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Obama: Boosting European Growth Is Important 'To Our Economy Back Here'

Reuters | Posted 04.11.2012

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WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama assured Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti on Thursday that the United States w...

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Obama Bails On Ireland As Ash Plume Looms

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 07.23.2011

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DUBLIN — The White House says President Barack Obama will leave Ireland early due to safety concerns over a cloud of ash from an Icelandic volca...

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Obama Heading To Europe

Posted 07.22.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Weaving together strands of pomp, policy and summitry, President Barack Obama's weeklong European tour is all about tending to old ...

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Obama's Trip To Show Europe He Still Cares

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Just days after an exhausting and sometimes disappointing trip to Asia, President Barack Obama is dashing to Europe to assure Ameri...

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"Only the mood music has changed": Tariq Ali on Obama's presidency

Christian Avard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Is president Barack Obama the change America has been waiting for or is he another corporate Democrat representing elite interests? According to Tar...

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To Heed President Obama's Call to Strengthen the EU, Britain Must First Have a Referendum on Whether to Stay in at All

Azeem Ibrahim | Posted 05.25.2011

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What are the prospects for the President's call for a Britain which helps keep the EU strong? On any measure, the answer does not look good.

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Obama's Aimless and Confused Foreign Policy: A French View

Robert A. Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama administration has suffered many problems that have hindered its mounting a coherent foreign and defense policy. There is no indication that this will change in the near future.

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Outlook From London: Crises Galore

Lord Weidenfeld of Chelsea | Posted 05.25.2011

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Great Britain is the most intensively engaged European country in Afghanistan and yet Obama's America is cooler than ever towards London, and of course towards all Europeans.

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Sarkozy and Merkel Brush Off Obama snub

AP | DEBORAH SEWARD | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARIS — French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel brushed off President Barack Obama's decision not to attend an annu...

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Obama-Mania Lives On In Europe, But Results Wanted

AP | DEBORAH SEWARD | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARIS — Europeans might have reason to feel disappointed with Barack Obama. The American president arrives this week in Europe to pick up his N...

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Why Europe Feels Rejected By Obama

New York Times | JOHN VINOCUR | Posted 05.25.2011

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Why would an American president not come to a celebration marking the fall of the Berlin Wall, and with it, the triumphant end of the Cold War -- one ...

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Europeans' Approval Of Obama Jumps Significantly From Bush

globalpost.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK With regard to Europe, at least, everything old may be new again. Donald Rumsfeld stirred a hornet's nest ahead of the Iraq War in 2003 when...

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The End of "U.S. Vs. Them" for Israel

Ethan Pack | Posted 05.25.2011

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If there is a Hezbullah victory in Lebanon, the U.S. and E.U. will have to decide whether to deal with a functional, elected Arab government despite its militant antagonism toward Israel.

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Getting Back to Work Following the U.S.-Turkey Visit

Suat Kiniklioglu | Posted 05.25.2011

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My colleagues and I in the Turkish Parliament are rolling up our sleeves because we feel it is time to channel the excitement of our new beginning into a momentum for real partnership.

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Obama In Istanbul: Visits Mosque, Reaches Out To Turkish Youth

AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 05.25.2011

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ISTANBUL, Turkey — President Barack Obama heralded a "new chapter of American engagement" with the world on Tuesday and vowed to forge new relat...

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Obama In Turkey: Meets With Leaders, Addresses Parliament

AP | TOM RAUM and JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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ANKARA, Turkey — Declaring the U.S. "is not and never will be at war with Islam," President Barack Obama worked Monday to mend frayed ties with ...

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Obama Extends a Hand of Friendship to Islam

Kamran Pasha | Posted 05.25.2011

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As I listened to Obama's speech, I heard one word repeated countless times. Respect. It is a word that Muslims have craved to hear from American leaders.

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Obama in Istanbul: Test for the West

Nathan Gardels | Posted 05.25.2011

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The new Obama administration has assigned such pivotal importance to Turkey because it is the great experiment in the world today of both non-Western and post-secular modernity.

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Istanbul Prepares for Obama with Protests

Sean-Paul Kelley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Here in Istanbul yesterday, I heard chants and shouts of "Obama!" followed by "Amrika" and the rest I couldn't translate. I learned later they were chanting "Obama, Go Home!"

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The G-20 Conference -- Thin Air at the Summit

Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.25.2011

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What was missing at the G-20 was a true revolution in the thinking of the global financial and political elites. And that will not happen without either more inspired leadership at the top or more pressure from below.

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Obama Launches Offensive Against Nuclear Weapons

The Guardian | Ian Traynor and Patrick Wintour in Strasbourg, Ewen Macaskill in Washington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama yesterday announced a radical drive aimed at ridding the world of nuclear weapons, as the focus of his European visit switched from finan...

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Obama Can't Escape Americans At European Town Hall

AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 05.25.2011

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STRASBOURG, France — Who knew Europe had so many Americans? President Barack Obama found out when he held a town-hall meeting for German and Fr...

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Obama Calls Out European "Anti-Americanism" And American "Arrogance"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Urging a common effort to restructure the world economy and rebuild international alliances, President Barack Obama did not hesitate on Friday to call...

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G-20 Leaders Eye More IMF Funds, Tighter Regulations (VIDEO)

AP | JANE WARDELL | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — Leaders from around the globe made headway Thursday on tackling the world's worst financial crisis since the 1930s, with signs of agree...

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G-20: Europe Welcomes Obama (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 05.25.2011

Barack Obama arrived in London last night for the start of his eight-day, five-country trip. He has begun meetings with British Prime Minister Gordon ...

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