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- 'Bo Obama' comic gets book treatment
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A Washington state publisher said an extended version of the educational comic book starring presidential pooch Bo Obama is on the way. The Portuguese water dog, adopted by President Barack Obama ... - Obama's job approval below 50 percent
PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Barack Obama's job approval rating has dipped below 50 percent for the first time since he was inaugurated as U.S. president, a poll released Friday said. The Gallup Organization said Obama ranks fo... - Obama's Senate allies eye key health care victory
by Olivier Knox WASHINGTON (AFP) -- President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate strove Friday to lock down support to prevail in a landmark first test vote on his top domestic priority... - Obama's Senate allies eye first health care victory
by Olivier Knox WASHINGTON (AFP) -- President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate strove Friday to lock down th... - Obama's Senate allies eye first health care victory
by Olivier Knox WASHINGTON (AFP) -- President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate strove Friday to lock down th... - Obama warns N. Korea, Iran about nukes
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. envoy Stephen Bosworth will go to North Korea next month for talks on dismantling the country's nuclear program, U.S. President Barack Obama said. During a news conference in Seoul with South Korean Presi... - Obama leaves South Korea, brings Asia tour to end
SEOUL (AFP) -- US President Barack Obama left South Korea for home Thursday, a US embassy spokesman said, wrapping up his four-country debut Asian tour.In ta... - Obama warns Iran, N. Korea on nukes
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama said the United States has begun talks with other nations on possible sanctions against Iran in response to its nuclear development. Speaking in Seoul at a joint news conference with Sou... - Obama addresss N.Korea, trade and Iran at meeting
SEOUL (AFP) -- US President Barack Obama said Thursday he would send US envoy Stephen Bosworth to North Korea for direct talks on December 8, naming a date for the mission for the first time, during a visit to Seoul."We will be send... - Obama warns of growing U.S. debt
BEIJING, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Wednesday warned growing national debt could undermine public confidence and could actually lead to a double-dip recession. In an interview with Fox News Channel before lea... - Obama predicts renewed US growth in fourth quarter
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- President Barack Obama predicted the United States economy would grow again in the final quarter of 2009, pulling further out of a long and crippling recession."We have seen economic growth. We anticipate economi... - North Korea, trade dominate Obama trip to S.Korea
by Stephen Collinson SEOUL (AFP) -- US President Barack Obama ends his maiden tour of Asia in Seoul on Thursday with North Korea's nuclear programme and trade expected to be the main focus of a sum... - Main 9/11 plotter will be convicted, executed: Obama
by Olivier Knox WASHINGTON (AFP) -- US President Barack Obama, defending plans to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in civilian court, predicted the accused September 11 author would be convicted and executed.And US Attorney General Eric Ho... - Obama: KSM will be convicted, executed
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama backtracked Wednesday after telling an interviewer Khalid Sheik Mohammed will be convicted and executed. In an interview with NBC News, Obama defended his administration's deci... - Poll: Obama support dips below 50 percent
HAMDEN, Conn., Nov. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's job approval rating has dipped below 50 percent for the first time, a poll released Wednesday indicates. The Quinnipiac University poll showed the president's support lev... - Obama: Gitmo closure deadline to be missed
BEIJING, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama says his administration will miss its self imposed deadline to close the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, terrorism detainee camp. During television interviews given during his trip to Asia,... - N.Korea nuke talks top Obama agenda in Seoul
SEOUL (AFP) -- US President Barack Obama arrived in South Korea Wednesday on the last leg of his debut Asian tour, with North Korea's nuclear programme due to top the agenda after three days of ne... - Obama faces trade, nuke issues in S. Korea
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Seoul Wednesday, prepared to discuss U.S. concerns about trade and security on the Korean peninsula, officials said. Obama is scheduled to meet Thursday with South Korean... - US will miss deadline to shut Guantanamo: Obama
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- President Barack Obama admitted for the first time on Wednesday that the United States would miss the... - Obama concedes delay in closing Guantanamo
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- US President Barack Obama admitted for the first time on Wednesday that the United States would miss the January 2010 deadline he set for closing the US war on terror prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba."Guantanamo --... - Obama invites Hu to Washington in 2010
BEIJING, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama, seeking to develop U.S.-Chinese relations, has invited Chinese President Hu Jintao to visit Washington, the White House said. President Obama's visit to China has demonstrated... - Americans should not fear 9/11 terror trials: Obama
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Americans should not be "fearful" of the prospect that five men accused of masterminding the September 11 attacks will go on trial in New York City, President Barack Obama said Wednesday."I think this notion that... - Americans should not fear 9/11 trials: Obama
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Americans should not be "fearful" of the prospect that five men accused of masterminding the September 11 attacks will face trial in New York City, President Barack Obama said on Wednesday. "I think this notion t... - Obama meets Premier Wen
BEIJING, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama, concluding his China visit, met Wednesday with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao for talks on issues including trade. It is my sincere hope that your current visit will lift the comp... - Obama now subject of 60 kids' books
MANHATTAN, Kan., Nov. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama has been the subject of more children's books in less than a year than his predecessor was in eight years, a researcher says. Phil Nel, a professor of English at Kansas S... - Hu, Obama stress cooperation, broach divides
by Stephen Collinson BEIJING (AFP) -- US President Barack Obama and China's Hu Jintao Tuesday pledged to apply their joint... - Obama calls for climate pact with 'immediate' effect
by Marianne Barriaux BEIJING (AFP) -- US President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that the United States and China want next month's climate change talks in Copenhagen to culminate in a global accor... - Obama calls for climate pact with 'immediate' effect
by Marianne Barriaux BEIJING (AFP) -- US President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that the United States and China want next month's climate change talks in Copenhagen to culminate in a global accor... - Iran defiant as Obama warns of 'consequences'
by Hiedeh Farmani TEHRAN (AFP) -- Iran vowed to continue enriching uranium despite a wrist slap by the UN nuclear watchdog, as US President Barack Obama warned of "consequences" Tuesday if Tehran r... - Iran defiant as Obama warns of 'consequences'
by Hiedeh Farmani TEHRAN (AFP) -- Iran vowed to continue enriching uranium despite a wrist slap by the UN nuclear watchdog... - Hu, Obama hold talks, no breakthrough
BEIJING, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama, while describing Tibet as part of China, Tuesday urged his Chinese hosts to resume talks with the Dalai Lama. The visiting American leader, emerging from about two hours of talks... - Obama calls for climate pact with 'immediate' effect
by Marianne Barriaux BEIJING (AFP) -- US President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that the United States and China want next month's climate change talks in Copenhagen to culminate in a global accor... - Pakistan responds to reported Obama letter
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Pakistan's fight against militants will be decided based on its own priorities and resources and not at the urging of others, its foreign minister said. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi was... - Obama, Hu set for key talks in Beijing
by Stephen Collinson BEIJING (AFP) -- US President Barack Obama will Tuesday attack the formal business of his visit to China, sitting down with his opposite number... - Obama decries rising U.S. hunger
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama expressed concern Monday about a report that hunger rose significantly in the United States last year. The White House released a prepared statement from Obama, who was ... - Obama, Chinese leaders meet
SHANGHAI, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart, President Ho Jintao, met Monday in Beijing kicking off Obama's four-day visit with a state dinner. Obama is to meet with Hu and other Chinese leaders... - Obama satisfied with coverage of speech
SHANGHAI, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama was satisfied his Shanghai speech on freedoms got enough play in China despite governmental restrictions, an adviser said Monday. We understood the limitations, senior Whi... - Obama arrives in Beijing
BEIJING (AFP) -- US President Barack Obama arrived in Beijing on Monday from Shanghai, for the second leg of his maiden state visit to China, an AFP photographer said.Obama was welcomed at ... - Obama arrives in Beijing: AFP photographer
BEIJING (AFP) -- US President Barack Obama arrived in Beijing on Monday from Shanghai, for the second leg of his maiden state visit to China, an AFP photographer said.Copyright © 2009 AFP All Rights Reserved - Obama: U.S. consumers strapped
BEIJING, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama told Chinese and other Asian leaders they can't expect U.S. consumers, struggling with debt, to keep driving Asian economies. Obama made the comment in Singapore Sunday at the Asia-Pac... - Axelrod: Obama opposes abortion measure
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama remains opposed to prohibiting abortion coverage in plans offered through a new health insurance exchange, an adviser says. Obama adviser David Axelrod said Sunday on CNN's ... - Obama calls for Suu Kyi's release
SINGAPORE, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Sunday called for the unconditional release of democratic activist Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest in Myanmar, officials said. Obama called for the release of Suu Kyi and oth... - Medvedev, Obama met in Singapore
SINGAPORE, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dimitri Medvedev urged Iran to accept a plan to send its enriched uranium out of the country. The two leaders also expressed impatience with Iran during a... - Obama weighs cost of Afghan war
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama is insisting that military options for the costly war in Afghanistan include the quickest possible exit strategy, officials said. Obama, in deliberations on the war, is acutely... - Release Suu Kyi, Obama tells Myanmar PM
by Sarah Stewart SINGAPORE (AFP) -- US President Barack Obama used a landmark encounter with the prime minister of military-run Myanmar on Sunday to demand freedom for detained democracy icon Aung ... - Obama tells Myanmar PM: Release Suu Kyi
SINGAPORE (AFP) -- US President Barack Obama pressed Sunday for Myanmar's military junta to release democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, during a landmark encounter with the regime's prime minister, the White House said."He brought up... - Obama vows 'serious' bid to cut US deficit
by Stephen Collinson SINGAPORE (AFP) -- President Barack Obama on Sunday vowed to take "serious steps" to cut the huge US budget deficit, which is complicating America's economic recovery hopes and threatening his own political prospects. - Obama vows 'serious' bid to cut US deficit
by Stephen Collinson SINGAPORE (AFP) -- President Barack Obama on Sunday vowed to take "serious steps" to cut the huge US budget deficit, which is complicating America's economic recovery hopes and threatening his own political prospects. - Obama vows 'serious' bid to cut US deficit
by Stephen Collinson SINGAPORE (AFP) -- President Barack Obama on Sunday vowed to take "serious steps" to cut the huge US budget deficit, which is complicating America's economic recovery hopes and threatening his own political prospects. - Michelle Obama urging healthcare reform
NEW YORK, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Michelle Obama talked up U.S. healthcare reform at a meeting of administration officials and advocates for reform, citing the needs of older women. The first lady gave a 12-minute talk during the meeting Fr...
