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Baathist named new Syria PM
Assad Wednesday named a Baath Party stalwart to form a new government, signaling no political concessions to a 15-month-old uprising, as helicopters and tanks pounded rebels near the Mediterranean coast. The appointment of Riyad Farid Hijab, (...)

07 - 06 - 2012
Bashir vows to topple S. Sudan's ruling party
Bashir Wednesday vowed to “liberate” South Sudan from its ruling party, a sharp escalation of rhetoric after fierce border clashes that edged the East African neighbors closer to all-out war. There has been growing alarm over the worst violence (...)

19 - 04 - 2012
Unity eludes Assad's opponents
Assad's opponents have taken a step toward unity by forming a national council to represent the uprising but have a long way to go until they create a broad-based alternative to his rule. Six months after protests demanding political freedoms broke (...)

20 - 09 - 2011
Assad blames unrest on saboteurs, vows reforms
Assad Monday pledged to introduce reforms within months to address a wave of protests against his rule, but blamed saboteurs for the unrest and warned that no deal could be reached with gunmen. Assad said a national dialogue would start soon to (...)

21 - 06 - 2011
Assad tactics fail to stop unrest
Assad has tried brute force and political concession, often simultaneously, to quell protests in Syria but neither has halted the uprising and his double-edged tactic may alienate a vital support base. Since the outbreak of unrest 11 weeks ago, the (...)

06 - 06 - 2011
Chance for Karzai in cabinet snub
brokers thrown out by parliament Afghan President Hamid Karzai may be able to turn a humiliating snub by parliament into an opportunity to draw up a cleaner, fresher government. Last weekend lawmakers vetoed over two thirds of Karzai's cabinet (...)

06 - 01 - 2010
Stevie Wonder gets the Obamas feet tapping...and the partying begins
elect Barack Obama has on his iPod may soon be a state secret, but musicians Stevie Wonder, Garth Brooks and Pete Seeger all got the president-elect moving at a concert on Sunday. Obama, his wife Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha sat sedately (...)

20 - 01 - 2009
For Obama, high hopes and a global honeymoon
elect Barack Obama enters the White House on Tuesday with enough foreign goodwill to buy at least a brief global honeymoon as he wades into the crush of international crises awaiting his attention. But high expectations around the world could lead (...)

19 - 01 - 2009
How well will Obama's team get along?
elect Barack Obama has assembled high-powered team to tackle the US economy, foreign policy and energy - so powerful in fact that many in Washington wonder whether they will all be able to get along. Administrations often get entangled in internal (...)

17 - 01 - 2009
Obama may boost jobless benefits
elect Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats are considering a major expansion of government-assisted health care insurance and unemployment benefits as part of a two-year economic recovery program, The New York Times reported in its Sunday (...)

05 - 01 - 2009
Obama's choice of adviser signals fresh initiative
elect Barack Obama underscored on Saturday his intent to push initiatives on climate change by naming John Holdren, an energy and climate specialist, as the new White House science adviser. Holdren is a Harvard University physicist who has focused (...)

21 - 12 - 2008
Sarkozy shines as EU leader in troubled times
month spell at the European Union's helm has played to his strengths as a pragmatist who thrives in a crisis, consolidating his position as a key player on the global stage. With less than three weeks to go before France hands over the EU's (...)

15 - 12 - 2008
Obama picks Shinseki for veterans affairs
elect Barack Obama has selected retired Gen. Eric Shinseki, who clashed with the Bush administration over the number of troops needed in Iraq, to be the next secretary of veterans affairs. Obama's announcement was made in a television interview (...)

08 - 12 - 2008
Obama names Hillary, new security team
elect Barack Obama Monday announced his national security team, nominating former rival Hillary Clinton as secretary of state and asking Defense Secretary Robert Gates to stay on in that role. Obama, who takes office on Jan. 20, has pledged to be (...)

02 - 12 - 2008
Choice of Clinton carries risks for Obama
elect Barack Obama, inspired by his hero Abraham Lincoln's idea of creating a “team of rivals” in his Cabinet, may be gambling by choosing his ex-adversary Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. Obama admires the New York senator's work ethic, his (...)

02 - 12 - 2008
Clinton offers to name donors
Elect Barack Obama was poised to name his national security team on Monday, with former political rival Hillary Clinton in line to be picked as secretary of state. As part of a deal with Obama to clear the way for his wife to get the post, former (...)

01 - 12 - 2008
Obama chief of staff meets Republicans
elect Barack Obama sent his top aide to Capitol Hill on Thursday to tell leaders of the rival Republican party that he needed their help to confront the challenges facing the country. Rahm Emanuel, a combative Democratic congressman from Illinois (...)

21 - 11 - 2008
Obama ‘out to get Osama'
elect Barack Obama plans to try a more regional approach to the war in Afghanistan including possible talks with Iran, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing national security advisers to Obama. The president-elect also intends to move (...)

12 - 11 - 2008
Top contenders for key economic posts
elect Barack Obama said on Friday he wanted “to move with all deliberate haste” to pick people for top posts, but said it was important to get it right and not be unduly rushed. With a financial crisis raging and the US economy facing a possibly (...)

08 - 11 - 2008
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