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• Obama salutes US soldiers in Xmas message

  President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle sent Christmas greetings to Americans and particularly US soldiers serving abroad in a special holiday message.

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• Climate discontent justified: Obama

  President Barack Obama said disenchantment over the Copenhagen climate talks was "justified" but defended the chaotic outcome as the top UN envoy urged an end to post-summit recriminations.

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• US, China offer no new emission cuts

  President Barack Obama and other world leaders took stalled climate talks into their own hands yesterday, holding an emergency meeting to come up with a political agreement to salvage a conference marked by deep divisions between rich and poor countr

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• Obama phones Hasina, says US to stand by Bangladesh

  US President Barack Obama Monday night phoned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and hoped that she would play an important role in the Copenhagen climate summit.

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• 4 world leaders assess climate talks progress

  Nicolas Sarkozy, Barack Obama, Angela Merkel and Gordon Brown held a 50-minute joint telephone call yesterday to discuss progress at UN climate talks in Denmark, the French presidency said.

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Latest News From Around The World

• Times Online

  Barack Obama prepares for fresh sanctions over Tehran ‘bomb’ plan

  President Obama accused Iran yesterday of trying to build a bomb after Tehran’s nuclear scientists began enriching uranium closer to weapons grade in defiance of the United Nations.

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• BBC

  Obama steps up pressure on Iran

  US President Barack Obama says the US and allies are developing "significant sanctions" against Iran over its nuclear programme.

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• Wired

  Shock and Awe: Viral News Is Good News

  The way I see it, the perfect popular news story has at least one of the following elements: blaming Barack Obama, hating Sarah Palin, or sex. If someone wrote an article called "Obama to blame for sex that made Sarah Palin stupid," it would probably

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• Business Week

  Obama Wants Bipartisan Agreement on Jobs, Deficit (Update2)

  President Barack Obama told Democratic and Republican congressional leaders the public is “frustrated” with the stalemate in Washington and that he wants to move on a jobs bill and other legislative priorities.

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• Seattle Times

  Despite all the nice talk, partisanship reigns

  Partisanship is reaching new heights in Washington, even as President Barack Obama makes almost daily pleas to get along.

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