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Tornado death toll rises as Obama pledges aid
The number of people killed after devastating storms and tornadoes hit southern states in the US rises to 339. On a visit to the area President Obama says the destruction is “heartbreaking”.
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Obama publishes full US birth certificate
President Barack Obama tells US public to avoid the “silliness” over his birth certificate and focus on much more important issues like the economy, unemployment and the budget deficit.
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Donald Trump for President: Obama, you’re fired
Donald Trump: millionaire property developer, host of the hugely successful Celebrity Apprentice – and now presidential candidate? Sarah Smith reports.
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Cameron and Obama ‘preparing to intervene’ in Libya
David Cameron and Barack Obama are ‘preparing for what might have to be done if Gaddafi goes on brutalising his own people’ as Lindsey Hilsum reports from the frontline.
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US cuts: Obama’s $1.1trillion budget battle
It’s not just in Britain that the Government’s cutting spending. President Obama is planning a $1.1trillion cut – and his political opponents say that’s not enough, as Felicity Spector reports.
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Egypt: what can Obama do now?
No one was more surprised than President Obama when his old friend Hosni Mubarak did not stand down as Egyptian President on Thursday night, writes US Correspondent Sarah Smith in Washington.
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Can Obama retell the American story?
In his State of the Union address, President Obama tried to rediscover the political narrative of his presidency – that America can be great again, writes Channel 4 News sub-editor Felicity Spector.
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Obama urges political unity in State of the Union speech
The shooting of a Congresswoman in Arizona sparks a rare show of political partnership at Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, but how long will it last? Sarah Smith reports.
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Obama urges political unity in State of the Union speech
The shooting of a Congresswoman in Arizona sparks a rare show of political partnership at Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, but how long will it last? Sarah Smith reports.
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Arizona shooting: will politicians heed Obama’s plea?
President Obama pleads for the Arizona shootings not to be used for “politics and point-scoring”, but – as Felicity Spector reports – the political debate is already hotting up.
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Arizona shooting: Obama urges healing
President Barack Obama leads a memorial to the victims of the Arizona shooting spree and urges Americans to debate “in a way that heals, not a way that wounds”, writes Sarah Smith.
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Will David Cameron stick by Barack Obama?
The US midterm election results suggest Americans think Obama has got it wrong on the economy. But what does that mean for Britain, David Cameron and our own economic recovery, Gaby Hinsliff asks.
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US ups pressure on Pakistan over bin Laden investigation
US President Barack Obama has said he suspects al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had support within Pakistan, but the nature of that support is not yet known.
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Pakistani PM pours scorn on US over bin Laden op
Pakistan’s Prime Minister has delivered a trenchant attack on the US for breaching its sovereignty during the mission to kill Osama bin Laden, and called accusations of Pakistani complicity “absurd”.
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The view from 'Bin Laden Town'
Lindsey Hilsum writes from Abbottabad’s “Bin Laden Town” on the impact of the killing of Osama bin Laden on US/Pakistani relations.
