2010年12月4日星期六

Yahoo! News: Elections

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Elections


Two 'presidents' claim power in I.Coast standoff (AFP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 01:36 PM PST

Ivory Coast presidential candidate Alassane Dramane Ouattara (L) delivers a speech during a ceremony in a hotel in Abidjan. Two men crowned themselves president in Ivory Coast's bloody election dispute Saturday as Laurent Gbagbo defied international calls for him to cede power.(AFP/Issouf Sanogo)AFP - Two men crowned themselves president in Ivory Coast's bloody election dispute Saturday as Laurent Gbagbo defied international calls for him to cede power.


Joe Miller gambles with Alaska Senate challenge (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 12:05 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2010 file photo, Alaska Republican Senate candidate  Joe Miller gestures in Juneau, Alaska.  Miller has mounted a vigorous post election campaign as his lawyers wage a last ditch legal challenge to throw out write in ballots for Sen. Lisa Murkowski in their hard-fought Senate race.  (AP Photo/Chris Miller, File)AP - Joe Miller is fighting as though Alaska's Senate race has yet to occur.


Obama touts South Korea trade deal (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 11:28 AM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama vowed on Saturday to work with Republicans and Democrats to pass a free-trade pact with South Korea that he said was a model for future agreements he would seek in Asia and around the world.

Vote recount returns NY Senate majority to GOP (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 10:35 AM PST

AP - Republicans will regain control of the New York Senate after a recount completed Saturday handed control of a key seat on Long Island to the GOP candidate.

Obama: must redouble efforts on tax-cut deal (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 10:22 AM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama expressed disappointment on Saturday the Senate failed to pass measures extending tax cuts for middle-class Americans but urged negotiators to redouble their efforts to reach a deal in the next few days.

Gbagbo denounces foreign 'interference' in I.Coast (AFP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 07:23 AM PST

Laurent Gbagbo waves on November 26 during a campaign meeting in Abidjan. Gbagbo was formally sworn in as president of Ivory Coast in a televised investiture ceremony, despite international rejection of his disputed re-election victory.(AFP/File/Seyllou)AFP - Laurent Gbagbo on Saturday denounced what he called foreign "interference" in his country, after world powers rejected his re-election as Ivory Coast president in disputed polls.


Obama returns, hosts Kennedy Center honorees (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 03:35 AM PST

AP - President Barack Obama returned home to Washington on Saturday following his surprise trip to Afghanistan.

Obama's trip almost went off according to plan (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 08:02 PM PST

President Barack Obama is introduced to the troops by NATO Commander in Afghanistan Gen David Petraeus at a rally during an unannounced visit at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama's trip to Afghanistan was shrouded in secrecy, customary whenever a president heads into a war zone, and all seemed to be going according to plan — until the U.S. military leaked the word before Air Force One had even landed at Bagram Air Field, the main U.S. base in the country.


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