2010年3月30日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Obama, Sarkozy push for UN sanctions on Iran (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 04:39 PM PDT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) speaks during a joint press conference with U.S. President Barack Obama in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 30, 2010. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)AP - With the president of France at his side, President Barack Obama declared Tuesday he hopes to have international sanctions against Iran in place "within weeks," not months, because of its continuing nuclear program. But he acknowledged he still lacks full support at the United Nations.

Chili Bowl, schoolkids for chic French first lady (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 04:51 PM PDT

French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy talks to a student while visiting a Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) school for underprivileged pupils, in Washington, March 30, 2010. REUTERS/Witt/Pool UNITED STATES (POLITICS)AP - Forget tea with Michelle Obama. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, on her first trip to Washington as France's first lady, visited a school in a poor neighborhood and had lunch at Ben's Chili Bowl.

Loan changes to help students, community colleges (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 01:58 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama applauds onstage with students and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (2nd R) after signing the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act into law at Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, Virginia, March 30, 2010. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - Bigger grants for college students who need them. Relaxed payment terms for students with loans. More money for community colleges and historically black institutions.

Obama takes care in sizing up 'tea party' movement (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 04:38 PM PDT

People cheer as they stand near the site of the 'Showdown in Searchlight' tea party rally in Searchlight, Nev., Saturday, March 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - President Barack Obama stepped carefully when talking for the first time about the conservative tea party movement, acknowledging it has legitimate concerns about federal reach and spending, but he contended the core of the loose anti-government network is "on the fringe."

Judge seeks more answers on alleged CIA misconduct (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 10:56 AM PDT

AP - A federal judge chastised the government Tuesday for striking a $3 million settlement over alleged CIA misconduct without punishing anyone.

Pentagon eyeing drone shift to aid Somalia (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 01:05 PM PDT

A map of the Horn of Africa and surrounding coastline where piracy is rife. A shipping body said that up to 100 Indian sailors have been captured by Somali pirates who seized seven or eight boats in one of their biggest raids yet.(AFP/Graphic)AP - The Pentagon is considering dispatching surveillance drones and other limited military support for a Somali government offensive against al-Qaida-linked insurgents, U.S. officials said, part of a cautious move to increase U.S. assistance to the anarchic African nation.

Republicans say Steele will survive nightclub flap (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 04:21 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 - Democratic groups tried Tuesday to make a campaign issue out of news that the national Republican Party spent $1,946 at a sex-themed California nightclub, but GOP activists said party chairman Michael Steele will weather the hubbub.

Obama credits Karzai with change, says more needed (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 11:36 AM PDT

President Barack Obama greets military personnel in Dragon dining facility at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, Monday, March 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama says Afghan's President Hamid Karzai has made progress in cleaning up corruption "but there's a long way to go."

Obama signs law finalizing health care, loan redo (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 02:28 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama comments on the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty at the White House with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) and Defense Secretary Robert Gates in Washington, March 26, 2010. REUTERS/Jim YoungAP - Finalizing two major pieces of his agenda, President Barack Obama on Tuesday sealed his health care overhaul and made the government the primary lender to students by cutting banks out of the process.

University of Wyo. cancels William Ayers speech (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 05:04 PM PDT

AP - The University of Wyoming has canceled a speech by former 1960s radical William Ayers after it raised hundreds of objections from citizens and politicians over the man who became an issue in the 2008 presidential campaign.

Feds: Christian militia needed to be `taken down' (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 04:06 PM PDT

This combo of eight photos provided by the U.S. Marshals Service on Monday March 29, 2010 shows from top left, David Brian Stone Sr., 44, of Clayton, Mich,; David Brian Stone Jr. of Adrian, Mich,; Jacob Ward, 33, of Huron, Ohio; Tina Mae Stone and bottom row from left, Michael David Meeks, 40, of Manchester, Mich,; Kristopher T. Sickles, 27, of Sandusky, Ohio; Joshua John Clough, 28, of Blissfield, Mich.; and Thomas William Piatek, 46, of Whiting, Ind.,. Nine suspects tied to Hutaree, a Christian militia that was preparing for the Antichrist were charged with conspiring to kill police officers, then kill scores more by attacking a funeral using homemade bombs, federal prosecutors said Monday. Federal authorities say Stone's other son, Joshua Matthew Stone is a fugitive. Piatek, 46, of Whiting, Ind., was arrested Sunday in Illinois after an FBI raid Saturday in Hammond, Ind. In court Monday, he initially said he was the person named in the federal indictment, but when read the allegations, he said 'I'm not that guy.' U.S. District Judge Paul Cherry ordered Piatek to return Wednesday for an identity and bond hearing. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshall)AP - It started inside a trailer home in rural Michigan, where a small family gathered before bed for prayer. Years later, the private devotions had evolved into a small militia of "Christian warriors" preparing to fight the Antichrist.

Obama wants U.N. sanctions on Iran in weeks (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 04:00 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks during a joint news conference with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 30, 2010. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he wanted tougher U.N. sanctions in weeks against Iran over its nuclear program, and the world's leading industrial nations expressed optimism that China will agree on possible next steps.

Court says judges can settle mutual fund fee fight (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 02:50 PM PDT

AP - The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a standard that investors say would have made it almost impossible to sue over "excessive" fees on mutual funds, a popular investment vehicle for millions of Americans.

Post office seeks opinion on Saturday delivery (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 02:29 PM PDT

US Postal Service letter carrier Raymond Hou delivers mail along his route in San Francisco, California. The 235-year-old US Postal Service must change the way it does business or risk going belly-up as the Internet eats into the mail market, driving post office revenues down, its head said Tuesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AP - The Postal Service may have provided a clue why it is losing money when it asked regulators — by e-mail — for an opinion on dropping Saturday delivery service.

Obama says wants Iran sanctions within weeks (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 02:22 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama (R) and French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrive for a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Obama said Tuesday he wanted tough new UN sanctions imposed on Iran within AP - President Barack Obama says he wants to see U.N. sanctions in place against Iran within weeks.

G-8 demands Iran compliance on nukes (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 02:38 PM PDT

AP - Diplomats from the world's leading economies say Iran's recent actions deepen the doubts that its nuclear program is aimed at anything other than building a bomb, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton predicted Tuesday that world powers will agree on a new round of U.N. sanctions.

Obama wants to sign financial bill by late May (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 12:06 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama wants legislation in place overhauling financial regulations by the September anniversary of the 2008 Wall Street collapse, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Tuesday.

NASA will help probe Toyota acceleration problem (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 11:45 AM PDT

Toyota Motor Corp. employees check the sound coming from the opening and the closing of the trunk at its headquarters Tuesday, March 30, 2010 in Toyota, central Japan. Toyota promised Tuesday to respond faster to customer complaints as it held its first meeting of the committee of quality experts set up to help salvage a reputation battered by massive recalls and reports of runaway vehicles. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - NASA and the National Academy of Sciences are joining the government's effort to figure out what caused the sudden acceleration problems that led to Toyota's massive recalls.

Iraq PM will follow law on election: US envoy (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 10:30 AM PDT

US ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill speaks during an interview with AFP in Baghdad in January 2010. Hill voiced confidence Tuesday that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki would abide by the law despite his mounting criticism of what he alleges is election fraud.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - The US ambassador to Iraq voiced confidence Tuesday that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki would abide by the law despite his mounting criticism of what he alleges is election fraud.

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