Image by Getty Images via Daylife Paul Krugman Blog - NYTimes.com There has been a distinct change in tone from the Obama team today, as they seem to have become suddenly aware that there's a real risk that the stimulus plan will either fail to pass, or be emasculated to the point that it doesn't co...

Image by Army.mil via Flickr Asia Times Online It may seem there could be nothing in common between the blowing up of a bridge in the Khyber, the usage of an air base nestling in the foothills of the Pamirs and the launch of a 60-pound (37.2 kilogram) satellite into the night sky that will circle th...

Iran yesterday rejected the idea of improved relations with the US unless there is a sharp change of policy from President Barack Obama, as the country began celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Islamic revolution. The intelligence minister, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejeie, denied a report that ther...

When Barack Obama became president there were celebrations around the world. Car horns were honked in Mexico City, thousands gathered to watch the inauguration on big screens in Liverpool and Leeds, feasts were held in Kenya. Yet the festive spirit failed to permeate one small corner of Manhattan, h...

One of President Barack Obama's historic contributions will be a grand act of policy jujitsu - turning the crushing economic crisis into the launch of a new age of sustainable development. His macroeconomic stimulus may or may not cushion the recession, and bitter partisan fights over priorities no ...

1 Said: "So help me God." The phrase is not required by the constitution, so it's arguable that he, Barack Obama, was president by the time he said it, making these his first words in office. 2 Delivered a 17-minute inauguration address, telling the crowds it was time to "pick ourselves up, dust our...

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Barack Obama says he wants a world free of nuclear weapons and is promising new efforts to curb proliferation and secure existing nuclear stockpiles. But his plans, set out during the campaign and reiterated by the White House yesterday, are not as radical as they might appear at first glance. Obama...

Unlike the bungled version of Barack Obama's oath of office delivered on Tuesday, last night's repeat performance featured all the right words in the right order – but that may not be enough to satisfy the conspiracy theorists. Most people dismissed comments by the likes of Chris Wallace on Fox Ne...

The 47th president was sworn in on an unseasonably warm January day. President Gloria Evangelista, the first Hispanic and second woman president of the United States, took the oath on a Spanish-language bible held by her husband, Victor Chu. The controversy about Chu's lucrative lobbying contracts f...