2009年12月27日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Sounds of firecrackers mark failure of terror plot (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 03:11 PM PST

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the suspect in the Detroit bound U.S. airliner on Christmas day, is shown in this undated photograph released to Reuters on December 26, 2009. U.S. authorities on Saturday charged Abdulmutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian man, with trying to blow up Northwest Airlines flight 253, a Delta-owned Airbus 330 , with high explosives and were investigating his claim that he had links to al Qaeda. REUTERS/saharareporters.com/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW TRANSPORT) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - A popping noise, an odor, then flames.

Detroit explosive common, easily detectible (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 03:48 PM PST

AP - The explosive device used by the would-be Detroit bomber contained a widely available — and easily detected — chemical explosive that has a long history of terrorist use, according to government officials and explosive experts.

House backers of public insurance option may yield (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 12:43 PM PST

Graphic shows the process of making the health care reform bill into lawAP - Two House Democrats who favor a government insurance plan, a central element of health care legislation passed in their chamber, acknowledged Sunday it might have to be sacrificed as negotiators work out a final agreement with the Senate.

Dems to W.H.: Drop cap-and-trade (Politico)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 04:10 AM PST

Politico - Bruised by the health care debate and worried about what 2010 will bring, moderate Senate Democrats are urging the White House to give up now on any effort to pass a cap-and-trade bill next year.

US condemns violence in Iran (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 04:00 PM PST

Iran security forces on Sunday killed several protesters including opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi's nephew in a fierce crackdown on mass anti-government demonstrations in Tehran, websites said. Opposition website Rahesabz.net said four protesters were shot dead by security forces in central Tehran while reformist website Parlemannews said Mousavi's nephew died in hospital after being shot in the chest. The clashes, which followed sporadic skirmishes on Saturday, marked the bloodiest showdown between protesters and security forces since the height of unrest in June which broke out after disputed presidential elections. Police denied however that anyone had died in the clashes, which witnesses said came as tens of thousands of opposition supporters took to the streets of Tehran for a second straight day to use rituals of the Shiite Ashura ceremony to stage protests. Witnesses said police had first used batons and tear gas in the crackdown, which followed stern warnings by the authorities that they would crush attempts to use the Ashura processions as a launchpad for protests. When this failed to disperse the crowds, they opened fire, websites said. Parlemannews said Seyed Ali Mousavi, the 35-year-old nephew of Mousavi, was shot near his heart during clashes at Enghelab square AP - The Obama administration on Sunday strongly condemned the Iranian government's crackdown on protesters, offering its support to civilians "seeking to exercise their universal rights."

Obama stresses airline security (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 12:23 PM PST

AP - The White House says President Barack Obama has told U.S. officials to maintain heightened airline security.

Airliner-attack investigation moving on 2 fronts (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 07:00 AM PST

AP - The Obama administration is moving forward on two fronts in response to the failed bombing on a Detroit-bound airliner.

Napolitano: No indication of larger terror plot (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 06:39 AM PST

AP - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says there is no indication that the man who attempted to destroy an airliner in Detroit on Christmas Day is part of a larger terrorist plot.

Seniors worry about Medicare Advantage cuts (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 07:24 AM PST

AP - Insurers constantly caution seniors that their Medicare Advantage perks such as hearing aids, dental payments and even gym memberships will fizzle if Democrats get their way and cut government subsidies for them.

Dems revive 'Party of No' attack (Politico)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 02:56 PM PST

Politico - Democrats are retooling and reprising their “Party of No” attack on Republicans in Congress after straight party-line votes in December on financial reform and health care.

Officials say man on Sunday flight posed no threat (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 02:26 PM PST

Aircrafts from Delta-Northwest are being supplied and loaded before departure at Schiphol Airport, near Amsterdam on December 26. The White House warned political foes Sunday not to provoke a partisan tug of war over terrorism, with President Barack Obama yet to publicly address the thwarted attack on a US airliner.(AFP/ANP/File/Marcel Antonisse)AP - The same Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight that was attacked on Christmas Day saw another security scare Sunday during a confrontation with a sick passenger from Nigeria, officials said.

Five die in Tehran pro-reform protests (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 02:07 PM PST

A Shi'ite woman takes part in a religious ceremony during Tasoua, a day ahead of Ashura, in Yazd, about 700 km (435 miles) south of Tehran, December 26, 2009. REUTERS/Morteza NikoubazlReuters - Five people died in Tehran on Sunday when pro-reform protesters clashed with security forces, police said, in the worst outbreak of violence since June's contested presidential election sparked political turmoil.

Republicans Rip Administration Over Terrorist Scare (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 11:04 AM PST

CQPolitics.com - Congressional leaders switched gears from health care to national security on Sunday in the wake of a foiled Christmas Day effort to blow up a Northwest flight inbound to Detroit from overseas. While lawmakers from both parties called for enacting tougher security measures in response to the thwarted attack, Republicans accused President Barack Obama of not taking the risk of terrorist attacks more seriously.

Democrat eyeing Kennedy seat avoids family legacy (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 10:35 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 22, 2009 file photo Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Martha Coakley waits for the start of a taped debate at the WBZ-TV studios in Boston. Coakley is running to fill the seat vacated by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, but is crafting a campaign largely free of the Kennedy mystique. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)AP - Attorney General Martha Coakley may be the front-runner in the race to fill the late Edward Kennedy's U.S. Senate seat, but she is crafting a campaign largely free of the Kennedy mystique.

Apathy and fear as Uzbekistan votes in election (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 07:08 AM PST

A woman casts her ballot during a parliamentary election at a polling station in Tashkent December 27, 2009. REUTERS/Shamil ZhumatovReuters - Uzbekistan held a stage-managed parliamentary election on Sunday, drawing little Western criticism due to its important role in U.S.-led efforts to contain the Taliban in neighboring Afghanistan.

Homeland security head: The security system worked (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 06:13 AM PST

Police officers search a car arriving at Los Angeles International Airport. Air travellers worldwide are facing tightened security as airports step up measures to prevent attacks in the wake of a failed bid to blow up a plane over the United States.(AFP/Robyn Beck)AP - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says investigators did not have enough information to keep a terror suspect from boarding a flight bound for Detroit and that the system worked as it should have.

AP source: US knew of terror suspect (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 08:49 PM PST

AP - The person accused of the attack on a Detroit-bound airliner had been added to a government list of people with terror ties in November.

Obama advisers consider how terror list used (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 07:29 PM PST

The motorcade with President Barack Obama goes by in Kailua, Hawaii Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009. The Obamas are in Hawaii for the holidays.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama's security teams briefed the vacationing president on threats facing the United States and he directed that heightened airport security measures remain in place as officials investigate a failed terror attack aboard a Detroit-bound plane.

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