2010年12月27日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Elections

GOP hopefuls find some issues a hazard early on (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 05:07 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2010 file photo, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks in Washington. This month's early under-the-radar campaigning by potential Republican challengers to President Barack Obama is a reminder of something too easily forgotten: Running for president is harder than it looks, and Obama ultimately will stand against a flesh-and-blood nominee certain to make mistakes along the way. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)AP - This month's early, under-the-radar campaigning by potential Republican challengers to President Barack Obama is a reminder of something too easily forgotten: Running for president is harder than it looks, and Obama ultimately will stand against a flesh-and-blood nominee certain to make mistakes along the way.

Miller lifts opposition to certifying AK election (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 04:39 PM PST

In this Friday, Dec. 17, 2010 picture, Alaska Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller, right, confers with his lawyer, Thomas Van Flein, before the Alaska Supreme Court convened in Anchorage, Alaska. On Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010, the Alaska Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision in the disputed U.S. Senate race, saying the state correctly counted write-in votes for Sen. Lisa Murkowski. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)AP - Alaska's certification of results showing U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski winning re-election over Republican rival Joe Miller could come as soon as Thursday.

Obama spends rainy day at bowling alley (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 04:35 PM PST

President Barack Obama travels by motorcade to his holiday vacation residence in Kailua, Hawaii, Monday, Dec. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - President Barack Obama is passing the time on a cloudy, rainy Hawaiian day with a family trip to the bowling alley.

Poll: Obama and Hillary Clinton are 'most admired' (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 03:20 PM PST

President Barack Obama holds a baby as he with members of the military during Christmas dinner at Anderson Hall on Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe, Hawaii, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. The first family is in Hawaii for the holidays. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - For the third straight year, President Barack Obama ranks as the man most admired by people living in the U.S., according to an annual USA Today-Gallup poll.

Obama, Clinton 'most admired' in 2010 (AFP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 03:05 PM PST

US President Barack Obama(R) and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton(L), seen here in 2009, were the AFP - US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were the "most admired" man and woman in the United States in 2010, according to an annual Gallup poll.

Miller sends mixed message on Alaska Senate race (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 02:25 PM PST

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R), U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (2nd R), and U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg (3rd R) talk after meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama and a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators to discuss passing comprehensive energy and climate legislation in Washington in this June 29, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - Senate hopeful Joe Miller says he has given up trying to block the state of Alaska from certifying the reelection of Lisa Murkowski but will press ahead with a federal court challenge.

US 'deeply concerned' by conviction of Putin foe (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 12:47 PM PST

AP - The White House says the U.S. is deeply concerned about the conviction of a Russian oil tycoon who once challenged the power of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Immigration polls 2010: Who's listening? (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 12:01 PM PST

UCLA student Jose Ortiz, 20, reacts as the Dream Act fails to move forward in the Senate during televised coverage of proceedings at the UCLA Downtown Labor Center in Los Angeles, Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010. Immigrant advocates viewed the measure as a step toward providing a path to legal status for up to 12 million illegal immigrants by focusing on the most sympathetic among them first. Critics called it a back-door grant of amnesty that would encourage more illegal immigration. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)ContributorNetwork - ANALYSIS | Polling data are usually of special interest to politicians during election season, but those savvy enough to keep a finger on the pulse of the nation tend to do so year round. Immigration polls had a heyday in 2010, especially due to the passage of Arizona's controversial SB 1070, but the failure of the DREAM Act once again brings the issues to the forefront.

Obama pays Christmas visit to Hawaii Marine base (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 08:33 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.

Ivory Coast general strike called to oust Gbagbo (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 06:27 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.

Meet Radical Islam's Tech Guru (The Daily Beast)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 03:53 PM PST

The Daily Beast - Despite getting trounced in the most recent election, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Web geeks are transforming Egypt’s Islamist group from a shadowy organization with power bases in mosques and charities into a media-savvy machine.

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