2010年4月12日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Obama, China's Hu press for strong words on Iran (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:41 PM PDT

President Barack Obama meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao during the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, Monday, April 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Amid a sudden upswing in relations, President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao sought common ground Monday on Iran, agreeing that a set of potential sanctions should make clear to Iran the cost of continued nuclear defiance, a White House official said.


Report: Pakistan's nuke materials at greatest risk (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:43 PM PDT

AP - Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani said Monday that his country's nuclear weapons are well-guarded, rebutting misgivings by nuclear experts about the safety of the small but growing arsenal.

Gibbs: Ukraine to get rid of high enriched uranium (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 11:02 AM PDT

AP - The White House says Ukraine is announcing it will get rid of its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, enough to build several nuclear weapons, by 2012.

Senate stalls cyber commander to probe digital war (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:16 PM PDT

AP - When hackers a continent away attack a military computer system, using computers belonging to unsuspecting private citizens or businesses as cover, what are the rules when the U.S. fights back?

Palin fans not sure she's ready (Politico)

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:56 PM PDT

Politico - NEW ORLEANS – Sarah Palin dominated a sleepy Southern Republican Leadership Conference here Friday, stealing a show that had largely been ceded to her by other Republicans of national stature.

Extension of jobless benefits clears GOP roadblock (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 04:52 PM PDT

AP - Democrats in the Senate won an initial skirmish Monday to restore unemployment benefits to hundreds of thousands of jobless people despite Republican criticism that it would add $9 billion to the nation's debt.

Foes of tea party movement to infiltrate rallies (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:30 PM PDT

AP - Opponents of the fiscally conservative tea party movement say they plan to infiltrate and dismantle the political group by trying to make its members appear to be racist, homophobic and moronic.

Military sources: New US commander for Iraq (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 02:26 PM PDT

AP - The senior U.S. general in Iraq since 2008, Gen. Ray Odierno, will be succeeded by a leading Pentagon general at the end of the summer, military officials said Monday.

Temporary fix helps patients around drug allergy (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 11:27 AM PDT

AP - Having a bad reaction to penicillin as a child doesn't guarantee you're still allergic decades later. And if the oncologist says you have to switch chemotherapies because of an allergic reaction, well, maybe not.

Source: Judge Sidney Thomas on Supreme Court list (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:06 PM PDT

This undated handout photo provided by the  9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals shows federal appeals court Judge Sidney Thomas of Montana. President Barack Obama's candidates for the Supreme Court include a new name, federal appeals court Judge Thomas, and at least six others who were considered contenders when Obama chose his first high court nominee last year, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals)AP - President Barack Obama's candidates for the Supreme Court include a new name, federal appeals court Judge Sidney Thomas of Montana, and at least six others who were contenders when Obama chose his first high court nominee last year, The Associated Press has learned.


Obama to raise money for DNC in Florida this week (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:19 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama will cap a visit to the Kennedy Space Center this week with a pair of fundraisers for the Democratic National Committee, one of them at the home of pop stars Gloria and Emilio Estefan.

Ukraine to give up nuke material; boost for summit (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:06 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama makes a statement during the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington. Obama has warned that Al-Qaeda would not hesitate to use a nuclear weapon against the United States, before hosting a global summit aimed at thwarting such a nightmare scenario.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)AP - President Barack Obama optimistically opened a 47-nation nuclear summit Monday, boosted by Ukraine's announcement that it will give up its weapons-grade uranium. More sobering: The White House counterterror chief warned that al-Qaida is vigorously pursuing ingredients and expertise for a bomb.


Ill. Dem says Senate fundraising doesn't match GOP (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 04:48 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 11, 2010 file photo, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias talks to the media in Chicago. On Monday, April 12, 2010, Giannoulias said he has raised less money in the first quarter than his Republican opponent, Congressman Mark Kirk, in the race for President Barack Obama's old Senate seat.(AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)AP - Illinois Democrat Alexi Giannoulias said Monday that his first-quarter fundraising in a state where Democrats hold every statewide office didn't match the money raised by his Republican opponent in the race for President Barack Obama's former Senate seat.


NJ gov wants teachers union leader fired for memo (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:05 PM PDT

AP - The president of a state teachers union left a meeting Monday with Gov. Chris Christie after refusing to fire a local president who wrote a memo that joked about the governor's death, further escalating a rift that began before Christie's election.

A Clinton trial balloon's short flight (Politico)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 02:29 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L) talk to reporters before their bilateral meeting at the State Department in Washington April 12, 2010. REUTERS/Richard Clement (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)Politico - The trial balloon carrying Hillary Clinton to the Supreme Court floated over Washington for a few hours Monday morning, thrilling her admirers and hinting at a different kind of court nomination before the White House had punctured it by lunchtime with a sharp dismissal.


Defense chief says nuke meeting a good first step (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 01:32 PM PDT

AP - The gathering of nearly 50 world leaders this week represents the first real concerted international effort to confront the threat of nuclear material falling into the hands of terrorists, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday.

Experts: Doubts on nuke terror may raise risk (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 12:56 PM PDT

AP - Too many governments around the world don't believe terrorists can "go nuclear" and that complacency is slowing efforts to lock down the makings of atomic bombs, experts said Monday on the sidelines of President Barack Obama's nuclear security summit.

SPIN METER: US has own nuclear security issues (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 11:33 AM PDT

President Barack Obama is seen during his meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, in advance of the Nuclear Security Summit, at Blair House  in Washington, Sunday, April 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama, holding a summit to urge world leaders to secure their nuclear material, frequently calls the risk of terrorists getting a nuke "the single biggest threat to U.S. security." What he is less likely to talk about is the United States' own shortcomings in safeguarding its nuclear stockpile.


Scion of Harlem congressman to challenge Rangel (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:55 AM PDT

New York State Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV, center, announces his candidacy for U.S. Congress in New York, Monday, April 12, 2010. Powell will challenge Rep. Charles Rangel. Powell's late father, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., represented the district from 1944 until 1970. He lost his seat to Rangel amid allegations he had misused congressional funds. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Adam Clayton Powell IV, a state assemblyman and son of a legendary New York political figure, announced Monday he would seek the seat his father once held and challenge veteran Rep. Charles Rangel, who stepped down last month as chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee amid ethics charges.


AP Sources: NYC terror probe nabs 4th in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 09:14 AM PDT

File - Najibullah Zazi arrives at the offices of the FBI in Denver for questioning on in this Sept. 17, 2009 file photo. FBI agents late Saturday Sept. 19, 2009 arrested Najibullah Zazi, and his father, Muhammad Zazi during a raid Zazi's home in the Denver suburb of Aurora according to a spokeswoman for Najibullah Zazi's defense team. The new reality that there is a threat from violent Islamic extremism from within the U.S. It is difficult to say whether the uptick in cases is because law enforcement has gotten better at catching suspects or if there are simply more to catch. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)AP - A fourth suspect in a disrupted plot to bomb New York City subways has been arrested in Pakistan, law enforcement officials said Monday.


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