2009年10月20日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Obama cites higher hope for Afghanistan democracy (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 04:46 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - President Barack Obama on Tuesday applauded Afghan President Hamid Karzai for accepting election fraud findings that invalidated nearly a third of the votes cast for him in August.


Obama trying to boost party money, morale (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 04:30 PM PDT

President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - The leader who prods his critics to put politics aside is doing anything but these days: President Barack Obama is campaigning for his party's future.


AP source: House Dems trim health bill to $871B (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 04:38 PM PDT

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., walks in the Capitol after a Senate health care negotiators meeting Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - House Democrats have cut the cost of their health care bill from more than $1 trillion over 10 years to $871 billion over a decade.


N.J. gov. race tied, GOP up 8 in Va. (Politico)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 10:07 AM PDT

Politico - With exactly two weeks to go before voters cast ballots in this fall’s two gubernatorial contests, polls show Republican Bob McDonnell expanding his lead over Democrat Creigh Deeds in Virginia while Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine and GOP challenger Chris Christie are in a dead heat in New Jersey.

Guantanamo detainees case reaches Supreme Court (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 04:45 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2009 file photo shows demonstrators protest in front of the White House in Washington, calling for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay facility. The Supreme Court said Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, it will hear a new case about the rights of Guantanamo detainees, this time involving prisoners who remain in custody even after the Pentagon determines they're not a threat to the United States.  (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, FILE)AP - The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to decide whether Guantanamo detainees who are considered no threat can be ordered released in the United States — over the objections of the Obama administration and Congress — if the prisoners have nowhere else to go.


New malpractice idea in health care debate (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 04:44 PM PDT

White House Health Care czar Nancy Ann DeParle and Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., confer on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., right, speaks to reporters following the weekly policy luncheons. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - President Barack Obama's willingness to consider alternatives to medical malpractice lawsuits is providing a boost for taking such cases out of the courtroom and letting experts, not juries, decide their merits.


Obama stands by Iraqi troop pullout (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 04:53 PM PDT

President Barack Obama listens as Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama renewed his vow Tuesday to have all U.S. combat troops out of Iraq by next August, while nudging Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to see that his parliament quickly passes a critical election law essential to a nationwide vote in January.


Congress looks to extend credit despite problems (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 03:26 PM PDT

AP - The Obama administration said Tuesday it was concerned about the cost of extending a popular tax credit for first-time homebuyers, a program already under scrutiny for fraudulent claims.

Obama honors Army unit for heroism in Vietnam (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 05:01 PM PDT

President Barack Obama shakes hands with Capt. John Poindexter in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, after a ceremony honoring recipients of the Presidential Unit Citation. Members of Alpha Troop First Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, has been awarded for its 'extraordinary heroism and conspicuous gallantry' in a fight almost 40 years ago in Vietnam War. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama on Tuesday awarded an Army squadron the military's highest unit honor for its daring Vietnam War rescue of fellow soldiers, saying he wanted to help right "one of the saddest episodes in American history."


Afghanistan's Karzai agrees to election run-off (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 04:56 PM PDT

Australian soldiers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patrol in Tirin Kot, the capital of Uruzgan province, in 2007. Australia's defence minister Wednesday said he was hoping to wrap up military operations in Afghanistan as soon as possible, despite US and NATO moves for more troops to shore up the campaign.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)Reuters - President Hamid Karzai agreed to face a second round of voting in Afghanistan's disputed election on Tuesday after a U.N.-led fraud inquiry tossed out enough of his votes to trigger a run-off.


Senate OKs transfer of Gitmo prisoners for trials (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 04:44 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 1, 2009 file photo reviewed by the U.S. military, Chinese Uighur Guantanamo detainees show a home-made note to visiting members of the media, at Camp Iguana detention facility, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. The Supreme Court said Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, it will hear a new case about the rights of Guantanamo detainees, this time involving prisoners who remain in custody even after the Pentagon determines they're not a threat to the United States.  (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, Pool, FILE)AP - President Barack Obama won a modest victory Tuesday in his continuing effort to close the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba, allowing the government to continue to transfer detainees at the facility to the U.S. to be prosecuted.


All Tied Up in New Jersey (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 04:40 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine's rise in the polls continues, according to a survey conducted Oct. 15-18 by Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey, which now shows his re-election race against Republican Chris Christie tied at 39 percent among likely voters.

Obama gets seasonal flu shot (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 04:39 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama has gotten a seasonal flu shot.

Woman who lost son fights for bankruptcy changes (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 04:13 PM PDT

Kerry Burns of Coventry, R.I., left, confers with Elizabeth Edwards, senior fellow, Center for American Progress, and wife of former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, as they testified on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, before the Senate Administrative Oversight and the Courts subcommittee hearing on bankruptcy reform and medical debt. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - A Rhode Island woman urged senators Tuesday to ease bankruptcy rules for people devastated by medical debt, as she described the pain of losing a child and going broke from his health care bills.


White House rejects sentencing of Iranian-US scholar (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 04:12 PM PDT

A picture obtained from the Fars News Agency shows US-Iranian scolar Kian Tajbakhsh speaking during a press conference after the first hearing in Tehran on August 1, 2009. The White House expressed AFP - The White House expressed "deepest regret and strong objection" Tuesday to the sentencing of Iranian-American scholar Kian Tajbakhsh, jailed in Iran for his alleged role in post-election unrest.


Obama presses for financial industry overhaul (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 04:01 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama is asking the financial industry to support his push for changes he says would help prevent another economic crisis and would be good for the country in the long run.

Obama thanks terrorism task force, FBI (Politico)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 03:53 PM PDT

Politico - NEW YORK - President Barack Obama stopped by the headquarters of the FBI and New York Police Department’s Joint Terrorism Task Force to thank employees there for their work in fighting what he described as “a determined adversary. “

Afghanistan to hold election run-off Nov 7 (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 03:31 PM PDT

Afghan restaurant customers and staff watch the live television broadcast of (L-R) US Senator John Kerry, United Nations envoy Kai Eide and Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaking at the presidential palace. Afghanistan will hold a second round of its presidential election on November 7 after Karzai failed to win a clear majority in the fraud-tainted contest, officials said Tuesday.(AFP/Romeo Gacad)AFP - Afghanistan will hold a second round of its presidential election on November 7 after incumbent Hamid Karzai failed to win a clear majority in the fraud-tainted contest, officials said Tuesday.


AP News in Brief (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 03:22 PM PDT

AP - Obama says breakthrough on election crisis strengthens democratic hopes for Afghanistan

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