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 Obama holds high-stakes Mideast talks  Ahead of direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians President Barack Obama said that he was cautiously hopeful
| President Obama urges Mid-East leaders not to let the chance of a peace deal slip away
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 Pakistan military group cancels U.S. visit A delegation decided to cancel a meeting with U.S. military officials in protest after they were taken off a plane and questioned at the air...
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| Sep.2 |
Washington |
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 Middle East talks 'constructive' Direct talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders kicked off again with pledges of support from leaders on both sides for a peace process
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| Sep.3 |
Washington |
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  Settlements remain obstacle in peace talks After two days of meetings and talks, Israeli and Palestinian leaders leave Washington deadlocked over the issue of Israeli settlements
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| Sep.6 |
Washington |
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 Obama to unveil $50bn building plan President Barack Obama is expected to call for a new infrastructure plan as he bids to find ways to jump-start the spluttering US economy
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| Sep.8 |
Washington |
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 Clinton: Mexico drug crime like insurgency US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: Drug-related violence in Mexico increasingly has the hallmarks of an insurgency
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| Sep.10 |
Washington |
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Obama pleads for Koran row calm| US President Barack Obama has made a plea for religious tolerance, amid continuing outrage over a church's threat to burn copies of the Koran | |
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| Sep.11 |
Manhattan |
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9/11 anniversary marked amid row  Map of Ground Zero USA The U.S. is marking 9 years since terrorist attack on 9/11 amid controversy over plans for an Islamic centre near Ground Zero and a threat to burn the Koran
| In New York relatives read out the names of those who died. At the Pentagon, Obama said the US was not at war with Islam
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| Sep.13 |
Washington |
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 US to push $60bn Saudi arms sale The Pentagon is set to notify the US Congress of a $60bn weapons sale to Saudi Arabi advanced military aircraft
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| Sep.17 |
Washington |
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Nuclear scientist tried to pass info A former Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist and his wife were indicted on charges of trying to provide nuclear secrets to Venezuela
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| Sep.20 |
Washington |
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 US recession 'longest since WWII' The National Bureau of Economic Research: The US recession lasted 18 months and was the most prolonged since World War II
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| Sep.21 |
U.S. Senate |
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Bid to repeal US gay ban falters The senators have rejected attempts to open a debate on a bill which allowing the repeal of the ban on openly gay military personnel
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Key Obama economy adviser to quit President Barack Obama's top economics advisor, Larry Summers, is to leave the administration at the end of the year
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US Supreme Court allows execution The US Supreme Court has refused to halt the Virginia execution of Teresa Lewis
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 Book: US 'in-fighting' over Afghanistan President Barack Obama's special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan believes the current strategy cannot work
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| Sep.24 |
Washington |
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  Obama condemns Ahmadinejad speech | US President has described as 'hateful' the claim by Iran's President that most people believe the US government was behind the 9/11 attacks | |
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| Sep.29 |
U.S. Senate |
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 Senators want facts on bomber's release The Foreign Relations Committee will hold a hearing on the circumstances surrounding the release of convicted Pan Am Flight 103 bomber
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U.S. adds more sanctions against Iran | Citing 'mounting evidence' of repression of the opposition, the administration added more sanctions against Iranian government officials | |
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| Sep.30 |
 Beijing |
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'US bill on yuan would hurt both countries' U.S. House's passage of legislation designed to combat Beijing's manipulation of currency
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Obama meets freed US hiker Shourd A hiker Sarah Shourd freed after more than a year in prison in Iran has met US President Barack Obama
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