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U.S. President Barack Obama is appealing directly to the Iranian people as they celebrate Nowruz, the Persian New Year. In an Internet video released by the White House late Friday, Obama reiterated his offer of engaging in dialogue with Iran, but said Iran's leaders have chosen isolation.

President Barack Obama will help one of TV’s longest-running series mark an important milestone. Obama will be interviewed by crime crusader John Walsh on the 1,000 episode of America’s Most Wanted, airing 9 PM EST Saturday on FOX, the network said Wednesday. The Commander-in-Chief will discuss the show’s impact in its ...

Barack Obama unveils a revised health-reform planHEALTH reform has been the Obama administration’s main domestic policy priority for nearly a year, but the president himself has been frustratingly slippery on the topic. Although he has given plenty of speeches on the topic and discussed various worthy ideas, he has sounded ...

The Dalai Lama is holding talks with U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington – a meeting that has angered Beijing. China – already seething over U.S. plans to close a four billion euro arms deal with Taiwan – sees the Dalai Lama as a separatist who is fomenting unrest in ...

US President Barack Obama Tuesday laid an $8 billion bet on nuclear power, unveiling loan guarantees to spur construction on the first new US plant since a notorious accident 30 years ago. Obama said nuclear power, despite concerns among some environmentalists over safety, must play a key

US-led Nato troops launched an offensive on Saturday against the Taliban's last big stronghold in Afghanistan's most violent province and were quickly thrown into a firefight with the militants. The assault is the first since President Barack Obama ordered a "surge" of extra ...

US President Barack Obama's fortunes will sink further and nuclear threats will grow, but the world economy will bounce back in the turbulent Year of the Tiger, Chinese soothsayers predict. "Obama will start going downhill this year. He will not be able to achieve much," said Peter ...

Conservative darling Sarah Palin Saturday wowed a new grassroots Republican rightwing movement, vowing 2010 would be a great year, and laying down the gauntlet to President Barack Obama. And she warned the mainstream Republican party to ignore the so-called "Tea Party" movement at its peril,

China has hit back at the United States after President Barack Obama promised to take a tougher line with Beijing over currency and trade. Meanwhile, the United States is downplaying reports of rising tensions with China, saying the two countries will work together on issues of mutual concern but that ...

The European Union has scrapped a summit with the US, after President Barack Obama decided not to attend. The event in Madrid in May was to have been the highlight of Spain's six-month EU presidency, and the cancellation is seen as a humiliating blow.

Commodities firm Noble Group (NOBG.SI) will be in focus after the company said it will sell US$400 million ($565 million) worth of bonds due 2020 by reopening an existing bond issue. On Wall Street, the tech-laden Nasdaq was flat while the S&P 500 (.SPX) lost as healthcare stocks fell ...

Comparing rich-country budget deficitsMOST rich-country governments will struggle with huge budget deficits in 2010. A decade ago small surpluses were common in many rich countries (although not in Japan), but these are long gone. As economies pull out of recession, government spending will have to be cut and, with luck, ...

U.S. President Barack Obama has sent a $3.8 trillion budget request to Congress for the fiscal year that begins on October first. It is the first step in what is expected to be a long, contentious budget process.

President Barack Obama wants to end Nasa's moon programme, turn over space transportation to commercial companies and jump-start technologies needed for future human exploration of Mars and other destinations, officials said yesterday. The plan is part of Obama's budget for the financial year to

Pakistan and Yemen would get more US aid under President Barack Obama's proposed budget, while Iraq would get less and Afghanistan's funding would largely hold steady, according to US government figures released on Monday. Following are the amounts the State Department and Agency ...

US President Barack Obama will travel to Indonesia with his family next month, returning to the country where he spent four years as a child, the White House said on Monday. Obama, who has referred to himself as "America's first Pacific president" because ...

OctoMel — Also Known As “The Anti-Jew” — thinks highly of Barack Obama, but the Lethal Weapon star has his doubts about the president’s ability to achieve all the things he’s promised the American people. Well thank you for that insightful perception, Captain Oblivious McObvious…. Mel gave his two cents on what’s ...

President Barack Obama will propose trimming or chopping 120 government programs to help rein in the US deficit, the White House said on Saturday, in a 2011 budget proposal that a newspaper reported would hit $3.8 trillion. Obama is slated to publish his ...

Under intense political pressure, the White House is considering abandoning its cherished plans to try the alleged September 11 plotters near Ground Zero in Manhattan, officials said on on Friday. Confirmation that President Barack Obama might back away from the plan came amid growing

Washington, Jan., 29 (ANI): United States President Barack Obama on Thursday said the US cannot accept second place for itself in the world economy and should become serious about fixing its problems, as the worst of the global financial crisis is over. Speaking during his first State of the Union address ...