foreign secretary: Obama critics miss the point < ');" class="size11 blue"> RateBritish Foreign Secretary David Miliband says critics of U.S. President Barack Obama are wrong to complain he's been unable to fix the world's woes.Obama has suffered criticism over his divisive health care plans and his lengthy consideration of whether to send more troops to Afghanistan.Miliband told the Fabian Society...
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Obama: Hawaii to host Asian-Pacific summit in 2011 < ');" class="size11 blue"> RatePresident Barack Obama is steering some tourism trade and international attention to his native Hawaii in a couple of years.The president said Sunday he will host the 2011 version of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Hawaii. Obama announced his plans at the current APEC meeting being held in Singapore.Obama...
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Obama on Va. governor's race: It's not over yet < ');" class="size11 blue"> RatePresident Barack Obama urged Virginians Tuesday to elect a Democrat as governor next week, but party officials braced for a defeat that could take some sheen off Obama's first year in office.Last fall, Obama became the first Democratic presidential nominee to carry Virginia since 1964. But the state remains highly competitive,...
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Obama expressed doubt about engaging Ahmadinejad's government on the nuclear issue, an Iranian dissident called for Obama to pressure the regime....
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Asia, Obama pushing arms control with Russians < ');" class="arial11blue1"> RateA major pact within tantalizing reach, President Barack Obama aims to nudge forward an arms-control deal in talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.The 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum brought Obama to Singapore, but he is focusing on individual meetings Sunday with Medvedev and with Indonesia's Susilo...
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President Barrack Obama's approval ratings dipped below 50% for the first time on the back of continuing job losses and a swing through Asia that provided few dividends and worse, made him look weak and ineffectual abroad, especially in dealing with the Chinese.Obama was down to a 49% approval rating in the Gallup daily tracking poll out Friday. Obama started out his presidency with a 68 per cent approval...
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Kansas State University children's literature expert Phil Nel says he's astounded by the market share of the children's book on Obama.He said there were around 60 children's titles about Obama - including two-dozen before he was elected to the presidency and more than 35 since.The total does not include books about members of the Obama family or Bo, the family dog."For those unfamiliar with the American...
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XIAMEN, China - Since he was sworn in as United States president earlier this year, Barack Obama has kept his campaign promise of "change" in many areas of domestic and foreign policy. At the same time, observers say that when it comes to China, Obama has maintained the core of his predecessor's approach - communication and cooperation.However, careful observation of Obama's first official visit to...
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Chinese artist Kang Yongguo shows off egg paintings Sunday of President Obama and President Hu Jintao.President Obama is on eight-day trip through Japan, Singapore, China and South KoreaIn Shanghai, Obama will hold town hall-style meeting with "future Chinese leaders"-- President Obama headed to China on Sunday, where his pending arrival, while widely anticipated, has created waves, good and bad.At...
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first major Asian tour, Obama to deal with increasingly assertive Japan, ChinaPresident Barack Obama exits Marine One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)Facing a daunting array of Asian challenges, President Barack Obama left Thursday on his first major trip to the region, where a surging China and newly assertive Japan are chipping away at America's...
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