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Yahoo! News: Elections

Cable ties Kissinger to Chile controversy (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 05:21 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 1976 black-and-white file photo, firemen remove victims from a car shattered by a bomb blast on Embassy Row in Washington. Orlando Letelier, former Chilean ambassador to the U.S., and Ronne Karpen Moffitt, his aide, were both killed in the blast. As secretary of state, Henry Kissinger canceled a U.S. warning against carrying out international political assassinations that was to have gone to Chile and two neighboring nations just days before a former ambassador was killed by Chilean agents on Washington's Embassy Row in 1976, a newly released State Department cable shows. (AP Photo, File)AP - As secretary of state, Henry Kissinger canceled a U.S. warning against carrying out international political assassinations that was to have gone to Chile and two neighboring nations just days before a former ambassador was killed by Chilean agents on Washington's Embassy Row in 1976, a newly released State Department cable shows.

Clinton calls Kyrgyzstan's interim leader (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 03:24 PM PDT

People carry an injured man near the main government building in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Wednesday, April 7, 2010. Clashes have broken out at an anti-government demonstration in Kyrgystan's capital, with protesters setting fire to cars and police firing tear gas and rubber bullets.(AP Photo/Azamat Imanaliyev)AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has spoken with Kyrgyzstan's interim leader to convey U.S. support after that country's president was deposed.

Obama emboldened for another Supreme Court pick (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 05:18 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks about the retirement of Supreme Court justice John Paul Stevens and the West Virginia mine tragedy, Friday, April 9, 2010, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Emboldened by success the first time around, President Barack Obama is likely to pick the Supreme Court nominee he wants and let the confirmation fight proceed from there, putting huge emphasis on a justice who would bring a fight-for-the-little-guy sensibility to the job.

GOP chairman Steele says 'I've made mistakes' (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 04:09 PM PDT

Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele speaks at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, Saturday, April 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - In damage control mode, GOP national chairman Michael Steele on Saturday sought to quell the furor over his management of the Republican National Committee by acknowledging errors and vowing to learn from them.

Romney wins 2012 test vote (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 04:07 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 30, 2010 file photo, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during an appearance at Emory University in Atlanta. 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/John Bazemore, File)AP - Mitt Romney didn't attend the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, but still got a boost from those at the conference.

Obama advertises tax breaks ahead of Tax Day (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 03:02 PM PDT

Barack Obama (L) talks with Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani during a meeting in Washington, DC in 2008. Obama's drive to build relations with both India and Pakistan faces a delicate test as leaders of the nuclear-armed rivals come to Washington for a major security summit.(AFP/PID/File)AP - Just ahead of Tax Day, President Barack Obama is urging Americans to take advantage of tax credits for first-time homebuyers, college students and others.

Governors' races may be tough for incumbents (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 04:52 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 8, 2010 file photo, New York Gov. David Paterson talks to reporters at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. Even Republicans were looking at Democratic Attorney General Andrew Cuomo as a lock next fall to succeed retiring Gov. David Paterson and claim the seat long held by his famous father, Mario Cuomo. Not anymore. Once Scott Brown showed that Democrats in Massachusetts couldn't keep hold of the late Edward M. Kennedy's Senate seat, what seemed politically impossible in the 2010 elections has at least some degree of plausibility. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)AP - Even Republicans were looking at New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, as a lock this fall to succeed retiring Gov. David Paterson and claim the seat long held by his famous father, Mario Cuomo.

Potential Obama nominees for the Supreme Court (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 05:08 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2010 file photo, U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan speaks during a panel about Women Advocates of the Supreme Court Bar at the Newseum in Washington. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, the court's oldest member and leader of its liberal bloc, he is retiring. President Barack Obama now has his second high court opening to fill. The leading candidates to replace Stevens are Solicitor General Elena Kagan, 49, and federal appellate Judges Merrick Garland, 57, and Diane Wood, 59. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)AP - Sketches of potential candidates to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens, listed alphabetically, with their pros and cons:

Republican Steele addresses spending flap (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 04:36 PM PDT

Mississippi Governor Haley Barbor speaks at the 2010 Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana April 10, 2010. REUTERS/Sean GardnerReuters - Embattled Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele admitted making mistakes on Saturday and tried to put a spending flap behind him at a party gathering where Mitt Romney won a popularity contest looking ahead to the 2012 presidential election.

Mitt Romney wins Republican straw poll (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 04:00 PM PDT

Reuters - Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney narrowly won a popularity contest on Saturday for potential Republican presidential candidates at a gathering of 3,500 party loyalists.

Sudan gears up for landmark poll under boycott cloud (AFP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 02:05 PM PDT

Sudanese police officers guard a ballot box being dispatched to a polling station in Khartoum. Election organisers rushed to get the last ballots out on Saturday on the eve of Sudan's first multi-party election in 24 years that is being marred by opposition boycotts and Western criticism.(AFP/Patrick Baz)AFP - Election organisers rushed to get the last ballots out on Saturday on the eve of Sudan's first multi-party election in 24 years that is being marred by opposition boycotts and Western criticism.

Obama leaves WH without press, breaking protocol (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 12:27 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama quietly breached years of protocol on Saturday morning by leaving the White House without the press with him.

Indiana congressman addresses 2012 "cattle call" (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 11:37 AM PDT

AP - Indiana Rep. Mike Pence has vowed that House Republicans will repeal President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law "lock, stock and barrel."

Obama calls for accountability in mine blast (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 11:10 AM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama said Saturday that there must be a thorough investigation and accountability in America's worst mining disaster in 40 years.

Obama calls Polish prime minister after crash (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 10:00 AM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama expressed his deepest condolences to Poland on Saturday following the plane crash that killed that nation's president and some of the country's highest military and civilian leaders.

Stevens carved liberal legacy on high court (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 12:50 AM PDT

In this photo taken June 15, 2006, Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, center, stands as he and other justices leave a memorial for the late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, at the Supreme Court in Washington. Stevens, the court's oldest member and leader of its liberal bloc, announced today that he is retiring. President Barack Obama now has his second high court opening to fill. At rear, from left are: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice Clarence Thomas, and retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - The preservation of abortion rights, protection of consumer rights and limits on the death penalty are due in no small measure to John Paul Stevens' actions on the Supreme Court.

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