Stopping outsourcing would hurt both India, US: Pranab (Lead)
January 30th, 2012 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Chicago, Jan 30 (IANS) Reacting to President Barack Obama's tirade against outsourching, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has warned that if the United States stops outsourcing jobs to India the ... Read more...
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Anti-outsourcing move will hurt US: Mukherjee
January 30th, 2012 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
Chicago, Jan 30 (IANS) The anti-outsourcing measures US President Barack Obama announced last week are unacceptable and will hurt both American and Indian economies, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has ... Read more...
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Republicans send Obama over the moon (Washington Newsletter)
January 29th, 2012 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 29 (IANS) One promised the moon, the other "fired" him for the loony idea and the man they hoped to challenge in November lowered his lofty vision ... Read more...
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Military action against Iran premature: Dempsey
January 27th, 2012 - 5:10 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 27 (IANS) US Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Martin Dempsey has said that it is "premature" to use military force against Iran over its nuclear program. A ... Read more...
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Eyeing election, Obama calls for bringing jobs back home (Second lead)
January 25th, 2012 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 25 (IANS) Saying that 'no challenge is more urgent' than keeping the American dream alive, President Barack Obama virtually launched his re-election campaign hitting out at "outsourcing" ... Read more...
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America indispensable in world affairs: Obama
January 25th, 2012 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 25 (IANS) Joining issue with those suggesting that Washington's influence was on the decline, President Barack Obama has asserted that America remains the one indispensable nation in ... Read more...
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Obama begins re-election campaign, hits out at outsourcing (Lead)
January 25th, 2012 - 11:41 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 25 (IANS) Virtually launching his re-election campaign, President Barack Obama hit out at "outsourcing" as he called keeping alive the American dream "the defining issue of our ... Read more...
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US President Barack Obama previews the State of the Union address
January 24th, 2012 - 11:37 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Jan 24 (THAINDIAN NEWS) US President Barack Obama has previewed his State of the Union address and he is all set to make an appeal to the US citizens to ... Read more...
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Obama proposes to streamline US government
January 14th, 2012 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 14 (IANS) President Barack Obama proposed Friday to streamline the government by eliminating duplication, waste and inefficiencies.The president laid out his proposal at the White House to ... Read more...
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You tube unveils live broadcasting service
April 12th, 2011 - 11:46 am ICT by ANI
London, Apr 12 (ANI): Video sharing website You Tube has launched a live broadcasting service called You Tube Live in a bid to broadcast increasing number of sports and music events."Today ... Read more...
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Polls estimate Obama’s approval among Americans at 50 percent
March 16th, 2011 - 6:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar.16 (ANI): In the aftermath of the Tucson shooting in Arizona, two new polls taken by CNN/Opinion Research Corporation and ABC News/Washington Post have estimated United States President Barack Obama's ... Read more...
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Matt Damon disappointed in President Obama
March 5th, 2011 - 2:39 pm ICT by ANI
New York, March 05 (ANI): It looks like actor Matt Damon is not happy with the way US President Barack Obama is running the country.On CNN's 'Piers Morgan Tonight', when Piers ... Read more...
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Powell questions why CIA never told him of unreliability of Iraq defector’s WMD claims
February 17th, 2011 - 5:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 17(ANI): Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell has called on the CIA and Pentagon to explain why they failed to alert him to the unreliability of a key source ... Read more...
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Fox News Poll: Voters give mixed reviews for Obama’s economy recovery efforts
February 11th, 2011 - 12:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb.11 (ANI): A Fox News poll released Thursday shows that while about half of the American voters think the "worst is over" (48 percent), the same number -- 48 percent -- ... Read more...
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US to build $53 bn high-speed rail network
February 9th, 2011 - 6:52 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 9 (IANS) The US will build a high-speed rail network worth $53 billion as part of a new investment plan for the infrastructure sector unveiled by Vice President Joe ... Read more...
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Obama vows to defeat al-Qaeda, ensure Taliban never regains control over Afghanistan
February 8th, 2011 - 1:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 8 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has said yet again that he is committed to defeat al-Qaeda and added that the Taliban would never be allowed to gain back ... Read more...
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Obama’s state of the union address gets high ratings among Americans: Poll
January 30th, 2011 - 4:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 30 (ANI): Americans have given high ratings to President Barack Obama's state of the union address, with a latest poll saying that 65 percent had a positive reaction to ... Read more...
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Experts urge US not to make ‘hasty’ retreat from Afghanistan
January 29th, 2011 - 5:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, jan.29 (ANI): The U.S. should maintain a robust U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan until it is clear that the recent progress is sustainable, two experts on South Asian and Middle ... Read more...
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Obama’s Q-A session on YouTube
January 28th, 2011 - 5:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 28 (ANI): US President Barack Obama touched on a variety of topics, from legalisation of marijuana to civil unrest in Tunisia and Egypt, during a wide-ranging, online 'virtual town ... Read more...
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Obama will use state of US economy to build 2012 White House bid
January 28th, 2011 - 5:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan.28 (ANI): Some political observers and experts are of the view that US President Barack Obama is in "survival mode", while others predict he will make the state of the ... Read more...
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Obama’s State of Union address ‘a snooze fest’
January 27th, 2011 - 5:50 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Jan 27 (ANI): US President Barack Obama's recent State of the Union address was so boring that it put a lot of people to sleep - one of them ... Read more...
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CII-India Business Forum welcomes Obama’s job creation agenda
January 27th, 2011 - 3:59 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, jan.27 (ANI): The CII-India Business Forum (CII-IBF), a grouping of leading Indian companies with operations in the US welcomes and supports US President Barack Obama's State of the Union ... Read more...
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Bachmann emerges as face of Tea Party, Palin’s star waning
January 27th, 2011 - 2:45 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Jan.27 (ANI): Minnesota Republican Michele Bachmann, a Sarah Palin acolyte weighing a 2012 presidential bid, has emerged as the new star of the Tea Party, after providing the alternative ... Read more...
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Obama to travel to Brazil, Chile, El Salvador
January 27th, 2011 - 12:02 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 27 (IANS/EFE) President Barack Obama took a moment during his State of the Union address to the US Congress to announce a tour of Latin American nations."This March, I ... Read more...
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Tea party has unflattering response to Barack Obama’s State of the Union address
January 26th, 2011 - 8:40 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Minnesota, Jan 26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Michele Bachmann delivered the Tea Party’s response to President Barack Obama’s state of the union address.Bachmann’s speech which was broadcasted by CNN shortly after the president’s speech ... Read more...
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State of the Union: Republicans say Obama not doing enough to reduce deficits
January 26th, 2011 - 6:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan.26 (ANI): The Republicans have rebutted US President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, during which a request was made for another round of federal spending.Representative Paul Ryan, who ... Read more...
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Shot Congresswoman Giffords may be released from ICU next week
January 26th, 2011 - 3:46 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 26 (ANI): Gabrielle Giffords, the Democrat Representative who was in critical condition after being shot in Arizona, may be released from intensive care and transferred to a brain rehabilitation hospital ... Read more...
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US will not relent or waver, but ‘defeat’ al Qaeda and affiliates: Obama
January 26th, 2011 - 3:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 26(ANI): The United States will relentlessly fight the ongoing war against terrorism until it defeats al Qaeda and their affiliates, President Barack Obama has said."We have sent a message ... Read more...
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Obama backs Pentagon budget cuts
January 26th, 2011 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan.26 (ANI): Stating that it is imperative for the United States to tackle its deficit, President Obama on Tuesday reiterated his support for 78 billion dollars in cuts to the Pentagon's ... Read more...
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US must out innovate, educate and out build rising powers like India, China: Obama
January 26th, 2011 - 1:43 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan.26 (ANI): US President Barack Obama on Tuesday said that with nations like China and India on the rise, America had no choice but to "out-innovate, out-educate and out-build the ... Read more...
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Americans must unleash creative spirit to protect jobs in shifting global economy: Obama
January 26th, 2011 - 1:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan.26 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has called on Americans to unleash their creative spirits, set aside their partisan differences and come together around a common goal of out-competing other ... Read more...
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US President Obama State of the Union Message: “Compromise”
January 26th, 2011 - 1:05 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Jan 26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) As the president of the United States of America prepared to give his State of the Union speech last night in Washington, an empty chair was left for ... Read more...
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Obama’s State of the Union Full Text
January 26th, 2011 - 1:04 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Jan 26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The following is the full text of United States President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address given last night in Washington, DC.Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, ... Read more...
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Innovate to face India, China challenge: Obama
January 26th, 2011 - 12:29 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Jan 26 (IANS) Citing once again the growing challenge from emerging powers like India and China, US President Barack Obama asked Americans to unleash their creative spirits and ... Read more...
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For Obama, ‘economy’ is first priority, to generate more jobs in US
January 23rd, 2011 - 6:27 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 23 (ANI): With the unemployment rate ending at 9.4 percent last year, US President Barack Obama has said his administration would focus on the economy and on ways to ... Read more...
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