2011年3月27日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Biden urges Bahrain talks (AFP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 09:54 AM PDT

Bahraini Shiites wave a Bahrain flag in central Manama on March 22. US Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday urged Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa to hold talks with opposition leaders on political reforms amid continuing protests, the White House said.(AFP/File/Joseph Eid)AFP - US Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday urged Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa to hold talks with opposition leaders on political reforms amid continuing protests, the White House said.

Supreme Court to decide Arizona’s unique campaign financing law (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 07:22 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - In the most important test of a campaign finance reform law since last year’s Citizens United decision, the US Supreme Court on Monday is set to examine the constitutionality of an Arizona statute that guarantees government money to certain political candidates in a dollar-for-dollar match of funds raised by opposing candidates through private donations.

Japan cabinet rating up, low marks for nuclear crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 03:08 AM PDT

Reuters - Approval ratings for Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan edged higher, according to the first opinion poll taken since a deadly quake and tsunami struck the nation, but his cabinet got low marks for its handling of a crisis at a stricken nuclear power plant.

First female VP candidate Ferraro dies at 75 (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 12:07 AM PDT

FILE - This Friday, May 4, 2007 picture shows former Democratic vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro during a news conference before a fundraising lunch hosted by U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., in Chicago. The first woman to run for U.S. vice president on a major party ticket has died. Geraldine Ferraro was 75. A family friend said Ferraro, who was diagnosed with blood cancer in 1998, died Saturday, March 26, 2011 at Massachusetts General Hospital. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - Geraldine Ferraro's selection as Walter Mondale's Democratic running mate in the 1984 presidential election made her a winner as far as history was concerned, despite an unsuccessful campaign that proved to be a tough political slog against a popular incumbent.

Top tennis seeds Nadal, Wozniacki advance (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 10:13 PM PDT

Rafael Nadal of Spain serves against Kei Nishikori of Japan during the Sony Ericsson Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 26 in Key Biscayne, Florida. Nadal, on the quest for his first trophy since October in Tokyo, overpowered Japan's Kei Nishikori 6-4, 6-4(AFP/Getty Images/Clive Brunskill)AFP - Top seeds Rafael Nadal and Caroline Wozniacki lived up to expectations as both advanced with ease at the $9 million Miami WTA and ATP Masters tournament.

Obama's Libya policy blasted by GOP 2012 hopefuls (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 08:23 PM PDT

FILE - In this Saturday, March 19, 2011 file photo, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour takes questions from reporters during the California Republican Convention in Sacramento, Calif., The Republicans looking to succeed President Barack Obama all say he's bungling Libya. What most haven't spelled out: how they would address the latest international crisis if they were in the White House..(AP Photo/Steve Yeater, File)AP - The Republicans looking to succeed President Barack Obama all say he's bungling Libya.

NATO takes command of Libya campaign (AFP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 01:32 PM PDT

This handout picture released by ECPAD (The French Defence Communication and Audiovisual Production Agency) shows a Rafale jet of the French army being supplied as it takes part in military operations in Libya. NATO took full command Sunday of military operations in Libya from a US-led coalition, enabling the alliance to strike at forces loyal to Moamer Kadhafi should they threaten civilians.(AFP/ECPAD/Nicolas-Nelson Richard)AFP - NATO took full command Sunday of military operations in Libya from a US-led coalition, empowering alliance forces to stage ground strikes to protect civilians threatened by Moamer Kadhafi's army.

GOP appears poised to take on entitlements (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 11:30 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2011, file photo first-term GOP Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., listens to Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah , partially visible at left, speak at a Tea Party town hall meeting at the National Press Club in Washington. In southeast Florida West, a tea party favorite, advocates changes that some might consider radical: abolish the IRS and federal income tax; retain tax cuts for billionaires so they won’t shut down their charities, and stop extending unemployment benefits that “reward bad behavior.” (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)AP - If there's any place where tea partiers in Congress might hesitate to call for cuts in Social Security and Medicare to shrink the federal debt, Florida's retirement havens should top the list.

Ivory Coast presidential mediation efforts stumble (AFP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 10:12 AM PDT

Militants from the pro-Gbagbo AFP - Hopes for a negotiated solution to Ivory Coast's bloody post-election crisis took a knock Sunday as rival claimants to the presidency failed to agree on the African Union's choice of mediator.

Obama leads tributes to 'trailblazer' Ferraro (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 06:43 PM PDT

US political icon Geraldine Ferraro, pictured in 2007, the first female vice presidential candidate to run on a major political ticket, has died at age 75 after a long battle with cancer, her family said Saturday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jamie Rose)AFP - US President Barack Obama led poignant tribute to Geraldine Ferraro, hailing the "trailblazer" who broke barriers when she became America's first female vice presidential candidate.

Geraldine Ferraro's Influence on Women in Politics (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 06:42 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | When I read that former vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro had passed at the age of 75, I quickly flashed back to 1984.

Reaction to death of Geraldine Ferraro (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 06:23 PM PDT

AP - Here is some reaction to the death of Geraldine Ferraro, the first female vice presidential candidate:

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