2010年12月24日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Kids tracking Santa get Michelle Obama surprise (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 06:26 PM PST

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama carries stuffed toy animals as she helps sort toys for boys and girls as she visits the Toys for Tots distribution center at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, December 17, 2010. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - Eight-year-old Juliana-Rose Hatcher had tracked Santa Claus all of Friday with the aid of NORAD's Santa hotline, before she got some unexpected help from Michelle Obama.

Obamas to spend quiet Christmas in Hawaii (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 03:00 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama and his family plan to spend a quiet Christmas at their oceanfront Hawaiian vacation home, with hopes that outside events don't interrupt their holiday.

Where's Santa? Ask Michelle Obama (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 02:44 PM PST

AP - Want to know where Santa is? Just ask Michelle Obama.

West African leaders threaten force if Gbagbo does not quit (AFP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 02:08 PM PST

Jordanian UN peacekeepers stand guard at the entrance of ONUCI headquarter on December 23, in Abidjan. West African nations on Friday threatened force if Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo refuses to quit power and said those responsible for post-election deaths would face international prosecution.(AFP/Issouf Sanogo)AFP - West African nations on Friday threatened force if Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo refuses to quit power and said those responsible for post-election deaths would face international prosecution.

Medvedev says more time needed for reforms (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 09:23 AM PST

People watch Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev speaking on television at a cafe in the city of Rostov-on-Don, December 24, 2010. REUTERS/Vladimir KonstantinovReuters - President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday his drive to modernize Russia and shed crippling Soviet traditions needs more time to yield results, but left unclear whether he will seek a second term in a 2012 election.

Obama plans for restful Hawaiian retreat (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 08:57 AM PST

Law enforcement personnel run along a street near where President Barack Obama is spending his holiday vacation in Kailua, Hawaii, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. Security near Obama's home was briefly heightened Thursday afternoon when a man evading arrest by Honolulu police led officers on a high-speed chase that went through a security checkpoint near the neighborhood where the president is staying. Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan said the man was arrested a short time later and incident was not related to the president's visit. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - President Barack Obama has Hawaiian vacation plans for plenty of private time with his family, walks on the beach, rounds of golf and leisure reading.

EPA moving unilaterally to limit greenhouse gases (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 06:24 AM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2010 file photo, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson, listens during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington. The Obama administration is moving through regulatory channels to clamp down on greenhouse gas emissions after Congress failed to act on new legislation. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP - Stymied in Congress, the Obama administration is moving unilaterally to clamp down on power plant and oil refinery greenhouse emissions, announcing plans for developing new standards over the next year.

For Obama, 'lame duck' Congress ends on high note (AFP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 05:58 AM PST

Sunrise over Capitol Hill. It may have ended in a lame-duck session with Democrats set to lose their majority in January, but the first US Congress of the Obama era was among the most prolific in 40 years(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AFP - It may have ended in a lame-duck session with Democrats set to lose their majority in January, but the first US Congress of the Obama era was among the most prolific in 40 years

Man drives into Obama security roadblock in Hawaii (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 12:01 AM PST

Reuters - A man being pursued by police drove into a security roadblock near President Barack Obama's vacation home in Hawaii on Thursday, the U.S. Secret Service said.

Pickup truck driver races through Obama checkpoint (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 10:51 PM PST

A Secret Service agent draws a gun on a man evading arrest by Honolulu police led officers on a high-speed chase that went through a security checkpoint near the neighborhood where the president is staying. Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan said the man was arrested a short time later and incident was not related to the president's visit, in Kailua, Hawaii, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Rhea Yamashiro)AP - A man fleeing from local police drove through an outer perimeter checkpoint set up near President Barack Obama's Hawaii vacation home Friday, the U.S. Secret Service said.

Obama's other 'surge': US drone war in Pakistan (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 10:12 PM PST

A US 'Predator' drone passing overhead at a forward operating base near Kandahar, Afghanistan, in January 2009. As the United States pressed ahead with a grinding campaign in Afghanistan in 2010, President Barack Obama dramatically escalated another war across the border in Pakistan, using robotic planes to pound Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)AFP - As the United States pressed ahead with a grinding campaign in Afghanistan in 2010, President Barack Obama dramatically escalated another war across the border in Pakistan, using robotic planes to pound Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants.

UN: Ivory Coast gunmen block possible mass grave (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 10:15 AM PST

UN forces drive past a billboard for President Laurent Gbagbo in, Ivory Coast, Abidjan Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. The United Nations said Thursday that at least 173 people have been killed and dozens of others have gone missing or been tortured following Ivory Coast's disputed presidential election, which has prompted fears of a return to civil war. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)AP - Masked gunmen with rocket launchers are blocking access to what officials believe may be a mass grave site in Ivory Coast, the United Nations said, as concerns grow that the West African nation that suffered a 2002-2003 civil war could return to conflict.

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