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US major contacted radical cleric10 Nov 09 | AmericasObama visit FBI Director Robert Mueller has ordered a review of how the agency dealt with information about Maj Hasan. Senior US Senator Joe Lieberman has said he plans to open a congressional investigation into whether the shootings were a terrorist attack.
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Korean naval ships clash at sea10 Nov 09 | Asia-PacificThe incident comes days before US President Barack Obama visits Asia, with North Korea seeking direct talks on its nuclear programme. Northern limit In the North's version of events, a patrol boat was on a mission to confirm "an...
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US and Israeli leaders hold talks10 Nov 09 | Middle EastPresident Barack Obama has met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House as the US struggles to revive the Middle East peace process. The talks in Washington came amid heightened tension over Mr Netanyahu's refusal to freeze settlement building in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
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Japan to boost aid to Afghanistan10 Nov 09 | Asia-PacificThe decision comes days before US President Barack Obama visits Tokyo. Japan's centre-left government has said it will end a naval refuelling mission in support of US-led efforts in Afghanistan.
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US Army base gunman 'conscious'10 Nov 09 | Americas
US President Barack Obama described the incident as a "horrific outburst of violence".
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Obama's video message to Berlin09 Nov 09US President Barack Obama was unable to attend celebrations marking 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall so he sent a video message to the people of the Germany. Appearing on a video screen near the Brandenburg Gate, Mr Obama said the images of 9 November 1989 "will...
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Obama's 11th-hour healthcare plea07 Nov 09US President Barack Obama has launched a last-minute effort to secure approval of his landmark healthcare reforms by the House of Representatives. Mr Obama made a rare visit to Congress to try to persuade wavering members of his own Democratic Party to support the plans in a crucial vote.
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Obama makes health vote plea07 Nov 09US President Barack Obama has urged lawmakers to back his landmark healthcare reforms in a crucial vote in the House of Representatives. Mr Obama said such opportunites come around "once...
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Obama praises army base heroism07 Nov 09US President Barack Obama has praised the heroism of soldiers and civilians in their response to the deadly attack at a US army base in Texas. In his weekly address, he said that although the shootings showed the "worst...
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Obama outlines unemployment plans06 Nov 09US President Barack Obama has announced new legislation that he says will encourage the creation of jobs, and provide relief for struggling families across the US. Speaking after the announcement that US unemployment figures had risen to 10.2%...
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HARDtalk - Christine Lagarde - French FinanceChristine Lagarde - French Finance Minister, 01 Apr 09On the key issues facing the G20 - from the need for more fiscal stimulus, to the role of economic nationalism, and the scope for further regulation - Nicholas Sarkozy's France has at times seemed out of sync with Barack Obama's America. But just how real are those differences?
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HARDtalk - Lord GuthrieLord Guthrie, 08 Jun 09As President Obama redefines American interests, should Britain be doing the same? Lord Guthrie, the head of the British armed forces from 1997 until 2001, talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Alon PinkasAlon Pinkas, 09 Jun 09Obama has insisted that Israel stop all settlement building on occupied land. How will the Israeli Government and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deal with the Obama administration?
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HARDtalk - Reverend Jesse JacksonReverend Jesse Jackson, 23 Jun 09President Obama thinks it can. Whether he's right may be determined by his attempts to push through ambitious reform of the economy, healthcare and energy policy.
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HARDtalk - Lynn Forester, Lady de RothschildLynn Forester, Lady de Rothschild, 08 Jul 09A life-long Democrat, she was a prominent supporter and fundraiser for Hillary Clinton, but defected to the Republican campaign once Barack Obama won the nomination. Six months on, does she feel her reservations about the new President were justified?
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Up All Night - 04/11/200904 Nov 09Rhod Sharp takes you through the night with reports on President Obama, Cleveland murders, the Patriot engine class and the unexpected consequence of banning alcohol in Aboriginal communities. Including American Sport with Todd Ant; US TV with Cash Peters; and Caribbean, Russian and Ukranian Desks.
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Richard Bacon - 09/11/200910 Nov 09Plus, does it matter if Cadbury's stops being British and has President Obama lived up to the hype? More than a year since he was elected, there's controversy over whether he's accomplished what he said he would.
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Timeline: United States of AmericaCountry profiles
2008 June - Illinois senator Barack Obama wins the Democratic Party's nomination to run for US president, becoming the first black candidate to do so, after defeating his rival Hillary Clinton. Lehman collapse 2008 September - Turmoil in the US and international financial markets as major...
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Country profile: United States of AmericaCountry profiles
The election of Barack Obama as the country's first African-American president in November 2008 marked a defining moment in the country's chequered history of race relations. Freedom and prosperity The original people of north America, who made up several distinct groups of native Americans,...
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BBC Radio 4 - In Touch -18 March 2008
Webb Well, yeah Peter it says one thing - the fact that he is an African American, he's a black politician, is of course hugely important at the moment, it has an enormous salience - if I can use that word - right now because of Barack Obama and because of all the discussions that there are about...
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BBC Radio 4 - In Touch -9th December 2008
A number of bodies have collaborated on drafting guidelines on a new standard for accessible websites Comments on the draft guidelines are being sought at: BRITISH COMPUTER ASSOCIATION OF THE BLIND VOTING BOOTHS In just over a month, Barack Obama will be inaugurated as America's next president. The...
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Radio 4 - All in the MindRadio 4
...to Dr Sara Savage, a social psychologist with the psychology and religion research programme at Cambridge University and to Dr Russell Razzaque, who’s a Consultant Psychiatrist and author of ‘Human Being to Human Bomb: Inside the Mind of a Terrorist’ AMERICAN PRESIDENTS As Barack Obama and John...
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Friday 6 November 200906 Nov 09 | Verity Murphy - Newsnight: From the web team
US President Barack Obama has warned against "jumping to conclusions"
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Dissatisfaction at US failure to make Afghan troop06 Nov 09 | Mark Urban - Newsnight: Mark Urban
President Barack Obama received the McChrystal report calling for a troop surge on 30 August, and with each week that passes without a decision the political difficulties of his allies across Nato multiply. When Britain announced in mid-October that it would, if certain conditions were met, send...
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Danish PM issues plea for leaders to attend29 Oct 09 | Susan Watts - Newsnight: Susan Watts
With just six weeks to go until the United Nation's Copenhagen conference on climate change, Denmark's Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen has issued a direct plea to US President Barack Obama to attend the conference. Speaking to Newsnight he said: "Without...
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Eighty years after Wall Street crashed, what did23 Oct 09 | Paul Mason - Newsnight: Paul Mason
Instead of balancing the books President Obama has run up a 1.6 trillion dollar national debt and allocated 600bn for a fiscal stimulus; meanwhile Bernanke's Fed has printed $1.2...
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Karzai and Obama in a battle of wills19 Oct 09 | Mark Urban - Newsnight: Mark Urban
Presidents Hamid Karzai and Barack Obama are now locked in a contest over how to respond to the verdict of the Electoral Complaints Commission that the Afghan leader failed to reach the required 50% in August's first round of voting. The commission, which is funded by the international community,...
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News From Other Sources
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Japan plans aid for Kabul ahead of Obama visit10 Nov 09 | Reuters UK
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Obama says he wants to visit Hiroshima in future10 Nov 09 | Washington Post
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China restates yuan policy after Obama comments10 Nov 09 | Reuters
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US, China need to balance growth10 Nov 09 | Reuters India
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Netanyahu to Abbas: 'Let's begin talks now'10 Nov 09 | Jerusalem Post
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