2010年4月8日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Official says Israeli PM cancels on nuclear summit (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 04:53 PM PDT

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures during a press conference in Jerusalem, Wednesday, April 7, 2010. Netanyahu says his government has not yet worked out its differences with the U.S. over Israeli construction in disputed east Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)AP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is skipping President Barack Obama's nuclear security summit next week.

Nuke treaty signed, but menacing arms issues lurk (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 01:07 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev, right, shake hands at a press conference after signing the newly completed 'New START' treaty reducing long-range nuclear weapons at the Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic Thursday, April 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)AP - The nuclear weapons cuts President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed on Thursday would shrink the Cold War superpowers' arsenals to the lowest point since the frightening arms race of the 1960s. But they won't touch the "loose nukes" and suitcase bombs seen as the real menace in today's age of terrorism.

Liz Cheney calls Obama's health care push arrogant (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 05:15 PM PDT

AP - Liz Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, has opened a conference of Southern Republicans by calling President Obama's health care campaign an arrogant power play.

US upbeat about anti-terror data accord with EU (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 05:04 PM PDT

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Embassy in Madrid Thursday April 8, 2010. Holder is in Madrid to attend the Spain - U.S. Justice and Interior Ministers meeting on Friday. (AP Photo/Paul White)AP - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday he is confident an accord will be reached shortly with the European Union to relaunch a Bush-era data-sharing program the U.S. considers key to anti-terror investigations.

Coburn critical of Fox, nice to Pelosi (Politico)

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 10:58 AM PDT

Politico - Tom Coburn wants his constituents to get a more fair and balanced view of politics — even if that means hating a bit on FOX and loving a little on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Diplomat was headed to meet jailed terrorist (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 03:32 PM PDT

Pedestrians walk-by the Embassy of Qatar in Washington, Wednesday, April 7, 2010. A Qatari diplomat trying to sneak a smoke in an airplane bathroom on a flight from Washington to Denver, sparked a bomb scare, with fighter jets scrambled and law enforcement put on high alert, law enforcement officials said. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)AP - A Qatari diplomat was on his way to an official visit with an imprisoned al-Qaida sleeper agent when he touched off a bomb scare by slipping into an airline bathroom for a smoke, officials said Thursday as the diplomat prepared to leave the U.S.

Senate OK is next hurdle for arms control deal (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 04:42 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev walk after a joint news conference at Prague Castle in Prague, Thursday, April 8, 2010. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)AP - President Barack Obama predicted on Thursday that enough Republicans will support his arms control treaty with Russia to win Senate approval by the end of the year.

Govt faults oversight for labs testing explosives (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 03:49 PM PDT

AP - The federal agency that regulates the transport of hazardous materials failed for at least a decade to inspect or conduct safety reviews of the four private laboratories it pays to test explosives, a government watchdog has found.

IEDs in Afghanistan double in past year (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 02:25 PM PDT

Explosive materials are displayed along with a vehicle used by alleged five suicide bombers are shown to the media at the Afghan National Police crisis unit's headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, April 8, 2010. Afghan police arrested the five would-be suicide bombers Thursday in Kabul — the largest suicide bomb team ever apprehended in the capital, officials said. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - The number of crude roadside bombs in Afghanistan has doubled in the past year, prompting U.S. officials to rush billions of dollars of new protective gear to troops and double the number of road-clearing teams.

GOP 2012 hopefuls edge right as tea party watches (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 04:40 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2009 file photo, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D. is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. The tea party's demands for ideologically pure stands on health care and federal spending have caught some GOP presidential hopefuls off guard, forcing them to awkwardly defend earlier decisions as they watch hard-right rivals gain ground. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)AP - The tea party's demands for ideological purity have caught some GOP presidential hopefuls off guard, forcing them to awkwardly defend past decisions as they watch hard-right rivals gain ground.

President Obama questions Sarah Palin's nuclear acumen (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 05:07 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama (L) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev shake hands after signing the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) in Prague. Obama and Medvedev signed a landmark treaty Thursday committing to major nuclear arms cuts, while also warning Iran to expect sanctions over its nuclear drive.(AFP/Joe Klamar)Reuters - President Barack Obama on Thursday made clear he was not going to take advice from Republican Sarah Palin when it comes to decisions about the U.S. nuclear arsenal.

NC GOP wants national party head Steele to quit (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 04:12 PM PDT

AP - The head of the North Carolina Republican Party asked Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele to step down Thursday, saying the resignation is the only way to end scrutiny of the national party over lavish spending.

Crist says he won't run as independent for Senate (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 04:05 PM PDT

AP - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist tried to dispel rumors Thursday that he could jump ship and run as an independent candidate for the U.S. Senate against a conservative rival who has gained momentum in the GOP primary.

Republican Party sizing up incumbent Obama (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 02:46 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama waves as he arrive at Ruzyne Airport in Prague on Thursday, April 8, 2010. The newly completed 'New START' treaty reducing long-range nuclear weapons is to be signed by US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Prague on Thursday. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)AP - Let the 2012 race begin.

Obama seeks federal report on coal mine disaster (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 02:36 PM PDT

Massey Energy Complex near Montcoal, WV is seen in a Wednesday, April 6, 2010 aerial photo. A Massey executive said Thursday, April 8, 2010 that more drilling is needed to help clear a West Virginia mine of dangerous gases so that rescue teams go underground again.(AP Photo/Charleston Daily Mail, Craig Cunningham)AP - President Barack Obama has asked federal mine safety officials to report next week on what may have caused the West Virginia coal mine explosion that killed 25 workers.

NASA maps plans for revamped U.S. space program (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 02:26 PM PDT

Reuters - NASA fleshed out plans on Thursday for a revamped U.S. space program that will focus initially on developing technology needed to send people to Mars.

NASA chief charts agency's shuttle-less future (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 02:05 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 20, 1969 black-and-white file photo, taken from a television monitor, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, right, trudging across the surface of the moon. Edwin E. Aldrin is seen closer to the craft. NASA may not be going to the moon anytime soon and its space shuttles are about to be retired, but it could conceivably increase the number of agency jobs under a new reorganization, NASA's chief said Thursday. (AP Photo, File)AP - NASA may not be going to the moon anytime soon and its space shuttles are about to be retired, but it could conceivably increase the number of agency jobs under a new reorganization, NASA's chief said Thursday.

At UN, US envoy says vote is going 'awry' in Sudan (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 02:11 PM PDT

Sudanese pass under a billboard supporting Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday, April 8, 2010 during a Muslim Sufi celebration. A key opposition party in northern Sudan is boycotting this week's local and parliamentary elections, a senior party official said Thursday, in another blow to the country's first multiparty balloting in more than two decades. The elections start April 13, and will include local as well as parliamentary and presidential polls in a three-day balloting. (AP Photo / Amr Nabil)AP - U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice brushed aside Sudan's assurances that it will hold fair elections this month, telling reporters Thursday that what she heard about the situation at a U.N. Security Council briefing was troubling.

Obama wants answers in deadly mine explosion (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 01:22 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered U.S. mine safety officials to report next week on the cause of the deadly explosion at a West Virginia coal mine and propose steps to prevent a repeat of the disaster.

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