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/ 18 September 2009
Barack Obama has abandoned a controversial plan to build a missile-defence system in Europe in a break with the policies of the Bush administration.
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/ 17 September 2009
The United States plans to shelve plans for a missile-defence system based in Poland and the Czech Republic, it was reported on Thursday.
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/ 17 September 2009
US President Barack Obama is arriving at a crossroads in his bold bid to revive Arab-Israeli peace talks.
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/ 15 September 2009
United States President Barack Obama bluntly warned on Monday that some Wall Street bosses were ignoring lessons of the financial crisis.
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/ 14 September 2009
Barack Obama will push for stricter oversight of Wall Street, using the anniversary of Lehman Brothers’ collapse to argue for sweeping changes.
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/ 11 September 2009
Bagpipes and drums sounded across Ground Zero on Friday in New York as the city commemorated the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
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/ 11 September 2009
President Barack Obama on Friday will lead tributes to the people killed on September 11 2001 on the eighth anniversary of the devastating attacks.
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/ 11 September 2009
Eight years after the September 11 attacks, al-Qaeda remains a tenacious enemy, but Americans are growing weary of the fight against terror.
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/ 10 September 2009
Barack Obama tried to put his presidency back on course on Wednesday night with a rare fighting speech to Congress on his healthcare plan.
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/ 8 September 2009
A thousand demonstrators gathered at North Carolina’s capitol to support United States President Barack Obama’s proposals for universal healthcare.
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/ 3 September 2009
Barack Obama will next week launch a fightback against escalating troubles, heralding a battle which could write the fate of his administration.
Chris McGreal follows in the path of the Joads, John Steinbeck’s fictional family in the Grapes of Wrath who fled Oklahoma for California.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday his government was making progress towards reopening talks with the Palestinians.
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday awarded Federal Reserve chairperson Ben Bernanke a second term.
US President Barack Obama will nominate Ben Bernanke to a second term as chairperson of the Federal Reserve on Tuesday.
President Barack Obama and his family began a weeklong holiday on Martha’s Vineyard with a message to reporters: Chill out and don’t expect much.
A probe into the Jakarta hotel bombings shows that militants also planned to use snipers for an attack on Barack Obama, an intelligence expert said.
United States President Barack Obama’s step-grandmother Sarah proudly announced on Thursday that her modest Kenyan homestead was now solar-powered.
Barack Obama, looking to kickstart the stalled Middle East peace process, will hold talks on Tuesday with Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak.
Barack Obama is ”lost in the Andromeda” galaxy on Latin American policy, Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez, said on Sunday.
As the storm over Barack Obama’s healthcare reforms rages, a surge in rightwing extremism is being fanned by opponents.
Space experts tell US President Barack Obama that Nasa will have to scrap lunar and Mars missions without a big increase in budget.
Western Cape Judge President Mandlakayise John Hlophe has launched an assault on our report last week of an interview with him.
Diplomats and foreign correspondents say Jacob Zuma’s presidency is proving a pleasant surprise.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has dedicated his United States Presidential Medal of Freedom to all South Africans who fought for freedom and justice.
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took her campaign for good governance on Wednesday to Nigeria.
Cuba’s President, Raul Castro, has offered to talk to the United States and ease half a century of enmity.
The Obama administration is close to appointing a special criminal prosecutor to investigate alleged abuses by the CIA of prisoners.
Barack Obama’s approval rating has slumped to 50%, according to a poll released on Thursday on the eve of his 200th day in office.
Despite nationwide financial misery, President Barack Obama has a new message for Americans: the pulse of the sickly US economy is quickening.
Long after President Barack Obama’s first term ends in 2013, millions of United States families will still be paying the price for the recession.
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu will accept the Medal of Freedom award from US President Barack Obama next week, his office said on Friday.