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/ 23 September 2010
Israel should extend its settlement building moratorium and Arab states should move toward normal ties with the Jewish state, Barack Obama said.
US President Barack Obama is to make a plea at the United Nations on Thursday for international support for the Middle East peace process.
President Barack Obama criticised Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe on Tuesday and warned Africa not to repeat the mistakes that betrayed the hopes of a
The richest economies, saddled with huge debts after spending their way out of the crisis, papered over differences on how to clean up their finances.
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/ 21 January 2010
US President Barack Obama will propose stricter limits on financial risk-taking on Thursday in a move that may recall Depression-era curbs on banks.
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/ 16 January 2010
President Barack Obama on Saturday slammed Wall Street’s "audacity" for fighting a bail-out fee he wants to slap on financial firms.
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/ 16 December 2008
The Fed appeared set to cut interest rates to within sight of zero on Tuesday and Japan was weighing steps to ease funding.
A government plan to shore up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac helped calm markets on Monday but did little to allay fears about the health of the system.
At least 85 people were killed on Monday by a suicide truck bomb in the volatile Iraqi city of Kirkuk, some of them trapped on a bus where they burned to death, according to a witness. Police also said 180 people were wounded and they warned the death toll could rise from the blast that heightened tension in the northern city.
United States soldiers tightened their cordon around al-Qaeda fighters holed up in the Iraqi city of Baquba on Saturday, advancing carefully through streets lined with roadside bombs and booby-trapped houses. ”We are enveloping the enemy into a kill sack,” said Command Sergeant Major Jeff Huggins.