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Obama: NATO to erect missile shield for Europe (AP)

November 19th, 2010

U.S. President Barack Obama, right, shakes hands with Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado as he arrives for a NATO summit in Lisbon on Friday, Nov. 19, 2010. U.S. President Barack Obama and the leaders of NATO's 27 other member nations will open a two-day summit Friday aimed at finding ways to keep the Cold War alliance relevant in the 21st century with revamped roles including ballistic missile defense, anti-piracy patrols, and counterterrorism. (AP Photo/Andre Kosters, Pool)AP - President Barack Obama won NATO summit agreement Friday to build a missile shield over Europe, an ambitious commitment to protect against Iranian attack while demonstrating the alliance’s continuing…

Muslims say Obama failing to keep Cairo promises (Reuters)

November 10th, 2010

Reuters - President Barack Obama’s pledge on Wednesday to strive for better relations with the Muslim world drew skepticism in Cairo, where last year he called for a new beginning…

Obama says U.S. earnest, reaching out to Muslim world (Reuters)

November 9th, 2010

Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that Washington’s effort to reach out to the Muslim world was earnest and would help improve U.S. security, although he acknowledged that…

Obama warms ties with Indonesia; volcano may cut trip (Reuters)

November 9th, 2010

Reuters - President Barack Obama arrived in Jakarta on Tuesday for a visit aimed at boosting U.S. security and trade ties with Indonesia, and using the most populous Muslim nation…

Obama heads to Indonesia, finally (Reuters)

November 9th, 2010

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama headed to Jakarta on Tuesday for a visit aimed at boosting U.S. security and trade ties with Indonesia, and using the most populous Muslim…

World watches US election and speculates on impact (AP)

November 3rd, 2010

The U.S. Capitol and House of Representatives is seen through fall foliage on election day in Washington Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - The poor showing by President Barack Obama’s party in the U.S. election is not likely to lead to major changes in the country’s foreign policy, and could even…

Obama pledges probe in kidnapped Briton’s death (AP)

October 12th, 2010

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during a press conference in Downing Street in London, Monday, Oct. 11, 2010, where he said aid worker Linda Norgrove, 36, who died in Afghanistan during a rescue attempt, may have been killed by her American rescuers, rather than her Taliban captors. Cameron said that Gen. David Petraeus had told him Norgrove was possibly killed by a grenade detonated by a member of the U.S. rescue team. But he says the full facts have not been established.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, pool)AP - President Barack Obama promised “to get to the bottom” of a failed rescue attempt by U.S. special forces that ended in the death a captive British aid worker…

US walks out of Ahmadinejad UN speech (AP)

September 24th, 2010

President Barack Obama addresses the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations, Thursday, Sept.  23, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - President Barack Obama and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad traded accusations about their nations’ nuclear programs, but both left the door open to further negotiations about the nuclear…

Obama challenges the world: Time for Mideast peace (AP)

September 23rd, 2010

U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)AP - Grasping for peace, President Barack Obama on Thursday challenged a pessimistic world to overcome decades of shattered promises and help Israelis and Palestinians close a historic deal within…

UN promotes health campaign for women, children (AP)

September 23rd, 2010

AP - The world’s nations pledged more than $40 billion to battle needless deaths among poor mothers and their children, and President Barack Obama spoke about what America can do…