFP - Jacob Zuma Saturday claimed a "resounding" victory for his ruling ANC party in South Africa's general election, vowing to steer a steady course in government while working to unite the nation.


World Bank to aid poor countries with public works (AP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2009 12:18 PM PDT

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde attends a ceremony with World Bank President Robert Zoellick and Germany's Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul to launch the World Bank's Infrastructure Recovery and Assets Platform to help governments respond to the global economic crisis, at International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington, Saturday, April 25, 2009. France and Germany are the first to contribute funds to this program.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - The World Bank said Saturday it would provide poor countries with more than $55 billion for public work projects left in limbo when the recession dried up capital investment.


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