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All eyes on Obama for Berlin speech
Berlin - United States President Barack Obama will say on Wednesday that he will pursue a new reduction in deployed nuclear weapons by up to a third below the level achieved in the ';New START'; treaty with Russia, a senior administration official ...
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On Syria Obama no fool on question of intervention
Last week, Bill Clinton warned that President Barack Obama risked looking like a "wuss" and "a total fool" for not acting sooner on Syria. Shortly thereafter - but two months after Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel charged that strongman Bashar Assad had crossed a "red line" in using chemical weapons against his own people - the White House announced that in response ...
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Big Lie America Doesnt Have 1 Richest Middle-Class in the World...Were Ranked 27th
America is the richest country on Earth. We have the most millionaires, the most billionaires--and a increasingly poor "middle ...
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Gringos on the Ayahuasca Trail ... Young Americans Are Flocking to S. America for Pychedelic Promise
music and inebriated shouts pouring from the gringo bars. Rurrenabaque is at the epicenter of Bolivia's burgeoning eco-tourism industry, with dozens of expeditions into the jungle leaving daily. But travelers often become intrigued by a different local offering: guided shamanic tours which use the hallucinogenic brew ayahuasca to prompt spiritual revelations. Ayahuasca has featured ...
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Obama to deliver Brandenburg Gate speech
President Barack Obama's visit to Berlin caps three days of international diplomacy for the president, and marks his return to a place where he once summoned a crowd of 200,000 to share his ambitious vision for American leadership.Five years later, Mr Obama comes to deliver a highly anticipated speech to a country that is a bit more sober about his aspirations, yet still eager to receive ...
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Obama honors JFKs magic Berlin moment
Germans are set to commemorate the 50 anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's celebrated "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech. The historic address ended with Kennedy expressing his solidarity with the citizens of Berlin, electrifying an immense crowd. NBC News' Andy Eckardt ...
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Obama Again Backs Off On Syria
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- President Barack Obama, less than a week afterapproving U.S. military aid to Sunni rebels, has backed away from proposalsmeant to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad. Obama, in his first interview on the subject, acknowledged that he wasskeptical over measures to restrain Assad's military amid its offensiveagainst the rebels. The president dismissed the prospect of a ...
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Obama to Promote Nuclear-Free World in Berlin Speech
U.S. President Barack Obama is set to lay out his vision for advancing toward a world free of nuclear weapons during a speech Wednesday at the historic Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. A senior administration official says Mr. Obama will propose the United States and Russia cut their number of strategic nuclear warheads by up to one third below the level agreed to in a 2009 treaty. That pact, ...
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Most Wanted US Fugitive Arrested in Mexico
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Foreign Policy President Germans protest Obamas NSA spy program
President Obama landed in Berlin this evening for his first official visit to the German capital, but his reception in the privacy-loving nation might have been warmer if not for the recent revelations about the National Security Agency's surveillance programs. A few dozen demonstrators gathered at Checkpoint Charlie, the Berlin Wall crossing that became a historic symbol of Cold War ...
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Obama administration tries to top Snowden leaks another detail of NSA program
The damage being done by Edward Snowden’s leaks about the NSA’s terrorist surveillance activities is being compounded by the administration’s damage control efforts. Last week, an article in the Wall Street Journal ...
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Foreign Policy President In Northern Ireland Obama steps on countrys third rail
President Barack Obama, repeated the oft disproved claim that Catholic education increases division in front of an audience of 2,000 young people, including many Catholics, at Belfast's Waterfront hall when he arrived in the country this ...
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Azerbaijani envoy to Mexico visits Ireli Youth Centre
Azerbaijani Ambassador to Mexico Ilgar Muxtarov and member of the Guatemalan Parliament Jose Ines Castillo have visited Ireli Public Union. Welcoming the guests, Ireli Chairman Rauf Mardiyev, Secretary General Narmin Mammadova and Chairman of the Supervision Commission Khagani Farajov provided detailed information about the activities and projects of the organization. Then, the guests ...
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Visit soon Americas 11 most endangered places
11 Most Endangered Historic Places by the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP). Now in its 26th year, the list spotlights important examples of the nation's architectural, cultural and natural heritage that are at risk of destruction or irreparable damage. This year's roster reflects sites that are threatened by not-so-benign neglect, encroaching development and the impact ...
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Muslims asked to support Obama protests
The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) has called on all Cape Muslims to support protests against US President Barack Obama when he visits Cape Town. Picture: ...
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Obama’s Berlin speech History raises the stakes
US President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama and their daughters Sasha, left, and Malia disembark from Air Force One at the Tegel airport in Berlin Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Obama arrived for a two-day official visit to Germany. AP/Michael Probst BERLIN -- Five years and 50 years. As President Barack Obama revisits Berlin, he can’t escape those anniversaries and the inevitable ...
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US Canadian defense chiefs confer on shared security challenges
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Tuesday held talks with visiting Canadian Minister of National Defense Peter MacKay over bilateral defense cooperation and shared security challenges.During their meeting at the Pentagon, the two "discussed a wide range of topics related to their mutual interest in some of the world's ongoing security challenges," including the Syria crisis, ...
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Obama to push for deep cuts to US Russia nukes
June 18, 2013: President Barack Obama listens to French President Francois Hollande during the G-8 summit at the Lough Erne golf resort in Enniskillen, Northern ...
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Taliban attacks Bagram Air Base following Obama statments
A U.S. soldier at Bargram Air Base, about 60km from Kabul. (Photo courtesy: U.S. Air Force) The Taliban on Wednesday claimed responsibility for the killings of four U.S. forces in an overnight attack on Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, just hours after ...
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President Obama to renew calls for nuclear reductions
Obama will make his case during a speech at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate. His address comes nearly 50 years after John F Kennedy's famous 'Cold War' speech in this once-divided ...
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Obama to deliver Berlin speech
Obama comes to deliver a highly anticipated speech to a country that is a bit more sober about his aspirations, yet still eager to receive his attention at a time that many Germans feel Europe is no longer a US priority.Fifty years ago next week, ...
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Mexico nabs most wanted American sex predator at resort town
(42 mins ago) Mexican officials said they arrested Walter Lee Williams, a US citizen and alleged child sexual predator who was on the FBI's list of top 10 Most Wanted criminals. Williams was arrested in Playa del Carmen, a seaside resort town just south of Cancun on Mexico's Caribbean coast, said Gaspar Armando Garcia, the Quintana Roo state ...
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Obama to renew push for nuclear arms cuts in Berlin speech
June 18, 2013: President Barack Obama listens to French President Francois Hollande during the G-8 summit at the Lough Erne golf resort in Enniskillen, Northern ...
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One-time superstar Obama returns to Berlin as a mere president
President Barack Obama may still have the kind of popularity ratings that any politician would envy, but some Germans say the president’s ‘superstar’ status has been slightly tarnished. His arrival last night in Berlin on a 24-hour trip will culminate in a speech later today at the city’s iconic Brandenburg Gate. Last time he was there, in 2008 as a presidential ...
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Obamas Berlin speech expectations Big shoes to fill including his own
Onlookers take snapshots as the motorcade carrying United States President Barack Obama passes the Brandenburg Gate after arriving in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Obama arrived for a two-day official visit to Germany and will deliver a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate Wednesday June 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Gero ...
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North America's unknown potential disaster
North America is facing a potential ecological disaster that most people are not even aware of, according to scientists who have been studying the little brown bat (or myotis bat), the most common species of bat in the United States and the wider North American continent.
This is because the bat is under attack by a killer fungus that grows on the bats’ wings during hibernation and causes them to lose body fat and wake early from their sleep, which causes them to eventually die. The fungal infection is said by researchers to be capable of killing off the bat within the next 16 years when their current population, which numbers up to several million, may fall to just 0.01% of present levels. Read more
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