2010年6月26日星期六

Yahoo! News: Elections

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Elections


Obama, Lee criticize North Korea on ship sinking (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 04:12 PM PDT

President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron, left, walk in the rain after stepping off Marine One helicopter upon arrival in Toronto for the G20 Summit, Saturday, June 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama said Saturday that North Korea must be "held to account" for its alleged sinking of a South Korean warship, a tough statement of support for an ally made at its leader's side.


Geithner: Keeping recovery on track is top focus (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 03:06 PM PDT

AP - World leaders must work together to make sure the global recovery stays on track, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Saturday.

Obama will resume talks on South Korea trade (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 04:07 PM PDT

President Barack Obama of the United States attends a leaders working session at the G8 Summit at Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ontario, Saturday, June 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)AP - President Barack Obama said Saturday his administration will launch talks with South Korea aimed at resolving remaining issues blocking the completion of a South Korea free trade agreement.


Summit notebook: Obama, Cameron share helicopter (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 04:42 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, from left, and British Prime Minister David Cameron board Marine One helicopter in Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada, as they leave the G8 Summit en route to the G20 Summit in Toronto, Saturday, June 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - So just how special is the "special relationship" between the United States and Britain?


China vows not to bow to currency pressure (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 01:17 PM PDT

Chinese President Hu Jintao waves as he arrives at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Friday, June 25, 2010. for the G8 and G20 Summit. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - China vowed Saturday not to bow to outside pressure to make more changes to its currency policy, which some U.S. officials and experts say is crucial to a global economic recovery.


New GOP group plans to spend millions this fall (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 04:23 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 1, 2007 file photo, then-White House political adviser Karl Rove uses his wireless e-mail device while accompanying President Bush in Long Beach, Miss. In a campaign season of anti-establishment ferment, some of the Republican Party's best-known insiders are building an ambitious fundraising machine for the fall elections and beyond. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - In a campaign season of anti-establishment ferment, some of the Republican Party's best-known insiders are building an ambitious fundraising machine for the fall elections and beyond.


Kagan's life an undeviating course to high court (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 08:41 AM PDT

In this undated photo released by Hunter College High School in New York, Elena Kagan, second from left in the front row, poses with members of the school's student government in the school's 1977 yearbook. Kagan, wearing a robe and holding a gavel, was the student council president. Solicitor General Elena Kagan was nominated Monday, May 10, 2010, to the Supreme Court by President Barack Obama. The others pictured are: Rochelle Hahn, front left; April Friedman, back left; Ronni Schwartz, back right; Lee Yanowitch, bottom second from right; and Natalie Bowden, bottom right.  (AP Photo/Hunter High School, Ellen Purtell) NO SALESAP - For all the ink devoted to Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan lately, it may be her own words that best explain her success at charting an undeviating course to the front steps of the high court.


Obama prods Congress to finish financial overhaul (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 03:16 AM PDT

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper greets  President Barack Obama during the official welcoming of the G-8 leaders to the G8 Summit at the Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ontario, Canada, Friday, June 25, 2010.   (AP Photo/The Canadian Press,Sean Kilpatrick)AP - President Barack Obama prodded Congress on Saturday to send him financial overhaul legislation, saying the landmark compromise lawmakers have crafted would be a boon to consumers and help deflect the next global financial crisis.


Obama invites China's Hu for state visit (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 04:04 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama has invited Chinese President Hu Jintao to a formal state visit at a date to be determined, a U.S. official said on Saturday.

Obama invites Chinese president for state visit (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 03:32 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Toronto. The United States and South Korea agreed on Saturday to postpone until 2015 Washington's transfer of wartime command of allied South Korean forces to Seoul, Obama said.(AFP/Saul Loeb)AP - Another White House state dinner is in the works.


Palin decries 'Dumpster divers' at Calif. campus (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 04:23 PM PDT

Calling it a 'poor man's teleprompter'  former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin holds out her palm to show the notes on it while speaking at a fundraising dinner at CalifornIa State University, Stanislaus in Turlock, Calif., Friday, June 25, 2010.  Palin's  speech has generated intense scrutiny since the nonprofit foundation holding the event first announced her visit in March.  University officials have refused to divulge the terms of her contract or her speaking fee.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)AP - Sarah Palin leveled criticism at California's attorney general and others raising questions about her visit to a cash-strapped university, telling supporters that students had better things to do than dive through Dumpsters to find out how much she earns speaking.


(AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 03:21 PM PDT

AP - President Obama invites Chinese President Hu for a state visit; Hu accepts.

Republicans take aim at a Democrat in South Dakota (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 12:00 PM PDT

In this June 25, 2010 photo, Kristi Noem, the Republican candidate for South Dakota's lone seat in the U.S. House, talks to a delegate to the South Dakota Republican State Convention in Huron, S.D. Noem, a state representative from Castlewood, faces Democratic Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin in the fall election. (AP Photo/Chet Brokaw)AP - As a Blue Dog in a red state, Democrat Stephanie Herseth Sandlin has worked carefully to develop a moderate reputation in an area where Republicans outnumber their rivals.


Obama urges final passage of Wall Street reform (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 07:02 AM PDT

A protester holds a banner at a rally on Wall Street on April 29 to protest lost jobs and the taxpayer-funded bailout of banks. US President Barack Obama has called on Congress to give final approval to Wall Street reform, arguing it will ensure the strongest consumer financial protections in US history.(AFP/File/Timothy A. Clary)AFP - US President Barack Obama called on Congress on Saturday to give final approval to Wall Street reform, arguing it will ensure the strongest consumer financial protections in US history.


US unveils plan to make online transactions safer (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 03:09 AM PDT

This screen shot of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security website set up to gather input from experts and everyday Internet users on how a voluntary internet identification system should be structured. The website was already getting votes, snipes and suggestions Friday afternoon — underscoring the incendiary nature of any discussion of Internet regulation or formal structure. (AP Photo)AP - In the murky world of the Internet, how do you ever really know who you're talking to, who you're buying from or if your bank can actually tell it's you when you log in to pay a bill?


Obama calls for bank tax as next step in reform (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 03:04 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Toronto. The United States and South Korea agreed on Saturday to postpone until 2015 Washington's transfer of wartime command of allied South Korean forces to Seoul, Obama said.(AFP/Saul Loeb)Reuters - President Barack Obama, fresh from a win on a sweeping overhaul of Wall Street regulations, on Saturday urged Congress to take up his proposal for a $90 billion, 10-year tax on banks as the next step in reform.


Federal regs set to restrain Wall Street risk (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 12:36 AM PDT

President Barack Obama waves as he walks across the tarmac to Marine One upon his arrival at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Friday, June 25, 2010, for the World Summit.   (AP Photo/The Canadian Press,Paul Chiasson)AP - Congressional negotiators struck a deal Friday on the toughest financial regulations since the Great Depression, aiming to rein in Wall Street excess and tighten rules on everything from simple debit card swipes to the most complex securities.


Ex-VP Cheney hospitalized after having discomfort (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 09:55 PM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009 file photo,  former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Center For Security Policy dinner at Union Station in Washington. Former Vice President Dick Cheney was admitted to the hospital Friday, June 25, 2010 after experiencing discomfort, the latest health scare for the 69-year-old Republican leader who has a long history of heart disease.  (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)AP - Former Vice President Dick Cheney was admitted to the hospital Friday after experiencing discomfort, the latest health scare for the 69-year-old Republican leader who has a long history of heart disease.


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