2009年5月25日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Obama: World must 'stand up' to North Korea (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 04:40 PM PDT

President Barack Obama makes a statement about North Korea in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama assailed North Korea Monday for new missile tests, saying the world must "stand up to" Pyongyang and demand that it honor a promise to abandon its nuclear ambitions.

Analysis: NKorea widens threat, limits US options (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 04:29 PM PDT

A file picture shows rockets fired during a North Korean military drill at an undisclosed location. North Korea is preparing to test-fire short-range missiles in the Yellow Sea, one day after it staged a nuclear test, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said.(AFP/KCNA via KNS/File)AP - North Korea's nuclear test makes it no likelier that the regime will actually launch a nuclear attack, but it adds a scary dimension to another threat: the defiant North as a facilitator of the atomic ambitions of others, potentially even terrorists.

Defying world powers, N. Korea conducts nuke test (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 02:32 PM PDT

A man reads a newspaper reporting about North Korea's nuclear test in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 25, 2009. North Korea claimed it carried out a powerful underground nuclear test Monday — much larger than one conducted in 2006 — in a major provocation in the escalating international standoff over its rogue nuclear and missile programs. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)AP - North Korea defied world powers and carried out an underground test Monday of a nuclear bomb Russian officials said was comparable to those that obliterated Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The incident drew condemnation from Washington to Beijing and set the communist regime up for a showdown with the United Nations.

Medical providers get 'homework' to find savings (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 09:49 AM PDT

Families USA's executive director Ron Pollack poses for a picture at PhRMA's headquarters in Washington, Wednesday May 13, 2009. Reshaping the nation's health care system has spurred some shotgun marriages of convenience. Lobbyists for drug makers and a liberal group place newspaper adds promising 'A healthier America starts today' and featuring smiling families. A slick Web site offering one-click ways to contact Congress, share health care stories and even buy T-shirts is run by a coalition of business, labor and the AARP. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - A homework assignment from President Barack Obama is turning into a credibility test for medical providers.

North Korea test a test for Obama (Politico)

Posted: 25 May 2009 01:25 PM PDT

Politico - North Korea's claim to have conducted the second nuclear detonation in its history was a setback for President Barack Obama's goal of eliminating nuclear weapons and may well force him to make dealing with the stubborn regime in Pyongyang a top foreign policy priority in the months to come.

Obama observes Memorial Day at Arlington cemetery (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 04:42 PM PDT

President Barack Obama lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 25,2009, during a Memorial Day ceremony. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama avoided a racial controversy on his first Memorial Day in office by sending wreaths to separate memorials for Confederate soldiers and for blacks who fought against them during the Civil War.

Questions from end of stair-climbing wheelchair (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 09:23 AM PDT

This undtaed handout photo provided by Johnson & Johnson shows an IBOT wheelchair. The nation's first stair-climbing wheelchair hit the market with a bang but disappeared with a whimper, a casualty of price that raises a big question: How much will society agree to pay for high-tech help for the disabled? (AP Photo/Johnson & Johnson)AP - The nation's first stair-climbing wheelchair hit the market with a bang but disappeared with a whimper, a casualty of price that raises a big question: How much will society agree to pay for high-tech help for the disabled?

Reid rakes in campaign cash, even without opponent (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 10:06 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2009 file photo, then-President-elect Barack Obama, center, walks with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., left, and then-Vice-President elect Joe Biden on Capitol Hill in Washington. Reid will take the stage with President Barack Obama on Tuesday at a Las Vegas-style fundraiser billed as 'The Good Fight.' But the big-dollar bash is begging the question: Where's the fight? (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, FILE)AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, vulnerable in home-state polls but without a big-name opponent so far, takes the stage Tuesday with President Barack Obama at a Las Vegas-style fundraiser billed as "The Good Fight."

THE INFLUENCE GAME: Pro-Israel doves seek DC clout (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 12:10 AM PDT

Jeremy Ben-Ami, executive director of J Street, energetically works the phones like a symphony conductor at the pro-Israel lobbying group in Washington, Thursday, May 21, 2009. Want a daunting job? Try being a fledgling lobbying group whose goal is nothing less than Middle East peace, and which sometimes butts heads with one of the capital's most storied lobbies. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Want a daunting job? Try building power in Washington as a fledgling lobbying group whose goal is nothing less than Middle East peace and that sometimes butts heads with one of the capital's most storied lobbies.

Congress to Obama: Gitmo plan before money (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 12:13 AM PDT

Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 21, 2009, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Pakistan and Afganistan. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - President Barack Obama shouldn't have assumed his Democratic allies in Congress were willing to pay for the shutdown of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. They weren't, at least not without a plan.

Pa. Dems slow to accept Specter (Politico)

Posted: 25 May 2009 04:58 PM PDT

Politico - Through a series of conference calls and personal meetings, Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) is methodically working his way through the Pennsylvania Democratic Party organizational chart in an attempt to win over his new colleagues.

Obama plays golf after Memorial Day observance (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 02:44 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama (C) arrives with U.S. Army General Richard Rowe, Commander of the Military District of Washington, to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns during the Memorial Day observance at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, May 25, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES POLITICS MILITARY IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - President Barack Obama hit the golf course after marking his first Memorial Day as commander in chief.

Radio Canada rapped for Obama assassination joke (Reuters)

Posted: 25 May 2009 01:05 PM PDT

Reuters - Canada's public broadcaster was wrong to show a skit that joked about the possible assassination of President Barack Obama and suggested he could be a thief, an industry panel ruled on Monday.

Obama lays wreath at Arlington (Politico)

Posted: 25 May 2009 10:32 AM PDT

Politico - President Barack Obama marked Memorial Day on Monday by laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery, saying that the gravesite is a “testament to the price we paid for freedom.”

GOP has high hopes in NJ, Va., governors' races (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 10:30 AM PDT

AP - Republicans are dreaming big in the swamps of New Jersey and the rural outposts of Virginia.

Iranian moderate candidate criticizes Facebook ban (Reuters)

Posted: 25 May 2009 07:43 AM PDT

Reuters - A moderate challenger to hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad condemned the authorities on Monday for blocking access to the Facebook social networking site ahead of the June 12 presidential election.

Military chiefs back Obama on Guantanamo (AFP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 01:59 AM PDT

File photo shows a guard tower at the closed AFP - President Barack Obama has gained support for closing Guantanamo from current and former military leaders despite opposition in Congress to moving "war on terror" suspects to the United States.

Conservatives itching for SCOTUS fight (Politico)

Posted: 25 May 2009 01:11 AM PDT

Politico - As Barack Obama prepares to nominate his first Supreme Court justice, conservative activists have three words for Senate Republicans: Lock and load.

Obama's Day: Honoring the nation's fallen troops (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 12:36 AM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama begins Memorial Day hosting a breakfast at the White House for families who have lost loved ones in military service. The Gold Star family members will be honored in the State Dining Room.

GOP keeps filibuster card ready for court pick (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 12:30 AM PDT

A view of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama said Saturday he feels no pressure to select a woman as his first Supreme Court nominee but that over time, his high court picks would reflect the diversity of the United States.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AP - Empathy isn't part of the job description for a Supreme Court justice, a top Republican says.

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