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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…

NATO agrees on missile defense shield: Obama (Reuters)

November 19th, 2010

Sgt. Ysidro Gonzalez, of Alice, Texas, from 1st Battalion, 8th Marines Alpha Company storms through the door of a compound after the door was blown open to search for bomb-making materials during a patrol that came under fire from Taliban insurgents in the town of Nabuk in Helmand province, in this October 26, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly/FilesReuters - NATO leaders agreed on Friday to develop a missile defense shield to protect the territory of all NATO states in Europe as well as the United States, President…

Obama lauds ‘inclusive’ Iraq govt amid frictions (AP)

November 13th, 2010

Members of his Sunni-backed coalition are seen as they walk out of of Iraq's parliament session in a protest before a vote on the presidency in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - President Barack Obama praised Iraqi moves to form an “inclusive” government on Friday, but the two-day-old deal was already looking fragile after Sunni lawmakers walked out of parliament,…

Obama seeks better ties with skeptical Muslim world (Reuters)

November 10th, 2010

Reuters - President Barack Obama held up his boyhood home of Indonesia as an example to the Muslim world in a speech on Wednesday in which he said America was…

In Indonesia, Obama Reaches Out to Muslims and Business (Time.com)

November 10th, 2010

Time.com - After the “shellacking” Obama and his party took last week in the elections back home, it must have been a welcome relief to be greeted in his former…

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: more effort needed to improve Muslim ties (Reuters)

November 10th, 2010

Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday much more needs to be done to repair frayed U.S. relations with the Muslim world in an acknowledgement of the difficulties in…

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 says G20 needs system for balanced growth (Reuters)

November 9th, 2010

Reuters - President Barack Obama said the Group of 20 nations still had a lot of work to do on the world economy and had not yet achieved a framework…

Obama warms Indonesia ties but volcano may cut trip (Reuters)

November 9th, 2010

Reuters - President Barack Obama met his Indonesian counterpart on Tuesday for talks to boost security and trade ties, in a visit aimed at using the most populous Muslim nation…