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Washington tries to pacify Delhi

November 19, 2009 World

New Delhi: After the sharp and strict reaction of New Delhi over Obama’s endorsement of a Chinese role in South Asia, Washington is now trying to pacify new Delhi.

William Burns, Under Secretary of State said in a response of a question that America is interested in pursuing “the best and healthiest possible partnership with [...]

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Obama says China’s partnership helped to pulled out of recession

November 17, 2009 World

New York: US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao appeared together and spoke to reporters after a pair of meetings on Tuesday.

Obama says a revised economic approach will help increase US exports and create jobs while helping bring about higher living standards in China.
Obama says that China’s partnership has helped the United States [...]

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Suu Kyi calls for talks in Burma

November 16, 2009 World

Yangon: Aung San Suu Kyi has reportedly sent a letter to the head of the country’s military government, calling for direct talks. The letter was apparently sent last Wednesday, but details are only now becoming public.

Burma’s pro-democracy leader Ms Suu Kyi has not met Senior General Than Shwe since 2002.
On Sunday President Barack Obama used [...]

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Don’t send more troops, envoy urges to White House

November 11, 2009 World

Kabul: Karl Eikenberry, the US ambassador in Kabul has expressed doubts about the competence of President Hamid Karzai’s government.

Mr Eikenberry, a former US commander in Afghanistan, also raised concerns about corruption within the Afghan government.
At the same time, he has written to the White House arguing against sending thousands more American troops to Afghanistan.
According to [...]

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Obama’s emotional memorial service for 13 Americans killed

November 11, 2009 World

Americans were killed mercilessly by an army doctor at the Fort Hood military base in Texas. US President Barack Obama led an emotional memorial service saluting the Americans.

“We come together filled with sorrow for the 13 Americans that we have lost, with gratitude for the lives that they led, and with a determination to honour [...]

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Security Council adopts measure to stop spread of nukes

September 25, 2009 World

The United Nations Security Council in a rare meeting of heads of state, led for the first time by a US president, adopted a resolution Thursday focused on stopping the spread of nuclear weapons.
With President Obama acting as chairman, the council unanimously passed the resolution aimed at ensuring full compliance with international arms agreements from [...]

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Obama pushes health care reform amid opposition ’scare tactics’

August 12, 2009 World

President Obama has accused the opposition of scare tactics against a proposed health care overhaul, saying failing to fix problems in the current system would be the scariest outcome of all.
Addressing a supportive town hall meeting in New Hampshire Tuesday, Obama welcomed a “vigorous” debate as part of the democratic process, but said people should [...]

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Posters portraying Obama as ‘The Joker’ surface in LA

August 4, 2009 World

A slew of posters has been spotted throughout Los Angeles portraying Obama as “The Joker” from the movie “The Dark Knight”, with the word “socialism” printed in black above and below his face, according to media reports.
The posters show the president decked out in the kind of unnerving makeup Heath Ledger used in the latest [...]

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‘India on Obama’s global agenda; climate change, trade could be spoilers’

July 22, 2009 World

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to India has given a new momentum to India-US relationship, but differences over climate change and trade talks may cloud their “strategic partnership”, mainline US media suggests.
“The message Clinton sought to deliver was clear: the Obama administration wants to carry forward the momentum in bilateral relations gathered during the [...]

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Obama to lead global climate treaty next year?

December 4, 2008 Tech

UNITED NATIONS: A global climate treaty will be signed next year in the leadership of Barack Obama, but the report is still unconfirmed.
Representatives from 190 countries are meeting in the Polish city of Poznan from Dec. 1-12 to work toward an ambitious new treaty that hopefully will be adopted at a meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, [...]

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