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Obama and Russian president Medvedev chat on phone

President-elect Obama spoke to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday as the future American leader had another round of phone calls with leaders in other nations.

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Berlin celebrates demise of Wall
Source: BBC News

World leaders are due to join thousands of people marking 20 years since the Berlin Wall's fall, an event that paved the way for the end of the Cold War.

Indira Gandhi, the iron lady who ruled India
Source: MSN

October 31st 1984 marked end of an era. Indira Gandhi, the woman Prime Minister who ruled India for more than 15 years fell prey to bullets on the fateful day.

Obama, congressional leaders to meet on Afghan war - CNN.com
Source: CNN

President Obama will meet with top congressional leaders from both parties Tuesday to discuss a war in Afghanistan that now appears to be at a potential tipping point.

Did you feel proud of President Obama on the world stage recently? (Poll)

President Barack Obama has been basking in the afterglow of the G20 summit and the United nations address. It was an undisputed success. His leadership acumen and his ability to work with other leaders shone through greatly.

30 word rant: Obama, Government, Binden, Right Wing, Left Wing, Cigarettes, Racism
Source: The Orlando Sentinel

No one in this country should be either surprised or shocked to hear the far right raise its voice in political dissent while the equally far left occupies the White House.

POLL: Bohemian Grove; Evil or No Harm?

Inside Bohemian Grove - Version 1 Nixon, Eisenhower, and Reagan were members. The Bush Family Maintains a Strong Involvement. Now, for the First Time in History, Alex Jones Brings You Video from His Infiltration of Bohemian Grove.

Michelle Obama Charms Queen in Breaking Protocol
Source: Yahoo! News

Michelle Obama has done what few others have managed — getting Queen Elizabeth II to break protocol.

Welcome to Britain: World leaders gather as economic skies darken
Source: Independent.co.uk

Gordon Brown will appeal to the world's richest nations tomorrow not to close the door to stimulating their economies further to ensure the world pulls out of recession.

Terror attack rated 'highly likely'
Source:

A Mumbai style terrorist attack highly possible and likely during the G-20 summit in London.

Icelandic Minister, Johanna Sigurdardottir, Would Be World's First Gay Leader
Source: The Huffington Post

Icelandic Social Affairs Minister Johanna Sigurðardottir would be the world's first openly gay leader if she becomes Prime Minister of Iceland, as is widely expected.

A New Chapter: Europe Is Ready to Work With Obama
Source: The New York Times

WASHINGTON — After rebuffing the Bush administration on a number of fronts, European governments are signaling that they may be more willing to engage with the incoming Obama administration on a variety of stalled issues, including taking in prisoners from the Guantánamo Bay d …

Scream Bloody Murder 'A horror movie and a snuff movie'
Source: CNN

(CNN) -- "I'm angry at having presided over the first genocide of the 21st century," said Mukesh Kapila, a British doctor and former U.N. official. Mukesh Kapila said atrocities in Darfur could have been prevented if the world had taken action sooner.

2025: the end of US dominance
Source: Guardian Unlimited

The United States' leading intelligence organisation has warned that the world is entering an increasingly unstable and unpredictable period in which the advance of western-style democracy is no longer assured, and some states are in danger of being "taken over and run by crimina …

World and world leaders react to Obama's win
Source: BBC News

World leaders react to Obama's win

World leaders hail Obama triumph - BBC News
Source: BBC News

World leaders have hailed the election of Senator Barack Obama as the first black president of the United States. UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown called Tuesday's poll historic and said he and Mr Obama "share many values".

World leaders rush to congratulate Obama
Source: CNN

(CNN) -- World leaders rushed to congratulate Democrat Barack Obama on Wednesday following his historic win in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.

A financial new world order?
Source: Yahoo! News

... European leaders hint at much more robust state intervention with tighter regulations.

Palin meets her first world leaders in New York
Source: Yahoo! News

The GOP campaign, applying more restrictive rules on access than even President Bush uses in the White House, banned reporters from the start of the meetings, so as not to risk a question being asked of Palin.

World Leaders
Source: The First Post

So, this is how they behave together

Two Simple But Essential Reasons Why Barack Obama Would Make a Fantastic President

Sometimes the best things in life are the simplest and what we often take for granted, yet they are likely to make the biggest impact on others and their life quality.

World Poll Finds Global Leadership Vacuum
Source: worldpublicopinion.org

A new WorldPublicOpinion.org poll of 20 nations around the world finds that none of the national leaders on the world stage inspire wide confidence. While US President George W.

What Is the Bilderberg Group? And Why Doesn't the Press Cover It?
Source: Slate

About this time each year, the Bilderberg group convenes a weekend conference in a hotel or resort somewhere in North America or Europe in which 120 or so billionaires, bankers, politicians, industrialists, scholars, government officials, influentials from labor and education, an …

Mugabe Orders Military Intimidation in Zimbabwe (Update 3)
Source: Bloomberg.com

A black president in power for 28 years is clinging only to guns, it seems: April 18 (Bloomberg) -- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe deployed the army, police and intelligence officers to intimidate voters in rural areas  to ensure he wins a presidential run-off vote, two …

Cuba after Castro | BBC NEWS | Special Reports
Source: BBC News

Good compilation of news stories after Fidel Castro's announcement this week.

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