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The U.S. Congress has formally declared Barack Obama the 44th President of the United States. Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate met in a joint session to confirm the result of November’s national election.
United States President- elect Barrack Obama who has strong family roots in Kenya is adored so much by Kenyans that a theater company in Nairobi is cashing on the wave of last month’s Obama victory in the US presidential elections and is currently...
International parcel giant DHL plans to cut approximately 9,500 jobs and drastically reduce its U.S. operations, according to The New York Times. Over 7,000 of those job cuts will occur in Wilmington, Ohio. With a population of 12,000, the impending job...
Tuesday, November 11, 2008Waiting for the Resurrection
What is the key factor that divides the United States so sharply and yet so close to equally? It may well be that the issue most likely to bring opponents to blows (metaphorical, if not literal)...
Barack Obama’s election may have prompted celebrations from Chicago to Nairobi. But in Tbilisi, it was disappointment that carried the day, with many Georgians ruefully contemplating what John McCain’s defeat would mean for them.
Hailing President-elect Barak Obama’s rise in the United States, Assistant Secretary General Albert R. Ramdin of the Organization of American States (OAS) has described the historic electoral victory as “no small feat,” which, hopefully,...
Thursday, November 6, 2008Expectations for Barack Obama
If Barack Obama and his team are serious about managing the expectations of the electorate, even with Inauguration Day a little over two month away, then, on the basis of the exchanges currently...
As far as the Kremlin is concerned, U.S. President-elect Barack Obama will not be enjoying any honeymoon. Just hours after Obama’s election victory, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev delivered his state-of-the-nation speech to a joint session of...
Wednesday, November 5, 2008One Small Step for Civility
With all the (deserved) attention being paid to Barack Obama’s victory speech, I was glad to see Tim Dickenson take note of John McCain’s concession speech in his National Affairs...