…ected to loom large in talks. Correspondents say Israelis are more preoccupied with instability in the wider Middle East region than with breathing new life into the peace process, which broke down in 2010 amid a dispute over continued Israeli settlement construction. Settlement supporters are a big force in Israel’s new coalition government. Barack Obama was welcomed at Ben Gurion airport b…
…211; the public sphere has been reconfigured,” she said. The growth comes as Barack Obama and Mitt Romney look to ramp up their use of digital and social media ahead of November’s vote. In 2008, Barack Obama’s campaign was praised for its innovative use of social media to engage young, often first-time, voters. This time around, the efforts have been stepped up a notch. Both cand…
A tape has emerged on the eve of the presidential debate of President Barack Obama making controversial “race” remarks about the government’s response in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Speaking to an audience of predominantly black ministers at Hampton University in 2007, Barack Obama said that the response to Katrina was lacklustre because “the people down in New Orleans, they don’t care ab…
President Barack Obama celebrated his 51st birthday today with a round of golf and plans for a weekend away at Camp David, taking a break from campaigning three months before Election Day. Barack Obama played golf with a group of friends and aides at Andrews Air Force Base before heading to the presidential getaway in Maryland’s Catoctin Mountains. But, before Barack Obama escaped to begin…
…ad clash before the election and is expected to draw 60 million viewers. An NBC poll on Sunday put the men in a dead heat, each with 47% support. Monday’s debate at Lynn University will begin at 21:00 EDT and see the candidates seated at desks in a contest moderated by CBS News’ veteran anchorman Bob Schieffer. Barack Obama will be aiming to stress his commander-in-chief credentials as…
…8217;ve got more to do when it comes to enforcement.” Wiping away tears as he spoke on Friday, President Barack Obama today signaled he would push for tight gun control in the wake of the massacre of 26 at an elementary school in Connecticut, saying there had been “too many” mass shootings in America. During a moving appearance, he said the time had come to “take meaningful action to prevent more…
…tanamo officials deny claims that the strike began after copies of the Koran were mishandled during searches of prisoners’ cells. A spokesman for the detention camp told Reuters news agency that 21 prisoners were being force-fed through tubes inserted through their noses, while five had been brought to hospital for observation but did not have life-threatening conditions. Shorter hunger stri…
…e when I got back home. Who knew Eric Holder was so sensitive?” “And then there’s the Easter Egg Roll, which is just supposed to be a nice event with the kids. I got out on the basketball court, took 22 shots, made 2 of them. That’s right, 2 hits, 20 misses. The executives at NBC asked, <<What’s your secret?>>.” Swipes at the media’s expense are traditional fare at the event an…
…ity before flying to Amman for talks with Jordan’s King Abdullah. On Thursday, President Barack Obama urged Israelis and Palestinians to resume peace talks. Barack Obama told an audience of some 2,000 young Israelis in Jerusalem that they could be “the generation that permanently secures the Zionist dream” or “face growing challenges to its future”. “The only wa…
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Former US President Bill Clinton made an insensitive racial remark about Barack Obama while his wife battled him for the Democratic nomination vote, it was claimed today. Bill Clinton, whose wife Hillary battled Barack Obama in the 2008 primary campaign, is said to have remarked of the current president: “A few years ago, this guy would have been carrying our bags.” He allegedly made the insensit…
Barack Obama tried to convince Reverend Jeremiah Wright to keep quiet during 2008 US presidential campaign and offered his former pastor $150,000, claims Edward Klein’s book, The Amateur. Jeremiah Wright, a retired pastor who came under fire after an old sermon where he said that the September 11 terrorist attacks were “America’s chickens coming home to roost”, said that he was offered $150…
…to meeting newly-elected Russian President Vladimir Putin in May to discuss further nuclear arms cuts. He would seek to follow on from the New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) pact he struck in 2010 with outgoing Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev in 2010, he said. The New START deal agreed between Washington and Moscow was intended to replace its lapsed predecessor, START. It trims US and Russ…
…ger period away from the White House had there not been a stalemate in Washington D.C. over the payroll tax cut. Barack Obama certainly made up for lost time as, within an hour of arriving on December 23, he took wife Michelle out for dinner at one of their favorite hotspots, Morimoto Restaurant. Then, on Christmas Eve, they spent some family time together with daughters Sasha and Malia in the mor…
…Barack Obama has also made some factual errors during his time in the job – although he is still a very long way behind his gaff-prone predecessor. But now it has emerged that Barack Obama was among a 1981 intake of transfers to New York’s Columbia University that was at the time branded one of the worst ever. The president, who moved from Occidental Community College in Los Angeles, was among 67…
George Obama, US President Barack Obama’s half-brother, is making his film debut in a documentary where he talks about his non-existent relationship with his relative who is the most powerful man in the world. George Obama, 30, lives in Nairobi, Kenya and first came into the public eye in 2008 when his half-brother was a rising presidential candidate. At the time, he was living in a hut in…
…itt Romney is due in Florida – where polls suggest he is ahead – in Virginia, New Hampshire and Ohio. A final poll published on Sunday by Ohio’s Columbus Dispatch gave Barack Obama a 2% lead – 50% to 48% – over his rival, within the margin of error. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are approaching the final day of their election battle in a frantic fight for swing state…
…Clinton was also suffering as he joined Barack Obama in Virginia, addressing the rally in hoarse tones, saying he had “given my voice in the service of my president”. Barack Obama told the 24,000 people in Bristow, Virginia, that the planning and organization of his campaign now no longer mattered. “The power is not with us anymore, the planning, everything we do, it doesn’…
…acy theorist, claiming that Barack Obama was born outside of the United States making him unable to run for President. He believes that his Hawaiian birth certificate is fake or non-existent. In April 2011, Donald Trump announced that he paid to have a team of investigators to Hawaii to truly delve into the issue. In response, Barack Obama released the long form edition of his birth certificate af…
While ordinary Americans get only a few days off for Christmas, President Barack Obama has announced his Christmas vacation to Hawaii – for a staggering 17-day trip. Barack Obama, who visited Hawaii just two weeks ago for an economic summit, will head to Honolulu on Saturday December 17 until Monday January 2. The American president, who was raised in Hawaii until he was six, will be joined by hi…
President Barack Obama made an emotional plea as he urged lawmakers to vote on gun control legislation that appears to be stalling in Congress. Speaking in Connecticut where 26 people died in Sandy Hook massacre last year, President Barack Obama said citizens must demand action. Opinion polls have shown a majority of Americans support a ban on assault weapons and other gun control measures. But g…
…t know anything about that.” Mitt Romney repeatedly denied the $5tn claim during Wednesday night’s head-to-head. Fact-checkers have said that Mitt Romney’s proposal to lower taxes by 20%, abolish estate tax and the alternative minimum tax would reduce revenue by $5 trillion over a decade. The Republican has said he would help offset that by eliminating tax loopholes; the non-part…
…k Obama’s Marine One helicopter touched down near Petra after an hour-long flight from the Jordanian capital, Amman. The site of the ancient city, which is carved into rose-red stone, dates back 2,000 years and is Jordan’s top tourist attraction, drawing more than half a million visitors each year. President Barack Obama is ending his Middle East tour with a trip to the famous ruins o…
…;set a goal for Afghan forces to be in the lead for combat operations across the country next year”. NATO has already committed to withdrawing from combat operations in Afghanistan by the end of 2014. “I will not keep Americans in harm’s way a single day longer than is absolutely required for our national security,” Barack Obama said. “But we must finish the job we st…
…; parents would be treated differently,” Barack Obama said. “It doesn’t make sense to them and frankly, that’s the kind of thing that prompts a change in perspective.” In 2010, Barack Obama said his views on the issue were “evolving”, a stance that had frustrated gay rights supporters and donors. His comments aired on Wednesday come a day after North Carol…
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Embryonic stem cells: Milestone in medical human cloningUS scientists announce that human cloning has been used to produce early embryos, marking a "significant step" for medicine. The cloned embryos were used as a source of stem…
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