By Selah Hennessy London 09 October 2009 United Nations climate change negotiations end Friday in Bangkok, but a Britain-based environmental group says the two-week talks have failed to deliver progress. The International Institute for Environment a...
By Jim Malone Washington 09 October 2009 US Soldiers in Afghanistan As the Obama administration considers its future course in Afghanistan, public opinion in the United States remains split on the U.S. role there and on the question of sending addit...
By Michael Bowman Washington 09 October 2009 President Barack Obama speaks at the White House about winning the Nobel Peace Prize, 09 Oct 2009 Global reaction to U.S. President Barack Obama being awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize ranges from hearty...
By Jim Malone Washington 09 October 2009 Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjoern Jagland, holds a picture of US President Barack Obama, in Oslo, Norway, 09 Oct 2009 The announcement that President Barack Obama is this year's winner of...
By Gary Thomas Washington 09 October 2009 The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama came as a surprise to most everyone. Few analysts thought a world leader with less than a year in office would win the world's most prestigious peace...
By Al Pessin Washington 09 October 2009 President Obama (file photo) President Barack Obama is grappling with the difficult decision of whether to send even more U.S. troops to Afghanistan to reverse recent gains by the Taliban and help establish a...
By Kent Klein White House 09 October 2009 President Barack Obama speaks about winning the Nobel Peace Prize, 09 Oct 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama has won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, less than nine months into his presidency. Even the administrati...
By Edward Yeranian Cairo 09 October 2009 Cairo University (file photo) Initial reaction in the Arab world - among leaders and the public at large - has been overwhelmingly positive to the news that President Obama is the winner of this year's Nobel...
By Kate Pound Dawson Bangkok 09 October 2009 President Barack Obama at the White House The surprise announcement that President Barack Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize brought muted and mixed reaction in Asia. The Norwegian Nobel Committee gave t...
By Tom Rivers London 09 October 2009 US President Barack Obama U.S. President Barack Obama has been awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. The reporters gathered in Oslo hung on every word as Thorbjorn Jagland, the chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Commi...