A bronze state of President Barack Obama as a 10-year-old boy wearing shorts and a T-shirt has been erected in a Jakarta park, Indonesia.
As over 15000 politicians and delegates gather in Copenhagen for the UN's Climate Change conference , a separate conference in Denmark also occurred, comprising of scientists and lobby groups.
As over 15000 politicians and delegates gather in Copenhagen for the UN's Climate Change conference , a separate conference in Denmark also occurred, comprising of scientists and lobby groups.
President Barack Obama has confronted the paradox between war and peace, while receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo.
Over 1,700 scientists in the U.K. signed a statement on Thursday, stating that they agree with evidence that shows humans are responsible for climate change.
Honduras' de facto government will only allow ousted President Manuel Zelaya to leave the country if he signs a letter dropping his demand to be reinstated, the leftist said on Thursday.
U.S. President Barack Obama urged world leaders on Thursday to break the deadlock at climate change talks in Copenhagen, even though many nations accused the United States of lacking ambition.
China's top climate envoy called on President Barack Obama to increase a U.S. offer to cut greenhouse gases, and said it would discuss a 2050 emissions goal only if rich nations offered more cash and carbon cuts.
The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a $447 billion bill that boosts funding for a large part of the U.S. government and reflects priorities of Democrats who control Congress and the White House.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday reiterated that if there was a better way than a public option for health care reform she would be open to it, but stopped short of saying she would not pass a healthcare bill without it, as in previous occasions.
Somali pirates freed the Greek ship Ariana and its 24 Ukrainian crew on Thursday after a helicopter dropped a multi-million dollar ransom onto its deck and ended a more than six-month hostage ordeal.
Transparency critic Lumumba D'aping attended an informal meeting ahead of the global climate conference where the allegedly leaked “Danish text” proposals were circulated, the U.N. Climate Chief said Wednesday.
Accepting his Nobel Peace Prize, U.S. President Barack Obama urged leaders on Thursday to confront climate change and warned of dire consequences if the world did nothing to curb rising carbon emissions.
The United States, Britain and France warned Iran on Thursday that it would face further sanctions if it continued to flout international demands that it halt sensitive nuclear activities.
Billionaire financier George Soros outlined a way to unlock $100 billion (61.5 billion pounds) to help slow global warming on Thursday as talks on a new U.N. climate deal slowed over tough demands by the Pacific island state of Tuvalu.
Thousands of supporters of former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra rallied in Bangkok on Thursday, turning up the heat on Thailand's embattled government ahead of big protests planned for January in a push for new elections.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy called for an exceptional tax on global bank bonuses in a joint newspaper column on Thursday.
Iraqi insurgents linked with al Qaeda claimed responsibility for bombings that killed 112 people this week and said their campaign of violence would continue, according to an Islamist website.
The U.S. envoy for North Korea failed to secure a firm commitment from the isolated state to resume nuclear disarmament negotiations but said on Thursday he had won assurance that it supported the languishing deal.
The US President Barack Obama accepted the Nobel peace prize Thursday in Oslo with a medallion and $1.4 million dollars in prize money.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer says Congress may need to raise the U.S. federal debt ceiling by $1.8 trillion.
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday there would be no precipitous drawdown of U.S. forces in Afghanistan and cautioned that U.S. troops could still be there for years to come.
The United States must uphold moral standards when waging wars that are necessary and justified, President Barack Obama said on Thursday as he accepted the Nobel Prize for Peace.
The following are prepared remarks by President Barack Obama to accept the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Wednesday, Dec 10 , 2009.
Egyptian earth-moving machinery was at work on the Gaza Strip border on Wednesday and an Israeli newspaper said a project was under way to build a subterranean metal wall to block Palestinian smuggling tunnels.
Thousands of Jewish West Bank settlers and their supporters demonstrated near the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Wednesday to protest his 10-month building freeze.
Guinea's military junta chief is in a difficult condition after an assassination attempt and a return to Guinea is not imminent, a junior French minister who works on relations with African countries said on Wednesday.
NATO will step up fighting in Afghanistan next year as 37,000 more troops join the conflict, and is aware that increased civilian casualties may be the result, a military spokesman said on Wednesday
President Barack Obama's top aides promised on Wednesday robust negotiations toward a global climate change deal this month, but firmly stated the United States does not owe the world reparations for centuries of carbon pollution
U.S. President Barack Obama will frame the war in Afghanistan as part of wider pursuit for peace when he accepts the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Thursday, a U.S. official said.
