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Obama backs Pakistan drone raids

BBC News - Technology — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:26:52 +0000

US President Barack Obama defends the use of unmanned drone aircraft to kill suspected militants in Pakistan’s tribal areas.

VIDEO: US-Georgia relations ‘at new level’

BBC News - Europe — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:53:45 +0000

US President Barack Obama has met Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili at the White House, and the importance of their alliance was top of the agenda.

Obama takes aim at unfair trade

CNN.com - Business — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:31:23 +0000

President Barack Obama announced Tuesday the creation of a new trade enforcement unit that will be tasked with investigating unfair trade practices in countries, he said, "like China."

Obama joins photo site Instagram

BBC News - Technology — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:19:22 +0000

US President Barack Obama joins the popular photo-sharing network Instagram ahead of November’s election.

Obama signs payroll tax cut extension

CNN.com - Business — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:55:30 +0000

President Barack Obama signed a two-month extension of the payroll tax cut Friday, ending what had been a heated political stalemate and sealing a hard-fought win for Democrats on an issue — taxes — that has historically favored the GOP.

Canada, U.S. agree to speed trade

CNN.com - Business — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:20:49 +0000

U.S. President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced agreements Wednesday intended to speed up cross-border trade and traffic in the wake of enhanced security after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Obama challenges Republicans on tax cut

CNN.com - Business — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:58:20 +0000

President Barack Obama tells a Pennsylvania crowd to push Congress to extend the payroll tax cut enacted a year ago.

Debt fears hang over US-EU summit

BBC News - Europe — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:40:12 +0000

President Barack Obama hosts European Union leaders at a White House summit, amid fears of a new recession in Europe and possible effects on the US.

Obama pushes trans-Pacific trade deal

CNN.com - Business — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 01:54:23 +0000

President Barack Obama, in Hawaii for a weekend economic conference, said Saturday that leaders of nine nations have agreed on the "broad outlines" of a trans-Pacific free trade agreement.

Pipeline protesters to hold hands, encircle White House

CNN.com - Business — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:45:46 +0000

Protesters plan to hold hands and encircle the White House on Sunday to demand President Barack Obama reject a proposed oil pipeline that would stretch from Canada through Texas.