By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 30 August 2007 Taleban insurgents in Afghanistan freed the remaining three South Korean hostages late Thursday bringing to an end a six-week drama that saw two of the 23 original captives executed. Earlier in the day four o

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U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown are calling for global unity as world leaders gather in London for an emergency economic summit. The two leaders downplayed differences on steps to reverse the current economic slid

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Today, America faces a make-or-break moment for the middle class. After the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes, some still want to return to the same policies that got us into this mess. Theyre the same policies that have stacked the deck against

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Obama administration on Saturday killed the idea of minting platinum coins in the denomination of 1 trillion U.S. dollars to generate revenue and avoid the looming battle with Republicans on raising the federal gov

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday condemned the terrorist attack in Algeria leading to the deaths of 23 hostages, calling it another reminder of the threat posed by al-Qaeda and other violent extremist groups in

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WASHINGTON, June 8 (Xinhua) -- In a hastily arranged White House press conference on Friday, U.S. President Barack Obama pressed for a bigger role of government in curbing the simmering eurozone debt crisis and boost the anemic growth on both sides o

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