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Yahoo! News: Elections

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Elections

Ex-dictator 'Baby Doc' returns to Haiti (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 03:25 PM PST

A man holds a poster of former Haitian president Jean-Claude Duvalier during a demonstration in Port-au-Prince in 2010. Ousted strongman AFP - Ousted strongman Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier returned to Haiti on Sunday after some 25 years in exile as the country wrestled with a post-election crisis.

AP-GfK Poll: Opposition to health care law eases (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 12:16 PM PST

FILE - In this March 27, 2010, file photo Virginia Paiva, of Providence, protests against the health care reform bill recently signed into law by President Barack Obama during a rally in front of the Statehouse in Providence, R.I. Ahead of a vote on repeal in the GOP-led House the week of Jan. 16, 2011, strong opposition to the law stands at 30 percent, close to the lowest level registered in AP-GfK surveys dating to September 2009. The nation is divided over the law, but the strength and intensity of the opposition appear diminished. (AP Photo/Gretchen Ertl, File)AP - As lawmakers shaken by the shooting of a colleague return to the health care debate, an Associated Press-GfK poll finds raw feelings over President Barack Obama's overhaul have subsided.

Obamas attend services at church near White House (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 09:29 AM PST

CORRECTS THE NAME OF A DAUGHTER WITH MICHELLE - President Barack Obama, with daughter Sasha, 9, and first lady Michelle Obama, with daughter Malia, 12, exit Air Force One after returning from vacation in Hawaii, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama attended Sunday services at an African Methodist Episcopal church near the White House.

Obama congratulates Sudan on referendum (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 08:54 AM PST

South Sudanese Catholic Archbishop Paulino Lukudu holds up mock ballots during a service attended by President Salva Kiir in Juba, Southern Sudan, Sunday Jan. 16, 2011. The Southern Sudan's president on Sunday offered a prayer of forgiveness for northern Sudan and the killings that occurred during a two-decade civil war, as the first results from a weeklong independence referendum showed an overwhelming vote for secession. About four million Southern Sudanese voters cast their ballots in a weeklong referendum on independence that is expected to split Africa's largest nation in two.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)AP - President Barack Obama is congratulating the people of Sudan for the weeklong referendum on the future of the south.

ASEAN to push Myanmar on democracy, wants sanctions lifted (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 01:18 AM PST

ASEAN foreign ministers (L-R) Myanmar's U Nyan Win, Phillipine's Undersecretary of Policy Erlinda F. Basilio, Singapore's George Yeo, Thailand's Kasit Piromnya, Vietnam's Assistant Foreign Minister Pham Quang Vinh, Indonesia's Marty Natalegawa, Cambodia's Hor Namhong, Brunei Darussalam's Mohamed Bolkiah, Laos' Thongloun Sisoulith, Malaysia's Dato' Sri Anifah Aman and ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan pose during a group photo before the opening of the ASEAN Foreign Ministerial Meeting (AMM) Retreat in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara province January 16, 2011. REUTERS/Foreign Ministry Documentation/Rudi Hartanto/HandoutReuters - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) wants the U.S. and Europe to lift sanctions against member Myanmar after its recent elections and release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, it said on Sunday.

Obama's education focus faces big hurdles (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2011 09:26 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2009 file photo, Bo Obama walks with a ball on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Dawn Sylvia-Stasiewicz, the trainer who prepared President Barack Obama's dog Bo for life as the first dog, has died. Sylvia-Stasiewicz, 52, died Wednesday of respiratory failure at a Virginia hospital, her ex-husband Paul Stasiewicz said Saturday. Sylvia-Stasiewicz initially had no idea the Portuguese water dog that arrived at her Virginia home two years ago was destined for life at the White House — an experience she described in a recent book. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP - Signs of trouble are arising for President Barack Obama's plan to put education overhaul at the forefront of his agenda as he adjusts to the new reality of a divided government.

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