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WASHINGTON (AP) — Osama bin Laden , the glowering mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that killed thousands of Americans, was killed in an operation led by the United States, President Barack Obama said today.
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama (Reuters) – President Barack Obama promised federal aid on Friday to the tornado-ravaged South, where deadly twisters have killed at least 339 people and caused billions of dollars in damage.
AMMAN (Reuters) – The United States imposed new sanctions on key Syrian government figures after security forces killed more than 60 people across Syria during demonstrations demanding the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad.
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) – Republican presidential hopefuls jockeyed for position and took turns assailing President Barack Obama at an event on Friday that illustrated the wide-open race for the party’s 2012 nomination.
WESTERN BUREAU: President of the Jamaica Association of Principals of Secondary Schools, Sharon Reid, has encouraged educators not to fight fire with fire when dealing with pervasive problem of aggressive children…
AMMAN (Reuters) – Security forces deployed in a suburb of the Syrian capital and in the city of Banias on Tuesday, witnesses said, even as President Bashar al-Assad drew international criticism for sending in tanks to crush a revolt.
AMMAN (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Syrians demanded the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday at funerals for scores of people killed by security forces in the country’s bloodiest pro-democracy protests, witnesses said.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that boosting the amount of individual income subject to Social Security taxes should be considered as a way to put the retirement program on a stronger fiscal footing.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama drew a sharp line on Tuesday between Republican and Democratic plans to cut the deficit, but he said a deal could be reached despite ideological differences between the two sides.
Syria’s government has lifted the country’s decades-old state of emergency as protests against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad continue.
