2010年3月29日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Obama offers Medvedev condolences after bombings (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 12:27 PM PDT

Emergency Ministry workers carry the body of a victim of a bomb explosion at Park Kultury metro station in Moscow March 29, 2010. At least 37 people were killed and 33 wounded on Monday when suicide bombers detonated explosives on two packed Moscow metro trains during the morning rush hour, the worst attack in the Russian capital for six years, officials said. The blasts took place at Lubyanka and Park Kultury metro stations.  REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva (RUSSIA - Tags: DISASTER CRIME LAW IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - President Barack Obama has phoned Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to discuss the rush-hour bombings on the Moscow metro.


Republicans spent $1,946 at topless club (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 03:36 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2010 file photo Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele speaks at the John F. Kennedy School of Government on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass.  A federal court Friday denied a Republican Party bid to raise soft money, the unlimited donations from corporations and individuals banned by a 2002 campaign finance law. In a separate ruling, judges said a conservative group can raise unlimited sums for independent election ads but must regularly disclose its donors. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)AP - The Republican National Committee spent $1,946 last month at a sex-themed Hollywood club that features topless dancers and bondage outfits. Now the GOP wants its money back.


Christian militia accused of plotting to kill cops (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 04:43 PM PDT

Two Detroit city police officers on horses wait outside the Federal Courthouse. Nine members of a radical Christian militia were charged with plotting to kill police in Michigan and wage war on the government, an indictment unsealed Monday said.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)AP - Nine alleged members of a Christian militia group that was girding for battle with the Antichrist were charged Monday with plotting to kill a police officer and slaughter scores more by bombing the funeral — all in hopes of touching off an uprising against the U.S. government.


AP source: Kandahar offensive to begin in June (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 02:54 PM PDT

VIDEO: US President Barack Obama presses Afghan President Hamid Karzai to take resolute action against corruption in a surprise visit to Kabul. Duration: 01:34(AFP)AP - NATO forces in June will make a long-planned assault on the Taliban's spiritual home in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, a senior military official said Monday.


Obamas mark Passover with private Seder (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 10:30 AM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama plans to mark the start of Passover with a private Seder in the executive mansion.

Court won't stop new trial in Biletnikoff death (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 07:40 AM PDT

AP - The Supreme Court won't stop a man convicted of murdering the daughter of former NFL star Fred Biletnikoff from getting a new trial.

THE INFLUENCE GAME: Drug lobby's health care win (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 03:31 AM PDT

AP - Chalk one up for the pharmaceutical lobby. The U.S. drug industry fended off price curbs and other hefty restrictions in President Barack Obama's health care law even as it prepares for plenty of new business when an estimated 32 million uninsured Americans gain health coverage.

AP INVESTIGATION: Cautionary tale from CIA prison (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 12:13 AM PDT

Map locates the CIA prison known as the 'Salt Pit' near Kabul, AfghanistanAP - More than seven years ago, a suspected Afghan militant was brought to a dimly lit CIA compound northeast of the airport in Kabul. The CIA called it the Salt Pit. Inmates knew it as the dark prison.


Tennessee man pleads guilty in plot to kill Obama, others (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 03:40 PM PDT

Reuters - A U.S. man pleaded guilty on Monday to charges of conspiring to carry out a killing spree targeting African Americans, including then-presidential candidate Barack Obama, the Justice Department said.

Obama gets a boost from health care win (AFP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 03:27 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama (R) arrives at Bagram Air Base for an unexpected meeting with Afganistan President Hamid Karzai on March 28. Obama appears to be riding a bounce after his success in prodding along a health care reform law, with more than half of Americans supporting the job he is doing, a CNN poll out Monday found.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)AFP - President Barack Obama appears to be riding a bounce after his success in prodding along a health care reform law, with more than half of Americans supporting the job he is doing, a CNN poll out Monday found.


Obama admin expands housing "hardest hit" fund (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 02:30 PM PDT

Advocates of homeowners and people facing foreclosure on their homes march past the White House on their way to demonstrating outside the U.S. Treasury Department in Washington, November 18, 2009. REUTERS/Jim BourgReuters - The Obama administration on Monday unveiled another bailout program for troubled homeowners, pledging to divert $600 million in housing rescue funds to five more states on its list of "hardest-hit" markets.


Tennessee man pleads guilty in plot against Obama (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 02:10 PM PDT

President Barack Obama delivers remarks on health insurance reform during his event at the University of Iowa in Iowa City Iowa, Thursday, March 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - A Tennessee man authorities say is a white supremacist has pleaded guilty to plotting to kill then-presidential candidate Barack Obama and dozens of other black people in 2008.


Suu Kyi's party to boycott Myanmar vote (AFP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 01:06 PM PDT

Myanmar's opposition party led by Aung San Suu Kyi, pictured in 2009, said on Monday it will boycott polls expected later this year, after the country's military rulers introduced a controversial new election law.(AFP/File/Hla Hla Htay)AFP - Myanmar's opposition party led by Aung San Suu Kyi said Monday it would boycott polls expected later this year, after the country's military rulers introduced a controversial new election law.


How to Build--or Blow--Support for Healthcare Reform (U.S. News & World Report)

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 10:48 AM PDT

U.S. News & World Report - The roadshow is on. With healthcare reform now a reality, President Obama and congressional Democrats are stumping across the nation to explain all the good things the new law will do for voters. They're likely to hit a wall of skepticism.

Most Americans: "Tax the rich but not me" (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 10:08 AM PDT

Anita Dwyer participates in a rally and march in protest of higher taxes in Santa Barbara, California, in this April 4, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Phil McCarten/FilesReuters - Most Americans believe tax hikes are OK if you're making more than $250,000, a policy proposed by President Barack Obama, but hands off Medicare and Social Security, a poll released on Monday found.


After week of wins, Obama turns to Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 10:02 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama (L) speaks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Kabul. Obama landed in Afghanistan Sunday for a surprise first visit as US commander-in-chief and as his huge surge of 30,000 troops, designed to end the eight-year war, gathers pace.(AFP/Jim Watson)AP - After weeks dominated by health care, President Barack Obama's secret trip to Afghanistan turned attention back to another issue whose progress this year could help define the success of his presidency.


Obama condemns Moscow bombs as heinous terrorism (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 04:38 AM PDT

Interior Ministry officers stand guard in front of the exit of Park Kultury metro station in Moscow March 29, 2010. REUTERS/Denis SinyakovReuters - U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday condemned suicide bombings in Moscow that killed at least 37 people and injured 65 on packed metro trains.


Secrecy, surprise: Anatomy of Obama's Afghan trip (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 04:16 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama (right) with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul on March 28. Obama pressed Afghan leader Karzai to show progress in cleaning up corruption and rallied troops to defeat the Taliban during a surprise night-time visit to Afghanistan.(AFP/Jim Watson)Reuters - Any trip by a U.S. president requires careful planning, but sneaking him into Afghanistan -- a country in the midst of an eight-year war with Islamic militants -- is a special case.


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