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Obama arrives in Ghana on historic Africa trip
Sunday, 07.12.2009, 11:13pm
President Barack Obama has landed in Ghana on his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa since taking office.
He landed soon after 9pm local time and met a group of dignitaries, led by President John Atta Mills. An ethnic African group danced and banged drums for Obama's arrival.
After travelling to Russia and then Italy for a meeting of major industrial powers, Obama is making the last stop of his overseas trip in Ghana, on Africa's west coast.
Obama will make a speech to lawmakers there and tour an oceanfront fort once used to ship slaves to the Americas.
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Bush blocked probe into Afghan prisoner killings
Sunday, 07.12.2009, 11:04pm
The Bush administration repeatedly sought to block investigations into alleged killings of up to 2,000 Taliban prisoners by a US-backed Afghan warlord in 2001, The New York Times hs reported.
Top US officials discouraged separate probes by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the State Department and the Pentagon into the mass killings because it was conducted by the forces of General Abdul Rashid Dostam, a warlord then on the Central Intelligence Agency's payroll, the Times said on its website
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Obama says Taliban pushed back in Afghanistan
Sunday, 07.12.2009, 11:02pm
US President Barack Obama said US and NATO-led troops had pushed back the Taliban in Afghanistan but he warned that there was still a long, hard campaign ahead.
"We knew that this summer was going to be tough fighting, that there was an interest in the Taliban exerting control. They have, I think, been pushed back but we still have a long way to go. We've got to get through elections.
"We've got a serious fight on our hands and we've got to deal with it smartly but we've got to deal with it effectively," Obama said in an interview with Britain's Sky News on Saturday during his visit to Ghana.
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Hezbollah stands ready for new war with Israel: Nasrallah
Tuesday, 05.19.2009, 12:59pm
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah vowed his Lebanese militant party stands ready to fight a new war with Israel, as the Jewish state readies large-scale military exercises later this month.
"There is a possibility, albeit small, that Israel may be preparing to launch a new surprise war and is readying its people for such an eventuality," Nasrallah said in a televised address.
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Obama, Netanyahu bare Iran, Palestinian divides
Tuesday, 05.19.2009, 11:32am
President Barack Obama held intense first talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that laid bare differing approaches on Iran and the US goal of a Palestinian state.
In blunt comments after talks that stretched past the three-hour mark, Netanyahu offered talks "immediately" with the Palestinians but stopped short of endorsing Obama's call for a two-state solution.
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US lawmakers vow rapid action on health reform
Friday, 05.15.2009, 08:24am
President Barack Obama's monumental task of rapidly reforming US healthcare received a boost, as key Congressional allies said legislation would be on the table by the end of July.
"We promised him that we will have this important legislation on the floor of the House before the August break," said Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, after a meeting with Obama at the White House.
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Obama unveils $63 billion global health initiative
Thursday, 05.07.2009, 01:53am
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Barack Obama announced a $63 billion, six-year health initiative to help people in the world's poorest countries, most of it to bolster existing programs
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Obama planning ambitious road ahead
Saturday, 02.14.2009, 08:00pm
The Senate had waited for the return of Democrat Sherrod Brown, who was returning from his mother's wake in his home state of Ohio, to close the voting late Friday.
For the rest of the month, the White House agenda will focus on addressing the housing crisis, cleaning up the banking mess and laying the groundwork for reform of the health care system and entitlement programs like Medicare.
Obama's economic stimulus plan, which top aides say will be signed into law as early as Monday at the White House, received no Republican votes in the House and just three in the Senate despite his heavy emphasis on drawing bipartisan support. There have also been several Cabinet miscues in the early days, but top White House aides are confident the president |
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'Time beats Valentine's Day gifts'
Saturday, 02.14.2009, 07:58pm
:The vast majority of us would rather have quality time with a loved one on Valentine's Day than an extravagant gift, according to a new poll.
Nearly nine out of 10 people in a relationship said undivided attention would be preferable to an "indulgent gift" on Valentine's Day, according to a telephone survey of 1,017 UK adults.
Men were less materialistic than women, the poll showed, with 91% of men preferring time to a gift compared to 86% of women.
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The change comes, America elects Obama its first black president
Wednesday, 11.05.2008, 11:08pm
Barack Obama swept to an historic and decisive victory as the first black US president, but pleaded for time to heal and transform the superpower as he faced up Wednesday to the huge task of forging his promised change.
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