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Tense atmosphere clouds climate talks
COPENHAGEN - The atmosphere at the U.N. climate conference grew more tense and divisive after talks were suspended for most of Monday's session - a sign of the developing nations' deep distrust of the promises by industrial countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Nations:Denmark Norway Canada Algeria Brazil Switzerland People:Gordon Brown Barack Obama Al Gore Wen Jiabao Steven Chu Activities:Copenhagen Climate Meeting
2009-12-14
Castro says US on offensive in LatAm despite Obama
HAVANA - Fidel Castro says President Barack Obama's "friendly smile and African-American face" are hiding Washington's sinister intentions for Latin America - more evidence of a new cooling in U.S.-Cuba relations after a thaw had seemed possible just months ago.
Nations:Colombia Afghanistan Honduras People:Barack Obama Fidel Castro Hugo Chavez Hillary Clinton Activities:Cuba-U.S.
2009-12-14
Obama still standing after tough year
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama's hopes of sparking rapid political transformation in 2009 fell short, yet his bruised administration still dreams of forging historic change in the year to come.
Nations:Afghanistan Denmark Russia People:Benjamin Netanyahu Barack Obama George W. Bush Activities:Obama Admin.
2009-12-13
Nobel award in hand, Obama faces hard work at home
OSLO - With a Nobel Peace Prize in hand, President Barack Obama is returning to the grind of governing, refocusing on his top domestic priority as the Senate moves toward a pivotal moment on legislation to remake the nation's health care system.
Nations:Denmark Afghanistan People:Harry Reid Barack Obama George W. Bush Activities:Obama Admin. Source:(AP)
2009-12-11
Nobel-winning Obama defends war in call for peace
OSLO - Newly enshrined among the world's great peacemakers, President Barack Obama offered a striking defense of war. Eleven months into his presidency, a fresh Obama doctrine. Evil must be vigorously opposed, he declared as he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday. At the same time, he made an impassioned case for building a "just and lasting peace."
Nations:Afghanistan North Korea People:Michelle Obama Nelson Mandela Dalai Lama Barack Obama Jimmy Carter George W. Bush
2009-12-10
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- Tense atmosphere clouds climate talks 2009-12-14
- Castro says US on offensive in LatAm despite Obama 2009-12-14
- Obama still standing after tough year 2009-12-13
- Nobel award in hand, Obama faces hard work at home 2009-12-11
- Nobel-winning Obama defends war in call for peace 2009-12-10
- Obama will not rush Afghan troop drawdown 2009-12-10
- From war to peace - Obama to accept Nobel prize 2009-12-09
- Obama honors Springsteen, De Niro 2009-12-07
- Kremlin, US agree to maintain expiring nuke pact 2009-12-04
- Obama sets new Afghan strategy, briefs allies 2009-11-30
- Official: Obama going to Copenhagen climate summit 2009-11-25
- Obama to attend beginning of U.N. climate meeting 2009-11-25
- In Asia, Obama pushing arms control with Russians 2009-11-14
- U.S. science group seeks cooperation with Cuba 2009-11-12
- HBO filmmakers get inside Obama campaign 2009-11-01
- Obama deserving of the 'hype' and the Nobel: Bono 2009-10-18
- In New Orleans, Obama fires back at critics 2009-10-16
- Next Nobel Peace Prize: Turkey and Armenia? 2009-10-13
- Banner Nobel year signals progress for women 2009-10-13
- Americans Ostrom, Williamson win Nobel economics 2009-10-12
- Analysis: Vitriol, invective at the speed of light 2009-10-12
- 2 Nobel winners may shape financial crisis debate 2009-10-12
- Netanyahu: No war crimes trials for Israelis 2009-10-12
- In a surprise, Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize 2009-10-09
- US forces leave isolated Afghan base after attack 2009-10-09
- Analysis: Obama's Nobel honors promise, not action 2009-10-09
- Communication pioneers win 2009 physics Nobel 2009-10-06
- 3 Americans share 2009 Nobel physics prize 2009-10-06
- Dalai Lama receives rights award 2009-10-06
- Stem cell pioneers among Nobel Prize candidates 2009-10-05
- Revamped Carter Museum opening in Atlanta 2009-10-03
- Myanmar minister holds talks with Suu Kyi 2009-10-03
- Dalai Lama prays at site of Martin Luther King's death 2009-09-23
- UN climate summit puts China, India in spotlight 2009-09-22
- China flexes diplomatic muscle to stymie Uighurs 2009-09-19
- SKorea loses champion of peace: Kim Dae-jung 2009-08-18
- US man heads home after release from Myanmar jail 2009-08-18
- Exiled Uighur leader's Japan visit angers Beijing 2009-07-28
- Exiled Honduran leader heads for border showdown 2009-07-24
- Honduras talks collapse over return of ousted leader 2009-07-19
- No end in sight to Honduras political crisis 2009-07-12
- Iranian police fire in air to disperse protesters 2009-07-09
- Interim Honduran leader arrives for talks on coup 2009-07-09
- Iran president declares new era for country 2009-07-07
- Myanmar denies UN chief's request to see Suu Kyi 2009-07-03
- US high court delays decision on death row inmate 2009-06-30
- Green-glowing monkeys have green-glowing babies 2009-05-27
- Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi readies defence case 2009-05-24
- Gore, others urge CEOs to back climate change deal 2009-05-24
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