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Obama moves trip back to end of Copenhagen climate summit

December 4, 2009 World

US PresidentBarack Obama has agreed to attend the last day of the climate change summit in Copenhagen this month in the hopes of hammering out an agreement with other world leaders.
The White House said Friday it now believed his visit would be “most productive” on Dec 18, the final day of the conference, when most [...]

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Obama asks Pakistan to snap ties with militant groups: report

December 1, 2009 World

The United States has offered Pakistan an expansion of military and economic cooperation but has insisted that Islamabad ends dalliance with militant groups for its policy ends in India and Afghanistan, the Washington Post reported Monday on its website.
Citing government officials speaking on condition of anonymity, the daily paper reported that James Jones, national security [...]

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Gatecrashers shook hands with Obama at state dinner

November 28, 2009 World

A new revelation that a celebrity-seeking couple who sneaked in uninvited into a state dinner shook hands with President Barack Obama and possibly Prime Minister Manmohan Singh too has prompted fresh questions about the seriousness of the security breach.
A White House photograph released Friday shows Michaele Salahi, wearing a gold-accented red sari, clasping her hands [...]

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Dinner menu for Manmohan spiced with typos

November 27, 2009 World

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s assertive counsel to stay the course in Afghanistan or risk “catastrophic consequences” under an emboldened Taliban could play a decisive role in President Barack Obama’s final determination about his new strategy in the region.
It is more than likely that the prime minister’s warning in his interviews preceding the just concluded [...]

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White House dinner was magnificent, says Manmohan

November 27, 2009 World

If US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle wanted to charm their Indian guests at the first state dinner of his presidency, they appear to have succeeded hugely. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was lavish in his praise of the White House banquet Tuesday, calling it “magnificent” and “one of the best dinners I have [...]

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Obama writes to Brazilian president on Iran

November 26, 2009 World

US President Barack Obama wrote a letter to his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to express his concern about the situation in Iran and Honduras, officials said Wednesday.
The letter was sent Sunday, a day before Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Brazil on the first leg of a South American tour that will [...]

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Obama calls for Suu Kyi’s freedom

November 16, 2009 World

Singapore: United States President Barack Obama has called for the unconditional release of Myanmar’s celebrated democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi.

Ms. Suu Kyi has spent over 14 years in detention, including a brief spell in prison. She’s now under house arrest.
Mr. Obama met Myanmar’s Prime Minister Thein Sein and nine other leaders of the Association [...]

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Obama Meets with Yukio Hatoyama in Tokyo

November 13, 2009 World

Tokyo: U.S. President Barack Obama met Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama here in Japan. He’s scheduled to talk to the new Japanese Prime Minister aimed at improving ties with the longtime U.S. ally.

Not only this, Mr. Obama will deliver a major speech in Tokyo Saturday in which he will spell out his vision of U.S.-Asia [...]

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Unemployment rate at 10.2 percent in US, highest since 1983

November 7, 2009 World

New York: With the unemployment figures at 10.2 percent, highest since 1983 in US, Obama faces a difficult situation.

President Obama said the latest figures were regretful, but he promised to continue his efforts to turn the U.S. economy around.
“I’m confident that our economy will recover, I’m confident that we are moving in the right direction, [...]

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Patience with Iran on nuke issue not unlimited, says US

October 24, 2009 World

Iran has promised a reply by next week. At the same time the U.S. officials say they’re willing to wait a few more days for an Iranian response to the nuclear proposal.

The United States has signaled impatience with Iran after the Tehran government ignored a Friday deadline to respond to a U.N.-brokered deal aimed at [...]

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