2009年6月27日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Supreme Court to decide final 3 cases on Monday (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 03:29 PM PDT

This photo, taken June 8, 2009, shows a New Haven, Conn, fire engine is parked in a fire station, firefighter Frank Ricci is assigned. A closely watched discrimination lawsuit by white firefighters among whom lead plaintiff Ricci, who say they have unfairly been denied promotions, is one of three remaining Supreme Court cases awaiting resolution Monday, June 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - A closely watched discrimination lawsuit by white firefighters who say they have unfairly been denied promotions is one of three remaining Supreme Court cases awaiting resolution Monday.

Obama pressures Senate on climate change measure (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 03:34 PM PDT

Activists hold signs as they participate in a rally on the West Lawn of the US Capitol in March 2009 in Washington, DC. US President Barack Obama urged lawmakers Thursday to pass a historic global warming bill, amid down-to-the-wire campaigning on the eve of a tense vote in the House of Representatives.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)AP - Hailing the House, President Barack Obama put pressure on senators Saturday to follow its lead and pass legislation to limit greenhouse gas emissions, helping usher the U.S. into a new age of energy efficiency.

AP sources: Detainees imprisoned indefinitely? (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 03:43 PM PDT

FILE -- In this May 13, 2009 file photo reviewed by the U.S. military, Guantanamo detainees jog at dusk inside the exercise yard at Camp 4 detention facility, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)AP - The White House is considering whether to issue an executive order to indefinitely imprison a small number of Guantanamo Bay detainees, concerned that Congress might otherwise stymie its plans to quickly close the naval prison in Cuba.

Analysis: Climate bill may spur energy revolution (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 04:41 PM PDT

FILE - The Jan. 10, 2009 file photo shows a flock of geese flying past a smokestack at the Jeffery Energy Center coal power plant near Emmitt, Kan.. Sweeping legislation to curb the pollution linked to global warming and create a new energy-efficient economy is headed to an uncertain future in the Senate after squeaking through the House. The vote was a big win for President Barack Obama, who hailed House passage as a 'historic action.' 'It's a bold and necessary step that holds the promise of creating new industries and millions of new jobs, decreasing our dangerous dependence on foreign oil and strictly limiting the release of pollutants that threaten the health of families and communities and the planet itself,' Obama said in a statement on Friday, June 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)AP - Congress has taken its first step toward an energy revolution, with the prospect of profound change for every household, business, industry and farm in the decades ahead.

What you need to know about the US climate bill (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 04:57 PM PDT

AP - Cap-and-trade? Offsets? Pollution credits? The climate bill passed Friday by the House tackles global warming with new limits on pollution and a market-based approach to encourage more environmentally friendly business practices. But what exactly do the proposed rules mean, and how would they work?

Analysis: Obama shows flexibility on health care (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 03:53 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, walks in the Diplomatic Room in the White House to speak about the passage by the House of Represenatives of the Clean Energy Act, Friday, June 26, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - The reversals, hints of concessions and politically dicey proposals on health care are piling up for President Barack Obama, whose appeal for bipartisan legislation carries risk with no guarantee of reward.

GOP notes job losses after federal spending spree (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 04:06 PM PDT

FILE -- In this Feb. 13, 2009 file photo, House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)AP - Republicans concerned about the Obama administration's big spending on economic stimulus, energy and health care are asking, "Where are the jobs?"

Chief Justice: High court won't set school policy (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 02:58 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2007, file photo Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts speaks to students and faculty at the Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago. Speaking about the justices of the Supreme Court Saturday, June 27, 2009, during a judicial conference at The Greenbrier resort in Virginia, 49-year-old Roberts said the current justices have a range of legal experience, that he considers himself a practicing lawyer, that other justices have academic and political experience, and that Justice Clarence Thomas ran a federal agency. 'We're also a pretty diverse bunch,' he said. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)AP - Don't look to the Supreme Court to set school rules, only to clarify them when officials have abdicated that responsibility, Chief Justice John Roberts said Saturday.

NFL asks high court for help in merchandise case (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 03:06 PM PDT

File - Tanya Driver, a souvenier salesperson in Minneapolis, shows off Superbowl XXVI keepsakes as crowds began arriving on in this Jan. 26, 1992 file photo taken in Minneapolis. The Supreme Court could decide as early as Monday June 29, 2009 whether it will hear the case, which involves American Needle Inc.'s challenge to the league's exclusive contract for selling headwear such as caps and hats with team logos on them. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)AP - In the legal equivalent of running up the score, the National Football League is going to the Supreme Court in search of a bigger victory in an antitrust tussle over team merchandise than it already won from a lower court.

Court gave baseball 1922 pass on antitrust laws (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 03:10 PM PDT

AP - Football may be the nation's most popular sport, but baseball is the favored game with the Supreme Court, which gave the national pastime an exemption from antitrust laws in 1922.

Iran deadlock drags on as Mousavi rejects part recount (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 12:26 PM PDT

Iranian demonstrators hold placards during a protest against the results of the recent presidential election and in support defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi in Ankara. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad again slammed US President Barack Obama on Saturday for AFP - Political deadlock continued in Iran as opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi on Saturday rejected a panel set up to hold a partial recount of votes in the disputed presidential election.

Mousavi rejects partial Iran vote recount (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 11:31 AM PDT

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Iranian cleric Ahmad Khatami delivers a sermon during Friday prayers in Tehran June 26, 2009. Khatami, a hardline Iranian cleric on Friday called for the execution of Reuters - Defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi on Saturday rejected authorities' proposals for a partial recount of votes from this month's election and repeated his demand the entire ballot be annulled.

Ahmadinejad slams Obama as post-election debate rages (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 10:27 AM PDT

Iranian demonstrators hold placards during a protest against the results of the recent presidential election and in support defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi in Ankara. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad again slammed US President Barack Obama on Saturday for AFP - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad again slammed US President Barack Obama on Saturday for "interfering" in Iran, as debate over the Iranian president's disputed re-election showed no sign of abating.

NATO and Russia resume security ties despite Georgia row (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 11:59 AM PDT

The NATO-Russia Council is Reuters - NATO and Russia on Saturday resumed formal cooperation on broad security threats but failed to bridge major differences over Georgia in their first high-level talks since the war in the Caucasus region.

Karzai tells Taliban to vote in Afghan elections (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 04:19 AM PDT

Armed policemen ride on a truck in front of a poster of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who is also a candidate for the upcoming presidential election, in Kabul June 26, 2009. The presidential election will be held on August 20. REUTERS/Shamil ZhumatovReuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai called on the Taliban and their allies on Saturday to vote in August's elections rather than attempt to disrupt the nation's second presidential poll.

Karzai urges Taliban to vote in landmark election (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 03:55 AM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai addresses a press conference in Kabul. Karzai called Saturday on the Taliban and other insurgent groups to vote in landmark August elections and to not attack the polls.(AFP/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - President Hamid Karzai called Saturday on Afghanistan's Taliban and other insurgent groups to vote in landmark August elections and to not attack the polls.

US House passes historic climate change bill (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 12:11 AM PDT

Steam billows from the cooling towers at Exelon's nuclear power generating station in Byron, Illinois, in 2006. US President Barack Obama urged the US Senate to pass his clean energy bill, arguing that the nation that manages to harness clean energy AFP - The US House of Representatives has narrowly passed historic legislation to limit pollution blamed for global warming, handing President Barack Obama a major hard-fought victory.

Obama scoffs at Ahmadinejad's demand for apology (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 09:36 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama, right, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, talk in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Friday, June 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Guido Bergmann, Pool)AP - President Barack Obama's criticism of Iran escalated Friday into an unusually personal war of words. To Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's demand he apologize for meddling, Obama shot back that the regime should "think carefully" about answers owed to protesters it has arrested, bludgeoned and killed.

Group: Dozens of journalists among jailed in Iran (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 08:34 PM PDT

This is an undated handout image from Global Radio News issued on Thursday June 25, 2009 Global Radio News freelance correspondent and The Washington Times reporter Iason Athanasiadis-Fowden, known as Jason Fowden, who is holds Greek and British dual nationality is believed to be the journalist arrested as he was attempting to leave the country according to the Iranian news agency IRNA.. A spokesman for the British Foreign Office said: 'We are aware of the reports and we will be looking into them.' (AP Photo/ Global Radio News)AP - More than two dozen Iranian journalists are among the hundreds of people being imprisoned by the hardline government in Tehran as part of the violent post-election crackdown, according to Amnesty International.

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