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    Obama open to talks with Iranian president: White House

    World | September 20, 2013 9:04 IST

    Washington: President Barack Obama is open to bilateral discussions with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, if Iran is serious about giving up its nuclear weapons programme, the White House said Thursday.Speaking during a daily news briefing,

  • obama economic adviser leaving successor picked

    Obama economic adviser leaving, successor picked

    World | September 14, 2013 11:45 IST

    Washington: President Barack Obama will replace Gene Sperling, his chief economic adviser, with Jeffrey Zients, a top aide who has filled in as acting budget director and who led a White House effort to streamline

  • obama no one disputes chemical arms use in syria

    Obama: No one disputes chemical arms use in Syria

    World | September 11, 2013 10:29 IST

    Washington: President Barack Obama says nobody disputes that chemical weapons were used in Syria. He says that use violates international law and poses, in his words, a “danger to our security.”Obama says the world saw

  • obama seeks syria support from former foe mccain

    Obama seeks Syria support from former foe McCain

    World | September 02, 2013 11:55 IST

    Washington: President Barack Obama is inviting Sen. John McCain to the White House, hoping his foe in the 2008 presidential election will help sell the idea of a U.S. military intervention in Syria to a

  • obama syrian gov t carried out chemical attack

    Obama: Syrian gov't carried out chemical attack

    World | August 29, 2013 10:56 IST

    Washington: President Barack Obama on Wednesday declared unequivocally that the United States has “concluded” that the Syrian government carried out a deadly chemical weapons attack on civilians. But new hurdles emerged that appeared to slow

  • martin luther king would be amazed yet not satisfied obama

    Martin Luther King would be amazed, yet not satisfied: Obama

    World | August 28, 2013 11:04 IST

    Washington: As Washington geared up to re-enact Martin Luther King's historic march inspired by Mahatma Gandhi, President Barack Obama said King would have been "amazed in many ways about the progress that we've made".But the

  • us scraps military drills with egypt but not aid

    US scraps military drills with Egypt, but not aid

    World | August 16, 2013 10:49 IST

    Chilmark: President Barack Obama scrapped plans for joint American-Egyptian military exercises, announcing the first concrete U.S. reaction to the spiralling violence in and around Cairo but stopping well short of withholding $1.3 billion in annual

  • obama disappointed in russia s snowden decision

    Obama 'disappointed' in Russia's Snowden decision

    World | August 07, 2013 10:23 IST

    Burbank, California, Aug 7: President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he was “disappointed” that Russia had granted temporary asylum to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, defying Obama administration demands that the former government contractor

  • obama honors negro league players at white house

    Obama honors Negro League players at White House

    Other Sports | August 06, 2013 7:37 IST

    Washington, Aug 6: President Barack Obama on Monday honored former baseball players in the Negro League, a haven for African-American players who for decades were prevented from competing with white players in professional baseball.   The

  • mint chutney spices up kids state dinner at white house

    Mint chutney spices up kids' 'state dinner' at White House

    Lifestyle | July 13, 2013 11:15 IST

    Washington:  Healthy lunch recipes like "Kickin, Colourful, Bell Peppers" and "Lentil Spinach Soup and Mint Chutney" won five Indian-American kids invitations to kids' "state dinner" at the White House that President Barack Obama crashed."Usually, at

  • susan rice to be obama s new national security advisor

    Susan Rice to be Obama's new National Security Advisor

    World | June 05, 2013 20:11 IST

    Washington, Jun 5: Susan Rice, the tough-talking US Ambassador to the UN, will be President Barack Obama's new National Security Advisor, in a significant shakeup to the White House foreign policy team.She would replace Tom

  • us drone strike kills six suspected militants in pakistan

    US drone strike kills six suspected militants in Pakistan

    World | May 29, 2013 16:21 IST

    Islamabad, May 29: A US drone attack killed at least six suspected militants in Pakistan's lawless North Waziristan tribal region today, the first such strike since the country's general elections and the announcement of a

  • kerry sails through hearing to replace hillary clinton

    Kerry sails through hearing to replace Hillary Clinton

    World | January 25, 2013 22:56 IST

    Washington, Jan 25: Senator John Kerry, President Barack Obama's pick to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, sailed through his hearing at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he chairs.With Kerry, a Vietnam veteran

  • america votes obama romney wait with bated breath

    America votes; Obama, Romney wait with bated breath

    World | November 06, 2012 20:59 IST

    Washington, Nov 6: With President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney locked in an intense battle for the White House, Americans today voted in an election that followed one of the most expensive and

  • obama cheers mind boggling mars mission

    Obama cheers 'mind-boggling' Mars mission

    World | August 14, 2012 12:52 IST

    Aboard Air Force One, Aug 14 : Hailing NASA's "mind-boggling" Mars landing of the Curiosity rover, President Barack Obama urged the scientists operating the craft on Monday to phone home immediately if they find any

  • one dead nearly 350 homes burned in us wildfire

    One dead, nearly 350 homes burned in US wildfire

    World | June 29, 2012 21:32 IST

    Colorado, Jun 29: One person has been found dead, another is missing and nearly 350 homes have been destroyed by a raging U.S. wildfire that has forced tens of thousands to flee this week. President

  • obama says talented young illegal immigrants can stay in us

    Obama says talented young illegal immigrants can stay in US

    World | June 16, 2012 16:02 IST

    Washington, Jun 16: In an election-year policy change, President Barack Obama has said the US will stop deporting and begin granting work permits to young talented illegal immigrants who entered America as children and do

  • obama celebrates queen elizabeth s diamond jubilee

    Obama celebrates Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee

    World | June 05, 2012 22:24 IST

    Washington, Jun 5: President Barack Obama is celebrating Britain's Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee, honoring her 60 years on the throne.In a videotaped message, Obama says the queen is a “living witness” to the power of

  • nato summit to decide on next steps in afghan transition

    NATO summit to decide on next steps in Afghan transition

    World | May 18, 2012 16:55 IST

    Washington, May 18: Leaders of the NATO nations, Afghanistan and Pakistan meet in Chicago on Sunday to set in motion the massive transition to end the costly war in Afghanistan and the post-2014 scenario in

  • us first family visits memorial to rights leader

    US First Family Visits Memorial To Rights Leader

    World | October 15, 2011 7:37 IST

    Washington, Oct 15: President Barack Obama is following through on his longtime plan to take his two daughters to see the new monument to Martin Luther King Jr., leader of the civil rights movement that

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