Obama accepts Manmohan’s invitation to visit India
L’Aquila, Italy: United States President Barack Obama has accepted an invitation from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to visit India, dates for which will be finalised through diplomatic channels. The invitation was renewed by Dr. Singh when he and Obama met during a brief ‘pull-aside’ at the G-8+G-5 Summit here on Thursday. Obama, on his part, [...]
US will take the lead in climate change fight: Obama
L’Aquila (Italy): Admitting that the US had "sometimes fallen short" in meeting its responsibilities in combating climate change, President Barack Obama today said it and other developed nations will have to take the lead in this fight but the emerging economies should also play their part. "While we don’t expect to solve this problem in [...]
Lincoln, Gandhi, Mandela are my heroes: Obama
Obama cites Michael Jackson as entertainment icon
President Barack Obama called Michael Jackson a brilliant performer whose talents were paired with a tragic personal life. "I’m glad to see that he is being remembered primarily for the great joy that he brought to a lot of people through his extraordinary gifts as an entertainer," Obama said in an AP interview on Thursday. [...]
Joe Biden to oversee US’s Iraq policy
US President Barack Obama has asked Vice President Joe Biden to take on a new role overseeing the US departure from Iraq and Washington’s effort to promote internal political reconciliation there. The White House said on Tuesday that Biden would work closely with General Ray Odierno, the top US commander in Iraq and US ambassador [...]
Iraqis celebrate US pullback, but bombing kills 33
Baghdad: Not a single American soldier was in sight. Gone, too, were the American helicopters whose buzz has for years defined Baghdad’s background track. Left alone to protect the capital Tuesday were thousands of Iraqi troops and police manning checkpoints, with army tanks deployed at potential trouble spots and convoys of pickup trucks with machine [...]
U.S. and Venezuela to restore expelled ambassadors
The United States and Venezuela will soon reinstate ambassadors expelled in a diplomatic spat last year, a sign of warmer relations between President Hugo Chavez and what he calls the U.S. "empire." Leftist Chavez has toned down his strident criticism of U.S. foreign policy since Barack Obama took office in January, partly because the U.S. [...]
Over 60 killed in Baghdad market blast
Baghdad: More than 60 people were killed and at least 150 wounded Wednesday when a bomb exploded at a crowded market in the Iraqi capital, media reports said. The explosion, which took place in the Maridi market in eastern Sadr City area of the Iraqi capital, left 62 people dead and 150 injured, security sources [...]
