When Barack Obama, US president, decided late last week toattend the final stages of the fortnight-long United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen, which begins on Monday, the gasp of relief from delegates heading to the Danish capital w
President Obama, seated at a long table in the White House Situation Room, stared at slides showing various options for sending additional U.S. troops into .He and his top national security advisers had been debating the way forward for two full mon
FRANKFURT - Volkswagen shareholders have overwhelmingly approved a capital increase aimed at financing a purchase of the luxury sports car maker Porsche, a VW statement said. The issuance of 135 million preferential shares, worth more than eight bi
Rubin Kazan forward Chori Dominguez is set to decide on his future in the coming days with Valencia set to up their salary offer in a renewed bid to land the Argentinian forward.It is reported that the Russian champions have asked the 28-year-old to
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will outline plans on Tuesday to send 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan by next summer to speed the battle against the Taliban and will vow to start bringing some home in 19 months. The accelerated timetable
WASHINGTON - After months of debate, President Barack Obama will spell out a costly Afghanistan war expansion to a skeptical public Tuesday night, coupling an infusion of as many as 35,000 more troops with a vow that there will be no endless U.S. co
President Barack Obama's year of outreach to Iran has succeeded in putting it on the diplomatic defensive: that much was clear from Friday's blunt reproach of Tehran by the International Atomic Energy Agency's board. But it's less clear that Obama c
A motion approving a pay increase for MLAs due for debate at the Assembly will not be brought forward for debate, according to Stormont sources.It is understood both the SDLP and the DUP have been to see the Speaker Willie Hay. This was to express u
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