Obama's healthcare reform enters do-or-die weekMAKE OR break. Do or die. Fight to the finishTue Mar 16 2010 - 00:00
Obama's enforcer Emanuel gets caught in the crossfireAMERICA: The White House chief of staff takes a no-holds-barred approach to politics, but his management skills are being questioned…Sat Mar 13 2010 - 00:00
Battle lines harden over Obama's healthcare BillAVERY SPARR’S small, flaxen-haired head hung over the placard that covered her as she sat in her strollerTue Mar 09 2010 - 00:00
Love affair with firearms won't be quelled by mere statisticsAMERICA: Cities and states that restrict gun ownership are seeing that prerogative threatened by the Supreme CourtSat Mar 06 2010 - 00:00
Obama urges a little 'soul-searching' on healthcareArguments based on damning health statistics are of limited use against Republican misrepresentationSat Feb 27 2010 - 00:00
US yields to Chinese pressure in low-key Dalai Lama meetingTHE US government deferred to Chinese sensitivities by receiving the Dalai Lama yesterday with the utmost discretion.Fri Feb 19 2010 - 00:00
Mind-boggling, awe-inspiring legacy of a bibliophile presidentFrom Thomas Jefferson’s original bequest of 6,000 books the Library of Congress has grown into a vast cultural institutionSat Dec 12 2009 - 00:00
Afghanistan to be focus in Obama's Oslo speechPRESIDENT BARACK Obama will walk to the podium in Oslo City Hall at noon Irish time today to accept the Nobel Peace PrizeThu Dec 10 2009 - 00:00
Senators disagree on strategy's prospectsTHE OBAMA administration presented its new Afghan war strategy on Capitol Hill yesterday, following the president’s announcement…Thu Dec 03 2009 - 00:00
Obama boosts Afghan force"As Commander-in-Chief, I have determined that it is in our vital national interest to send an additional 30,000 US troops to…Wed Dec 02 2009 - 00:00
White House gatecrashers claim they had inviteTHE SAGA of Michaele and Tareq Salahi, the White House gate-crashers, continued yesterday when the wannabe socialites made their…Wed Dec 02 2009 - 00:00
Woods withdraws from own golf tournamentWORLD CHAMPION golfer Tiger Woods has withdrawn from his own golf tournament, citing injuries from a car crash near his Florida…Tue Dec 01 2009 - 00:00
Portraits paint picture of an office both mocked and covetedAMERICA : A National Portrait Gallery exhibition gives some colourful insights into US vice-presidentsSat Nov 28 2009 - 00:00
Obama consoles families of Fort Hood victims in WashingtonPRESIDENT BARACK Obama and the first lady, Michelle Obama, yesterday consoled families and attended a memorial service at Fort…Wed Nov 11 2009 - 00:00
Are the winds of change really blowing for Obama?As the first anniversary of Obama’s election approaches, the US is in wait-and-see mode, with the euphoria surrounding his victory…Sat Oct 31 2009 - 00:00
US court to consider claim for ownership of 'Titanic' artefactsNEARLY A century after the Titanic sank on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic, the ocean liner will be the subject of four…Tue Oct 27 2009 - 00:00
New resting place for mass grave immigrants in New YorkIN THE mid-19th century, newly arrived Irish immigrants wandered Staten Island, penniless and disoriented, scrounging for food…Mon Oct 19 2009 - 01:00
Gubernatorial polls will be test of Obama's popularityAMERICA : The stakes are national for elections in Virginia and New Jersey – even if the politics is localSat Oct 17 2009 - 01:00
Obama choice in Afghan war 'to define presidency'THE US war in Afghanistan begins its ninth year today and is almost certain to break the 10-year record of Vietnam as America…Wed Oct 07 2009 - 01:00
From football pitch to political battlefield to pastures newAMERICA: THE MOST important instinct for the owner of a football team is knowing how to pick a winnerSat Sept 26 2009 - 01:00
In PittsburghObama seems likely to obtain the support he sought for Washington’s economic agenda, writes LARA MARLOWESat Sept 26 2009 - 01:00
Getting inside track on Potus, Flotus, VPotus and ScotusAMERICA : From Latinate acronyms to the healthcare debate, Washington’s political lexicon is a colourful oneSat Sept 19 2009 - 01:00
President sets out to motivate children despite partisan rowTHE LATEST furore surrounding the Obama presidency appeared to have subsided yesterday after the US leader delivered televised…Wed Sept 09 2009 - 01:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryEVERY TIME the late 18th- early 19th- century Japanese artist Hokusai moved, he walked out of his house, set it alight and burned…Tue Sept 08 2009 - 01:00
US workers seek payback on Labor DayObama today addresses unions who see Labor Day as a chance to lobby for healthcare reformMon Sept 07 2009 - 01:00
Son's tribute sums up man who inspired great actsFOR ALL his eloquence, not even President Barack Obama could match the emotional impact of Teddy Kennedy junior’s remembrance…Mon Aug 31 2009 - 01:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryWhen Frank Aiken was Ireland’s minister for external affairs in the 1960s he pushed a resolution to stop nuclear weapons proliferation…Mon Jul 13 2009 - 01:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryLIKE MUCH OF his life, William Butler Yeats’s fascination with French culture “was in a sense channelled through” his love for…Tue Jun 02 2009 - 01:00
Hassan family appeals to Iraqis for help in finding sister's bodyTHE FAMILY of Margaret Hassan, the Irishwoman kidnapped and murdered in Iraq in October/November 2004, are appealing to Iraqi…Tue Jun 02 2009 - 01:00
Kandinsky's colourful lifeWassily Kandinsky is credited with having created the world's first abstract paintingSat May 09 2009 - 01:00
Caught in the sweep of historyHISTORY : Americans in Paris: Life and Death under Nazi Occupation 1940-44 By Charles Glass Harper Press, 524pp. £20Sat May 02 2009 - 01:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryIT WAS ONE of those eerie moments when an intimation of what could happen hovers over, as when animals feel tremors before an…Fri May 01 2009 - 01:00
Obama plays hard to get as Sarkozy seeks a private rendezvousPARIS LETTER: France’s leader seems to hero-worship the new US president but so far, his ardour appears to be unrequitedMon Mar 30 2009 - 01:00
France to settle with victims of early nuclear testsTHE TIME has come “for France to be true to its conscience”, defence minister Hervé Morin said, explaining his decision to compensate…Wed Mar 25 2009 - 00:00
Sarkozy pledges to protect those most hurt by crisisFRENCH PRESIDENT Nicolas Sarkozy delivered an hour-long pep talk to his compatriots last night, exhorting France to “take the…Wed Mar 25 2009 - 00:00
How Gen Petraeus transformed US foreign policy in IraqBOOK OF THE DAY: LAURA MARLOWE reviews The Gamble: General Petraeus and the untold story of the American surge in Iraq, 2006…Mon Mar 23 2009 - 00:00
Union official killed as general strike on island of Guadeloupe turns violentTHE MONTH-LONG strike on the French West Indian island of Guadeloupe has turned violent, claiming the life of a tax official …Thu Feb 19 2009 - 00:00
Sarkozy offers tax cuts and bonuses to lower paid Socialists dismiss 'alms for the weakened' in ParisFRENCH PRESIDENT Nicolas Sarkozy went on television for the second time in two weeks last night, in the hope of heading off France…Thu Feb 19 2009 - 00:00
Sarkozy proposes new measures to help crisis-hit workersFrench president Nicolas Sarkozy went on television for the second time in two weeks tonight, in the hope of heading off France…Wed Feb 18 2009 - 00:00
Sarkozy vows to act on economic and social crises in ParisFRENCH PRESIDENT Nicolas Sarkozy responded last night to nationwide demonstrations that mobilised more than a million French …Fri Feb 06 2009 - 00:00
'We hope our sacrifice will be the last'At the home of the only Israeli woman to be killed during the three-week war with Hamas, some words of hope emerge from the family…Sat Jan 31 2009 - 00:00
Gaza offensive deepens Hamas rift with FatahTHE WAR between Hamas and Israel has deepened the chasm between the self-styled Islamic resistance movement and the late Yasser…Thu Jan 29 2009 - 00:00
'We are wild, we are strong'THE ISRAELIS seem to regard all Palestinian men between the ages of 15 and 50 as Hamas fighters, but you know one when you see…Sat Jan 24 2009 - 00:00
Conflict revives Cold War memoriesGEORGIA: THE WEEK-LONG conflict between Georgia and Russia felt like a throwback to the Balkan wars of the 1990sMon Dec 29 2008 - 00:00
Atypical soldier defied dominant US view of post-invasion IraqBOOK OF THE DAY: Tell Me How This Ends: General David Petraeus and the Search for a Way Out of Iraq By Linda Robinson Public…Wed Nov 26 2008 - 00:00
The 'emotional charge' in the armistice documentOnly one copy of the armistice treaty remains, but does it get the respect it deserves?Sat Nov 08 2008 - 00:00
Sarkozy convinces Europe to step up to the plate"AT THE end of the day, Europe, united Europe, did more than the US in terms of the amounts committed," French president Nicolas…Tue Oct 14 2008 - 01:00
Euro zone countries agree plan to shore up banking systemsEURO ZONE COUNTRIES will unveil in the coming days the specific measures they plan to take to shore up their banking systems …Mon Oct 13 2008 - 01:00
'Greatest singer of all time' still seducing fansThere has been much interest in France in an auction of memorabilia relating to Belgian-born singer Jacques Brel, 30 years after…Thu Oct 09 2008 - 01:00
