2010年4月11日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Obama takes non-nuclear pledge to world leaders (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2010 02:55 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, center, walks out of the White House and across the street to the Blair House with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel in advance of the Nuclear Security Summit, in Washington, Sunday, April 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama's pledge to one day rid the world of nuclear weapons runs up against global realities this week when representatives from 47 countries try to craft an agreement on keeping nuclear weapons out of terrorist hands.


Obama: Al-Qaida would use nuke if it could (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2010 04:53 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks at an Easter prayer breakfast at the White House in Washington April 6, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueAP - If al-Qaida acquired nuclear weapons it "would have no compunction at using them," President Barack Obama said Sunday on the eve of a summit aimed at finding ways to secure the world's nuclear stockpile.


GOP senators push for `mainstream' court nominee (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2010 08:47 AM PDT

In this Sept. 29, 2009 photo Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, center, sits for a group photograph at the Supreme Court in Washington. Stevens, the court's oldest member and leader of its liberal bloc, announced Friday, April 9, 2010 he is retiring, saying he will step down when the court finishes its work for the summer in late June or early July. Seated, from left are Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice John Paul Stevens and Chief Justice John G. Roberts. Standing, from left are Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr. and Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - GOP senators who will help shape the review of President Barack Obama's next nominee to the Supreme Court said Sunday he must pick someone with "mainstream" judicial views to avoid a potential filibuster.


Miss. gov says Confederacy flap not worth 'diddly' (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2010 03:54 PM PDT

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour speaks at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, Saturday, April 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - The dustup over Virginia's proclamation for Confederate History Month seems like a lot of noise over something that "doesn't amount to diddly," Mississippi's governor said in an interview aired Sunday.


Senators question future of US-Soviet nuclear pact (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2010 12:05 PM PDT

AP - The new U.S.-Russian nuclear arms treaty may have a problem getting the vote of at least one independent senator, as well as Republican lawmakers.

Obama recalls Holocaust, liberation of Nazi camps (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2010 12:17 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama is marking Holocaust Remembrance Day with a statement honoring the memory of "those who endured the horrors" of the Nazi atrocities of World War II.

Leahy: Nominee likely on high court for fall term (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2010 11:10 AM PDT

In this photograph provided by 'Meet the Press,' Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., speaks during the show at the NBC studios in Washington on Sunday, April 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Meet The Press, William B. Plowman) ** MANDATORY CREDIT: WILLIAM B. PLOWMAN, MEET THE PRESS; NO SALES **AP - The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee predicts that President Barack Obama will nominate his next Supreme Court justice in time for hearings to wrap up this summer.


Senator: Sanctions against Iran still worth a try (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2010 08:25 AM PDT

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speeches in a ceremony marking Iran's National Day of Nuclear Technology in Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 9, 2010. Iran unveiled a third generation of domestically built centrifuges Friday as the country pushes ahead with plans to accelerate a uranium enrichment program that has alarmed world powers fearful of the nuclear program's aims. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - A Republican senator says a new round of United Nations sanctions probably won't stop Iran's pursuit of a suspect nuclear program.


Gates, Clinton rally in support of Karzai (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2010 06:02 AM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai (R) speaks with Commander of US and NATO troops, General Stanley McChrystal (L) duirng a briefing at International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) headquarters in Kabul on April 10. Pentagon chief Robert Gates and top US diplomat Hillary Clinton on Sunday came to the defense of Karzai, despite a damaging rift over his controversial remarks.(AFP/Pool/File/Omar Sobhani)AP - The Pentagon chief and the top U.S. diplomat say Afghan leader Hamid Karzai has a positive relationship with the Obama administration despite recent tensions.


Obama: al Qaeda bid to go nuclear is top threat (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Apr 2010 05:20 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks at an Easter prayer breakfast at the White House in Washington April 6, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - President Barack Obama said on Sunday that efforts by al Qaeda to acquire atomic weapons posed the biggest threat to global security, and world leaders meeting this week must act with urgency to combat this danger.


Fidesz wins Hungary election with strong mandate (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Apr 2010 05:03 PM PDT

Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai (R) waits to vote at a polling station during parliamentary elections in Budapest April 11, 2010. REUTERS/Prime Minister Press Office/HandoutReuters - Viktor Orban declared a sweeping victory for his center-right Fidesz party on Sunday and told cheering supporters that leading Hungary as prime minister would be the biggest task of his life.


Obama tells Pakistani leader about ditching press (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2010 04:03 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama was overheard Sunday telling Pakistan's Prime Minister about the kerfuffle he caused a day earlier when he breached protocol and left the White House without members of the press in tow.

Rating Change: GOP Makes Boccieri Race Competitive (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 11 Apr 2010 09:32 AM PDT

CQPolitics.com - After suffering serious setbacks in Ohio in the past two election cycles, Republicans hope their comeback campaign in 2010 will include a victory in the Canton-area 16th district that Rep. John Boccieri (D) is defending for the first time.

Miss. governor refers to himself as 'fat redneck' (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2010 08:50 AM PDT

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour speaks at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, Saturday, April 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Race and "fat rednecks" and Republicans.


Snags hit first day of voting in Sudan (AFP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2010 11:56 AM PDT

Sudanese civilians and security forces queue to cast their votes outside classrooms turned into polling stations at the St Francis Christian school in Khartoum. Southern former rebels called for polling to be extended in Sudan's first multi-party vote in two decades on Sunday as the electoral comission acknowledged AFP - Southern former rebels called for polling to be extended in Sudan's first multi-party vote in two decades on Sunday as the electoral comission acknowledged "mistakes" in distributing ballot papers.


Obama election-year jobs agenda stalls in Congress (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2010 07:00 AM PDT

FILE -- In this Feb. 25, 2009 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. The election-year jobs agenda promised by President Barrack Obama and Democrats has stalled seven months before voters determine control of Congress. Democrats have no money to pay for the program. That's because both Republicans and the Democratic chairman of the Senate Budget Committee objected to taking money left over from the fund that bailed out banks, automakers and insurers and using it for the jobs bill. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)AP - The election-year jobs agenda promised by President Barack Obama and Democrats has stalled seven months before voters determine control of Congress.


Senators say high court filibuster can be avoided (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2010 06:26 AM PDT

AP - Two senators on the committee that will examine President Barack Obama's next Supreme Court nominee are playing down the chance of a filibuster.

Clinton defends role of Israel at nuclear summit (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2010 06:01 AM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the opening ceremony of the Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Sunday, April 11, 2010. The specter of Iran hovered over the start of Israel's annual memorial day for the 6 million Jews killed by Nazis in the Holocaust of World War II, as Israeli leaders warned of an Iranian nuclear program they believe is aimed at weapons production. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Israel has much to contribute to this week's nuclear security summit even though Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is skipping the Washington conference.


Clinton, Gates say nuclear threat changing rapidly (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2010 06:00 AM PDT

AP - U.S. officials are making a big push for President Barack Obama's new nuclear pact with Russia.

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