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US President Barack Obama presses China over rights

By: yours

BEIJING: US President Barack Obama has told China that individual rights and freedoms should be available to all. He told an audience of Chinese students that certain freedoms were universal – and not just limited to Americans. Speaking at a question-and-answer session in Shanghai, Mr Obama added that China and the US were n

19 days ago

Nobel Spotlights Need for Obama to Act on Rights

By: chnarendra

The award of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama should encourage him to apply his stated principles to both foreign and domestic human rights policy, Human Rights Watch said today. The Nobel committee awarded the prize for "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," and ...

about 1 month ago

Obama Peace Prize Disgraces Nobel Award Process

By: CitizensForHonestGovernment

As an American I am proud that President Barack Obama has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, but as a citizen of the world I am left scratching my head. What exactly has Barack Obama done to deserve this award? Show up for work? Make a speech? Shake a hand? For this miscarriage of recognition I do not blame Barack Obama, I blame the Nobel Prize ...

about 1 month ago

Obama In China-Human Rights

By: dottie62

Obama to China The President pointedly nudged China on Monday to stop censoring Internet access,suggesting Beijing need not fear a little criticism. The Presidents message during a town hall meeting in Shanghai,China's commercial hub;focused on one of the trickiest issues,separating China's communist goverment and United States-human rights

19 days ago