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N. Korea worries overshadow trade as Obama, Lee meet

President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak are expected to show a united front against North Korea when they meet on Tuesday, but they may not make much progress on free trade pact that has been stalled for two years.

CIA chief believes Cheney almost wants U.S. attacked

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CIA director Leon Panetta says it's almost as if former vice president Dick Cheney would like to see another attack on the United States to prove he is right in criticizing President Barack Obama for abandoning the harsh interrogation of terrorism suspects.

Egypt's Mubarak says Obama has new approach to Islam

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Barack Obama has presented a fresh understanding of Islam not shown by predecessors, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said in his first interview since the U.S. president addressed the Muslim world from Cairo.
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Republicans to counter Dems' U.S. financial reforms

Congressional Republicans are close to offering financial regulation reforms that would rein in the Federal Reserve and expand the bankruptcy code, according to a draft staff document obtained by Reuters.
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FDIC eyes Citi top management shake-up: report

Citigroup Inc's relationship with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp is frayed, sources told Reuters, and the regulator wants to replace Chief Executive Vikram Pandit, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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Obama hopeful of Mideast peace progress this year

President Barack Obama expressed hope on Friday of making serious progress this year in Middle East peacemaking and said Israelis and Palestinians had to get serious about making tough compromises.
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U.S. FDIC eyes Citi top management shake-up: report

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp is aiming at a shake-up of Citigroup Inc's top management, including replacing Chief Executive Vikram Pandit, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Obama seeks to change Muslim perceptions of U.S.

President Barack Obama sought to change Muslim perceptions of the United States on Thursday in a speech that urged Arabs and Israelis to declare in public the realities he said they accept in private.
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Obama seeks new beginning in ties with Muslims

President Barack Obama called for a new beginning in relations between the United States and the Muslim world Thursday, addressing grievances over the Arab-Israeli conflict, two U.S.-led wars and tensions over Iran.
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U.S. House puts climate bill on quick pace for passage

Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives have put major environmental legislation on a fast-track, boosting chances a climate change bill will pass this month or next, leading lawmakers said on Wednesday.
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U.S. court dismisses suits in warrantless wiretaps

A U.S. District Court on Wednesday dismissed lawsuits against telecommunications companies in a warrantless wiretap case, ruling that former President George W. Bush's administration had properly requested the cases closed for national security reasons.
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Bin Laden says Obama planted hatred seeds

Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden said U.S. President Barack Obama had planted the seeds of revenge and hatred toward the United States in the Muslim world and warned Americans to prepare for the consequences.
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Israel's Barak probes U.S. on settlements, missiles

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak will lobby the United States on Tuesday to rethink its demand to curb West Bank settlement growth, a dispute that has strained ties as the allies try to close ranks against Iran.
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Obama, in Europe, must show diplomatic style works

U.S. President Barack Obama makes a second foray into European diplomacy this week facing pressure to demonstrate his consensus-building foreign policy can produce results where his predecessor George W. Bush's go-it-alone style failed.
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Obama, in Europe, must show diplomatic style

U.S. President Barack Obama makes a second foray into European diplomacy this week facing pressure to demonstrate his consensus-building foreign policy can produce results where his predecessor George W. Bush's go-it-alone style failed.
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Obama speech to Muslims key to new U.S. strategy

President Barack Obama will try to repair America's tarnished image in the Muslim world on Thursday, as he looks to mobilize support for restarting Middle East peacemaking and thwarting Iran's nuclear ambitions.
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Top greenhouse emitters meet, U.S. defends cuts

Top emitters of greenhouse gases tried on Monday to break a deadlock about sharing the burden of cuts in a U.N. climate pact, and Washington rejected charges that it was lagging Europe in fighting global warming.
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Obama tries to ease fears over Guantanamo

President Barack Obama sought on Thursday to quell a domestic backlash against his efforts to close the internationally condemned U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay and roll back some of the most divisive Bush-era anti-terrorism policies.
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Obama to lay out framework for closing Guantanamo

President Barack Obama on Thursday will outline his strategy for closing the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, hoping to defuse a revolt by lawmakers over the fate of an internationally reviled symbol of Bush-era detainee policy.

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