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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,

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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