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President Obama meets special armed forces who raid, kill Osama

President Obama meets special armed forces who raid, kill Osama

U.S. President Barack Obama met the special armed forces who raided and killed the most notorious terrorist in the world, Osama bin Laden. The president said that because of the special armed forces the leader of the terrorist group, who is accountable for the 9/11 attacks, is now dead and will never threaten the United [...]

President Obama goes to ground zero

President Obama goes to ground zero

President Barack Obama goes to ground zero, where the Twin Towers stood before the 9/11 attacks, in Lower Manhattan, six days after regulating a brave raid in Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden. President Obama, in his first and foremost visit to ground zero as U.S. president, plans to place a wreath at a memorial [...]

Goodluck Jonathan wins reelection for president in Nigeria

Goodluck Jonathan wins reelection for president in Nigeria

Attahiru Jega, the president of electoral commission, said that President Goodluck Jonathan won the reelection for presidential race in Nigeria. With the results from all of the 36 states of Nigeria, Jega clearly announced he was the winner. The president of electoral commission also said that having confirmed the requirements of the regulation and scored [...]

Lawmakers on budget dispute as shutdown impends

Lawmakers on budget dispute as shutdown impends

Republican and Democratic leaders exchanged tirades over a deadlock on budget that might pressure a government shutdown with few hours left and let hundred thousands of federal employees inactive. As the deadline later at midnight impends, President Barack Obama lawmakers and advisers struggled for an agreement on funding of the government for the remaining fiscal [...]

White House requests Yemen’s President to solve political standoff

White House

The White House requested Ali Abdullah Saleh, the president of Yemen, to solve the political standoff in their nation and guarantee the security and protection of all Yemenis. The White House stated that President Saleh needs to solve the political standoff with the opposition so that significant change in politics can occur in the near [...]

Three Ministers quit job as new coalition takes over

Tunisia

Three ministers leaved their job in Tunisia Cabinet as the new coalition took control the government ousting its former president, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. According to the ministers, they quitted on their job because they felt under pressure from the powerful labor union of the country. They also described the numerous new forces fighting for [...]

Former Haitian dictator accused with abuse, corruption charges

Jean-Claude Duvalier

Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier was charged to the brutal crimes and corruption he committed during his 16 years regime. Haitian police escorted Duvalier from a luxury hotel where he stayed two days after his surprise return to his country, from 25 years in exile in France. Human rights groups are the one who urge [...]

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords undergoes operation to fix eye socket

Gabrielle Giffords

Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in Arizona, underwent a successful operation on Saturday to fix a rupture in the roof of her right eye socket. Dr. Michael Lemole, University Medical Center’s chief of neurosurgery, stated that U.S. Rep. Giffords endured the minor operation well that lasted for two hours. The doctor also said that [...]

House Republicans schedules voting to revoke health care law

House Republicans

The House Republicans scheduled the day of their voting to revoke the health care law of President Barackk Obama on January 12. The schedule occurs after a mid-term election in which they fought against the sign law as a government takeover the health industry. The House Republicans, with 242 members, are expecting to revoke the [...]

President Obama signs 9/11 health bill into law

President Obama

The authors of the 9/11 health bill felt very glad that President Barack Obama signed it into law Sunday during his vacation in Hawaii. According to Bill Burton, the spokesperson of the White House, the president signed the health bill with no signing ceremony at all. In a statement released later, President Obama said that [...]