About 200 Kyrgyz disabled children received wheelchairs from Russian and U.S. presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama. Medvedev ordered to send advanced technical equipment to 50 disabled children in Kyrgyzstan after President Roza Otunbayeva asked for help. Washington also responded by sending about 100 wheelchairs. “Russia and the United States can do [...]
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December 9, 2011
Russian, U.S. presidents donate wheelchairs to Kyrgyz disabled children
November 25, 2011
Main News of November 24
WORLD Former Egyptian prime minister Kamal Ganzouri agreed to a request by the ruling military council to form a new government At least eleven people were killed in three blasts in the southern Iraqi city of Basra RUSSIA A Russian newsreader who was reported to have given U.S. President Barack Obama [...]
November 24, 2011
Russian newsreader fired after ‘giving Obama the finger’
A Russian newsreader who was reported to have given U.S. President Barack Obama the finger while on air was dismissed on Thursday. Award-winning REN TV presenter Tatiana Limanova made the gesture while reading Obama’s name during a November 14 item on the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference. Online footage of the incident has since [...]
November 17, 2011
White House Obama-hating shooter busted
Police in Pennsylvania have arrested a young man thought to be behind last week’s White House shooting. The suspect allegedly shot at a window in the executive mansion, while President Barack Obama was in California. Idaho Falls resident Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, 21, has a history of mental instability and is thought to be “obsessed” with [...]
November 13, 2011
U.S. Obama pledges end of Jackson-Vanik amendment for Russia
The U.S. White House administration begins talks with the Congress on the abolishment of the Jackson-Vanik amendment in regard to Russia, U.S. President Barack Obama said. Obama met on Sunday with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on the sidelines of the 2011 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, held in the Hawaiian capital of Honolulu on November [...]
November 13, 2011
Obama and Medvedev: Calling it quits before making it happen
It has become a political speed-dating event held in a place more fit for a honey-moon. Leaders of 21 Asia Pacific countries came together in Hawaii to publicly discuss ways of boosting trade and to have some closed-door action at the same time. Due to APEC’s non-binding nature, the parties were free to openly flirt [...]
October 20, 2011
Obama is full of Wall Street money
Barack Obama has remained mostly mum regarding Occupy Wall Street, but did tell reporters that he understands the frustration at “how our financial system works.” Bank industry bigwigs, however, have donated more to Obama than any GOP candidate. Because the current commander-in-chief can raise money on behalf of both his own presidential campaign and the [...]
October 18, 2011
Obama sets all-time deportation record
President Barack Obama just guaranteed himself a place in the record books. Under his watch, the United States deported more immigrants than ever before last year. For the fiscal year ending September 2011, the Obama administration sent nearly 400,000 illegal immigrants out of the United States, a statistic more than triple the figure for the [...]
October 13, 2011
Iran One Of ‘Most Important’ Issues In U.S.-Russia Ties
A top Russia adviser to U.S. President Barack Obama says Iran “gets more attention than anything else” in official talks between Washington and Moscow. Michael McFaul, a member of Obama’s National Security Council and the nominee for U.S. ambassador to Russia, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Iran is “if not the most important [...]
October 7, 2011
US jobless: unemployed and uncounted
For Americans enduring rising unemployment and falling living standards, Capitol Hill seems out of touch. Thousands are joining demonstrations against poverty and corporate greed as the country struggles to deal with the ongoing economic crisis. The anti-Wall Street protests that have grown in New York over the past few weeks are spreading to other major [...]
October 7, 2011
Barack Obama: Peace President or closet Neocon?
While everyone is discussing Friday’s winners of the 2011 Nobel Prizes, RT’s Robert Bridge is addressing Barack Obama who received the same Prize two years ago despite the United States was fighting two wars and Guantanamo Bay prison was still open. Many people criticized the decision by the Nobel Committee, arguing it was too early [...]
October 1, 2011
Medvedev rules out confrontation with Putin
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday there would never be any disputes between him and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Speaking with the heads of three Russian state-run TV channels, Medvedev said that some political experts and opposition figures frequently anticipated open confrontation between the two. “It is often expected of us that we will [...]
September 22, 2011
Main news of September 21
World * U.S. President Barack Obama called on UN members to focus their efforts on encouraging direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians to achieve Middle East peace * Two Americans convicted of spying in Iran were released in a $1 million bail-for-freedom deal Russia * Russia‘s NATO envoy Dmitry Rogozin, who also [...]
September 15, 2011
Senate set to approve McFaul’s candidacy for post of U.S. ambassador to Russia
U.S. President Barack Obama introduced to the Senate for approval several candidacies for key administration posts, including the candidacy of Michael McFaul for the post of the U.S. ambassador to Russia. “I am pleased to announce that these experienced and committed individuals have agreed to join this Administration, and I look forward to working with [...]
