Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama, Netanyahu to focus on peace talks (AP)
• CIA and Pakistan locked in aggressive spy battles (AP)
• Post office announces 2-cent rate increase (AP)
• Feingold faces unexpectedly tough race (AP)
• Byrd burial service Tuesday at Arlington cemetery (AP)
• Clinton criticizes Russia for occupying Georgia (AP)
• First health overhaul provisions start to kick in (AP)
• No Traficant On Ohio Ballot (CQPolitics.com)
• Ex-con Traficant DQ'd from comeback bid for office (AP)
• Forbes to host fundraiser for Rand Paul (AP)
• Sarkozy facing crisis over campaign donations (AFP)
• Obama and Netanyahu to meet in Oval Office (AP)
• NY Rep. Rangel: Power Loss Portrait in Congress (AP)
• British soldier, 3 Afghan police killed by blasts (AP)
• Republicans Say They Won't Kiss Off Kissell (CQPolitics.com)
• Japan PM in danger of missing election target: report (Reuters)
• Obama to stump for Carnahan in Missouri (AP)

Obama, Netanyahu to focus on peace talks (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2010 08:46 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu headed into a White House meeting Tuesday with the same goal: trying to move the Israelis and Palestinians to resume face-to-face peace talks.

CIA and Pakistan locked in aggressive spy battles (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2010 05:27 AM PDT AP - A Pakistani man approached CIA officers in Islamabad last year, offering to give up secrets of his country's closely guarded nuclear program. To prove he was a trustworthy source, he claimed to possess spent nuclear fuel rods.

Post office announces 2-cent rate increase (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT AP - The post office wants to increase the price of a stamp by 2 cents to 46 cents starting in January. The agency has been battered by massive losses and declining mail volume and faces a financial crisis.

Feingold faces unexpectedly tough race (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2010 09:07 AM PDT AP - Add Russ Feingold to the list of Senate Democrats who find themselves in unexpectedly tough races, the latest evidence of the GOP's success in widening the playing field that President Barack Obama's party has to defend.

Byrd burial service Tuesday at Arlington cemetery (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2010 08:24 AM PDT AP - Family, friends and employees paid last respects Tuesday to Sen. Robert C. Byrd.

Clinton criticizes Russia for occupying Georgia (AP) Posted: 05 Jul 2010 10:16 PM PDT AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton rebuked Russia on Monday for failing to live up to the cease-fire agreement it signed nearly two years ago to end the fighting in this small former Soviet state.

First health overhaul provisions start to kick in (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2010 12:03 AM PDT AP - The first stage of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is expected to provide coverage to about 1 million uninsured Americans by next year, according to government estimates.

No Traficant On Ohio Ballot (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 06 Jul 2010 09:03 AM PDT CQPolitics.com - Ex-con and ex-Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. didn't collect enough valid petition signatures to get on the ballot as an independent candidate in Ohio's 17th district, local election officials ruled Tuesday.

Ex-con Traficant DQ'd from comeback bid for office (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2010 08:55 AM PDT AP - Former Ohio U.S. Rep. James Traficant has been disqualified in his bid to return to Congress after seven years in prison because he did not turn in enough valid petition signatures to make the fall ballot, a county elections official said Tuesday.

Forbes to host fundraiser for Rand Paul (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2010 08:29 AM PDT AP - Kentucky Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul is taking his tea party-backed campaign to New York City for a fundraiser hosted by former GOP presidential candidate and multimillionaire Steve Forbes.

Sarkozy facing crisis over campaign donations (AFP) Posted: 06 Jul 2010 04:52 AM PDT AFP - Police on Tuesday probed allegations that President Nicolas Sarkozy's election campaign received illegal donations from France's richest woman throwing up the biggest crisis of his mandate.

Obama and Netanyahu to meet in Oval Office (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2010 03:37 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama sits down Tuesday with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of the effort to revive Middle East peace talks.

NY Rep. Rangel: Power Loss Portrait in Congress (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2010 03:16 AM PDT AP - Just about everyone likes Charlie Rangel.

British soldier, 3 Afghan police killed by blasts (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2010 08:25 AM PDT AP - Three Afghan policemen and a British soldier were killed by roadside bomb attacks in Afghanistan's volatile south and east, officials said Tuesday.

Republicans Say They Won't Kiss Off Kissell (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 05 Jul 2010 09:00 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - National Republicans went to great lengths to help former sportscaster Harold Johnson win his primary runoff last month in North Carolina, but as the 8th district general election gets under way, it will be interesting to see whether GOP leaders are serious about making Democratic Rep. Larry Kissell's defeat a top priority this fall.

Japan PM in danger of missing election target: report (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jul 2010 07:15 PM PDT Reuters - Japan's ruling Democratic Party is in danger of missing Prime Minister Naoto Kan's target in Sunday's upper house election, the Sankei newspaper said, an outcome that could put Kan's job at risk and complicate policymaking.

Obama to stump for Carnahan in Missouri (AP) Posted: 05 Jul 2010 01:18 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama will mix campaigning with a discussion on the economy during a trip to Missouri this week.

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