Barack Obama, who opposes limits on federal funding of stem cell research, will sign an order related to the issue on Monday, an official said.
Hillary Clinton pledged on Tuesday to press for Palestinian statehood, putting Washington on a possible collision course with Benjamin Netanyahu.
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/ 19 February 2009
The trial of the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former United States president George Bush was adjourned on Thursday until March 12.
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/ 17 February 2009
The Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at George Bush goes on trial on Thursday charged with assaulting a foreign leader.
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/ 12 February 2009
e.tv News mistakenly broadcast during one of its news bulletins that former United States president George Bush had died.
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/ 29 January 2009
Pearlier Joubert on Steve Hofmyer, the magazine editor he humiliated with a cold cup of tea and the spat that ensued.
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/ 28 January 2009
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad demanded on Wednesday that President Barack Obama apologise for "crimes" committed by the US against Iran.
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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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/ 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
United States President Barack Obama on Monday began to shred Bush administration climate policies.
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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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/ 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
Cardinal Pio Laghi, a long-time Vatican diplomat who forged enduring ties with key White House officials, particularly the Bush family, died recently.
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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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/ 19 January 2009
On the eve of his historic inauguration, Barack Obama joined on Monday in honouring slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King.
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/ 19 January 2009
Barack Obama said on Monday his inauguration as the US president would extend the work of ”renewing the promise of this nation”.
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/ 16 January 2009
Bank of America was rescued by the US government on Friday through a -billion bailout.
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/ 16 January 2009
US President George Bush can see his post-White House life already, and it doesn’t involve lazy days soaking up the sun, dressed like a tourist.
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/ 14 January 2009
One of Barack Obama’s first acts as the new US president could be to order the closure of the controversial ”war on terror” detention camp.
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/ 14 January 2009
In less than a week’s time Malia and Sasha Obama will move into one of the world’s most coveted residences, thrust back into the global spotlight.
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/ 12 January 2009
United States President George Bush mounted a defiant and emotional defence of his ”good, strong record” on Monday.
President George Bush will talk briefly in private with Barack Obama on Wednesday before a White House lunch with all living former US presidents.
President George Bush on Monday authorised the immediate use of US aircraft to transport supplies to the peacekeeping force in Darfur.
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/ 31 December 2008
In at least one obvious way, 2008 was a pretty good year in my country. We made history in electing an African-American president.
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/ 24 December 2008
Heinous crimes are now synonymous with this United States administration. If it isn’t held to account, what does that say about us?
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/ 24 December 2008
When he threw his shoes at George W Bush, Iraqi TV reporter Muntadhar al-Zaidi became an instant news celebrity.
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/ 22 December 2008
The world’s most notorious pair of shoes have yielded an unexpected bonanza for a Turkish shoemaker.
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/ 19 December 2008
The United States government agreed on Friday to an emergency loan of $13,4-billion to ailing car makers.
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/ 16 December 2008
An Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at US President George Bush appeared before a judge on Tuesday and admitted ”aggression against a president”.
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/ 16 December 2008
Venezuela’s anti-US President Hugo Chávez said on Monday that an Iraqi reporter who flung his shoes at US President George Bush was courageous.
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/ 15 December 2008
The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at United States President George Bush in a supreme insult has suddenly become the talk of Iraq.
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/ 15 December 2008
Japan reported its sharpest crash in business sentiment in three decades on Monday and industrial output in China grew at its slowest pace since 1999.