2010年12月26日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Obamas make rare trip to church while in Hawaii (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 04:30 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama and his family took a break from their Hawaiian vacation to attend Sunday church services, a rare occurrence for a president who prefers to worship in private.

Ivory Coast general strike called to oust Gbagbo (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 03:57 PM PST

Ivory Coast, President Laurent Gbagbo, Smile during an exclusive interview at his residence, in Abidjan, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010. West African leaders are giving the man who refuses to leave Ivory Coast's presidency a final chance to hand over power and are threatening to remove him by force if needed, though doubts exist about whether the operation could be carried out. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)AP - Allies of the man who the international community says won Ivory Coast's disputed presidential election called Sunday for a general strike that would last until the incumbent hanging on to power concedes defeat and leaves office.

Best quotes of 2010 (Politico)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 03:13 PM PST

Politico - In a business where sound bites can be game-changers, there was no shortage of memorable lines in 2010 — both serious and not.

Obama extends well wishes to Saudi king (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 02:41 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama called Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah on Sunday to wish him well as he recovers from two recent back surgeries.

Scenarios: Possible outcomes in Ivory Coast's crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 01:49 PM PST

Reuters - An election meant to resolve Ivory Coast's decade-long political crisis has resulted in two rivals claiming the presidency, with incumbent Laurent Gbagbo defying world pressure to hand over to Alassane Ouattara.

Obama team plans for 2011 – and for 2012 (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 01:48 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama may be enjoying some Christmas down time with his family in Hawaii, but he and his senior staff are hard at work on the size and shape of his White House team as they prepare for the 2012 elections â€" just around the corner in terms of what it takes to win a second term.

Obama pays Christmas visit to Hawaii Marine base (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 12:58 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle took time from their Hawaii vacation to drop by a Marine Corps base on Saturday, where they greeted service men and women during Christmas dinner.

Dead Chicagoans don't vote, but living have tricks (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 11:32 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 1960 file photo President John F. Kennedy poses in his White House office with Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, left of Kennedy, and his family, from left: Bill 13, Mrs. Daley, Patricia 22, John 13, Mary 21, Eleanor 19, and Michael 17. On the 50th anniversary of suspicions that Richard J. Daley orchestrated big vote numbers to help Kennedy win the presidency in 1960, experts say the city has instituted safeguards over the years to assure that the kind of wide-scale vote fraud perpetrated by the old Chicago Machine couldn't happen again in the first wide open mayor's race in more than two decades. (AP Photo, File)AP - It's not on a par with how Chicagoans used to keep voting after they died. Or with the curious case of the man in the 1980s whose signature wound up on a local ballot application — twice_ even though he had no fingers or thumbs.

Obama seen naming new economic adviser in January: official (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 06:56 AM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama likely will announce a replacement for key economic adviser Lawrence Summers by mid-January, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Sunday.

Gibbs: No big changes in Cabinet expected (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 06:44 AM PST

AP - Don't look for any big changes in President Barack Obama's Cabinet as the new year gets under way.

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