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 Obama: I'm No Jimmy Carter 

President set out to prove he's got the muscle to pass health reform

Sep 10, 09 7:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s speech on health care last night wasn’t just a bid for Congressional support for reform: It was a reassertion of Obama’s political strength, writes Adam Nagourney in the New York Times. He had to “display his authority to a Congress that had begun to... More »

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Congress • politics • power • health care reform • speech • President Obama

(Newser) - Nobody’s No. 1 on O, the Oprah Magazine’s inaugural “Power List.” Indeed, no one’s any other number either.  “Power can be so many things,” the editors reason, so they’re honoring women who are powerful in different ways. A sampling:... More »

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entertainment • theater • Al Gore • tennis • list • Oprah Winfrey • comedy • power • Venus Williams • Sarah Silverman • Donna Brazile • O, the Oprah Magazine • Anna Deavere Smith

Women of the Future: Powerful, Stressed

Women feel overworked amid gains in economic clout

Aug 6, 09 5:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Women are gaining economic clout, but they’re also feeling overburdened, a survey of 12,000 women in 21 countries finds. Women spend some 70% of consumer dollars globally and are set to produce 70% of household income growth in the next 5 years—meaning entrepreneurs who can help them... More »

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women • study • business • power • stress • market • survey • happiness • economy

 Courting Obama, Pols 
 Harbor Hoop Hopes 

Elite tune up their game in hopes of playing with prez

Jun 18, 09 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - In Washington, everyone wants to be on the inside. How do you know you’re in? “A pickup game with Obama,” says a former Clinton press secretary. “That's the inner, inner, inner sanctum.” So aspiring members of the inner, inner circle are hitting the court, working... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • basketball • power • Washington, DC • Baron Hill • President Obama

 Power Returns 
 to Kabul, but 
 Bribes Persist 

Deal boosts electricity access, business in struggling Afghan capital

Feb 11, 09 5:33 AM CST
(Newser) - For the first time since the fall of the Taliban, the glow of light hangs over Kabul late into the night, GlobalPost reports. An energy deal with Uzbekistan is bringing unprecedented access to electricity to the Afghan capital, where most neighborhoods only had power for about four hours every second... More »

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Afghanistan • Kabul • power • electricity • Uzbekistan

Raising Saddam's Specter, Maliki Aims to Solidify Power

Maliki looks to increase party's power even as some see Saddam-like authority grabs

Jan 26, 09 9:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki is looking to extend his reach with party gains on the provincial level in elections Saturday, the New York Times reports. But despite his assurances that “the iron centralization has ended,” many Iraqis fear a return to rule by a single leader with power... More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • Nouri al-Maliki • power • exile • centralization

(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi may wield her influence behind the scenes, but she is the most powerful woman in the history of US politics, Politico reports, and with recent Democratic gains in Congress, she's poised to have power few other speakers could match. Though she’s nice about it, “whatever Nancy... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • House of Representatives • power • speaker of the House • Election 2008

Pelosi: 'I Am Not Giving the Gavel Away to Anyone'

Speaker muses on wielding power in contentious era

Jul 29, 08 12:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Newly minted author Nancy Pelosi launched her book tour this week, and one of the first stops is a sit-down with Politico. Of her hard-nosed blockade of GOP attempts to authorize offshore drilling, she says, “I’m trying to save the planet. I will not have this debate trivialized... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • GOP • mortgage • power • children's health care • George W. Bush • offshore oil

OPINION

 China Is an Unlikely Superpower 

Despite Americans inflates sense of country's dominance

Jul 27, 08 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - American pundits are constantly claiming that China will soon overtake the US as the world’s dominant power—but if you look at the facts, that’s just not true, writes John Pomfret in the Washington Post. “Dire demographics, an overrated economy, an environment under siege, and an ideology... More »

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China • power • growth • population • Chinese economy • Kung Fu Panda

Book Review

Superclass Exposes Global Elite . . .Sort Of

Ultra-powerful rule the world, author argues, and that's not all bad

Mar 15, 08 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - What do Bill Clinton, Osama Bin Laden, and Bono have in common? All are members of the powerful global elite that’s reshaping the planet, David Rothkopf argues in his new book Superclass. But Rothkopf’s isn’t a conspiracy-laden indictment, writes Salon’s Laura Miller. Rather,... More »

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globalization • Bill Clinton • Bono • power • global economy • Osama bin Laden • Davos • elite • nonfiction books

China Snow Crisis Turns Deadly

Wild weather continues to strand thousands, cripple power supply

Jan 29, 08 7:46 AM CST
(Newser) - China’s record snowstorm has killed at least 25 people when the bus they were riding in careened off a slick mountain road in the southwestern province of Guizhou, reports Reuters. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao today visited hordes of stranded train passengers in Hunan province, and the government urged migrant... More »

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China • weather • power • snowstorm

Snowstorm Disrupts Chinese Travel, Power

Holdup comes week before Lunar New Year travel season

Jan 28, 08 7:14 AM CST
(Newser) - The biggest snowstorm in 50 years is wreaking havoc with China’s transportation and power-supply infrastructure and triggering widespread shortages the week before the Lunar New Year. Over a foot of snow fell in Nanjing, reports Bloomberg. "We face a very severe situation in ensuring supplies of coal, electricity,... More »

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China • power • snowstorm • transport

Midwest Million Left in Icy Dark

Massive power outage as new storm prepares to blast region again

Dec 12, 07 7:41 AM CST
(Newser) - Nearly 1 million people are without power in the aftermath of a nightmarish ice storm that wreaked havoc with roads, homes and airports through a Midwestern swath of the nation. The storm has claimed 24 lives so far, most on ice-slicked roadways. Forecasters predicted a new storm building in the... More »

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Midwest • Chicago • storm • power • Missouri • Oklahoma • ice • ice storm

US Should Talk to al-Qaeda, Analysts Say

Expert negotiators think diplomacy is worth a try against terror network

Sep 13, 07 2:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eschewing war as the only means of neutralizing militant groups, some analysts have suggested the US consider negotiating with al-Qaeda, Reuters reports. "No insurgency or terrorism has been defeated by warfare or violence," one negotiator said. Proponents see treating al-Qaeda as a legitimate power, not a loose network... More »

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War on Terror • diplomacy • war • power • al-Qaeda

Ex-PM Puts Power-Sharing Deal At Risk

Leader deposed by Musharraf to return to Pakistan, fight election

Aug 29, 07 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - As Benazir Bhutto prepares to return to Pakistan in a possible power-sharing arrangement with Pervez Musharraf, a second former PM is also heading back to the country to unseat the general. In an interview with the Financial Times, Nawaz Sharif says that he will mount a campaign in the middle... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • power • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • coup d'etat

Musharraf to Share Power

Embattled US ally makes power sharing deal with Benazir Bhutto

Aug 29, 07 5:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan President General Musharraf,  a key ally of the US in the war on terror, will quit the army ahead of elections next year in a power-sharing deal with former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. The deal, brokered by the US and Britain, is aimed at solving a deepening political... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • power • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif

Iran is Ready
to Fill Power Vacuum in Iraq

Ahmadinejad chides
US, dismisses threat of action against Iran

Aug 28, 07 2:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a speech today that Iran is ready to fill a coming power vacuum in Iraq. "The political power of the occupiers is collapsing rapidly," said the leader, who earlier this month assured Nouri al-Maliki that Iran would be happy to help stabilize Iraq... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Nouri al-Maliki • power

Scientists Roll Out Paper Batteries

We're hoping for fold-able cell phones

Aug 14, 07 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have come up with a paper-like substance that can act as a power source, Scientific American reports. The thin, flexible substance—composed of cellulose, carbon nanotubes, and liquid salts—can be used as both a battery and a supercapacitor, which can deliver quick bursts of high power. What's more,... More »

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power • battery • carbon nanotubes • paper battery • cellulose • supercapacitor

Iraq's Power Grid Is Near Collapse

Insurgents target plants, and provinces are disconnecting from the system

Aug 4, 07 7:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq’s power grid is teetering on the edge of collapse as insurgents destroy almost any attempt to restore power and the country’s fractured government is stalled, the AP reports. With enough power for only half of demand, there have been four nationwide blackouts in the last two days.... More »

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Iraq • energy • insurgents • power grid • power • gas prices

Booming India Is
Starved for Power

Chronic electricity shortages belie booming economy

May 21, 07 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - India's economy is growing so fast it has outstripped its electrical capacity, leaving burgeoning businesses, industries and homes to generate their own power with soot-belching diesel-powered generators for hours every day. Half of India's populace has no connection to the grid at all, and new construction often goes up without... More »

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energy • nuclear power • India • alternative energy • power grid • coal • power • electricity • US economy

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