Barack Obama

Obama's government by consensus

Mike Pilewski writes: "In Kenya, Barack Obama would be a fantastic president. But in America, what he's doing is just not working."

Test your English, Test 1, February 2010 - Medium

"I'm a laydee" is a catchphrase from the _______ popular comedy sketch show Little Britain.

Obama's speech: same old, same old

Mike Pilewski says Barack Obama's State of the Union address was almost the same speech he gave last February. Not much has changed in the US.

The crew of the USS Carl Vinson loads water for the victims of the Haiti earthquake. Photo: Aaron Shelley, US Navy

War machines bring food, water, hope to Haiti

The USS Carl Vinson, a nuclear-powered ship anchored off the coast of Haiti, is producing purified water at the rate of a million litres a day. The process uses heat from the ship's reactor to evaporate sea water, separating it from the salt.

Don't mention the war!

Mike Pilewski writes: "The Obama administration won't use Bush's name, the 'global war on terror', but that war is still being fought in some very exotic places."

Spotlight Audio 1/2010

Debate
6. Is President Obama keeping his promises? (see pp. 28-29)

Travel
7. Shop and save in New York City (excerpt; p. 32)

Last chance in Afghanistan

A massive troop increase was an effective, last-minute military strategy in Iraq. But will it work in Afghanistan?

Replay: Obama's Nobel Prize

Many people were surprised when President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize earlier this year. We listen in on different reactions to the news.

The biggest ________ in the Copenhagen climate negotiations has been differences between developing and developed countries.

Fumbling block, grumbling block, stumbling block or tumbling block?

Truths and half-truths about the economy

Is it the best of times or the worst of times? Either one, depending on your source of information about the economy.

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