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    Jun 19, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV

  1. Obama renews calls for nuclear reductions

    <span style="font-size: small;">BERLIN (AP) &mdash; Issuing an appeal for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change, a danger he called "the global threat of our time."</span>
    BERLIN (AP) — Issuing an appeal for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change, a danger he called "the global threat of...

    Tags: Nuclear Policy, Berlin (Germany), Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Politics, Government

    2. Jun 18, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV

  2. NSA director says agency programs stopped around 50 terror plots

    <span style="font-size: small;">WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; The director of the National Security Agency said Tuesday the government's sweeping surveillance programs have foiled some 50 terrorist plots worldwide, including one directed at the New York Stock Exchange, in a forceful defense of spy operations that was echoed by the leaders of the House Intelligence Committee.</span>
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the National Security Agency said Tuesday the government's sweeping surveillance programs have foiled some 50 terrorist plots worldwide, including one directed at the New York Stock Exchange, in a forceful defense...

    Tags: Financial Markets, NYSE Euronext, Inc., National Security Agency, Najibullah Zazi, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.

    3. Jun 20, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  3. End to Fed stimulus, China slowdown spark world sell-off

    Reuters
    LONDON (Reuters) - The clear signal from the U.S. Federal Reserve that it will soon stop pumping money into the global economy and data pointing to Chinese growth slowing sparked sharp falls in bonds, shares and commodities on Thursday. Emerging markets,...

    Tags: Mexico, Westpac Banking Corporation, Financial Markets, Luxembourg, Tokyo Stock Exchange

    4. Jun 20, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  4. Pope blames speculation, corruption for "scandalous" food crisis

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    ROME, June 20 (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Thursday that financial speculation and corruption were keeping millions of people in hunger and the financial crisis could not be used as an alibi for failing to to help the poor. The speech was the...

    Tags: United Nations, Rome (Italy), Benedict XVI, Summits

    5. Jun 20, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  5. Pope blames speculation, corruption for 'scandalous' food crisis

    Reuters
    ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Thursday that financial speculation and corruption were keeping millions of people in hunger and the financial crisis could not be used as an alibi for failing to help the poor. The speech was the latest in a...

    Tags: United Nations, Rome (Italy), Benedict XVI, Summits

    6. Jun 20, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  6. Dollar rises as Fed signals stimulus scale-back

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    LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar rose on Thursday as global asset markets adjusted sharply after the Federal Reserve confirmed that it would begin reducing the pace of stimulus this year as the economic outlook improves. Against the buoyant dollar, the euro...

    Tags: Nikkei, Financial Markets, Emerging Market, Ben Bernanke, Tokyo (Japan)

    7. Jun 20, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  7. Obama challenges Russia to agree to deeper nuclear weapon cuts

    Reuters
    BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama used a speech in Berlin on Wednesday to call on Russia to revive the push for a world without nuclear weapons, offering to cut deployed nuclear arsenals by a third, but Moscow immediately poured scorn on...

    Tags: Ronald Reagan, Military Equipment, James Inhofe, Treaties, Russia

    8. Jun 20, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Snowden not much of a spy

    It would make things so much easier for everyone if Edward Snowden were working for China. And that's certainly a possibility. His decision to flee to Hong Kong -- a Chinese vassal -- was an odd one, given that China is hardly a bulwark of...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Vatican City, National Security Agency, Edward Snowden, Culture

    9. Jun 19, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  9. Obama defends U.S. intelligence strategy in wary Berlin

    BERLIN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama defended U.S. anti-terrorism tactics on a visit to Berlin on Wednesday, telling wary Germans Washington was not spying on the emails of ordinary citizens and promising to step up efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay prison.
    Reuters
    BERLIN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama defended U.S. anti-terrorism tactics on a visit to Berlin on Wednesday, telling wary Germans Washington was not spying on the emails of ordinary citizens and promising to step up efforts to close the Guantanamo...

    Tags: Berlin (Germany), George W. Bush, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Georgetown, European Union

    10. Jun 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Obama defends NSA digital surveillance programs

    BERLIN -- President Obama tried to reassure skeptical Europeans about sweeping U.S. digital surveillance programs expanded under his watch, arguing that the programs are circumscribed, overseen by a court and effective.
    BERLIN -- President Obama tried to reassure skeptical Europeans about sweeping U.S. digital surveillance programs expanded under his watch, arguing that the programs are circumscribed, overseen by a court and effective. "What I can say to everybody in...

    Tags: Angela Merkel, Civil Rights, Computer Networking and Internet, Crime, Law and Justice, National Security Agency

    11. Jun 19, 2013 |Story| WSBT Radio

  11. Bono Bonds With Michelle Obama & Kids For Lunch

    <span style="font-size: small;">He&rsquo;s Irish, he&rsquo;s a rock star, and he&rsquo;s committed to ending poverty, so it&rsquo;s not surprising U2 singer Bono was able to coax First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia to join him and his wife, Ali, for lunch while President Barack Obama was busy at this week&rsquo;s G8 Summit in Ireland. The frontman and first family, along with about 60 other guests, broke bread at Finnegan&rsquo;s of Dalkey pub in his native Dublin. Asked what the conversation with the First Lady consisted of, Bono said, &ldquo;We talked about everything and nothing. It was a family lunch.&rdquo;</span>
    He’s Irish, he’s a rock star, and he’s committed to ending poverty, so it’s not surprising U2 singer Bono was able to coax First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia to join him and his wife, Ali, for lunch while...

    Tags: U2 (music group), Republic of Ireland, Summits, Barack Obama

    12. Jun 19, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  12. Obama buscará nuevas metas para reducir arsenal nuclear: funcionario

    Reuters
    Por Jeff Mason y Roberta Rampton BERLÍN, 19 jun (Reuters) - El presidente de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, dirá el miércoles que busca una nueva reducción de las armas nucleares desplegadas de hasta un tercio por debajo del nivel alcanzado en el...

    Tags: Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy, Vladimir Putin, Barack Obama

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