GenevaLunch » Barack Obama http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 25 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Int’l “State of the Mother” report urges better maternal nutritionhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/08/intl-state-of-the-mother-report-urges-better-maternal-nutrition/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/08/intl-state-of-the-mother-report-urges-better-maternal-nutrition/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 12:57:31 +0000 Paula Dupraz http://genevalunch.com/?p=70018 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Save the Children’s annual State of the Mother Report, which ranks countries around the world according to women’s and children’s wellbeing, is focusing on maternal nutrition ahead of this month’s G8 meeting in Camp David, at which US President Barack Obama is expected to discuss food and agriculture. The charity considers “nutrition [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/08/intl-state-of-the-mother-report-urges-better-maternal-nutrition/feed/ 0 Obama promises to “finish the job” in Afghan speechhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/02/obama-promises-to-finish-the-job-in-afghan-speech/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/02/obama-promises-to-finish-the-job-in-afghan-speech/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 12:39:46 +0000 Paula Dupraz http://genevalunch.com/?p=69815 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – US President Barack Obama promised to “finish the job” begun in Afghanistan, in a speech pronounced during a surprise visit to a US military base in the country, Wednesday morning 2 May. The president’s speech, which takes place a year after Osama Bin Laden’s death and broadcast from Bagram Air Base to [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/02/obama-promises-to-finish-the-job-in-afghan-speech/feed/ 0 US secret service, military in Colombian prostitution scandalhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/16/us-secret-service-military-in-colombian-prostitution-scandal/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/16/us-secret-service-military-in-colombian-prostitution-scandal/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:07:24 +0000 Paula Dupraz http://genevalunch.com/?p=69060 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The United States Secret Service and military responsible for protecting President Barack Obama are under scrutiny following accusations of misconduct involving prostitutes in Cartagena, Colombia before the president arrived for the Summit of the Americas there. Eleven secret service agents and five military servicemen were suspended from duty 14 April. Republican representative [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/16/us-secret-service-military-in-colombian-prostitution-scandal/feed/ 0 Santorum ends US presidential racehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/10/santorum-ends-us-presidential-race/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/10/santorum-ends-us-presidential-race/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:05:53 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=68844 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Rick Santorum has pulled out of the  race for the Republican Party candidacy for the US presidential race, leaving it wide open for Mitt Romney. Santorum says he will continue to fight to unseat President Barack Obama, but he did not endorse Romney, who called him “an important voice” for the party [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/10/santorum-ends-us-presidential-race/feed/ 0 N Korean rocket threats overshadow Seoul nuclear safety summithttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/27/n-korean-rocket-threats-overshadow-seoul-nuclear-safety-summit/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/27/n-korean-rocket-threats-overshadow-seoul-nuclear-safety-summit/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:01:32 +0000 Paula Dupraz http://genevalunch.com/?p=68301 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – North Korea’s plan to launch a long-range rocket next month upstaged talks at the 53-leader summit on nuclear security as it came to a close Tuesday 27 March in Seoul, South Korea. The North Korean foreign ministry said it would carry out plans to launch a satellite missile into orbit next month [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/27/n-korean-rocket-threats-overshadow-seoul-nuclear-safety-summit/feed/ 0 Obama health plan biggest US court casehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/27/obama-health-plan-biggest-us-court-case/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/27/obama-health-plan-biggest-us-court-case/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:57:20 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=68258 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – One of the most widely-watched US Supreme Court cases is underway this week in Washington DC, with the judges holding hearings 27-29 March on President Barack Obama’s health care plan. The plan was signed into law in 2010, but immediately challenged, initially by the State of Florida. The hearing is key for [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/27/obama-health-plan-biggest-us-court-case/feed/ 0 US elections: Illinois primary crucial for Romneyhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/20/us-elections-illinois-primary-crucial-for-romney/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/20/us-elections-illinois-primary-crucial-for-romney/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:08:40 +0000 Paula Dupraz http://genevalunch.com/?p=68015 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A victory by Mitt Romney in Tuesday’s Republican party primary in Illinois would be key toward winning the party’s nomination for the US presidential election as he continues his state-to-state duel with Rick Santorum. Polls have put the former Massachusetts governor ahead of Santorum by an average of 7.5 percent, according to [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/20/us-elections-illinois-primary-crucial-for-romney/feed/ 0 Obama sets the tone for US presidential racehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/25/obama-sets-the-tone-for-us-presidential-race/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/25/obama-sets-the-tone-for-us-presidential-race/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:35:55 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=65515 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Fairness was the big word in the annual State of the Union address delivered by US President Barack Obama, who focused on keeping the American Dream alive. The speech serves as a reply to Republican candidates campaigning for the November 2012 presidential election and it provides the Democrats’ agenda for the year [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/25/obama-sets-the-tone-for-us-presidential-race/feed/ 0 Lady Gaga says yes to fundraising for President Obamahttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/26/lady-gaga-says-yes-to-fundraising-for-president-obama/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/26/lady-gaga-says-yes-to-fundraising-for-president-obama/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:35:47 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=61846 GenevaLunch.com Silicon Valley elites who were paying up to $35,800 dollars per couple to attend a fund raising for US President Barack Obama were over towered by Pop singer Lady Gaga who attended the party. Last week, the singer tweeted to her followers that she planned to meet with the president to discuss “how to stop [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/26/lady-gaga-says-yes-to-fundraising-for-president-obama/feed/ 0 Buffett repeats US debt oracle: tax the richhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/16/buffett-repeats-us-debt-oracle-tax-the-rich/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/16/buffett-repeats-us-debt-oracle-tax-the-rich/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 06:05:23 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60673 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – It’s not the first time super-investor Warren Buffett has said the US government should stop giving so many tax breaks to the rich, but his op-ed piece published by the New York Times Monday 15 August had a special impact because of the crisis over the spiraling US government debt. Buffett’s suggestion [...]

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