US President Barack Obama (R) and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev, pictured in 2009, believe Moscow and Washington are close to reaching agreement on a new nuclear disarmament treaty, the Kremlin said Saturday.(AFP/POOL/File/Mikhail Klimentye…... [more »]
Date: 13 March 2010, 2:25 pm
The American flag flying next to the US Capitol dome in Washington, DC. Congressional leaders have launched a fresh bid to crack down on lawmakers' special spending deals known as "earmarks" in an effort to show new budget discipline ah…... [more »]
Date: 13 March 2010, 1:05 pm
Students from Pines Middle School in Pembroke Pines, Florida, gather to listen to US President Barack Obama as he addresses school children across the nation in September 2009. Obama announced Saturday he will be sending to Congress a new education i…... [more »]
Date: 13 March 2010, 1:00 pm
A general view shows the terraced gardens and classical-style Bahai World Centre in the Israeli port city of Haifa in 2007. The United States is "increasingly concerned" over the persecution of the Bahai and other religious minorities in Ir…... [more »]
Date: 13 March 2010, 12:42 pm
The fierce and fateful battle over health care reform has forced President Barack Obama to delay his departure on a trip to Indonesia and Australia by three days, to March 21.(AFP/Saul Loeb)... [more »]
Date: 13 March 2010, 10:31 am
A doctor administers a shot to a patient at a hospital ER unit. The fierce and fateful battle over health care reform has forced President Barack Obama to delay his departure on a trip to Indonesia and Australia by three days, to March 21.(AFP/File/M…... [more »]
Date: 13 March 2010, 10:31 am
The fierce and escalating battle over health care reform has forced President Barack Obama, seen here with healthcare professionals on March 3, to delay his departure on a trip to Indonesia and Australia by three days until Sunday, March 21.(AFP/File…... [more »]
Date: 13 March 2010, 10:31 am
Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, seen here in Munich last month, has been admitted to hospital in the South Korean capital with what an official called a minor stomach problem.(AFP/DDP/File/Johannes Simon)... [more »]
Date: 13 March 2010, 9:53 am
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