President Barack Obama
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Obama Says, US Closer Than Ever To Defeating Al-Qaeda
World | Oct 08, 2011, 03:56 PM ISTWashington, Oct 8: The US is now closer than ever to defeating al-Qaeda and its “murderous network”, President Barack Obama has declared, more than five months after the outfit's chief Osama bin Laden was eliminated
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Obama Viewing Irene's Flood Damage In New Jersey
World | Sep 05, 2011, 07:30 AM ISTNewark, New Jersey, Sept 4: President Barack Obama is in New Jersey for a tour of the flood damage that Hurricane Irene caused in the state's third largest city.He flew to Newark and was taking
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US, Allies Declare That Syria's President Bashar Assad Must Leave
World | Aug 19, 2011, 09:01 AM ISTWashington: Executing a global squeeze play, the United States and its European allies on Thursday demanded an end to four decades of brutal family dictatorship in Syria and underscored the tough talk with new sanctions
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Obama Compares Himself To Messi
World | Jun 30, 2011, 01:01 AM ISTWashington, June 29: President Barack Obama has compared himself to Barcelona striker Lionel Messi at a White House awards ceremony.The Colorado Rapids, champions of U.S. Major League Soccer, presented Obama on Tuesday with a No.
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Obama's Afghan Plan Criticized By His Own Party
World | Jun 23, 2011, 08:52 PM ISTWashington, Jun 23 : Lawmakers in President Barack Obama's Democratic Party are leading the criticism of his troop withdrawal plan from Afghanistan, arguing that the timeline for bringing 33,000 U.S. troops home by next summer
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US Asks Assad To Leave, Obama Slaps Sanctions On Syrian President
World | May 19, 2011, 02:52 PM ISTWashington, May 19: After President Barack Obama slapped sanctions on Syrian President Bashar Assad and his six deputies, the US appears to have given ultimatum to him to either leave or lead the transition to
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We Have Cut Off Their Head, Will Defeat Them: Obama Says On Al Qaeda
World | May 07, 2011, 10:46 AM ISTWashington, May 7 : Noting that US had “cut off” al-Qaeda's head with the killing of Osama bin Laden, President Barack Obama has declared that America would ultimately defeat the terror outfit.“We have cut off
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Obama In NYC: We Never Forget, We Mean What We Say
World | May 06, 2011, 10:47 AM ISTNew York, May 6 : President Barack Obama solemnly honored victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on Thursday and declared that the killing of Osama bin Laden was an American message to the
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Obama Approves Use Of Armed Drones In Libya
World | Apr 22, 2011, 10:01 AM ISTWashington: President Barack Obama has approved the use of armed drones in Libya, authorizing U.S. airstrikes on ground forces for the first time since America turned over control of the operation to NATO on April
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In Bunker, Ivory's Coast's Gbagbo Plays Final Hand
World | Apr 06, 2011, 12:35 PM ISTAbidjan, Ivory Coast, Mar 6 : Ivory Coast's strongman Laurent Gbagbo tried to hang on to power for one more day Wednesday from inside a bunker encircled on all sides by soldiers loyal to his
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Obama Talks With Japan PM On Nuclear Threat
World | Mar 17, 2011, 09:52 AM ISTWashington, Mar 17 -- President Barack Obama has spoken with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan about steps the U.S. is taking to ensure the safety of Americans in Japan -- measures that go beyond what