Protecting the US president has presented the secret service with the greatest challenge in its history. But who wants to kill him?
The scene is set for one of the biggest battles of recent US political history after Republicans rejected Barack Obama’s revised health-reform Bill.
President Barack Obama announced on Monday he was extending US sanctions on Robert Mugabe’s regime for another year.
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/ 26 February 2010
No sign of healthcare differences being resolved at testy summit of Democratic and Republican Congress members.
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/ 25 February 2010
President Barack Obama launches a last-ditch bid to salvage his stalled healthcare overhaul on Thursday at a televised summit.
China’s military warned the United States on Thursday to "speak and act cautiously" to avoid reigniting tensions between the two superpowers.
President Barack Obama on Monday unveiled his own plan to overhaul the US healthcare system by providing cover for 31-million uninsured people.
The Dalai Lama said the United States and other countries could help his campaign for a free Tibet by promoting an open society in China.
China on Friday angrily protested at US President Barack Obama’s meeting with the Dalai Lama, saying it had "seriously harmed" relations.
US President Barack Obama will host the Dalai Lama at the White House on Thursday despite China’s warning that the meeting could damage strained ties.
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/ 17 February 2010
U S president announces $8,3-billion in loan guarantees for construction of first nuclear reactors in almost 30 years.
Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, headed for the US on Wednesday for a meeting with President Barack Obama that has infuriated China.
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/ 5 February 2010
US President Barack Obama has denounced as "odious" a proposed anti-gay law in Uganda that has drawn international condemnation.
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/ 5 February 2010
The sudden deterioration in US-Chinese relations is set to accelerate after the White House confirmed that Barack Obama will meet the Dalai Lama.
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/ 30 January 2010
China threatened to impose sanctions on US arms firms and cut cooperation with Washington unless it cancels a $6,4-billion arms sale to Taiwan.
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/ 28 January 2010
Barack Obama has been president of the United States for just one year but this week he seemed to start campaigning all over again.
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/ 28 January 2010
United States President Barack Obama pushed job creation to the top of his agenda on Wednesday and promised not to abandon his healthcare overhaul.
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/ 23 January 2010
More details please. On Thursday President Obama declared war on Wall Street — but what would victory look like?
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/ 22 January 2010
President Barack Obama has unveiled plans to limit the size and scope of US banks and financial firms in a new offensive against Wall Street excesses.
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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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/ 21 January 2010
President Barack Obama has admitted he neglected his direct connection to the American people, after a stunning Republican election win.
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/ 20 January 2010
Republican Scott Brown won a bitter US Senate race in Massachusetts on Tuesday, dealing a blow to President Barack Obama’s legislative agenda.
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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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/ 14 January 2010
President Barack Obama will on Thursday unveil a fee on 50 top financial firms to recoup billions of taxpayer dollars used to bail out the industry.
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/ 13 January 2010
Parliament speaker Ali Larijani, Iran’s former chief nuclear negotiator, accused United States President Barack Obama of state terrorism on Wednesday.
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/ 11 January 2010
He spent a year trying to do things co-operatively. Now he must take more charge and not let Congress call the shots.
US President Barack Obama is "not patient" and is demanding immediate changes in airline security, the top US military officer said on Wednesday.
The attempted bombing of a US airliner was a potentially disastrous "screw up" by the intelligence community, President Barack Obama said on Tuesday.
Barack Obama’s inauguration provided hope in a period marked by war, terror, nuclear fears and climate change anticlimax.
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/ 31 December 2009
US intelligence chief Admiral Dennis Blair faced tough questions about his future on Wednesday as the Obama administration fended off criticism.
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/ 30 December 2009
President Barack Obama on Tuesday blamed ”human and systemic failures” for allowing a botched Christmas Day attack aboard.
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/ 24 December 2009
United States President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he has terminated trade benefits for Guinea, Madagascar and Niger.