2009年7月11日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Elections


In personal terms, Obama hails Africa's promise (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 02:08 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, daughters Sasha, and Malia, obscured, walk past traditional dancers as they participate in a departure ceremony at the airport in Accra, Ghana, Saturday, July 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - America's president and Africa's son, Barack Obama dashed with pride onto the continent of his ancestors Saturday, challenging its people to shed corruption and conflict in favor of peace. Campaigning to all of Africa, he said "Yes you can."


Obama departs Ghana for trip home to United States (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 12:22 PM PDT

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama visit the La General Hospital in Accra, Ghana, Saturday, July 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - President Barack Obama is headed home after a brief but whirlwind visit to Ghana.


AP sources: Cheney told CIA not to discuss progam (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 04:58 PM PDT

FILE -- In this June 1, 2009 file photo, former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the National Press Club in Washington.   (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)AP - Government sources say Vice President Dick Cheney directed the CIA not to inform Congress about a nascent counterterrorism program eight years ago that CIA Director Leon Panetta terminated in June.


AP Interview: Hayden says Congress was informed (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 01:30 PM PDT

FILE -- In this Feb. 5, 2008, file photo, then CIA Director, Lt. Gen. Michael Hayden, testifies about world threats before a Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington.   (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)AP - Former CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden angrily struck back Saturday at assertions the Bush administration's post-9/11 surveillance program was more far-reaching than imagined and was largely concealed from congressional overseers.


Bush-bashing still politically potent (Politico)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 04:50 AM PDT

Politico - Vice President Joe Biden was standing by Jon Corzine's side when the New Jersey governor kicked off his reelection campaign last month, but it was hard to tell from Corzine's remarks that there was a new administration in Washington.

Cast of characters on committee quizzing Sotomayor (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 12:47 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 8, 2009, file photo Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor walks on crutches on her way to a meeting on Capitol Hill, in Washington. When the curtain rises Monday, July 13, 2009, on Sotomayor's nomination to become the Supreme Court's first Hispanic justice, a large cast of ambitious players will be ready to explore themes ranging from racial conflict to legal controversy to highly personal facts and views. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)AP - Live from the Capitol, Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings promise high political theater this week, beamed to the world in dramatic, historic, perhaps comedic glory.


Obama: Daughters should learn from slave tour (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 04:37 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and their daughters Malia and Sasha are joined for a tour of the Cape Coast Castle in Cape Coast, Ghana, Saturday, July 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - President Barack Obama says he hopes his family's tour of a former slave fortress on the coast of Ghana shows his daughters that history can take very cruel turns.


Obama says slave site reminds him of world 'evil' (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 09:33 AM PDT

President Barack Obama smiles before he addresses the Ghanaian Parliament in Accra, Ghana, Saturday, July 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama says a slave site reminds him of humanity's potential for "great evil" but also gives him a reason for hope, given the progress African-Americans have made since leaving the castle as slaves.


Iranian-Americans rally in front of White House (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 02:28 PM PDT

Mansoureh Mojahedpoor of Washington holds a photo of her son, Mojtaba Mojahedpoor, who she says was a Tehran University student killed by the current Iranian regime in 1982, during a demonstration against the Iranian government in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Saturday, July 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Hundreds of protesters, many of them Iranian-Americans, marched from Capitol Hill to the White House on Saturday, most holding Iranian flags and chanting demands for the U.S. to take more action after Iran's disputed election.


Nominee puts on best face, but who is she? (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 07:41 AM PDT

AP - For weeks, Sonya Sotomayor has put on her best face, displaying a pleasant disposition that has somewhat fended off critics of her nomination to become the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice.

Obama's Africa: more talk than policy (Politico)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 03:35 PM PDT

Politico - ACCRA, Ghana — To many of his African listeners, he came not as a finger-wagging outsider but as a deeply disappointed son of Africa – giving President Barack Obama’s sharp critique of corruption and repression an added resonance.

Taliban pushed back, long way to go: Obama (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 03:16 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. and allied troops have pushed back Taliban insurgents in a major offensive in Afghanistan but there is still a long way to go, President Barack Obama said on Saturday.

Obama wants new push to train Afghan army, police (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 01:15 PM PDT

Afghan National Army soldiers march during a ceremony in Herat province on July 6, 2009. US President Barack Obama said Saturday he wants a new push to train Afghanistan's army and police after the country's August elections, in an interview with Britain's Sky News television.(AFP/File/Reza Shirmohammadi)AFP - US President Barack Obama said Saturday he wants a new push to train Afghanistan's army and police after the country's August elections, in an interview with Britain's Sky News television.


Obama: Africa aid must be matched by good governance (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 12:48 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) and first lady Michelle Obama greet Ghana's President John Atta Mills and his wife Ernestina Naadu Mills (L) upon Obama's arrival in Accra, Ghana, July 10, 2009. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - U.S. President Barack Obama told Africans on Saturday that Western aid must be matched by good governance and urged them to take greater responsibility for stamping out war, corruption and disease plaguing the continent.


WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama's whirlwind Ghana tour (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 12:45 PM PDT

President Barack Obama holds a baby while visiting the La General Hospital in Accra, Ghana, Saturday, July 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - Protocol says you stand when the president enters a room. But for a handful of pregnant women, President Barack Obama was willing to make an exception.


Obama says stimulus plan to kick in later this year (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 12:13 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama said Saturday more time was needed for his $787 billion stimulus package to work, predicting the spending would have a bigger impact on the economy later this year.

Hispanic rights group at center of Sotomayor fight (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 11:54 AM PDT

FILE -- In this Oct. 10, 2007 file photo, Cesar Perales, left, of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, talks with reporters during a news conference in Washington.   Attorney Eduardo Ferrer is at right. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)AP - Cesar Perales has fought his share of critics over the years, in legal battles for minorities denied jobs, bilingual classes in schools and more Latino police officers.


Philippine president to visit Obama on July 30 (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 12:49 PM PDT

AP - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will meet with President Barack Obama at the White House on July 30.

Obama rejects 2nd stimulus: Give recovery time (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 09:05 AM PDT

In this July 10, 2009 photo, Nick Barone shows off a pair of dungeness crabs on The Barge, a sales platform at the Port of Newport in Newport, Ore. Dungeness crab are Oregon's largest fisherie, and a $700,000 federal stimulus grant from NOAA is hiring fishermen to retrieve lost crab pots that pose a hazard to wildlife and fishing boats. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)AP - President Barack Obama said Saturday the $787 billion stimulus program must be given a chance to work before consideration is given to a second such jolt for the still-ailing economy.


Text of Obama's speech in Ghana (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 09:03 AM PDT

AP - Text of President Barack Obama's speech Saturday in Accra, Ghana, as provided by the White House:

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