2009年9月26日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Elections

U.S., allies seek 'unfettered access' to Iran site (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2009 03:33 PM PDT

President Barack Obama smiles to his family on the White House balcony as he returns to the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 25, 2009, from the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - The U.S. and its five allies trying to stop Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program plan to tell Tehran in a key meeting on Thursday that it must provide "unfettered access" to its previously secret Qom enrichment facility within weeks, a senior administration official says.

Clinton seeks Arabs' help on stalled Mideast talks (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2009 11:59 AM PDT

AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday urged Arab nations to take steps toward normalizing relations with Israel and supporting the Palestinians in an effort to help restart stalled Mideast peace talks.

Analysis: Strains show in debate on Afghan troops (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2009 08:05 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2009, file photo, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, foreground, hold a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington. The Potomac River is a physical as well as a figurative divide between the White House and the Pentagon, and occupants of each building often refer to the other address as a slightly foreign place 'across the river.' (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - The Potomac River is a physical as well as a figurative divide between the White House and the Pentagon, and occupants of each building often refer to the other address as a slightly foreign place "across the river."

How much government control of Web in cybercrisis? (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2009 10:06 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 8, 2009 file photo, an employee of Korea Internet Security Center works at a monitoring room in Seoul, South Korea. There is no kill switch for the Internet, no secret on-off button in an Oval Office drawer. Yet when Congress was exploring ways to secure computer networks, a plan to give the president the power to shut down Internet traffic to Web sites in an emergency set off alarms. Corporate leaders and privacy advocates protested the idea earlier this year, saying the government must not seize control. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, FILE)AP - There's no kill switch for the Internet, no secret on-off button in an Oval Office drawer.

The British press's Obama complex (Politico)

Posted: 26 Sep 2009 04:43 PM PDT

Politico - After the latest week's worth of British press reports that there's no love lost in the White House for British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, even his one-on-one meeting Friday with President Obama only provided the papers across the pond with a reason for another round of stories. 

Analysis: On health care, beware wrath of seniors (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2009 11:12 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2009 file photo, Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., left, listens to an unidentified man, center, voice his complaints during a town hall meeting in Lebanon, Pa. At right is a security guard. Beware the wrath of the nation's seniors. It's a lesson both political parties have learned the hard way about the potent over-65 voting bloc, and one Republicans are working to turn to their advantage in the high-stakes fight over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. (AP Photo/Bradley C Bower, FILE)AP - Beware the wrath of the nation's seniors.

Obama addresses Congressional Black Caucus dinner (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2009 05:59 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama speaks during a press conference at the end of the G20 Summit at the convention centre on September 25, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Obama warned Iran on Saturday it must prove that its nuclear program has peaceful intentions or the country will face increased pressure and isolation.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AP - President Barack Obama is resuming his push to overhaul the health care system.

Where's Palin? Big bucks for speech in Hong Kong (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2009 06:30 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2009 file photo, former U.S. vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, center, arrives at the check-in counter at Hong Kong airport. Palin emerged from a two-month absence from public view in an unlikely manner: With a closed-door speech, heavy on foreign policy, to a group of investors in Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, FILE)AP - Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin emerged from a two-month absence from public view with a private talk, heavy on foreign policy, to a group of investors in Hong Kong.

GOP: Dems ignoring public's health care concerns (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2009 05:39 AM PDT

File - Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga.., is shown in this May 25, 2006 file photo taken on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats are giving the public anything but an 'open, honest and bipartisan debate,' Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., said in the GOP's weekly radio and Internet address Saturday Sept. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - The Democratic-run Congress is ignoring the public's concerns in the rush to pass legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system, Republicans say.

Romney a victim in health care debate (Politico)

Posted: 26 Sep 2009 04:44 PM PDT

Politico - The national health care reform debate is far from settled, but one of the casualties is already clear: former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

Obama, first lady watch daughter Malia play soccer (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2009 11:38 AM PDT

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama along with the family dog, Bo, depart a soccer game their daughter Malia Obama, not pictured, played in, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - After a week of meetings with world leaders, President Barack Obama is enjoying some family time.

Some lawmakers pull double duty as soldiers (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2009 10:01 AM PDT

AP - As mortar fire and rockets bombarded 1st Lt. Jonathan Paton's Iraq camp, he got an urgent call on his cell phone: He had won re-election.

Analysis: Wrestling with how to talk about race (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2009 08:43 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 30, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden have a beer with Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., second from left, and Cambridge, Mass., police Sgt. James Crowley in the Rose Garden of The White House in Washington. For a while, it almost seemed as if President Barack Obama had salved the angst over race in this country simply by taking office. The focus was on big issues facing a new president — one who just happened to be black. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, FILE)AP - For a while, it almost seemed as if President Barack Obama had soothed the angst over race in this country simply by taking office. The focus was on big issues facing a new president — one who just happened to be black.

Merkel scraps for votes in final election drive (AFP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2009 07:54 AM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures during a final campaign rally in Berlin. Merkel said her party was best placed to steer Europe's top economy out of its worst post-war crisis, on the eve of an election expected to return her to power.(AFP/DDP/Michael Gottschalk)AFP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday her party was best placed to steer Europe's top economy out of its worst post-war crisis, on the eve of an election expected to return her to power.

Analysis: Bigger world economic club, same woes? (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2009 07:07 AM PDT

G-20 leaders meet during the second plenary session at the G-20 summit, Friday, Sept. 25, 2009, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - The world's most exclusive club has expanded, pledging big things for the global economy. But it's likely to have just as much trouble delivering on those promises.

Grading Obama's foreign-policy foray (Politico)

Posted: 26 Sep 2009 05:21 AM PDT

Politico - President Barack Obama is calling his marathon week of speechifying and summiteering at the United Nations and the G-20 in Pittsburgh a rousing success. 

Whitman faces questions about spotty voting record (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2009 04:00 PM PDT

Former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman speaks at a news conference at the California Republican Convention in Indian Wells, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009. Whitman is seeking the Republican nomination for Governor of California.(AP Photo/Francis Specker)AP - California Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman sought to redirect attention from her spotty voting record Saturday as she promoted a platform of fiscal discipline to the party faithful.

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