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Obama urges China action on yuan

added on 2010-03-12 09:00:56 (BBC News | World | UK Edition)

US President Barack Obama has urged China to change its currency strategy to help re-balance the global economy. ...more.

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Barack Obama To Give Nobel Peace Prize Money to Charity

added on 2010-03-12 13:01:36 (Pravda.Ru: Russian news and analysis)

President of USA Barack Obama has made good on a promise to give his $1.4 million in Nobel Peace Prize money to charity, releasing on Thursday the names of the organizations that will benefit ...more.

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There Is No Need to Create Biological Copies of Human Beings

added on 2010-03-12 17:01:29 (Pravda.Ru: Russian news and analysis)

The human cloning is formally banned in two countries possessing state-of-the-art technologies in the field of molecular biology � the USA and Britain. Therapeutic cloning was allowed in the USA several days after Barack Obama�s inauguration. It goes about the development of human embryos, the development of which stops during the 14th day of their life. The embryo is then used as a source of stem cells ...more.

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Obama's ambitious export plan may rekindle free-trade battle

added on 2010-03-12 05:31:08 (Washington Post - Politics)

President Obama unveiled plans Thursday to double U.S. exports over the next five years in hopes of spurring job growth, an ambitious goal that may rekindle the battle over free-trade policy. ...more.

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Democrats' blind spot on health reform

added on 2010-03-12 00:01:12 (Washington Post - Politics)

In "The March of Folly," Barbara Tuchman asked, "Why do holders of high office so often act contrary to the way reason points and enlightened self-interest suggests?" Her assessment of self-deception -- "acting according to wish while not allowing oneself to be deflected by the facts" -- captures the conditions that are gripping President Obama and the Democratic Party leadership as they renew their efforts to enact health-care reform. ...more.

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Chief justice: Obama speech 'troubling'

added on 2010-03-11 01:00:39 (CNN - Top Stories)

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Obama says Haiti situation 'dire'

added on 2010-03-10 22:00:54 (BBC News | World | UK Edition)

Barack Obama warns that the crisis in quake-hit Haiti is not over, as he meets the country's president. ...more.

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Obama backs Greece on speculators

added on 2010-03-10 01:01:00 (BBC News | World | UK Edition)

President Barack Obama has 'responded positively' to calls to clamp down on market speculators, says the Greek PM after talks. ...more.

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Obama renews backing of earthquake-stricken Haiti

added on 2010-03-10 20:31:18 (Washington Post - Politics)

President Obama pledged enduring U.S. support on Wednesday for Haiti's recovery and reconstruction following its devastating earthquake two months ago, and the visiting Haitian president urged the creation of a special U.N. disaster relief force. ...more.

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