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/ 22 December 2009
Senate Democrats moved closer on Monday to passing landmark healthcare legislation by Christmas after scoring a win in the first big test vote.
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/ 21 December 2009
In poorer, isolated towns the right-wing protest movement is flourishing. Republicans as well as Obama must take note.
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/ 19 December 2009
A global warming deal worked out by US President Barack Obama and four other countries, including SA, faces mass opposition at Copenhagen.
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/ 18 December 2009
Barack Obama’s speech at Copenhagen on Friday contained nothing significantly new to help the world reach an climate change agreement.
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/ 18 December 2009
The heads of leading banks in the US were summoned to the White House this week for a "frank and candid" discussion with President Barack Obama.
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/ 18 December 2009
There’s an enormous Christmas tree in Washington that stands more than 12m high. Here’s a list of big presents you could put there.
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/ 15 December 2009
President Barack Obama on Monday talked tough with US bank chiefs, demanding they boost lending to create jobs.
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/ 14 December 2009
US President Barack Obama says that his decision to pour more US troops into the war in Afghanistan is the most difficult of his presidency so far.
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/ 13 December 2009
President Barack Obama’s hopes of sparking rapid political transformation in 2009 fell short, yet his administration still dreams of historic change.
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/ 12 December 2009
United States President Barack Obama on Saturday defended a consumer watchdog agency that would strengthen the regulation of Wall Street.
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/ 10 December 2009
The US must uphold moral standards when waging wars that are necessary and justified, Barack Obama said as he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize.
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/ 10 December 2009
A humble US President Barack Obama said on Thursday that others may be "more deserving" of the surprise Nobel Peace Prize.
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/ 10 December 2009
United States President Barack Obama will confront the Afghan war ”head-on” when he accepts the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday.
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/ 2 December 2009
President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he is ordering 30 000 more US troops to Afghanistan by next summer to counter a resurgent Taliban.
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/ 1 December 2009
President Barack Obama has given orders likely to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan in a political gamble meant to forge an eventual US exit.
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/ 28 November 2009
A couple who penetrated layers of security to enter a State Dinner at the White House met US President Barack Obama in the receiving line.
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/ 26 November 2009
Barack Obama is leading a ”significant” change in US policy towards global warming, Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore says.
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/ 25 November 2009
US President Barack Obama vowed on Tuesday to ”finish the job” of an unpopular and costly eight-year war in Afghanistan.
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/ 22 November 2009
A sweeping healthcare overhaul cleared its first hurdle in the US Senate on Saturday, with Democrats casting 60 party-line votes.
Sarah Palin’s ignorant brashness gives us the reality show that everyone wants to watch, argues famed US editor Tina Brown.
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/ 19 November 2009
The US says Washington and its partners are working on steps to show Iran the consequences of its decision to snub a nuclear deal with the West.
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/ 18 November 2009
President Barack Obama on Wednesday gave his sternest warning yet about the need to contain rising US deficits.
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/ 18 November 2009
Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao mostly lauded the increased cooperation between their countries at a meeting this week.
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/ 16 November 2009
United States President Barack Obama on Monday called al-Qaeda the biggest threat to US security.
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/ 15 November 2009
United States president starts his four-nation tour of the far east by holding out the hand of friendship to North Korea and Burma.
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/ 14 November 2009
US President Barack Obama called on Saturday for a new strategy to rebalance global growth, but leaders took aim at signs of US trade protectionism.
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/ 13 November 2009
Likening slavery in US to that of Tibetan society under Dalia Lama, Beijing says "black president" should be sympathetic.
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/ 9 November 2009
It is still too early for concrete results, though. And those responsible for electing Barack Obama are hurting the most.
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/ 9 November 2009
House of Representatives passes Bill by a slim margin that would increase health insurance to 96% of Americans.
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/ 8 November 2009
The US House of Representatives approved a sweeping healthcare reform Bill on Saturday, backing the biggest health policy changes in four decades.
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/ 6 November 2009
Jonthan Freedland looks back over a year that began with Barack Obama’s victory speech.
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/ 5 November 2009
President Barack Obama on Wednesday brushed aside a sharp rebuke at the polls on the first anniversary of his historic election.