Tag: Barack Obama

• Tuesday, August 28th 2012 - 05:11 UTC

  Hurricane Isaac conditions festivity of Romney’s Republican Tampa convention

  

  Instead of opening with a bang as originally planned, Mitt Romney's Republican convention started with a whimper on Monday as party leaders staged a low-key session while Tropical Storm Isaac churned through the Gulf of Mexico.

• Wednesday, May 30th 2012 - 17:11 UTC

  Republican Romney will dispute the White House with President Obama

  

  Mitt Romney clinched the US Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday with a resounding victory in Texas and now faces a five-month sprint to convince voters to trust him over Democratic President Barack Obama in the November 6 election.

• Tuesday, March 15th 2011 - 11:05 UTC

  President Obama will underline ‘coincidences’ during his visit to Brazil

  

  US ambassador in Brazil Thomas Shannon downplayed differences between Washington and Brasilia saying that coincidences are far greater and will be the core of discussions during the coming visit of US president Barack Obama next week end.

• Monday, March 14th 2011 - 06:53 UTC

  Why CFK turned her back on the Obama-mania spell and returned to Chavez

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) behind doors in Government House criticized her peer from Venezuela Hugo Chavez saying “he speaks before stopping to think” and praised US president Barack Obama insisting she was interested in having “closer relations with United States”, according to the latest revelations from Wikileaks.

• Wednesday, January 19th 2011 - 22:29 UTC

  United States Welcomes China’s Success

  

  President Obama welcomed Chinese President Hu Jintao to the White House on Wednesday and praised China’s success.

• Wednesday, November 3rd 2010 - 04:54 UTC

  Republican landslide in the House; Democrats barely manage to retain Senate

  

  Voter dissatisfaction with the United States economy has given Republicans an anticipated but equally stunning advance in Congress winning a majority control of the U.S. House of Representatives, while Democrats retained their majority in the Senate.

• Monday, November 1st 2010 - 00:43 UTC

  Republicans promise a “political earthquake” in Tuesday’s mid term election

  

  Candidates across the United States launched a frantic final push for support, and President Barack Obama ended a two-day campaign swing designed to pump up Democratic turnout less than 48 hours before Americans begin to cast their ballots.

• Thursday, August 5th 2010 - 09:09 UTC

  Obama administration wants to end Bush era tax cuts for the rich

  

  The George Bush administration's “misguided” policies are to blame for huge US budget deficits, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner charged as he sought to build an election-year case for ending tax cuts for the wealthiest US citizens.

• Friday, July 23rd 2010 - 22:44 UTC

  US economy faces “strong headwinds” and fiscal challenge, says Obama

  

  Obama administration warned the US economy had encountered “strong headwinds” and the country's fiscal challenge remained grave, but it lowered an estimate for the budget deficit this year.

• Wednesday, July 21st 2010 - 06:10 UTC

  Cameron admits to having cheered for Germany in World Cup

  

  British Prime Minister David Cameron made a soul-searing confession before the eyes of the world on Tuesday: he admitted having cheered for Germany after they vanquished England at the World Cup.