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Obama to slam Republican ‘social Darwinism’
US President Barack Obama will step up his reelection campaign Tuesday by accusing Republicans of pursuing an economic policy akin to ruthless “social Darwinism” that is a prescription for decline. On the day Mitt Romney, his likely rival in November, is expected to march closer to the Republican nomination, Obama will unleash a…
Obama presses lawmakers to cut oil tax breaks
US President Barack Obama pressed lawmakers Thursday to cut tax breaks for the petroleum sector, saying they can “stand with big oil companies, or they can stand with the American people.” Obama, under pressure in an election year over a surge in fuel costs, said the nation cannot afford the subsidies at a time…
N. Korea snubs Obama to overshadow nuclear summit
North Korea vowed Tuesday to go ahead with a rocket launch, snubbing demands from US President Barack Obama and other world leaders who are in Seoul for a summit on combating nuclear terrorism. The North’s plan to launch a long-range rocket next month has overshadowed the 53-nation summit, which is meant to focus on the…
Obama warns nuclear terrorism still a major threat
US President Barack Obama warned on Monday that nuclear terrorism remained one of the world’s biggest threats, as he called for greater urgency in safeguarding the world’s atomic stockpiles. In a speech hours before the opening of a nuclear security summit in South Korea, Obama said major progress had been…
House votes to repeal part of Obama health care law
WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House of Representatives voted Thursday to repeal a key measure of US President Barack Obama’s health care reform, a symbolic move on the historic law’s second anniversary. The bill, adopted by lawmakers 223-181, including seven Democrats, would scrap a 15-member panel established to control costs for…
Obama to visit DMZ between Koreas on Sunday
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama will visit the tense border zone between the two Koreas after arriving in Seoul on Sunday for a nuclear security summit, a White House official said Tuesday. Obama will also hold bilateral summits with China’s Hu President Hu Jintao, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and…
Obama campaign takes in $5 million in one day
US President Barack Obama, juggling dual roles as fundraiser extraordinaire and commander-in-chief, piled up a cool five million dollars in a lucrative single-day campaign blitz. In no other country is a leader expected to tend to a deteriorating war he is leading in Afghanistan on the same day as conducting…
Obama to announce rare earth trade case against China
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama will Tuesday announce a new trade suit against China prompted by Beijing’s restrictions on the export of rare earth materials used in manufacturing high-tech products. A senior White House official said on condition of anonymity that the United States would bring the case at…
UN sends aid chief to Syria
UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos headed for Syria on Wednesday to urge the regime to allow aid into battered protest cities, as US President Barack Obama insisted military intervention would be a “mistake”. A Chinese envoy sent to discuss ways to end the bloodshed in Syria, meanwhile, was to discuss a six-point peace plan with Foreign Minister…
Obama to host G8 summit in Camp David, not Chicago
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama will host leaders of the G8 club of rich nations on May 18-19 at his Camp David retreat instead of in his hometown of Chicago, the White House said Monday. Obama still plans to host NATO leaders and partners in Chicago on May 20-21…
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