LONDON — President Barack Obama sought Wednesday to rally the world’s top and emerging powers to help cope with a global economic downturn, saying, ” … will reflect enormous consensus about the need to work in concert to deal with these problems,” Obama said before the G-20 economic crisis summit. Obama prodded nations to spur growth and work

The strike was the first drone attack in the Orakzai ethnic Pashtun tribal region, which is near the Afghan border, southwest of the city of Peshawar … attack from a pilotless US aircraft since President Barack Obama last week unveiled a sweeping new

As I type this, the G20 summit is getting underway across town. President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama kicked the day off with a breakfast with Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah. The British papers are giving a good deal of real estate

The beginning of a new month always precedes 2 important events in the forex market: the release of immensely important U.S. economic data and an influx of trading after workers receive monthly salaries. Kicking off the month of April today, traders will notice a large portion of economic news coming from the States; particularly regarding housing,

“In an interview with London’s Financial Times published Friday, … the globe, President Barack Obama and other world leaders will convene Wednesday in London , desperate

This comes straight from Andy Borowitz: In remarks that seemed guaranteed to create controversy, … on Barack Obama’s watch.” He does see that  other scenarios  would help the GOP: “

-The New Yorker’s Seymour Hersh says that Dick Cheney is spying on Barack Obama and using his cronies in the Department of Defense to manipulate policy. ( Think Progress ) -South Park guys Trey

LONDON – President Barack Obama is acknowledging strained relations between the United States and Russia but says the time has come for the two countries to emphasize areas where they can work together. Obama in Europe: More DVDs for Gordon Brown? Germany’s hard line on the stimulus: Why Merkel says ‘Nein’ G20 leaders

WHYS on BBC World News television: Watch live at 1530GMT. We’ll link to a live stream here.So here we go. As I’m writing this Gordon Brown and Barack Obama are holding a joint press conference in London. Fifteen minutes before our TV show starts Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy are planning

US President Barack Obama has stressed the “sense of urgency” needed to confront the global economic crisis. This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 at 9:52