VIENNA, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — The election of Barack Obama as U.S. president has given crucial impetus toward implementing the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty more than a decade after it was negotiated, pact officials said on Wednesday. ... > full story
CHICAGO, Nov. 17, 2008 (Reuters) — President-elect Barack Obama and vanquished rival John McCain met for the first time since the November 4 election on Monday, pledging to work together to face the financial crisis and reduce government waste. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 2008 (Reuters) — In a further sign of warming ties, U.S. President George W. Bush called Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi on Monday to voice satisfaction at a U.S.-Libya deal to compensate victims of terrorism, the White House said. ... > full story
OSLO, Nov. 17, 2008 (Reuters) — President-elect Barack Obama will not attend United Nations talks in Poland next month working on a new treaty for fighting global warming, the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat said on Monday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2008 (Reuters) — A top Republican senator said on Sunday U.S. President-elect Barack Obama would be making a good choice if he selected Sen. Hillary Clinton as his Secretary of State. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2008 (Reuters) — President-elect Barack Obama supports a coordinated response to the global financial crisis and is ready to work with Group of 20 countries on improving the financial system when he takes office. ... > full story
CHICAGO, Nov. 14, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton declined to say on Friday whether she was in the running to be secretary of state, a day after a meeting with President-elect Barack Obama in Chicago. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2008 (Reuters) — President-elect Barack Obama must rethink U.S. policy toward Iran, eschewing confrontation and failed attempts to isolate Tehran through sanctions, according to a group of experts and former diplomats. ... > full story
NEW YORK, Nov. 13, 2008 (Reuters) — Israel's chief negotiator with the Palestinians said on Thursday Israel did not need any "dramatic" intervention in the peace process from U.S. President-elect Barack Obama when he takes office in January. ... > full story
GENEVA, Nov. 12, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. and Russian officials will hold talks in Switzerland over the next week on a replacement for the aging 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), a U.S. government spokeswoman said on Wednesday. ... > full story
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Obama helps Arnold open climate summit Nov. 19, 2008 (Deseret News, Utah) — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger opened his international climate change summit on Tuesday by upstaging himself with an even bigger political star - ...
The Obama effect reaches a subatomic level Nov. 17, 2008 (Cape Times, South Africa) — President-elect Barack Obama is larger than life these days. Except, that is, at the University of Michigan, where he has become remarkably small ...
Obama health plans would carry $1 trillion price tag Nov. 16, 2008 (Jacksonville Business Journal) — President-elect Barack Obama's universal health insurance plans would look a lot like the program being tried in Massachusetts. It would cost $75 ...
Obama daughters asked to appear on "Hannah Montana" Nov. 14, 2008 (China Daily) — U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, wife Michelle and Obama's mother-in-law Marian Robinson (R), watch election results with daughters, Sasha (L) ...
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