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Obama addresses UN General Assembly, pledges Syria aid
U.S. President Barack Obama says the United States will provide an additional $340 million in humanitarian aid to support those affected by ...Obama urges diplomatic solution to Iran issue
US President Barack Obama has said he is pushing for diplomacy with the new Iranian government over its suspect nuclear program which ...Obama says he quit cigarettes for fear of wife
U.S. President Barack Obama says he hasn\'t had a smoke in years — thanks in no small part to first lady Michelle ...US sets first curbs on power plant carbon emissions
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\'s proposed limits on power-plant emissions blamed for climate change represents a new battleground for an agency that ...Obama touts gains in exports amid slowing growth
President Barack Obama says the United States sells more goods overseas than ever before and will continue to pass that record again ...US boxing legend Ken Norton dies at 70
Ken Norton, the former heavyweight boxing champion who broke Muhammad Ali\'s jaw in a 1973 bout, died on Wednesday at an Arizona ...Syrian chemical weapons destruction will take one year, Assad says
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has pledged to destroy his stockpile of chemical arms but said it would take one year to do ...Russia says it has proof rebels behind deadly chemical attack in Syria
Russia claims to have received evidence from the Syrian regime implicating rebels in a deadly poison gas attack, as divisions re-emerged ...Austria gunman kills 4 in ongoing standoff
A gunman in Austria killed four people, including three police officers, and was firing sporadically Tuesday at police after barricading himself in ...Brazil president postpones US trip over spying allegations
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has postponed a state visit to the White House on October 23 out of concerns about US surveillance ...