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Senior US official calls Myanmar regime’s election laws ‘disappointing and … - TODAYonline

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Telegraph.co.uk

Senior US official calls Myanmar regime's election laws 'disappointing and ...
TODAYonline
US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell says details of the laws released so far have been "disappointing." The regime enacted five election-related ...
US says Myanmar election law 'disappointing, regrettable'Arab Times
Burma publishes first of five new election lawsOpen Democracy
Myanmar election law bars Aung San Suu Kyi from pollsSify
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Gates: Some troops could leave Afghanistan early (AP)

Yahoo! News: Elections — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:06:36 +0000

AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says some of the U.S. forces involved in the Afghanistan surge could leave the country before President Barack Obama's announced July 2011 date to begin withdrawal.

Préval presses Clinton on Haiti elections - The Hindu

us election news - Google News — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:43:46 +0000

Washington Post

Préval presses Clinton on Haiti elections
The Hindu
In a sign that no clear agreement was reached on the time frame or conditions for holding elections Ms. Clinton added that the US would work with the ...
US Tells Haitian Elections Will Ensure More Global Aid »New York Daily News (blog)
Clinton, Preval urge quick Haiti electionsAFP
Clinton Says US Will Help Haiti to Hold ElectionsBusinessWeek
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UK PM Brown warns of bumpy economic road ahead (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Elections — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:20:26 +0000

Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown sees risks to the economic recovery and says it is not the moment to change course as he prepares for an election by June.

Biden’s West Bank tour clouded by settlement plans (AP)

Yahoo! News: Elections — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:15:51 +0000

AP - Israel's new plan to build 1,600 homes for Jews in east Jerusalem is overshadowing Vice President Joe Biden's visit to the West Bank.

FACT CHECK: Lawmaker quits amid changing stories (AP)

Yahoo! News: Elections — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:19:46 +0000

AP - New York congressman Eric Massa resigned his House seat this week under a sexual harassment cloud, claiming fellow Democrats forced his ouster to keep him from voting against their health care bill.

Massa denies he sexually groped male staffer (AP)

Yahoo! News: Elections — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:11:11 +0000

AP - Former Rep. Eric Massa, who resigned from Congress amid sexual harassment allegations, offered contradictory explanations for his behavior Tuesday, acknowledging he groped a male staffer in a non-sexual way but later denying any groping.

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi faces new law: spokesman (AFP)

Yahoo! News: Elections — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:29:42 +0000

AFP - Myanmar's new election laws mean the opposition National League for Democracy must expel detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi from its ranks ahead of polls this year, a spokesman said Wednesday.

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi faces new law: spokesman (AFP)

Yahoo! News: Elections — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:29:42 +0000

AFP - Myanmar's new election laws mean the opposition National League for Democracy must expel detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi from its ranks ahead of polls this year, a spokesman said Wednesday.

Obama using ‘bounty hunters’ to root out fraud (AP)

Yahoo! News: Elections — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:14:14 +0000

AP - President Barack Obama said Tuesday he'll bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a populist idea with bipartisan backing in his final push to overhaul the system.

Law bars Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi from elections - The Associated Press

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Reuters

Law bars Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi from elections
The Associated Press
... US Campaign for Burma, noted that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recently said he had urged Myanmar to release laws governing the elections as soon as ...
Burma publishes first of five new election lawsOpen Democracy
Suu Kyi to file case against relativeMizzima.com

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‘Months’ before Iraq government, says US general - AFP

us election news - Google News — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:32:36 +0000

France24

'Months' before Iraq government, says US general
AFP
WASHINGTON — The commander of US forces in Iraq has predicted it would take "a couple of months" for leaders to form a post-election government but ...
Gen. Odierno: 'People of Iraq Have Embraced Democracy'NewsHour
Odierno: 'I Believe We're on Track' to Withdraw Troops After Iraq ElectionNewsHour

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Clinton, Preval urge quick Haiti elections - AFP

us election news - Google News — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:30:39 +0000

Reuters

Clinton, Preval urge quick Haiti elections
AFP
WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has joined Haitian President Rene Preval in calling for new elections in quake-hit Haiti as soon as ...
US Tells Haitian Elections Will Ensure More Global Aid »New York Daily News (blog)
Clinton Says US Will Help Haiti to Hold ElectionsBusinessWeek
US urges quake-hit Haiti not to delay electionsWashington Times
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Roberts: Scene at State of Union ‘very troubling’ (AP)

Yahoo! News: Elections — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:09:46 +0000

AP - U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday the scene at President Barack Obama's first State of the Union address was "very troubling" and that the annual speech to Congress has "degenerated into a political pep rally."

Massa on King: ‘I don’t have the energy to fight everyone all the time’

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By Scott Butterworth Former Rep. Eric Massa reversed himself Tuesday night, saying that "it is not true" that he had groped congressional staffers, hours after he told a different cable TV interviewer, "Not only did I grope him, I tickled him until he couldn't breathe." Massa's 30-minute appearance on CNN's "Larry King Live" was his second of the evening, and he said it would be his last time to address the media before returning to private life. The former congressman told King that he was unaware that former deputy chief of staff Ron Hikel had taken allegations of Massa's improper conduct to the House ethics committee. Hikel "never said a word to me" about his concerns, Massa said, and the news that he had gone to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer's office about them "breaks my heart." "This is a man as close to me as my father. For 40

Obama: Greece, facing bad days, has US as ally (AP)

Yahoo! News: Elections — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:19:25 +0000

AP - President Barack Obama stood with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Tuesday and pledged that the United States would work with its ally, even as Greece's enormous debts sparked frenzied trading.

Obama to target Medicare and Medicaid fraud

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By Michael D. Shear President Obama on Wednesday will embrace tougher new efforts to fight fraud in Medicare and Medicaid as part of his drive to pass comprehensive changes to the nation's health care system, the White House announced tonight. Officials said the president will sign a presidential memorandum Wednesday that directs all federal departments and agencies to expand their use of audits that recapture improper or erroneous payments. They said that could save the government as much as $2 billion over the next three years. In a health-care speech in St. Louis, Obama will also offer his explicit support for bipartisan legislation aimed at expanding the use of so-called "recapture audits" in government agencies, officials said. Together, the announcements are intended to show the president's seriousness on two fronts: the willingness to incorporate Republican ideas into his overall plans for health reform, and his desire to confront fraud and

Health care ad cyclorama to clog airwaves - USA Today

us election news - Google News — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:30:18 +0000

Health care ad cyclorama to clog airwaves
USA Today
WASHINGTON — It's not quite election season, but President Obama is on the stump, pushing his health care bill. ...
Election Sneak PreviewTPMCafé (blog)
Health Care's Obstacle: No Will to CutNew York Times
The price of health reformIthaca Journal
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Iraqis Maneuver Amid Signs No Party Will Win Election Majority - BusinessWeek

us election news - Google News — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:27:23 +0000

Globe and Mail

Iraqis Maneuver Amid Signs No Party Will Win Election Majority
BusinessWeek
Coalition-building is essential to a US plan to withdraw its troops as Iraq establishes a stable government. American officials insist the pullout will go ...
Don't expect foreign interference to end any time soonSydney Morning Herald
Atrocities may fill Iraqi power vacuumAsia Times Online
'Mission Accomplished' deja vuAljazeera.net (blog)
New York Post
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A policy change on abortion, but how radical? (AP)

Yahoo! News: Elections — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:01:14 +0000

AP - President Barack Obama's health care bill would change federal policy on abortion, but it would not open the spigot of taxpayer dollars as some abortion opponents fear.