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A graphic on US President Barack Obama's tour of Asia. Japan's ...

(AFP/Graphic) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:11:41 GMT

(AFP/Graphic) - A graphic on US President Barack Obama's tour of Asia. Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has said he does not plan to make a decision on the relocation of a controversial US military base before President Barack Obama visits Tokyo next week.(AFP/Graphic)

The US Capitol dome is seen in Washington, DC. The US House ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:54:36 GMT

(AFP/File) - The US Capitol dome is seen in Washington, DC. The US House of Representatives was on course Wednesday to vote this weekend on sweeping legislation to overhaul US health care, President Barack Obama's top domestic priority, officials said.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)

US President Barack Obama speaks at a hotel in New York. Fifty ...

(AFP) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:10:48 GMT

(AFP) - US President Barack Obama speaks at a hotel in New York. Fifty US lawmakers urged Obama on Tuesday to slap sanctions on foreign firms with investments of more than 20 million dollars in Iran's energy sector as called for under US law.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)

A US Army soldier walks through a cell block at Camp Delta at ...

(AFP/POOL/File) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:29:53 GMT

(AFP/POOL/File) - A US Army soldier walks through a cell block at Camp Delta at Guantanamo Naval Base. The White House denied Monday that swine flu vaccine was being sent to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, knocking down reports detainees would get shots in short supply for at-risk people in the United States.(AFP/POOL/File/Mark Wilson)

US President Barack Obama arrives to speak to tribal leaders ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:46:21 GMT

(AFP) - US President Barack Obama arrives to speak to tribal leaders at the White House Tribal Nations Conference held at the Department of Interior in Washington, DC. Obama told an unprecedented gathering of tribal leaders Thursday that he was committed to giving Native American Indians an equal shot at the "American dream".(AFP/Saul Loeb)

Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya during a press conference ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:21:36 GMT

(AFP) - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya during a press conference at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa. The United States on Friday urged both sides in Honduras's political showdown to return immediately to negotiations and forge a reconciliation government after the collapse of a US-brokered deal.(AFP/Orlando Sierra)

Democratic Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia speaks during ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:43:15 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Democratic Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia speaks during a hearing on May 2009. Byrd, the longest-serving US Senator, made an emotional plea Wednesday against sending more US troops to Afghanistan, warning that the top military commander there had "lost sight" of the war's key goals.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)

The office of Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara, pictured ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:15:26 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - The office of Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara, pictured in October 2009, said 14 people, "including attorneys and Wall Street professionals" were charged "for their alleged involvement in insider trading that netted 20 million dollars."(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mike Nagle)

US President Barack Obama signs a memorandum for closer consultation ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:39:08 GMT

(AFP) - US President Barack Obama signs a memorandum for closer consultation between Native American tribes and the federal government while speaking to tribal leaders at the White House Tribal Nations Conference held at the Department of Interior in Washington, DC. Obama said that he was committed to giving Native American Indians an equal shot at the "American dream".(AFP/Saul Loeb)

Former US president George W. Bush hurls the ceremonial first ...

(AFP/JIJI Press) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:35:08 GMT

(AFP/JIJI Press) - Former US president George W. Bush hurls the ceremonial first pitch for the Japan Series professional baseball match between the Yomiuri Giants and Nippon Ham Fighters at the Tokyo Dome stadium. Bush arrived in Japan on Tuesday on his first visit to the country since he left office, officials said.(AFP/JIJI Press)

Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, R-Mich., questions AIG Chairman Edward ...

(AP) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:35:26 GMT

(AP) - Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, R-Mich., questions AIG Chairman Edward Liddy during a hearing before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capitol Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 18, 2009. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

US President Barack Obama (R) salutes during the dignified transfer ...

(AFP) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:19:40 GMT

(AFP) - US President Barack Obama (R) salutes during the dignified transfer of Sergeant Dale R. Griffin of Terre Haute, Indiana, at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware. Obama said Thursday his poignant trip to witness the return of fallen Americans from Afghanistan was a sobering reminder of extraordinary sacrifices demanded by the eight-year war.(AFP/Saul Loeb)

An Afghan man makes musical instrument in his workshop in Kandahar. ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:47:30 GMT

(AFP) - An Afghan man makes musical instrument in his workshop in Kandahar. The Obama administration said Thursday it has doubled the number of civilian experts working in Afghanistan and is "on track" to meet its goal of nearly 1,000 civilians by the new year.(AFP/Banaras Khan)

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks during her weekly news ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:50:02 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks during her weekly news conference at the US Capitol in November 5. Pelosi said the House of Representatives aimed to take up the most ambitious overhaul of its kind in a half-century on Saturday, though Republican delaying tactics could cause the timing to slide.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mark Wilson)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) greets Vice President Joe ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:25:34 GMT

(AFP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) greets Vice President Joe Biden as she arrives for her address to a joint session of the US Congress at the Capitol in Washington, DC. Merkel used a historic address to the US Congress Tuesday to issue a heartfelt plea on climate change, likening the problem to a second Berlin Wall.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)

Graphic showing major US facilities on Japan's Okinawa island, ...

(AFP/Graphic) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:55:34 GMT

(AFP/Graphic) - Graphic showing major US facilities on Japan's Okinawa island, including Futenma base, focus of discussions on reducing the impact of the US military presence.(AFP/Graphic)

Italian prosecutor Armando Spataro speaks at a Milan's court ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:32:42 GMT

(AFP) - Italian prosecutor Armando Spataro speaks at a Milan's court at the end of the trial of 26 US secret agents in the 2003 abduction of a terror suspect, Osama Mustafa Hassan, an imam better known as Abu Omar, from a Milan street. An Italian judge Wednesday convicted 23 US and two Italian secret agents for the CIA's kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in 2003.(AFP/Giuseppe Cacace)

In this file photo, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions ...

(AP) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:52:13 GMT

(AP) - In this file photo, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., talks with Health and Human Services Secretary-designate, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 31, 2009, prior to the start of her confirmation hearing before the committee. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Iranian Jews are pictured inside a synagogue in Tehran in 2008. ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:34:12 GMT

(AFP/File) - Iranian Jews are pictured inside a synagogue in Tehran in 2008. A religious freedom watchdog Wednesday urged US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to discuss repression in Iran during upcoming talks on its controversial nuclear program.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks with Egyptian Foreign ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:02:59 GMT

(AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit during a joint press conference in Cairo November 4. State Department officials defended Clinton's five-day Middle East trip, which was marred by controversy over Israeli settlements(AFP/Khaled Desouki)