2010年7月6日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Obama, Netanyahu to focus on peace talks (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 08:46 AM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's motorcade drives past construction equipment as he arrives for a meeting with President Barack Obama, Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu headed into a White House meeting Tuesday with the same goal: trying to move the Israelis and Palestinians to resume face-to-face peace talks.


CIA and Pakistan locked in aggressive spy battles (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 05:27 AM PDT

The CIA symbol is shown on the floor of its headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Seven CIA operatives killed last December in a suicide attack on their base in Khost, Afghanistan have been honored with stars carved on the spy agency's Memorial Wall, the Central Intelligence Agency said Tuesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File)AP - A Pakistani man approached CIA officers in Islamabad last year, offering to give up secrets of his country's closely guarded nuclear program. To prove he was a trustworthy source, he claimed to possess spent nuclear fuel rods.


Post office announces 2-cent rate increase (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 11, 2009 file photo, a letter is mailed from a post office in Palo Alto, Calif. Battered by massive losses, the Postal Service wants to raise rates to bring in more money. Postal officials scheduled a briefing Tuesday, July 6, 2010 to discuss the amount of the increase, which will go to the independent Postal Regulatory Commission for review. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AP - The post office wants to increase the price of a stamp by 2 cents to 46 cents starting in January. The agency has been battered by massive losses and declining mail volume and faces a financial crisis.


Feingold faces unexpectedly tough race (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 09:07 AM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2009 file photo, Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.  Add Feingold to the list of Senate Democrats who were expected to coast to re-election but now find themselves in unexpectedly tough races, the latest evidence of the GOP's successful effort to widen the playing field in tough political environment for President Barack Obama's party. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)AP - Add Russ Feingold to the list of Senate Democrats who find themselves in unexpectedly tough races, the latest evidence of the GOP's success in widening the playing field that President Barack Obama's party has to defend.


Byrd burial service Tuesday at Arlington cemetery (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 08:24 AM PDT

Former President Bill Clinton salutes the casket after his tribute during a memorial service for Sen. Robert Byrd, Friday, July 2, 2010, at the West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP - Family, friends and employees paid last respects Tuesday to Sen. Robert C. Byrd.


Clinton criticizes Russia for occupying Georgia (AP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 10:16 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks in the Armenian capital Yerevan, Sunday, July 4, 2010, during her brief visit to the ex-Soviet nation. Clinton on Sunday appealed to Armenia and Azerbaijan for a peaceful resolution of a long-running territorial dispute between the neighboring ex-Soviet states, but there were no outward signs of fresh diplomatic progress. (AP Photo/PanARMENIAN Photo)Hakobyan)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton rebuked Russia on Monday for failing to live up to the cease-fire agreement it signed nearly two years ago to end the fighting in this small former Soviet state.


First health overhaul provisions start to kick in (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 12:03 AM PDT

Jay and Sheryl Raether of Oconomowoc, Wisc., with their triplets, from left, Vincent, Mira, and Luk, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June  15, 2010.  The first stage of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is expected to provide coverage to about 1 million uninsured Americans by next year, according to government estimates.  That's a small share of the uninsured, but in a shaky economy, experts say it's notable. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - The first stage of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is expected to provide coverage to about 1 million uninsured Americans by next year, according to government estimates.


No Traficant On Ohio Ballot (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 09:03 AM PDT

CQPolitics.com - Ex-con and ex-Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. didn't collect enough valid petition signatures to get on the ballot as an independent candidate in Ohio's 17th district, local election officials ruled Tuesday.

Ex-con Traficant DQ'd from comeback bid for office (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 08:55 AM PDT

In a photo made Feb. 25, 2010, former Ohio Rep. James Traficant gestures during an interview in Boardman, Ohio. On Tuesday, July 6, 2010, elections officials in northeast Ohio's Trumbull County ruled Traficant was 107 signatures short on his petition to get on the fall ballot as an independent for Congress. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)AP - Former Ohio U.S. Rep. James Traficant has been disqualified in his bid to return to Congress after seven years in prison because he did not turn in enough valid petition signatures to make the fall ballot, a county elections official said Tuesday.


Forbes to host fundraiser for Rand Paul (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 08:29 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 1, 2010 file photo Kentucky Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul speaks in Shepherdsville, Ky. Paul, a tea party-backed candidate, stunned GOP power brokers in Kentucky, after he pulled off a surprise win in Kentucky's Senate race over a party favorite. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke, File)AP - Kentucky Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul is taking his tea party-backed campaign to New York City for a fundraiser hosted by former GOP presidential candidate and multimillionaire Steve Forbes.


Sarkozy facing crisis over campaign donations (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 04:52 AM PDT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy gestures as he answers questions during a visit to the Brie-Comte-Robert hospital on the outskirts of Paris. Police are probing allegations that Sarkozy's election campaign received illegal donations from France's richest woman throwing up the biggest crisis of his mandate.(AFP/Bertrand Langlois)AFP - Police on Tuesday probed allegations that President Nicolas Sarkozy's election campaign received illegal donations from France's richest woman throwing up the biggest crisis of his mandate.


Obama and Netanyahu to meet in Oval Office (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 03:37 AM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama sits down Tuesday with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of the effort to revive Middle East peace talks.

NY Rep. Rangel: Power Loss Portrait in Congress (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 03:16 AM PDT

Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., checks his cell phone as he rushes between meetings on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 26, 2010.   Just about everyone likes Charlie Rangel. Republicans pump his hand, Democrats put their arms around his shoulders and women of all political persuasions give him pecks on the cheek. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)AP - Just about everyone likes Charlie Rangel.


British soldier, 3 Afghan police killed by blasts (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 08:25 AM PDT

US Army Gen. David Petraeus (R) greets Senators John McCain (L) and Carl Levin on Capitol Hill in June, 2010 in Washington, DC. McCain said Monday that incoming commander General David Petraeus could tweak strategy in the nearly nine-year war in Afghanistan, following two days of talks and battlefield tours.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)AP - Three Afghan policemen and a British soldier were killed by roadside bomb attacks in Afghanistan's volatile south and east, officials said Tuesday.


Republicans Say They Won't Kiss Off Kissell (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 09:00 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - National Republicans went to great lengths to help former sportscaster Harold Johnson win his primary runoff last month in North Carolina, but as the 8th district general election gets under way, it will be interesting to see whether GOP leaders are serious about making Democratic Rep. Larry Kissell's defeat a top priority this fall.

Japan PM in danger of missing election target: report (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 07:15 PM PDT

Reuters - Japan's ruling Democratic Party is in danger of missing Prime Minister Naoto Kan's target in Sunday's upper house election, the Sankei newspaper said, an outcome that could put Kan's job at risk and complicate policymaking.

Obama to stump for Carnahan in Missouri (AP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 01:18 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama will mix campaigning with a discussion on the economy during a trip to Missouri this week.

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