Obama cites apparent al-Qaida link in bomb plot
The Picayune Item Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:13 PM PST
An al-Qaida affiliate in Yemen apparently ordered the Christmas Day plot against a U.S. airliner, training and arming the 23-year-old Nigerian man accused in the failed bombing, President Barack Obama said Saturday. |
U.S.-China relations to face strains, experts say
Washington Post Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:11 PM PST
The United States and China are headed for a rough patch in the early months of the new year as the White House appears set to sell a package of weapons to Taiwan and as President Obama plans to meet the Dalai Lama, U.S. officials and analysts said. |
Britain, US to fund Yemen anti-terror police unit
Seattle Times Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:11 PM PST
The British government said Sunday that Prime Minister Gordon Brown and President Barack Obama had agreed to fund a counterterrorism police unit in Yemen to tackle the rising terrorist threat from the country. |
Snow cone named after Obama
BigPond News Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:05 PM PST
US President Barack Obama has had an ice-cream combination named after him. |
Obama ties failed plane attack to al Qaeda
AsiaOne Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:01 PM PST
HONOLULU, HAIWAII - U.S. President Barack Obama said it appeared the suspect who tried to bomb a Detroit-bound plane over Christmas was a member of al Qaeda and had been trained and equipped by the Islamic militant network. |
'Snowbama' time in Hawaii
AsiaOne Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:00 PM PST
KAILUA, USA - US President Barack Obama on Friday took a respite from the pile of grim news clouding his vacation, taking a group of friends and their kids for a chill Hawaii delicacy - shave ice. |
Poster child for recession shows signs of recovery
INO News Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:53 PM PST
(AP:ELKHART, Ind.) When Ed Neufeldt introduced Barack Obama at a speech in Elkhart County in February, the new president promised the laid off RV worker would find a job. |
2009 in Review: The best quotes of 2009
New Kerala Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:53 PM PST
John Cross, Daily Mirror "I just thought it was like Obama getting the Nobel Peace Prize after eight months as President. Beckham gets the man of the match after 30 minutes here..." |
2010 Situation Grows More Difficult for Democrats
Flathead Beacon Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:53 PM PST
WASHINGTON รข€" An already difficult situation for Democrats in Congress is worsening as the 2010 political season opens. To minimize expected losses in next fall's election, President Barack Obama's party is testing a line of attack that resurrects George W. Bush as a boogeyman and castigates Republicans as cozy with Wall Street. |
Obama names al-Qaeda group in airline bomb attempt
MalaysiaNews.net Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:51 PM PST
US President Barack Obama has accused Al-Qaeda members of arming and training a young Nigerian man, who was on a suicide mission to destroy a US airliner. |
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