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President icy over 'snow panic'
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has scoffed at Washington's tendency to panic in winter and expressed disbelief that classes at hi...
Obama makes tracks on stimulus
Geoff Elliott, Washington correspondent US President Barack Obama worked some of his charm on Republicans in Congress yesterday, trying to win a big mandate for an economic sti...
Secret tapes expose Governor
CHICAGO: Secretly taped conversations reveal how Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, who is accused of trying to sell Barack Obama's form...
President to get facts on conflicts
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama was to make a short trip from the White House to the Pentagon overnight, for fresh "unvarnished" a...
Indonesia willing to try Hambali
Correspondents in Jakarta, Washington and Brussels INDONESIA is prepared to try alleged Bali bomb mastermind Hambali if he is returned to his homeland after the planned closure of Guantan...
No-show Blagojevich all talk
CHICAGO: The corruption-tainted Governor accused of trying to sell Barack Obama's Illinois Senate seat has skipped his impeachment trial...
Geithner sworn in as 75,000 jobs cut
WASHINGTON: New York Federal Reserve Bank chief Timothy Geithner has been sworn in as President Barack Obama's Treasury Secretary as com...
Ex-inmate arrests threaten Gitmo plan
Tim Reid and David Charter PRESIDENT Obama's plan to close Guantanamo Bay within a year appears to be unravelling.
Obama vows to lead on climate change
US President Barack Obama has vowed to lead the world on climate change as he set about shredding Bush administration policies.
Obama drives vehicle emission cuts
Correspondents in Washington US President Barack Obama was to issue overnight regulations allowing California and 13 other states to set tougher car emissions and fu...
Oprah considered for Senate seat
SPRINGFIELD: Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has revealed he considered appointing Oprah Winfrey to the empty US Senate seat vacated b...
Obama forced into another bank bailout
Tim Reid US President Barack Obama is considering another massive injection of cash into the US's stricken banking system.
Obama builds up support for stimulus
BARACK Obama has intensified the push for his economic plan, wooing Democrats and Republicans by emphasising the package's benefits.
Leader keeps his edge with secret BarackBerry
Sarah Baxter MOVE over iPhone - the latest must-have gadget for international men of mystery is the BarackBerry.
Vote-getter to replace Clinton
Correspondents in Albany, New York NEW York Governor David Paterson has picked Democratic congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand to fill New York's vacant US Senate seat, a day ...
Top envoys get nod for peace missions
Correspondents in Washington BARACK Obama has chosen two seasoned and high-powered envoys for the Middle East and Afghanistan and Pakistan, making another swift brea...
President wins the BlackBerry battle
Correspondents in Washington BARACK Obama warned that "they're going to have to pry it out of my hands" - now he has won his first battle with Washington's bureaucra...
Obama gig too cool to play live
Correspondents in Washington THE celebrated musical quartet who played at Barack Obama's inauguration were forced to use a classical form of lip-sync.
Hard line on China currency settings
Correspondents in Washington US President Barack Obama set the stage for a trade war with China yesterday by branding the Asian giant a currency manipulator, a term ...
Obama orders closure of Gitmo
David Nason, New York correspondent IN a dramatic second day of his presidency, Barack Obama ordered the closure of Guantanamo Bay, banned the use of torture by US personne...
Lining up to help Obama
Geoff Elliott, Washington correspondent THE new US President will seek favours from Kevin Rudd.
Two oaths so far and going for three
Gerard Baker FOR almost all the other US presidents, getting to swear the oath of office for a second time is the consuming ambition of their careers...
Best chance for Mid-East peace
John Lyons ANALYSIS: If Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and George Mitchell can't bring peace to the Middle East, perhaps no one can.
Two states the way to end conflict
John Lyons, Middle East correspondent THE US Government yesterday committed to pushing for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with Barack Obama pledgin...
Smith and Clinton discuss new links
Mark Dodd THE Rudd Government has again played down the prospect of accepting Guantanamo Bay inmates after the controversial military facility was...
Change, at a price
Michael Stutchbury, Economics editor, New York BARACK Obama this week vowed to defeat what he described as a confidence-sagging fear that the US faces an inevitable decline that would...
Muslim rumour believed by 22pc
CHICAGO: Nearly a quarter of Americans believed the false rumour that Barack Obama was a Muslim in the weeks after his election on Novem...
CNN wins internet race
NEW YORK: On the US's presidential inauguration day - one of the highest traffic days ever for the internet - CNN came out on top.
Obama signs order closing Guantanamo
BARACK Obama has ordered the closure of Guantanamo Bay prison within a year and banned the use of torture in terror interrogations.
US President names special envoys
US President Barack Obama has named former senator George Mitchell as his special envoy to the Middle East and former US ambassador to t...
Dogs of war in team of peacemakers
ANALYSIS: Bronwen Maddox NEVER mind bringing peace to the Middle East; US President Barack Obama is going to find it hard to unite the pack of super-envoys he is...
