Organisers pressed on with the marathon task of collating the verdict of South Sudan’s independence referendum on Monday.
Obama implored Americans to cleanse their corroded democracy to fulfill the hopes of a nine-year-old girl gunned down in the Arizona shooting.
After the shootings in Arizona, US left and right are at odds over effects of toxic politics.
After first day in Congress, Republicans have outlined three bills aimed at limiting power of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Barack Obama faces a divided legislature, with the Republicans in control of the House of Representatives.
Republicans will fight the president’s reforms
now they have a stronger hold on Congress.
United States President Barack Obama on Wednesday worked on a "major retooling" of his administration.
President Barack Obama returns to the US on Tuesday with empowered Republicans manoeuvring to strangle his healthcare law and stall his new momentum.
US President Barack Obama says he expects Republicans will try to stall his reforms but ultimately will work with him to improve the battered economy.
US Republicans eagerly geared up for battle in Congress this week, warning Democrats of an aggressive push to slash spending.
President Barack Obama is quietly but strategically stepping up his outreach to Africa, using this year to increase his engagement with the continent.
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/ 29 December 2010
The president’s backing of indiscriminate slaughter in Pakistan can only encourage new waves of militancy.
It may have ended in a lame-duck session with Democrats set to lose their majority, but the first US Congress of the Obama era was prolific.
US President Barack Obama capped a crisis-strewn first two years in power on Wednesday by flexing restored power at home and abroad.
<i>M&G</i> reporter <b>Niren Tolsi</b> visits the land of Barack Obama.
United States President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed a law allowing homosexuals to serve openly in the US military.
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/ 19 December 2010
In a historic vote for gay rights, the Senate agreed to do away with the military’s 17-year ban on openly gay troops.
A White House review of President Barack Obama’s Afghanistan strategy being released on Thursday will report that forces are making headway.
The White House is suspected of coordinating a revenge operation and big firms have severed their WikiLeaks ties, but "mirror sites" multiply.
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/ 13 December 2010
Senior Democrats dismayed as US president accedes to Republican demands.
Almost 200 nations sought to break a deadlock between rich and poor on steps to fight global warming.
The United States is delivering on its commitment to help developing countries.
Nicolas Sarkozy was to hold talks with Manmohan Singh with a new deal on nuclear power set to be the centrepiece of the meeting.
Pity George Bush. Scanning eight years of calamity for the lowest point in his presidency could not have been easy.
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/ 21 November 2010
US President Barack Obama used the international stage on Saturday to press his Republican opponents in Congress to ratify a new nuclear arms deal.
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/ 20 November 2010
Nato will invite Russia to take part in a missile defence shield, a move that would herald the closest cooperation since the end of the Cold War.
After two years of waiting, Indonesians are finally getting the chance to welcome back their adopted son.
US President Barack Obama on Monday backed India’s quest for a permanent United Nations Security Council seat.
Flexing their political muscle, US Republicans have promised a string of investigations into Barack Obama’s administration.
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/ 8 November 2010
US President Barack Obama met India’s president on Monday ahead of talks with government leaders that will see him address Parliament.
The United States has offered to remove Sudan from its terror list early to keep a January referendum that may partition the country on track.
Indian media on Sunday hailed US President Barack Obama’s decision to ease export controls and support India’s membership of powerful nuclear groups.