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President-elect Barack Obama will name New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as commerce secretary.

New York City :: NY :: USA | about 1 hour ago

Posted by BiodunIginla

By BETH FOUHY, reporting for Biodun Iginla, BBC News   – 2 hours ago NEW YORK — A Democratic official says President-elect Barack Obama will name New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as commerce secretary. The official says...

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Austrian centrists form coalition

Vienna :: Austria | about 2 hours ago

The center-left Social Democrats of Austria and the conservative People's Party said Sunday that they had agreed to form a governing coalition, rebuilding the partnership that collapsed this year. The announcement comes almost two months after the Social...

Tags: democrats, election, elections, obama, Austrian People's Party, SPOe Social Democrats, sarah palin, john mccain

'War criminal Bush' blamed for worldwide crises

Lima :: Peru | about 2 hours ago

Posted by cooldiponline

PROTESTERS have demanded that US President George W Bush get out of Peru where he is attending an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, blaming him for the world economic crisis. "Bush out," about 1000 demonstrators chanted in the center of...

Tags: Us presidential election, obama, sarah palin, john mccain, hillary clinton, War criminal, Bush, blamed, worldwide crises

Will Clinton be Obama's frenemy of State?

Washington :: DC :: USA | about 2 hours ago

Posted by pranay

WASHINGTON - Cordell Hull was a veteran lawmaker with a worldwide reputation when Franklin Roosevelt chose him for secretary of state in 1933, in part to win support from Hull's army of Democratic admirers. But the dignified Tennessean was never close...

Tags: Barack, Obama, Hillary, Clinton, Secretary of State, Bill, Franklin Roosevelt, enemy, Cordell, Hull

Obama intensifies focus as economy worsens

Washington :: DC :: USA | about 2 hours ago

Posted by pranay

WASHINGTON - With the economy in free fall, President-elect Barack Obama is stepping up efforts to let Americans know what he has planned to stabilize the nation's financial system and calm the markets. He announced a plan this weekend to save or create...

Tags: Barack, Obama, financial, system, economic, National, council, crisis

SNL Suffers From Pre-Thanksgiving Break Blues [Snl]

Bridgeport :: CT :: USA | about 5 hours ago

After opening with a less than hilarious satire of the congressional hearing with Detroit automakers, the show tried to squeeze jokes out of country singer and host Tim McGraw saying slightly unexpected things for an hour. Even the most promising concept...

Tags: barack obama, staff, obama, Rahm Emanuel

US moves strengthen market

Sydney :: Australia | about 6 hours ago

Timothy Geithner named as US Treasury Secretary Drew Cratchley November 23, 2008 11:00pm THE Australian stock market is expected to open stronger today after a late rally on Wall Street ended yet another turbulent week on world markets. Wall Street...

Tags: geithner, stock market, exchange, obama, wall street

Obama: 'Millions of jobs' in danger next year

Washington :: DC :: USA | about 13 hours ago

Posted by cooldiponline

WASHINGTON - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama said on Saturday that he was crafting an aggressive, two-year stimulus plan to revive the troubled economy, warning that swift action was needed to prevent a deep slump and a spiral of falling prices. "If...

Tags: Obama, Millions of jobs in danger next year

Obama, Karzai Discuss Afghan Security

Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 14 hours ago

President-elect Barack Obama for the first time since Mr. Obama won the U.S. election. President Karzai's office released a statement Sunday saying Mr. Obama pledged in a phone call Saturday to bolster U.S. efforts to fight terrorism and improve security...

Tags: obama, afghan, karzai, killed, militants, for, civilians, Barack Obama, Mr. Obama, Afghanistan

Pamela Anderson Writes An Open Letter To Obama, Recommends Legalizing Marijuana

Washington :: DC :: USA | about 14 hours ago

Posted by cooldiponline

Pamela Anderson:   "Dear Mr. Obama: My thoughts/hopeful ideas-: -Free Leonard Peltier- This injustice is just breeding Hate and discrimination. It would be very meaning ful to the Native American people and all of us ho have watched and been saddened...

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