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Obama sets the tone for US presidential race

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:35:55 +0000

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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Lady Gaga says yes to fundraising for President Obama

Laila Rodriguez — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:35:47 +0000

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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Buffett repeats US debt oracle: tax the rich

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 06:05:23 +0000

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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Ban Ki-moon’s bid for 2nd term gets Obama boost

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:49:32 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The announcement 6 June by United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon that he will run for a second term was greeted positively Tuesday by US President Barack Obama, who says he will support Ki-moon. The UN’s Secretary General is unopposed at the moment. “Under Ban’s leadership, the United Nations has played a critical [...]

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Reactions to Obama talk praise orator, doubt can-do man

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 08:22:14 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Two days after US President Barack Obama gave his State of the Union address reactions remain varied, with praise for his oratory and mixed reactions to his success at inspiring, clouded by doubts about the president’s ability to push through his programmes in a Congress where a stronger Republican presence is likely to halt any [...]

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World waits to hear Obama’s recipe for next 2 years

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:14:27 +0000

GenevaLunch.com US President Barack Obama will give his annual State of the Union speech Tuesday evening 25 January US time, and it is drawing more than the usual attention, in part because of the extent to which social media will be used to include voters in the post-speech discussions. Questions cana be sent via Twitter and [...]

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Richard Holbrooke, diplomat, dies

Sean Ecker — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 07:04:12 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Richard Holbrooke, President Barack Obama’s point man for US policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, has died, aged 69. Obama called him “simply one of the giants of American foreign policy”. Holbrooke served every Democratic president since Lyndon Johnson, helped to write the leaked Defense Department report on the Vietnam War that came to be known [...]

USA sends carrier force to Yellow Sea

Sean Ecker — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 09:58:33 +0000

GenevaLunch.com US President Barack Obama has ordered an aircraft carrier task force to hold joint exercises with South Korea’s naval forces, after North Korea pounded an inhabited South Korean island near the peninsula’s disputed western maritime border 23 November. Four people are confirmed dead in the artillery attack, two civilians and two military personnel. South Korea’s [...]

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China supports UN Security Council reform

Sean Ecker — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 09:50:31 +0000

GenevaLunch.com China welcomes reform of the UN Security Council as “necessary”, two days after US President Barack Obama said the US would support an Indian bid to gain permanent member status of the body. A Chinese foreign ministry spokesman, Hong Lei, told a news conference in Beijing 1o November that “China values the role India plays [...]

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Obama arrives in Indonesia at last

Sean Ecker — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 09:35:58 +0000

GenevaLunch.com US President Barack Obama is touching down in Jakarta, Indonesia Tuesday 9 November for a 24-hour visit to a country he once called home. He has had to cancel two previous trips this year. He will meet Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, tour the country’s largest mosque and make a speech in which he is [...]