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Yahoo! News: Elections

2012 watch: Don't underestimate Michele Bachmann (The Week)

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 07:08 AM PDT

U.S. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN), a potential Republican candidate for President, speaks at the New Hampshire GOP Brunch in Nashua, New Hampshire March 12, 2011. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)The Week - Though Sarah Palin often overshadows the Tea Party firebrand from Minnesota, says Ed Kilgore at The New Republic, Bachmann could really shake up the GOP primaries

How Can NPR Survive on Its Own? (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 04:42 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Suffice to say, it hasn't been a good couple weeks for National Public Radio. From a controversial video to disparaging comments, a CEO resigning and then Congress cutting federal funding.

Western powers strike Libya; Arab League has doubts (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 04:09 PM PDT

In this Saturday, March 19, 2011 photo provided by the U.S. Navy, seen through night-vision lenses aboard amphibious transport dock USS Ponce (LPD 15), the guided missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) fires Tomahawk cruise missiles in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn from the Mediterranean Sea . The U.S. fired more than 100 cruise missiles from the sea while French fighter jets targeted Moammar Gadhafi's forces from the air on Saturday, launching the broadest international military effort since the Iraq war in support of an uprising that had seemed on the verge of defeat. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Petty Officer 1st Class Nathanael Miller)Reuters - Western powers pressed ahead on Sunday with a campaign of air attacks in Libya, promising more strikes despite criticism by the Arab League.

After year of woe, Haiti chooses a new president (AFP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 03:16 PM PDT

An election officail sits near a ballot box at a polling station in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Irregularities and delays were reported Sunday as Haitians headed to vote for a popular singer or former first lady to lead a shattered country struggling to rebuild from a devastating 2010 earthquake.(AFP/Hector Retamal)AFP - Irregularities and delays were reported Sunday as Haitians headed to vote for a popular singer or former first lady to lead a shattered country struggling to rebuild from a devastating 2010 earthquake.

U.S. sees possible French, British lead on Libya (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 03:04 PM PDT

Reuters - The United States sees several possibilities for future leadership of the campaign in Libya, but Arab allies are sensitive to operating under a NATO flag, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Sunday.

Obama: Iran's government leading campaign of abuse (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 02:27 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama delivers a speech at Theatro Municipal in Rio de Janiero, Brazil,. Obama said in a message to the Iranian people Sunday that he supports their AP - President Barack Obama says the Iranian government cares more about preserving its own power than respecting the rights of its people.

BP reports flaring at L.A.-area refinery: filing (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 02:22 PM PDT

Reuters - BP Plc reported flaring due to a breakdown at its 265,000 barrel per day (bpd) Los Angeles-area refinery in Carson, California, on Saturday, according to a notice filed with California pollution regulators.

Obama woos Brazil while Libya air assault unfolds (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 02:02 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama praised Brazil's rise as an emerging power on Sunday, calling the South American country an equal partner of the United States as he pressed on with a trip overshadowed by a U.S. and European air assault on Muammar Gaddafi's forces in Libya.

Libya bombing called successful; endgame unclear (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 06:25 PM PDT

A British RAF Tornado takes off from RAF Marham, England, Sunday, March, 20, 2011. The U.N. Security Council on Thursday approved a resolution backed by the U.S., Britain and France, authorizing the use of 'all necessary measures' to protect civilians under attack by government forces in Libya.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - The U.S. on Sunday claimed initial success two days into an assault on Libya that included some of the heaviest firepower in the American arsenal — long-range bombers designed for the Cold War — but American officials said Sunday it was too early to define the international military campaign's endgame.

Woman charged in Texas day care fire returns to US (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 05:31 PM PDT

AP - A woman accused of fleeing the country after a fire at her Texas day care center killed four children began her trip back to the United States on Sunday to face manslaughter and other charges, a congresswoman said.

Libya and the Use of Cruise Missiles in Modern War (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 04:43 PM PDT

The guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) launches a Tomahawk missile towards Libya. The US, Britain and France pounded Libya with Tomahawk missiles and air strikes into the early hours of Sunday, sparking fury from Moamer Kadhafi who said the Mediterranean was now a ContributorNetwork - Operation Odyssey Dawn, the official name of the allied campaign against the Gadhafi Regime in Libya, began with a cruise missile bombardment against Libyan air defense instillations. This has become standard operating procedure for any modern war.

Rapper Wyclef Jean wounded in Haiti shooting (AFP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 02:02 PM PDT

Singer Wyclef Jean attends a rally in support of Haitian presidential candidate Michel Martelly in the Petionville suburb of Port-au-Prince on March 16. Wyclef said Sunday he was grazed by a bullet in the hand on the eve of his country's historic presidential run-off election but did not see it as a political attack.(AFP/File/Hector Retamal)AFP - Haitian-born rapper Wyclef Jean said Sunday he was grazed by a bullet in the hand on the eve of his country's historic presidential run-off election but did not see it as a political attack.

Egypt approves reforms in historic referendum (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 01:34 PM PDT

An official collects votes from ballot boxes after the polls closed in Cairo March 19, 2011. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-GhanyReuters - A big majority of Egyptians approved amendments to the constitution in a referendum, results showed, opening the door to early elections seen as favoring Islamists and figures affiliated with the old ruling party.

Kerry says huge Egypt vote turnout 'very exciting' (AFP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 12:58 PM PDT

Head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, US Senator John Kerry holds up a T-shirt with the Egyptian flag and a text that reads: the 25th of January revolution, Egypt above all, during his visit to Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square. Kerry described as AFP - Senior US Senator John Kerry described as "very exciting" Sunday the huge turnout for Egypt's first taste of democracy after the ouster of veteran president Hosni Mubarak.

Haitians vote for president to lead reconstruction (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 11:30 AM PDT

U.N peacekeepers stand guard outside an electoral center as they distribute electoral materials in Port au Prince March 19, 2011. Haiti's presidential run-off election between Michel Martelly and the former first lady Mirlande Manigat will be held on Sunday. REUTERS/Kena BetancurReuters - Haitians voted on Sunday to elect a president for their poverty-stricken and earthquake-scarred country, choosing between an extrovert singer and a former first lady in a scrappy run-off ballot.

States may cut 2012 primaries to save money (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 11:00 AM PDT

Reuters - Skimpy budgets are cutting into the way U.S. states pay for schools, healthcare -- and now primary elections.

Republican National Committee reports $21 million debt (The Ticket)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 08:50 AM PDT

The Ticket - In an effort to begin restoring the financial health of the Republican National Committee (RNC), officials paid down $1 million in debt after new chairman Reince Priebus took the helm in January. But after unearthing new debt incurred under former chairman Michael Steele, the committee is right back where it started. As first reported by [...]

Wyclef Jean shot in Haiti (Daily Caller)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 08:31 AM PDT

Daily Caller - Rapper Wyclef Jean, who campaigned last year to become president of Haiti, was shot in the Caribbean country on Saturday, reports the Associated Press.

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