Barack Obama
EU edges closer to sanctions against Libya
February 25, 2011Germany is at the forefront of a push for the European Union to impose strict sanctions on Libya. US President Barack Obama has said "all options" are open to help stop the bloodshed in Libya. The European Union's foreign policy chief, Catherine...
Obama seeks consensus on Libya violence
February 25, 2011US President Barack Obama has called the leaders of the UK, France and Italy as international efforts to respond to the crisis in Libya gather pace. Mr Obama outlined a range of possible measures, including plans for humanitarian assistance....
Barack Obama coming to UK on state visit in May
February 18, 2011Buckingham Palace has confirmed US President Barack Obama will come to the UK on a state visit in May. It is the first state visit by a US president since that of President George W Bush and his wife, Laura, in 2003. President Obama came to the UK...
Egypt protests: Obama impatient for credible transition
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February 11, 2011US President Barack Obama says the Egyptian government has yet to put forward a "credible, concrete and unequivocal" path to democracy. He said Egyptians "remain unconvinced that the government is serious about a genuine transition to...
Obama: Egypt will not go back to 'What it Was'
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February 08, 2011U.S. President Barack Obama says he believes Egypt will not go "back to what it was" now that pro-democracy demonstrators have made known their demands for free and fair elections through nearly two weeks of continuous street protests. In...
Who is the Muslim Brotherhood?
January 31, 2011Muslim Brotherhood: Radical Islamists Or Reluctant Democrats? For more than 30 years, the specter of the Iranian Revolution, with the overthrow of a strategically vital and friendly government by fundamentalist Islamists, has stalked Western policymakers...
January 31, 2011Egypt has been always considered the heart of the Arab and Muslim world. Currently the country is in a crisis that threatens to create a vacuum of power and may allow Islamic Radicals to gain a greater foothold in governing the country. Egypt will very...
On YouTube, Obama comments on economy, Middle East:Video
January 28, 2011President Barack Obama used an appearance Thursday on the social media web site, YouTube, to talk about challenges facing the United States both domestically and abroad. He commented about the wave of protests in Middle Eastern countries. Protests...
President Obama’s State of the Union: A fork in the road
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January 28, 2011In his State of the Union address this week, U.S. President Barack Obama got a second chance to make a first impression. As part of a concerted strategy to reposition himself after his party’s electoral setbacks in November, the president&rsquo...
Gabrielle Giffords move to Texas rehab 'flawless'
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January 23, 2011Doctors treating US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords said her transfer from a hospital to a rehabilitation centre had gone "flawlessly". At Memorial Hermann Rehabilitation Hospital in Texas, Dr Randall Friese said she had smiled and shed...