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| Obama speech rankles fracking critics Sat, 29 Jun, 2013 06:12 PM PDT By The Associated Press, The Associated Press President Obama's speech last week on climate change forcefully rejected some key arguments made by opponents of natural gas fracking, upsetting some environmental groups that ... Continue reading | | Obama to Visit Mandela's Former Island Prison Sat, 29 Jun, 2013 06:08 PM PDT U.S. President Barack Obama visits Robben Island in South Africa Sunday, the prison where former president Nelson Mandela spent nearly 20 years for fighting to overturn the country's apartheid regime. Mr. Obama has met with relatives of Mr. Mandela, who has been in a Pretoria hospital for three ... Continue reading | |
| In South Africa, Obama pays tribute to ill Mandela npc-news.thecabin.net Sat, 29 Jun, 2013 05:52 PM PDT JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Paying tribute to his personal hero, President Barack Obama met privately Saturday with Nelson Mandela's family as the world anxiously awaited news on the condition of the ailing 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader. Continue reading | | Obama will not visit Mandela Sat, 29 Jun, 2013 05:52 PM PDT PRETORIA, South Africa -- U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will meet on Saturday with relatives of anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela, but they will not visit the hospital where the former South African president is critically ill, the White House said. … Continue reading | |
The business of politicians - DAWN.COM Sat, 29 Jun, 2013 05:50 PM PDT VERY curious. When Barack Obama suspended his campaign for re-election to supervise relief for victims of a terrible hurricane on the East Coast, there was applause even from his opponents. Continue reading | | In South Africa, Obama continues his focus on youth Sat, 29 Jun, 2013 05:49 PM PDT President Obama speaks at the University of Johannesburg, his latest pitch to young people during his tour of Africa. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — President Obama's first audience of South Africans assembled Saturday in Soweto, and he recalled the protests that tore through the neighborhoods her... Continue reading | | |
Obama tells leaders to follow Mandela's example Sat, 29 Jun, 2013 05:42 PM PDT President Barack Obama paid personal respects Saturday to relatives of ailing anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela and encouraged leaders in Africa and around the world to follow the former South African president's example of country before self. Continue reading | |
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