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US President Barack Obama speaks during his meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage, California February 14, 2014.

Senin , 17 Feb 2014, 18:28 WIB

Obama bemoans growing 'older and creakier'

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, WASHINGTON - Like most Americans of a certain age, President Barack Obama is starting to complain about the aches and pains of getting older. Obama told retired National...

Guards stand next to a television showing a cartoon as journalists visit the movie room at the Camp Four detention facility at the U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay December 10, 2008.

Sabtu , 08 Feb 2014, 12:03 WIB

Guantanamo jail's days numbered

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, WASHINGTON - The United States was in talks with a wide range of countries to move "as aggressively as we can" in speeding up the transfer of Guantanamo prisoners, the State Department's envoy said, as President Barack Obama tries to make good on a long-standing promise to close the prison. Seven months after he was appointed to the job,...

Jumat , 07 Feb 2014, 18:07 WIB

Two US filmmakers to visit Java, Kalimantan, and Sumatra

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – Two distinguished American filmmakers, Freida Mock...

Jumat , 07 Feb 2014, 16:43 WIB

Russia and US exchange accusations over Ukraine issue

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, KIEV - An east-west struggle over Ukraine turned...

Rabu , 05 Feb 2014, 22:07 WIB

A judge who ordered name change for baby Messiah fired

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, NASHVILLE - A Tennessee judge who ordered a...

Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' headquarters building is pictured in Tokyo December 17, 2012.

Senin , 27 Jan 2014, 18:00 WIB

Source: Mitsubishi may become F-35 stealth fighter supplier

Jay Carney, with and without his beard (file photo)

Sabtu , 25 Jan 2014, 21:10 WIB

The 'beard' at the White House finally gone!

In Jan. 14, 2014, Los Angeles County Sheriff's leave

Kamis , 23 Jan 2014, 20:41 WIB

Ouch... Justin Bieber arrested in Miami area

Ahad , 19 Jan 2014, 00:07 WIB

Wondering about first lady status in these countries? Read this...

Sabtu , 18 Jan 2014, 20:14 WIB

Obama: Stop spying on US allies, unless...

Everett Dutschke works on his mini-van in his driveway in Tupelo Mississippi on April 26, 2013.

Sabtu , 18 Jan 2014, 19:36 WIB

This man accused of sending poisonous letter to Obama

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 passenger jet takes off at Midway Airport in Chicago, Illinois in this July 24, 2008 file photo. (File photo)

Selasa , 14 Jan 2014, 23:51 WIB

Southwest grounds pilots who landed jet at wrong airport

Iran's national flags are seen on a square in Tehran February 10, 2012.

Jumat , 10 Jan 2014, 16:00 WIB

Senate majority support Iran sanctions bill

Samsung Electronics' Galaxy S4 (left) and Apple's iPhone 5 are seen in this file picture illustration taken in Seoul on May 13, 2013

Kamis , 09 Jan 2014, 21:00 WIB

Apple, Samsung CEOs agree to mediation in US patent fight

Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) answers a question during a news briefing at the 2013 Republican Governors Association conference in Scottsdale, Arizona November 21, 2013.

Kamis , 09 Jan 2014, 17:47 WIB

NJ Governor: I was misled by staff in bridge scandal

A woman in a suitcase is shown in this December 30, 2013 US Customs and Border Protection handout photograph released to Reuters on January 7, 2014.

Rabu , 08 Jan 2014, 17:25 WIB

Woman tries to sneak into US in... A suitcase!

A man walks beside a frozen wall on a beach in Chicago, Illinois, January 7, 2014.

Rabu , 08 Jan 2014, 17:15 WIB

Eastern US frozen, at least nine dead

Janet Yellen, the new chief of US Federal Reserve

Yellen to lead the world's most powerful financial post

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, WASHINGTON - Janet Yellen, a key force behind the Federal Reserve's unprecedented and controversial efforts to boost the US economy, was confirmed by the Senate on Monday to lead the central bank just as it begins to unwind that stimulus. The vote count was unusually low because several senators were delayed by bad weather as they attempted to return...

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Janet Yellen arrives at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming in this August 21, 2009. (file photo)

Senin , 06 Jan 2014, 22:03 WIB

Senate to confirm Janet Yellen as the first female to chair the Fed

A woman and her son make their way up a snow covered sidewalk in the South Bronx section of New York City, January 3, 2014.

Senin , 06 Jan 2014, 11:27 WIB

Schools closed due to 'life-threatening' cold in Midwest

A Washington Metro bus is seen with an Edward Snowden sign on its side panel December 20, 2013.

Senin , 06 Jan 2014, 11:04 WIB

Senator: Light punishment for Snowden

US President Barack Obama (second left) and his daughters Malia (center) and Sasha (third right) board Air Force One upon their departure from Honolulu to return to Washington after a two-week vacation in Hawaii January 4, 2014.

Ahad , 05 Jan 2014, 16:18 WIB

Obama 'leaves' Michele alone in Hawaii

Two characters in Star Trek, Captain James T. Kirk and Commander Spock (illustration)

Sabtu , 04 Jan 2014, 20:00 WIB

A councilman says 'I quit' in Star Trek's language

US President Barack Obama (right) and first lady Michelle Obama greet military personnel during a Christmas day visit to Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe, Hawaii December 25, 2013.

Jumat , 03 Jan 2014, 23:23 WIB

Whoops... Obamas' Christmas gift delivered to wrong family

Former first lady, Barbara Bush (file photo)

Kamis , 02 Jan 2014, 09:00 WIB

Barbara Bush remains hospitalized in Houston

The federal government forms for applying for health coverage are seen at a rally held by supporters of the Affordable Care Act, widely referred to as

Rabu , 01 Jan 2014, 19:49 WIB

Over 2.1 million have signed up for Obamacare

Valentina Guazzolini, of Ravenna, Italy, plays in confetti which was scattered by a gust of wind into the air after New Year celebrations in Times Square, Midtown, New York January 1, 2014.

Rabu , 01 Jan 2014, 17:45 WIB

Revelers usher in 2014 with fireworks and fruit mist

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey (center) testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington in June this year, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing investigating the growing epidemic of sexual assaults within the military. (file photo)

Sabtu , 28 Dec 2013, 21:00 WIB

Reports of sexual assaults in military on rise

A television screens the image of former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden during a news bulletin at a cafe at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport June 26, 2013.

Kamis , 26 Dec 2013, 11:45 WIB

Snowden releases Christmas video to push for more debate

Footprints on snow can be helpful sometimes... Especially when police try to trace a crime suspect. (Illustration)

Rabu , 25 Dec 2013, 11:53 WIB

Snow helps police to trace Texas burglary suspect

Saggy pants, the style that causes the wearer get fined. (illustration)

Selasa , 24 Dec 2013, 19:19 WIB

Some moments that draw smile lines in 2013

Sabtu , 21 Dec 2013, 21:46 WIB

Cargo of bananas caught in New Jersey legal limbo

A general view of the US Capitol dome as seen from a window outside the Senate chamber in Washington December 18, 2013.

Jumat , 20 Dec 2013, 15:00 WIB

Obama administration says US debt ceiling could be hit in February

Sabtu , 14 Dec 2013, 01:11 WIB

Abbas rejects US plan for permanent Israel troop presence

Debris sits in front of the last known address of Aaron Alexis (photo in box) Monday, Sept. 16, 2013, in Fort Worth, Texas. Police have identified Alexis as the gunman in Monday's shooting rampage at at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington.

Officials: Navy Yard shooter had three weapons

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, WASHINGTON - Law enforcement officials say the defense contractor who fatally shot 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard was carrying three weapons during the rampage. Two federal officials say Aaron Alexis had an AR-15 assault rifle, a shotgun and a handgun that he took from a police officer at the scene. The two officials spoke on the...

Friends and relatives of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks gather at the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, for a ceremony marking the 12th anniversary of the attacks in New York.

Kamis , 12 Sep 2013, 01:09 WIB