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Obama, Hu set for key talks in Beijing

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:08:00 +0000

AFP – BEIJING (AFP) – US President Barack Obama will Tuesday attack the formal business of his visit to China, sitting down with his opposite number Hu Jintao for talks centred on trade tensions and US calls for a stronger yuan.

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Outrage in Washington over Obama’s Japan bow

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:25:00 +0000

AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – News photos of President Barack Obama bowing to Japan’s emperor have incensed critics here, who said the US leader should stand tall when representing America overseas.

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Obama hails China, Taiwan ties, talks on ‘rights’

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:45:00 +0000

AFP – SHANGHAI (AFP) – US President Barack Obama on Monday hailed improvements in relations between China and Taiwan, saying there was no need to change Washington’s “one-China” policy.

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Obama: China and the US need not be adversaries

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:23:00 +0000

AFP – SHANGHAI (AFP) – US President Barack Obama declared on Monday that China and the United States need not be adversaries, in a town hall meeting with Chinese students in Shanghai.

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Obama may not meet Guantanamo deadline: top aide

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:08:00 +0000

AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama remains committed to closing the controversial Guantanamo Bay prison, but may not meet a January 2010 deadline, a top White House aide said on Sunday.

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Ft Hood shooter failings to be held to account: Obama

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:02:00 +0000

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US commitment to Asian security ‘unshakeable’ : Obama

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:01:00 +0000

AFP – TOKYO (AFP) – President Barack Obama said Saturday that America’s commitment to Asia’s security was “unshakeable” despite the heavy investment of US resources in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Top Obama lawyer quits amid Guantanamo setbacks

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:21:00 +0000

AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama’s top lawyer Greg Craig formally resigned Friday in his highest-level White House shake-up to date, amid a struggle to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp by early 2010.

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Obama aide: urgency for regulation may be fading

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:05:00 +0000

Reuters – WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top economic adviser to U.S.

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Obama Guantanamo advisor steps down

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:33:00 +0000

AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama Friday announced the resignation of one his key legal advisors, Greg Craig, who has battled for almost a year with the thorny problem of trying to close Guantanamo Bay.

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