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/ 28 January 2009
President Barack Obama is retaining a powerful but controversial US weapon left over from the Bush administration’s battle against terrorism.
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/ 28 January 2009
State and industry regulators were put on the defensive on Tuesday at a Senate hearing over their failure to uncover Bernard Madoff’s fraud scheme.
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/ 27 January 2009
US President Barack Obama told Arab television he would not wait until the end of his administration to deal with Palestinian and Israeli peace.
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/ 27 January 2009
US President Barack Obama will on Tuesday hold talks with congressional Republicans who complain his -billion stimulus plan is too expensive.
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/ 27 January 2009
A soldier was reported killed close to the border with Gaza Strip on Tuesday in what Palestinians said appeared to have been an attack by militants.
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/ 27 January 2009
Japan plans to use public money to help the companies hardest hit by the global financial crisis.
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/ 27 January 2009
United States President Barack Obama on Monday began to shred Bush administration climate policies.
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/ 26 January 2009
Barack Obama enters his first full week in office on Monday battling to win over Republicans hostile to his plan to haul the US out of recession.
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/ 26 January 2009
US President Barack Obama will start reversing George Bush’s climate change policies on Monday with steps to raise fuel efficiency standards.
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/ 24 January 2009
President Barack Obama on Friday lifted restrictions on US government funding for groups that provide abortion services or counseling abroad.
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/ 24 January 2009
The inauguration was brimming with tradition — just the platform for a president who could be truly transformational, writes Jonathan Freedland.
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/ 24 January 2009
What, I wonder, has become of the audacity of our hope? Could it possibly be true that nations get the leaders they deserve?
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/ 23 January 2009
Following speculation over original wording, US President Barack Obama was on Tuesday sworn in again ‘out of an abundance of caution’.
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/ 23 January 2009
Barack Obama on Thursday ordered the closing of Guantánamo prison and named veteran trouble-shooters for the Middle East and Afghanistan.
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/ 23 January 2009
Obama family grants J Crew clothing the dream celebrity endorsement, selecting its affordable designs to wear on inauguration day.
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/ 23 January 2009
Incumbent is likely to be the first emailing president as part of sweeping changes to the way the White House uses technology.
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/ 22 January 2009
Cuba’s Fidel Castro praised United States President Barack Obama on Wednesday for his ”noble intentions”.
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/ 22 January 2009
United States President Barack Obama is expected to issue an order on Thursday to close Guantánamo prison after a busy first full day.
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/ 22 January 2009
Like Jacob Zuma drawing on biblical references, Obama also rummaged around for suitable material for his inauguration speech.
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/ 21 January 2009
President Barack Obama on Wednesday confronted the grim realities of the multiple national security and economic crises dogging the United States.
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/ 21 January 2009
A barber has named his shop Barack Obama, an Indonesian lookalike has cashed in and thousands have invaded a Kenyan village as Obamamania peaks.
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/ 21 January 2009
Barack Obama ordered prosecutors to seek a suspension on Wednesday of military trials at the Guantánamo Bay ”war on terror” prison camp.
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/ 21 January 2009
After being sworn in as the 44th and first black US president on Tuesday, Barack Obama powered his way through a rousing 20-minute speech.
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/ 21 January 2009
Israeli troops completed on Wednesday their withdrawal from the Gaza Strip after a 22-day offensive against the Islamist Hamas movement.
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/ 21 January 2009
George Bush bid farewell to Washington politics on Tuesday, leaving with little fanfare as the US turned its attention to new President Barack Obama.
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/ 21 January 2009
Hours after taking office, US President Barack Obama ordered military prosecutors in the Guantánamo war crimes tribunals to ask for a 120-day halt.
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/ 21 January 2009
In the end, the inaugural balls went off a little more smoothly than the oath of office as Barack Obama avoided stepping on his wife’s toes.
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/ 21 January 2009
China offered a nervous welcome on Wednesday to US President Barack Obama, expressing concern over the direction he may take Sino-US relations.
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/ 21 January 2009
Barack Obama took power as the first black United States president on Tuesday and quickly turned the page on the Bush years.
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/ 20 January 2009
Barack Obama took office on Tuesday with bank shares tumbling, the car sector teetering and a world economy in tatters.
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/ 20 January 2009
Barack Obama became the first black United States president on Tuesday, making history before a sea of people in Washington DC.
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/ 20 January 2009
Barack Obama prepared to make history on Tuesday as the first black US president, riding a wave of public optimism.