Posts Tagged ‘united’
Number of fat people in US to grow, report says (AP)
AP - Citizens of the world's richest countries are getting fatter and fatter and the United States is leading the charge, an organization of leading economies said Thursday in its first ever obesity forecast. See original here: Number of fat people in US to grow, report says (AP)
Obama targets Middle East peace within a year (AFP)
AFP - US President Barack Obama will on Thursday tell world powers at the United Nations they can help seal a deal within a year to welcome a new member -- Palestine -- by backing his Middle East peace drive. Read the original here: Obama targets Middle East peace within a year (AFP)
Obama to urge support for Middle East peace at U.N. (Reuters)
Reuters - President Barack Obama is to make a plea at the United Nations on Thursday for international support for the Middle East peace process, urging world leaders to make sure "this time is different" from previous failed efforts. The rest is here: Obama to urge support for Middle East peace at U.N. (Reuters)
UN summit ends with calls for tougher battle against poverty (AFP)
AFP - US President Barack Obama called Wednesday for greater urgency in the fight against the world's social ills as a UN poverty summit ended with tens of billions of dollars of pledges but lingering pessimism about the impact. Here is the original post: UN summit ends with calls for tougher battle against poverty (AFP)
Obama warns world must do better or miss anti-poverty goals (AFP)
AFP - President Barack Obama warned Wednesday the world must do better and change its approach or miss ambitious 2015 anti-poverty goals, as he laid out a new US foreign aid strategy. See the article here: Obama warns world must do better or miss anti-poverty goals (AFP)
For Obama, time to remind the world of his agenda (AP)
AP - Consumed by concerns at home, President Barack Obama turns back to the world stage this week, hoping to remind anyone listening of his efforts to reshape the image and diplomacy of the United States. Yet even this moment is shadowed by economic woes. Continue reading here: For Obama, time to remind the world of his agenda (AP)
Sarkozy calls for global finance tax to help the poor (AFP)
AFP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday called for a global tax on financial transactions as the UN Millennium Goals summit heard pleas for a new effort to cut poverty. See more here: Sarkozy calls for global finance tax to help the poor (AFP)
Ahmadinejad calls on U.S. to release 8 Iranians (Reuters)
Reuters - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday called on the United States to release eight Iranians who he said were being held illegally, noting that his country made a humanitarian gesture last week in releasing an American woman held since July 2009. The rest is here: Ahmadinejad calls on U.S. to release 8 Iranians [...]
Obama makes rare church appearance in Washington (Reuters)
Reuters - President Barack Obama, who invoked his own Christian faith recently in seeking to quell anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States, attended church in Washington on Sunday for the first time in about five months. Read the rest here: Obama makes rare church appearance in Washington (Reuters)
Obama makes rare church appearance in Washington (Reuters)
Reuters - President Barack Obama, who invoked his own Christian faith recently in seeking to quell anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States, attended church in Washington on Sunday for the first time in about five months. See the original post here: Obama makes rare church appearance in Washington (Reuters)
