Obama delays trip till June: Bordallo: Guam stop still ... - Guam Pacific Daily News
A crucial vote on health reform kept President Obama from fulfilling what was supposed to be his first Guam visit on Monday, but he might stop by in June. Obama was scheduled to spend Monday night here on his way to Indonesia and Australia, but has ...
Hatoyama to meet with key ministers Tuesday over ... - Big Hollywood
territory of Guam by 2014. If the government settles on a plan to relocate the Futemma facility within Okinawa, it could also sour relations between the DPJ and one of its two coalition partners -- the Social Democratic Party, a pacifist party that ...
Obama heads to Ohio looking for health care votes - Boston Herald
Obama’s top political adviser, David Axelrod, said he was "absolutely confident" the measure would pass during a make-or-break week that already saw the president delay his trip to Indonesia, Australia and Guam.
Indonesia, Australia Vital to U.S. Interests - Investors Business Daily
Mar 19, 2010 (STATE DEPARTMENT RELEASE/ContentWorks via COMTEX) -- Washington -- President Obama's weeklong trip to Guam, Indonesia and Australia is being seen as an important opportunity to advance America's security and economic interests in the ...
Obama pushing health reform; stop on Guam unclear - Kuam News 8
Guam - Hoping to see the passage of health care reform legislation through that may not have enough votes from Democrats, President Barack Obama has delayed next week's trip to Guam, Indonesia and Australia. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs ...
Sharks facing Dolphins in softball semis - Kuam News 8
Guam - The Simon Sanchez Lady Sharks are moving on to the semifinals in girls high school softball to face the Southern High Dolphins. The Sharks advanced after picking up the 8-7 win against the Notre Dame Royals at the Yigo Softball Field. The two ...
Guam loves Spam - World
The US Pacific Island territory of Guam is notable not just for its US military bases, which are soon to be expanded, or for the fact that it is President Obama’s first stop on his Asian tour next week. Guam is also the world’s leading consumer ...
NEWS UPDATE: - Guam Pacific Daily News
The Guam Visitors Bureau announced the preliminary sketching for the “We Are Barrigada” and “We are Hagåtña” village murals has started in both locations, a press release from the agency stated. “We are beyond excited that work on both ...
Obama delays trip till June: Bordallo: Guam stop still ... - Guam Pacific Daily News
Obama was scheduled to spend Monday night here on his way to Indonesia and Australia, but has postponed his five-day, Asia-Pacific ... White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs announced that Obama called the leaders of Indonesia and Australia about ...
MLB.com Media Center - New York Yankees
territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands during the MLB regular season. To find out which Club's live games are blacked out in your current location, click here: To find out which Club's live games are blacked out of the area where you will be ...
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World Blog: Corruption is Iraq's latest enemy
Skier, who is the first Ghanaian to ever compete in the Winter Olympics, becomes a sensation.
World Blog: Unplugged in Urumqi
The predominantly Muslim province has been an Internet-free zone since riots broke out last July between the ethnic Han Chinese and the minority Uighurs.
Obama appeals to Iranians in online video
In a fresh appeal to the Iranian people, President Obama says in an online video that the U.S. wants more cultural exchanges for their students and better access to the Internet to give them a more hopeful future.
Web produces new generation of China activists
 There is a vibrant community of tech-savvy users who can easily hop over China's "Great Firewall" that blocks access to sites like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. They are a minority of the 384 million people online in China but among the most vocal.
Little fanfare for 7th anniversary of war in Iraq
 Almost seven years after the first bombs in the war to oust Saddam Hussein, Iraqis went about their business Friday with little observance of the anniversary, looking to the future with a mixture of trepidation and hope.
A child's hope for a new limb, new life
 Two months after the ground shook in Haiti, 4-year-old Schneily Similien still needs a new leg. His greatest hope is at a small hospital in the rural heart of Haiti, he just needs to get there. Msnbc.com is heading to Haiti track the story of Schneily and other amputees as they work to build new lives.
Nuke deal with Russia is close, says Clinton
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says that American and Russian negotiators are "on the brink" of agreement on a nuclear arms reduction treaty.
Newsweek: How we're winning in Pakistan
President Obama gets much credit for changing America's image in the world. But if you asked even devoted fans to cite a specific foreign-policy achievement, they would probably hesitate. But in fact, there is a place where Barack Obama's foreign policy is working, and one that is crucial to U.S. national security—Pakistan.
Minister: Sierre Leone hit by disaster hoax
A top official in Sierre Leone's government says a report that at least 200 people had been killed in a mining accident is a hoax.
Video: Iraq 'more peaceful,' but not stable yet
 "All the hard work we've done over the past few years has paid off," one U.S. soldier tells NBC News' Richard Engel in a discussion about the U.S. military's role in Iraq. He added that knowing his friends "didn't die in vain is a big pay off." (Nightly News)
Heavy rains swamp Haiti’s homeless camps
 One of the heaviest rainfalls since Haiti's Jan. 12 earthquake swamps homeless camps, sweeping screaming residents into eddies of water and flooding latrines.
Diplomats urge resumption of Mideast talks
 International diplomats set goals for new U.S.-backed peace talks aimed at establishing an independent Palestinian state.
‘Lawyer’ to U.S. missionaries in Haiti arrested
A man who acted as a lawyer for U.S. missionaries who were detained in Haiti has now been arrested in the Dominican Republic on migrant-trafficking charges.
Losing the battle to keep female flesh off Afghan TV
 Eight years after the fall of the Taliban, who banned television and barred women from appearing in public without an all-enveloping burqa, the Afghan government is fighting a losing battle to keep female flesh off TV.
Pakistan wants recognition for terror fight
Saying it has bowed far enough to U.S. interests, Pakistan will use next week's high-level talks with the Obama administration to seek more recognition for its part in the fight against terrorism.
Dutch: Gay troops not to blame for genocide
Dutch government officials reacted angrily to claims by a retired U.S. general that Dutch forces were overrun in Srebrenica in 1995 in part because of the presence of gay soldiers.
Pope's Irish letter faces critical Catholics
 The pope addresses Ireland on Saturday in a letter apologizing for the sex abuse scandal — a message being watched by Catholics worldwide to see if it also acknowledges decades of Vatican-approved cover-ups.
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