http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/PoliticsFind stories, videos, and photos about Politics from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:34:50 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Politics14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Politics from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/02/10/shi.iran.revolution.anniversary/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/02/10/shi.iran.revolution.anniversary/index.htmlIn a recent interview, Mir Hossein Mousavi, the opposition candidate now spearheading the Green Movement in Iran, said that early in the momentous revolution of 1979 the majority of Iranians were convinced that dictatorship had ended in Iran. "I was one of those people," he said. "But today I no longer believe that to be the case."Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:40:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/09/mexico.juarez.mayor/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/09/mexico.juarez.mayor/index.htmlJose Reyes Ferriz, the mayor of violence-plagued Ciudad Juarez, said the drug cartel war gripping his city is rooted in social decomposition such as broken homes.Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:38:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/09/mexico.floods/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/09/mexico.floods/index.htmlThe death toll from heavy floods and mudslides in Mexico increased Tuesday to 41, a government agency announced.Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:18:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2010/02/09/news/economy/jobs_bill/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2010/02/09/news/economy/jobs_bill/index.htmSenate Democrats' draft plan for job creation, circulated Tuesday, contains a couple of employment measures and a lot of leftover business.Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:14:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/09/us.iran.nuclear/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/09/us.iran.nuclear/index.htmlIn what appears to be an attempt to call Iran's bluff on its nuclear program, the United States is poised to offer Tehran a way to obtain medical isotopes that Iran says it desperately needs to treat cancer patients, according to the State Department.Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:48:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/09/haiti.clinton.arrests/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/09/haiti.clinton.arrests/index.htmlSecretary of State Hillary Clinton will not get directly involved in the case of the 10 Americans detained in Haiti on child abduction charges, a State Department spokesman said Tuesday.Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:35:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/02/09/yanukovich.ukraine/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/02/09/yanukovich.ukraine/index.htmlThe man leading Ukraine's presidential election called on his rival Tuesday to accept defeat, and he vowed to unite Ukraine after an election that has split the country in two.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:19:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/09/iran.protests/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/09/iran.protests/index.htmlAn Iranian court has sentenced one person to death and eight others to prison for their parts in anti-government demonstrations in December, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Tuesday.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:31:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/02/09/ukraine.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/02/09/ukraine.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTextPrime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko refuses to concede defeat in Ukraine's presidential election and plans to demand a recount in some districts, officials from her party, Bloc Tymoshenko, said Tuesday.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:42:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/08/iran.nuclear.explainer/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/08/iran.nuclear.explainer/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran announced plans to begin enriching uranium to 20 percent on Tuesday, a move likely to heighten fears it is moving closer to producing an atomic weapon.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:03:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/02/09/uk.afghanistan.falklands/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/02/09/uk.afghanistan.falklands/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe death of a British soldier on an explosives-clearing operation in Afghanistan has pushed the British death toll there past that of the 1982 Falklands War, the Ministry of Defence announced Tuesday.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:21:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/09/iran.opposition.background/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/09/iran.opposition.background/index.html#cnnSTCTextAs the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution approaches this week, with the promise of mass protests from Iran's growing opposition movement, it's tempting to compare the upheaval with unrest that ultimately toppled the shah of Iran.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:39:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/08/iran.nuclear.envoy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/08/iran.nuclear.envoy/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran's envoy to the International International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said the window for nuclear negotiations is still open -- even as tensions rise over Iran's decision to defy the world on uranium enrichment.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:01:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/02/08/iran.ebadi/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/02/08/iran.ebadi/index.html#cnnSTCTextAlthough I have already highlighted the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran on several occasions in writing and in person, I deem it necessary to once again draw the attention of Your Honor and the distinguished members of the UNHRC to the following issues as you prepare to review the Islamic Republic of Iran's human rights record, on February 15, 2010.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:35:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/08/iran.human.rights/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/08/iran.human.rights/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United States and the European Union on Monday called on Iran to "end its abuses against its own people" amid mounting concerns about a potential rise in violence later this week.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:05:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/08/iran.revolution.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/08/iran.revolution.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran will this week celebrate the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution -- a day that marked the end of the country's western-backed monarchy and the start of an Islamic republic.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:01:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/04/iran.protests/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/04/iran.protests/index.html#cnnSTCTextA coalition of Iranian reformist groups is urging opponents of the regime to stage non-violent protests on the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution next week.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:39:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/07/obama.health.care/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/07/obama.health.care/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Obama and a bipartisan group of leaders from the Senate and the House will meet February 25 for specific talks aimed at a compromise on health care legislation, a White House official told CNN on Sunday.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:27:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/05/iran.unrest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/05/iran.unrest/index.html#cnnSTCTextPolitical prisoners issued a blunt statement slamming the Iranian regime for its post-election crackdown, and opposition supporters and security forces clashed at a mosque in southwestern Iran, an opposition Web site reported Friday.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:26:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/06/iran.protests.security/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/06/iran.protests.security/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran's police chief warned Saturday that security forces will firmly confront "illegal" gatherings on the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, a semi-official news agency reported.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:16:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/08/mexico.flooding/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/08/mexico.flooding/index.html#cnnSTCTextHeavy flooding in central Mexico in the past week has killed at least 33 people and left thousands homeless, the government said Monday.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:31:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/11/iran.uk.neda/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/11/iran.uk.neda/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran has complained to Britain's Oxford University over a scholarship program in memory of Neda Agha-Soltan, the young woman whose on-camera death during a protests earlier this year made her a global icon of Iranian opposition.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:05:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/06/palin.tea.party/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/06/palin.tea.party/index.html#cnnSTCTextFormer Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin drew many standing ovations from a friendly crowd Saturday night as she blasted Washington Democrats and the Obama administration in a keynote speech for what was billed as the first national Tea Party Convention.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:58:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/08/iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/08/iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran informed the U.N. nuclear watchdog Monday that it will begin enriching uranium to 20 percent on Tuesday, state-run Press TV reported.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:23:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/02/08/ukraine.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/02/08/ukraine.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn a remarkable comeback, former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich seemed set Monday to become the president of Ukraine -- five years after he was ousted in a populist pro-Western uprising dubbed the "Orange Revolution."Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:05:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/08/costarica.election/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/08/costarica.election/index.html#cnnSTCTextCosta Rica elected its first female president, as the ruling National Liberation Party claimed a historic victory.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:34:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/02/04/india.corruption/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/02/04/india.corruption/index.html#cnnSTCTextCrusaders against corruption in India have come up with a novel way of confronting bribe-takers -- a zero-value bill that resembles a normal 50-rupee banknote but carries an anti-graft message.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:22:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/07/argentina.nestor.kirchner.hospital/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/07/argentina.nestor.kirchner.hospital/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe former president of Argentina underwent major surgery Sunday on his right carotid artery, the country's official news agency reported.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:19:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/06/iran.complaint.letters/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/06/iran.complaint.letters/index.html#cnnSTCTextMore than 150 Iranian members of parliament have signed letters advocating the prosecution of former presidential candidate Mir Hossein Moussavi, state media reported Saturday.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:14:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/06/iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/06/iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo new missile production plants opened in Iran on Saturday. The inauguration of the production lines for the anti-helicopter Qaem missile, and the anti-armor Toofan-5 (Hurricane) missile, came three days after Iran test-launched a rocket capable of carrying a satellite, a launch deemed a "provocative act" by Washington.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:10:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/07/costarica.election/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/07/costarica.election/index.html#cnnSTCTextCosta Rica's first female candidate held a two-to-one lead in the country's presidential election, as the second-place candidate, Otton Solis of the Citizen's Action Party, conceded defeat.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:58:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/07/iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/07/iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ordered Iran's atomic chief on Sunday to enrich the country's uranium to 20 percent. The move is seen as a fresh challenge to Western powers trying to rein in Tehran's galloping nuclear drive.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:20:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/07/israel.crime.probe/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/07/israel.crime.probe/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn international human rights organization on Sunday faulted Israel's investigation into alleged war crimes last year in Gaza.Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:26:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/02/07/safrica.zuma.apology/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/02/07/safrica.zuma.apology/index.html#cnnSTCTextSouth Africa's president has apologized for fathering a child out of wedlock after his admission prompted an outcry from critics who said he was undermining the nation's health campaign.Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:55:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/02/06/portugal.eta.explosives/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/02/06/portugal.eta.explosives/index.html#cnnSTCTextPolice in Portugal this week seized more than 3,000 pounds of explosives from a house used by the Basque separatist group ETA, the Spanish Interior Ministry said Saturday.Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:35:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/05/tea.party.convention/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/05/tea.party.convention/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe organizer of the Tea Party Convention says he agrees with Tom Tancredo's description of President Obama as a socialist.Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:51:00 ESThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20342059,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20342059,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnA judge orders Andrew Young to turn over the tape by next weekSat, 06 Feb 2010 15:09:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/05/venezuela.cuban.adviser/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/05/venezuela.cuban.adviser/index.html#cnnSTCTextRamiro Valdes, 77, is one of only four remaining original rebels led by Fidel Castro in the 1950s in Cuba. By Cuban standards, he has had a remarkable career, serving the Castro brothers loyally for years in a variety of posts, some which made him notorious.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:55:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/02/05/north.korea.american.released/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/02/05/north.korea.american.released/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United States made no deal with North Korea for the release of American Robert Park, a State Department spokesman said Friday.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:08:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/05/military.morning.after.pill/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/05/military.morning.after.pill/index.html#cnnSTCTextAll U.S. military health facilities around the world will now carry the emergency contraception pill known as Plan B One-Step, according to a new Department of Defense policy.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:13:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2010/02/05/news/international/china_bubbles.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2010/02/05/news/international/china_bubbles.fortune/index.htmWorld-renowned short seller Jim Chanos -- the hedge fund manager who called the fall of Enron and the systemic problems cause by subprime mortgages --recently turned his gimlet eye on China. He saw a country whose rapid rise was hiding massive flaws: grossly inflated real estate prices, irresponsible construction lending, massive overbuilding, a banking system larded with bad loans, and unreliable government data. Fitch Ratings weighed in this week saying that China's banks face the greatest "bubble risk" of any Asian country.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:24:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/02/05/edwards.sex.tape/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/02/05/edwards.sex.tape/index.html#cnnSTCTextA judge ordered an ex-aide to former Sen. John Edwards on Friday to turn over a sex tape said to depict Edwards and his former mistress, an official in a North Carolina court said.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:20:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/02/05/northern.ireland.politics/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/02/05/northern.ireland.politics/index.html#cnnSTCTextLeaders from Britain, Ireland and Northern Ireland appeared together Friday to hail an agreement that saves the province's power-sharing government.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:04:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/05/israel.hamas.war.crimes/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/05/israel.hamas.war.crimes/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the world body is unable to determine whether Israelis and Palestinians have done enough to investigate allegations that both sides committed war crimes during last year's war in the Gaza Strip.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:53:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2010/02/04/news/economy/meltzer_keynes.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2010/02/04/news/economy/meltzer_keynes.fortune/index.htmThe Obama White House likes to say that the theories of John Maynard Keynes form the foundation for its fiscal policies. Most notably, it draws upon the legendary British economist's idea of spending big to pull out of a recession.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:20:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/02/04/north.korea.american.held/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/02/04/north.korea.american.held/index.html#cnnSTCTextNorth Korea said Friday it was releasing an American detained in North Korea after reportedly illegally entering the country in December, state-run media reported.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:27:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/02/05/sudan.bashir.genocide/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/02/05/sudan.bashir.genocide/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe African Union has called on the United Nations Security Council to delay war crimes proceedings against Sudan's president, saying a decision allowing genocide charges harms peace efforts.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:52:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/28/north.korea.american.detained/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/28/north.korea.american.detained/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn American was detained in North Korea for trespassing on the country's border with China, the state-run news agency reported Thursday.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:38:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/04/air.marshals.program/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/04/air.marshals.program/index.html#cnnSTCTextDespite calls from President Obama to beef up the program designed to provide security aboard U.S. flights, the Federal Air Marshal Service is in disarray, a CNN investigation has found.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:40:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/04/obama.health.care/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/04/obama.health.care/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Obama called Thursday for high-level talks with Republicans to work out a compromise on health care legislation, then putting the resulting bill to a vote in Congress.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:20:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/02/04/northern.ireland.politics/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/02/04/northern.ireland.politics/index.html#cnnSTCTextA bitter political standoff between the two largest political parties in Northern Ireland has been resolved, one of the parties, Sinn Fein, said.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:07:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/04/china.relations/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/04/china.relations/index.html#cnnSTCTextDeclaring "I see a lot of dark clouds on the horizon," a former top official in the Chinese Foreign Ministry said the U.S.-China relationship is at a critical moment and any further deterioration will not be good for world peace.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:10:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/03/tea.party/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/03/tea.party/index.html#cnnSTCTextAs the Tea Party's first national convention gets under way, members are united in their anger but divided over the future of the movement.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:37:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/04/israel.syria.warning/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/04/israel.syria.warning/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsraeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman issued a stark warning to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday that he and his family would lose their hold on power if Syria were to attack Israel.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:10:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/02/04/india.pakistan.visit/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/02/04/india.pakistan.visit/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn Indian government official soon will be making the first high-level visit to Pakistan since the 2008 Mumbai attack, a trip that indicates a thaw in relations between the rival South Asian nations, the government said.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:36:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/02/04/france.burqa.ban/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/02/04/france.burqa.ban/index.html#cnnSTCTextI wear the burqa for the simple reason that I am a Muslim and the Koran says that I must wear the full veil in order to be modest.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:07:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/02/04/gao.china.us/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/02/04/gao.china.us/index.html#cnnSTCTextOne year into U.S. President Barack Obama's term, China-U.S. relations have not taken off as many people originally wished for but have experienced a mixed record and given out mixed signals.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:34:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/03/iran.nuclear.program/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/03/iran.nuclear.program/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran's atomic energy chief said Wednesday that no deal has been struck to export uranium for enrichment abroad, a demand of Western nations worried that Tehran plans to use its program to build nuclear weapons.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:30:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/03/obama.democrats/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/03/obama.democrats/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Obama tore into the Republican opposition on Capitol Hill Wednesday, blaming the GOP for what he called politically motivated opposition on virtually every issue.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:51:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/02/03/france.burqa/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/02/03/france.burqa/index.html#cnnSTCTextFrance has denied citizenship to a man because he allegedly forced his wife to wear a full Islamic veil, the French immigration minister said in a statement Wednesday.Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:54:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/03/powell.gays.military/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/03/powell.gays.military/index.html#cnnSTCTextColin Powell, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and former secretary of state, has come out in favor of eventually repealing the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gay and lesbian service members.Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:38:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/03/iran.space.satellites/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/03/iran.space.satellites/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran said Wednesday it had launched a rocket carrying a rodent, two turtles and some worms into orbit, claiming it as a successful advance in a space program that has raised international concerns.Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:24:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/03/colombia.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/03/colombia.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextCriminal gangs that emerged from Colombia's former paramilitary organizations are carrying out massacres, rapes and extortion, a human rights group said Wednesday.Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:13:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/02/03/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/02/03/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextA "vicious" roadside bomb blast struck a convoy in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least seven people Wednesday, including three American troops training the country's security forces.Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:56:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/03/iran.karrubi/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/03/iran.karrubi/index.html#cnnSTCTextA major Iranian opposition leader slammed his country's regime Wednesday and what he termed its tyrannical behavior after the disputed presidential elections in June.Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:23:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/03/iran.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/03/iran.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTextA leading Iranian human rights activist and journalist was arrested Wednesday, activists said.Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:15:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/02/02/wilkinson.smallbusiness.jobs.obama/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/02/02/wilkinson.smallbusiness.jobs.obama/index.html#cnnSTCTextAs the new evangelist for entrepreneurship, President Obama is finally on the right track. Mentioning "small business" 14 times in his State of the Union address last week, he pledged to increase small business lending and provide tax incentives to jump-start new jobs.Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:46:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/02/03/sudan.bashir.genocide/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/02/03/sudan.bashir.genocide/index.html#cnnSTCTextJudges at the International Criminal Court ruled Wednesday that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir may be charged with genocide for his role in a five-year campaign of violence in western Sudan's Darfur region.Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:01:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/02/02/china.us/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/02/02/china.us/index.html#cnnSTCTextChallenge China's position on Taiwan and watch China go ballistic. When the United States last week announced plans to sell advanced weapons to Taiwan, China fired back with vitriolic anger. It's a "crude interference in China's domestic affairs," said He Yafei, vice minister of foreign affairs. It could "lead to repercussions that neither side wishes to see," he said. The same day, China suspended plans for military exchanges and threatened sanctions on American companies involved in the arms sales.Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:29:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/01/iran.moussavi/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/01/iran.moussavi/index.html#cnnSTCTextMir Hossein Moussavi, the reformist Iranian politician who failed to unseat President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the June election, raged Friday against government efforts to stifle protesters.Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:16:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/02/iran.moussavi.remarks/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/02/iran.moussavi.remarks/index.html#cnnSTCTextMir Hossein Moussavi, the Iranian opposition leader and symbol of anti-government fervor, lashed out against Iranian authorities on Tuesday, saying remnants of the "tyranny" and "dictatorship" that prevailed under the toppled Shah of Iran's regime persist today.Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:23:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/02/drone.strike.hike/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/02/drone.strike.hike/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United States has escalated its unmanned aircraft strikes at militant targets in Pakistan since seven Americans were killed in a December 30 suicide attack at a CIA base in eastern Afghanistan, statistics from two informed research outlets show.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:18:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/02/02/pakistan.drone.strike/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/02/02/pakistan.drone.strike/index.html#cnnSTCTextSeveral suspected U.S. drone strikes killed at least 29 people in Pakistan on Tuesday, Pakistani intelligence sources said.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:10:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/02/gays.military/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/02/gays.military/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Pentagon has taken the first steps toward repealing the military's controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy regarding gay and lesbian service members, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:09:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2010/02/01/pf/taxes/obama_budget_tax_changes/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2010/02/01/pf/taxes/obama_budget_tax_changes/index.htmPresident Obama, in his proposed 2011 budget, is calling on Congress to make a number of tax changes for individuals.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:58:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/02/02/pope.uk.equality/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/02/02/pope.uk.equality/index.html#cnnSTCTextA furor has erupted in Britain over comments by the pope seen as critical of a new law the Roman Catholic church fears will force it to accept homosexuals into its ranks.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:48:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/02/iran.protest.sentences/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/02/iran.protest.sentences/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran will soon execute nine more people in connection with the country's post-election riots, the semiofficial FARS news agency reported Tuesday.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:35:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/31/iran.protests/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/31/iran.protests/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo top Iranian opposition leaders have called on supporters to protest on February 11, the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, an opposition Web site reported.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:43:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/01/us.pentagon.review/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/01/us.pentagon.review/index.html#cnnSTCTextPreparing the U.S. military to fight two major conventional wars is "out of date" and does not reflect the numerous challenges U.S. military forces could face in the future, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:44:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/01/29/davos.cameron.nato/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/01/29/davos.cameron.nato/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United States and NATO should withdraw from Afghanistan on the basis of success and not set artificial deadlines for a pullout, Britain's opposition Conservative Party Leader David Cameron told CNN Friday.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:39:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2010/02/01/news/economy/Obama_budget/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2010/02/01/news/economy/Obama_budget/index.htmPresident Obama revealed a $3.8 trillion budget for 2011 on Monday that tries to balance two competing goals: continued government spending to boost the fragile economic recovery and controlling the nation's deficit.Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:06:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2010/02/01/news/economy/obama_budget_deficits/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2010/02/01/news/economy/obama_budget_deficits/index.htmIn his $3.8 trillion budget for next year, President Obama on Monday laid out how Congress can lighten the country's debt load.Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:52:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/01/20/obama.poll/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/01/20/obama.poll/index.html#cnnSTCTextAs President Obama marks one year in the White House, an average of the most recent national surveys indicates that just over half of the public approves of how the president is handling his job.Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:49:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/01/27/stimulus.poll/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/01/27/stimulus.poll/index.html#cnnSTCTextOnly one-quarter of Americans think the federal stimulus plan has helped the middle class, while a majority say it has helped bankers and investors, according to a new national poll.Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:48:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/01/29/stimulus.poll/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/01/29/stimulus.poll/index.html#cnnSTCTextThough the federal stimulus plan is unpopular, many Americans overwhelmingly support the basic provisions within the bill, a new national poll suggests.Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:47:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/01/military.gays/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/01/military.gays/index.html#cnnSTCTextJoint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mike Mullen will meet with other members of the Joint Chiefs on Monday to discuss President Obama's plan to repeal the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy for gay and lesbian service members, according to two U.S. military officials.Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:03:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/01/israel.gaza.discipline/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/01/israel.gaza.discipline/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Israeli military has disciplined two officers for allowing artillery shells to be fired into a "populated" area of Gaza during Israel's three week war against Hamas last year.Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:58:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/02/01/frum.obama.terror.trials/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/02/01/frum.obama.terror.trials/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt took the United States government 18 months to capture Khalid Sheikh Mohammed -- and seven years to figure out what to do with him.Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:12:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/30/iran.dissidents.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/30/iran.dissidents.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextSixteen opposition protesters went on trial Saturday in Iran on charges that they tried to overthrow the government, state-run media said.Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:28:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2010/01/30/news/economy/stimulus_jobs/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2010/01/30/news/economy/stimulus_jobs/index.htmThe White House's stimulus plan directly funded 599,108 jobs in the fourth quarter, administration officials said Saturday.Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:52:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/31/china.censorship/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/31/china.censorship/index.html#cnnSTCText"Media must cease reporting on the discovery of a body at a psychiatric hospital in Dongguan."Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:34:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/01/31/health.care/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/01/31/health.care/index.html#cnnSTCTextDemocratic efforts to pass a health care bill have stalled a bit, and the immediate focus may be shifting toward health insurance reform instead of quickly trying to pass a comprehensive bill, White House officials signaled Sunday.Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:16:00 ESThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20340537,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20340537,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnAndrew Young says he turned down "millions" to sell the tapeSun, 31 Jan 2010 22:14:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2010/01/31/news/companies/tarp_report/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2010/01/31/news/companies/tarp_report/index.htmThe watchdog charged with monitoring the government's $700 billion bailout unleashed one of his harshest criticisms of the program to date, questioning its overall effectiveness.Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:06:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/31/china.us.taiwan.arms/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/31/china.us.taiwan.arms/index.html#cnnSTCTextChina has threatened to slap sanctions on American companies that sell arms to its rival Taiwan as part of a range of punitive actions Beijing is taking to protest the deal.Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:12:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/01/30/edwards.book/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/01/30/edwards.book/index.html#cnnSTCTextA new book about former Sen. John Edwards paints him as a cold, calculating and reckless politician willing to deny fathering a daughter, risking his marriage and putting the Democratic Party in potential political jeopardy -- all in the name of trying to win the presidency.Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:39:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/01/29/russia.stealth.fighter/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/01/29/russia.stealth.fighter/index.html#cnnSTCTextRussia tested its fifth-generation Sukhoi fighter jet in the Russian Far East on Friday.Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:24:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/30/pakistan.drone.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/30/pakistan.drone.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 12 people were killed when a teenage suicide attacker blew himself up Saturday at a security checkpoint in northwest Pakistan, officials said.Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:58:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/30/taiwan.arms/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/30/taiwan.arms/index.html#cnnSTCTextChina said Saturday it had suspended military exchanges with the United States over Washington's $6.4-billion arms deal with Taiwan, the territory that Beijing claims as its own.Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:33:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/29/israel.gaza.report/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/29/israel.gaza.report/index.html#cnnSTCTextAs a deadline neared, Israel handed the United Nations Friday a report justifying its actions during last year's Gaza campaign and rebutting the so-called "Goldstone Report" as biased.Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:42:00 EST