2009年11月14日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Elections

In Asia, Obama pushing arms control with Russians (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2009 04:19 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong before the gala dinner for APEC leaders in Singapore, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)AP - A major pact within tantalizing reach, President Barack Obama aims to nudge forward an arms-control deal in talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

2012 already? GOP wannabes jockeying early (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2009 04:09 PM PST

FILE - In this June 1, 2009, file photo, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at the Heritage Foundation in Washington. Oh, how the tables have turned. Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. It was just three years ago that the GOP lost the House and Senate as well as governor's mansions in a cross-country Democratic wave. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, fILE)AP - Sarah Palin is embarking on a book tour. Tim Pawlenty is building a national political operation. Mitt Romney is weighing in on the recession.

Study suggests costs rise under health care bill (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2009 04:18 PM PST

FILE - In this July 10, 2009 file photo, U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., left, announces his candidacy for U.S. Senate during a news conference outside his boyhood home in Kenilworth Ill. Delivering the Republicans' weekly radio and Internet address Saturday Nov. 14, 2009, Rep. Kirk said health care costs could be lowered by 'reining in lawsuits' and allowing consumers to buy coverage from across state lines. (AP Photo/David Banks, File)AP - Overall spending on health care would rise as a result of legislation approved a week ago by the House, and billions of dollars in projected savings contained in the measure will be difficult to maintain, according to a report by a top official at the agency that oversees Medicare.

Govt: Medicare paid $47 billion in suspect claims (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2009 03:51 PM PST

AP - The government paid more than $47 billion in questionable Medicare claims including medical treatment showing little relation to a patient's condition, wasting taxpayer dollars at a rate nearly three times the previous year.

THE INFLUENCE GAME: Abortion rights groups rebound (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2009 09:11 AM PST

AP - Abortion rights groups, outflanked and outnumbered in the health debate, are scrambling to regain lost ground after the House passed a health bill with strict abortion limits.

Obama urges Congress to put off Fort Hood probe (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2009 06:08 AM PST

FILE - This 2000 file picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when was a medical student at the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Majpr Hasan, accused in the Fort Hood shootings, was charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder in the military's legal system Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, making him eligible for the death penalty if convicted, officials said. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, file)AP - President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Congress to hold off on any investigation of the Fort Hood rampage until federal law enforcement and military authorities have completed their probes into the shootings at the Texas Army post, which left 13 people dead.

WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: What time is it? (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2009 12:57 PM PST

President Barack Obama, right, introduces members of his staff to Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, second from right, before their bilateral meeting at Kantei, the prime minister's official residence, in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. Shaking hands with Hatoyama is White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, left, and looking on are White House Senior Advisors, Valerie Jarett, second from left, and David Axelrod. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - What time is it again? Even White House press secretary Robert Gibbs found the time change startling as President Barack Obama's tour of Asia got under way. As he began briefing the traveling press corps, he found he didn't really know whether to wish them a good morning, afternoon, evening or night.

US-Russia arms control talks progressing (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2009 01:57 PM PST

AP - The United States and Russia have agreed on the broad outlines of a deal to replace a major Cold-War era arms control agreement and are trying to work out remaining technical issues, U.S. officials say.

Gates blocks release of detainee abuse photos (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2009 04:26 PM PST

AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates has blocked the public release of 44 pictures of foreign detainees abused by their U.S. captors, saying their release would endanger American soldiers.

White House: IL prison eyed for Guantanamo inmates (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2009 04:21 PM PST

In this photo taken Feb. 24, 2004, a cell house at Thomson Correctional Center is seen from one of the guard towers at the facility north of Thomson. A White House official says the Obama administration is considering buying the northwestern Illinois prison to house a limited number of detainees from Guantanamo Bay, along with federal inmates. (AP Photo/The Dispatch, Dan Videtich)AP - The Obama administration may buy a near-empty prison in rural northwestern Illinois to house detainees from Guantanamo Bay along with federal inmates, a White House official said Saturday.

Former ambassador to China during Tiananmen dies (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2009 01:05 PM PST

FILE - Former U.S. ambassador to Beijing James Lilley is seen during a meeting at the Presidential Palace, in this, July 25, 2003 file photo taken in Taipei. Lilley, a longtime CIA operative and later the U.S. ambassador to China during the time of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, has died. He was 81. The Washington Post said Lilley, who was born in China to an oilman father and schoolteacher mother, died Thursday Nov. 12, 2009 in Washington from complications related to prostate cancer. (AP Photo/Jerome Favre/File)AP - James R. Lilley, a longtime CIA operative and later the U.S. ambassador to China during the time of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, has died. He was 81.

Defiant Mousavi repeats call for new Iran election (AFP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2009 11:11 AM PST

Iran's main opposition leader and defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, pictured in June 2009, has repeated his call for a new election, after unrest this month saw clashes between police and protesters, a reformist website reported on Saturday.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)AFP - Iran's main opposition leader and defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi has repeated his call for a new election, after unrest this month saw clashes between police and protesters, a reformist website reported on Saturday.

Obama pledges greater U.S. engagement in Asia (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Nov 2009 09:13 AM PST

US President Barack Obama gives a speech at Suntory Hall in Tokyo. Obama said Saturday that America's commitment to Asia's security was Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama pledged Saturday to deepen dialogue with China rather than seek to contain the rising power, as he laid out a vision for greater engagement with a vibrant Asia-Pacific region.

Top GOP Challengers Pass Conservative Litmus Test (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 14 Nov 2009 08:37 AM PST

CQPolitics.com - The National Republican Congressional Committee learned from defeat in the chaotic special election in New York and quickly moved to make sure its 2010 recruits pass muster with conservative groups.

Iran student gets 8 yrs over post-election protests (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Nov 2009 07:54 AM PST

Reuters - An Iranian court on Saturday sentenced a student who took part in protests following Iran's disputed presidential election this year to eight years in prison, a website reported.

Fact Check: Palin's Book Goes Rogue on Some Facts (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 14 Nov 2009 07:50 AM PST

CQPolitics.com - WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sarah Palin's new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven't become any truer over time.

Obama offers Myanmar better ties if it reforms (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Nov 2009 05:03 AM PST

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday offered Myanmar the prospect of better ties with Washington if it pursued democratic reform and freed political prisoners, including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

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