Obama to take oaths of office

Prime News Desk. Date: 2013-01-20 Time : 09:46:52

Washington: Barack Obama will Sunday be sworn in to shoulder the power and burden of the US presidency for a second term, launching two days of inaugural rituals darkened by domestic discord and crises abroad. Democrat Obama, 51, will swear to faithfully execute the office of president at a low-key ceremony in the Blue Room of the White House, to comply with the US Constitution, which dictates his first term ends at noon on January 20. In a tradition honored when that date falls on a ...Details »

UN chief wants action on climate

Prime News Desk. Date: 2013-01-22 Time : 16:34:59

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says his top hopes for 2013 are to reach a new agreement on climate change and to urgently end the increasingly deadly and divisive war ...Details »

Syria car bomb kills 30

Prime News Desk. Date: 2013-01-22 Time : 16:00:26

Damascus: A suicide car bombing in central Syria killed at least 30 people on Monday, a watchdog said, also reporting a powerful blast in Damascus, as the Arab League said UN efforts to ...Details »

Cold weather kills 17 in Afghan refugee camps: Amnesty

Prime News Desk. Date: 2013-01-22 Time : 15:50:12

Kabul: Severe cold weather sweeping through camps for people displaced by the Afghan war has killed 17 people, mostly children, Amnesty International said Tuesday. The deaths ...Details »

Obama, Biden welcomed to second term

Prime News Desk. Date: 2013-01-22 Time : 00:44:43

Washington DC: President Barack Obama delivered a full-throated defense of the nation's safety net programs and vowed to tackle the problem of climate change and gay rights in his ...Details »

Obama sworn in for 4 more years in office

Washington: Stepping into his second term, President Barack Obama took the oath of office Sunday ...Details »

Congress finally crowns its prince

New Delhi: Indian newspapers Sunday trumpeted the elevation of Rahul Gandhi to second-in-command ...Details »

Algeria ends desert siege, but dozens killed

Algiers: Algerian forces stormed a desert gas complex to free hundreds of hostages but 30, ...Details »

Pro-Assad forces kill 106 in city of Homs

Damascus: More than 100 people including women and children were killed by forces loyal to ...Details »

Obama unveils sweeping gun control measures

Washington: President Barack Obama Wednesday demanded an assault weapons ban and universal ...Details »

Pakistanis protest killing of 15 in village raid

Peshawar: Several thousand protesters shouting anti-military slogans displayed the bodies of 15 ...Details »

Pakistan in turmoil after PM’s arrest ordered

Islamabad: Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the arrest of the prime minister in connection ...Details »

Explosions kill 83 at Syrian university as exams begin

Aleppo: Two explosions tore through one of Syria's biggest universities on the first day of ...Details »

Pakistan accuses India of 'warmongering' on Kashmir

Islamabad: Pakistan has accused ndia of "warmongering" over deadly clashes in divided ...Details »

SC orders arrest of Pak PM Ashraf

Pakistan's Supreme Court has ordered the arrest of Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and 15 ...Details »

UN backs France's military intervention in Mali

United Nations: All members of the UN Security Council have backed France's military ...Details »

Internet activist Aaron Swartz dead

Internet activist and computer prodigy Aaron Swartz, who helped create an early version of the ...Details »

IAEA chief says not optimistic on Iran nuclear talks

Tokyo: The UN nuclear agency chief said on Friday he was not optimistic about talks with Iran ...Details »

Rights group warns of worsening Pak sectarian violence

Quetta: Violence against Pakistani Shia Muslims is rising and some communities are living in a ...Details »

Afghan troop levels top agenda for Obama-Karzai talks

Washington: President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai will hold a critical round ...Details »

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