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Analysis: Hezbollah win could shake Obama Mideast policy – CNN.com
Since the moment Barack Obama took office, he has made a concerted effort to speak directly to the Muslim world.
Even his inauguration address sent a new and different message from the United States:
“To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect,” he said on January 20, standing [...]
Obama To Resurrect Bush Era Military Tribunals for Terror Suspects
President Obama is planning on Friday to resume the Bush administration’s controversial military tribunal system for some Guantanamo detainees — which he suspended in his first week in office — according to three administration officials.
Some of the high-profile terror suspects who are being charged in the tribunal process include Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-confessed mastermind [...]
Experts Say Obama’s New Tax Proposal Will Not Create Jobs
President Obama says his proposals to crack down on corporate tax loopholes will do a lot of things, including create more U.S. jobs.
“We will stop letting American companies that create jobs overseas take deductions on their expenses when they do not pay any American taxes on their profits,” Obama said when announcing his proposals.
In turn, [...]
SWINE FLU UPDATE: Flu Shuts Schools, But Are Officials Going Too Far?
Health officials said Thursday that they had confirmed 111 cases of the newly identified swine flu in the USA but still just one death — that of a toddler in Texas who was visiting from Mexico, where the virus originated.
The scare, however, was spreading far more rapidly than the virus — particularly in America’s schools. [...]
UPDATE: Obama Blames Lenders For Pushing Chrysler Into Bankruptcy
President Obama blamed a “small group of speculators” for Chrysler’s imminent bankruptcy filing today, but said agreements forged by the administration during the past month will help provide the troubled automaker “a new lease on life.”
“I have every confidence that Chrysler will emerge from this process stronger and more effective,” Obama said at a noon [...]
SWINE FLU UPDATE: FIRST U.S. DEATH REPORTED – MORE CASES AROUND THE WORLD
A Mexican toddler who came to the United States for treatment has died in Texas of the swine flu, state officials said, as President Obama recommended that schools with confirmed or suspected cases of the disease “strongly consider temporarily closing.”
“This is obviously a serious situation, serious enough to take the utmost precautions,” Mr. Obama said.
Texas [...]
Center For Disease Control Warns, Seasonal Vaccine No Help Against Swine Flu
U.S. health officials say they are “very pessimistic” that the seasonal flu vaccine protects against the unique swine flu infecting people in the United States, Mexico and other countries.
A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official said Sunday afternoon that tests of the seasonal vaccine and the new virus show no cross-reaction, suggesting that [...]
Ahmadinejad Speech Prompts Walkout At U.N. Racism Conference
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad prompted a walkout from his speech to a U.N. racism summit on Monday when he accused Israel of racism against the Palestinians.
The conference had already been badly undermined by a boycott by the United States and some of its major allies over concerns that it would be used as a platform [...]
E.P.A. Clears the Way for Regulation of Warming Gases
The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday formally declared carbon dioxide and five other heat-trapping gases to be pollutants that threaten public health and welfare, setting in motion a process that for the first time in the United States will regulate the gases blamed for global warming.
The E.P.A. said the science supporting its so-called endangerment finding [...]
Obama: Latin America On Equal Footing With U.S.
President Barack Obama on Thursday embarks on a trip to Latin America, where the leader of the world’s lone superpower said he seeks to engage in talks with the region’s leaders as equals.
“Times have changed,” Obama told CNN en Español on Wednesday.
Referring to his planned meeting in Trinidad and Tobago with Brazil’s president, he said, [...]
