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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, seen here in London, ...

(AFP) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:43:00 GMT

(AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, seen here in London, will hold talks on Iran's nuclear programme while she is in London this week for global meetings on Yemen and Afghanistan, a US official said Wednesday. Photo:Leon Neal/AFP

US President Barack Obama, seen here addressing the Middle ClassTask ...

(AFP) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:42:00 GMT

(AFP) - US President Barack Obama, seen here addressing the Middle ClassTask Force on January 25, will try to convince average Americans that a more 'hopeful' future awaits and seek to revive a presidency dragged down by economic gloom in his State of the Union address Wednesday. Photo:Jim Watson/AFP

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton participates in a town ...

(AFP) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:33:00 GMT

(AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton participates in a town hall meeting at the State Department on January 26, in Washington, DC. World powers are gathering for talks on how to tackle Al-Qaeda militants operating out of Yemen, seen as a new frontier in the war against terror after an attempt to blow up a US-bound jet. Photo:Mark Wilson/AFP

US President Barack Obama, seen here with LA Lakers star Kobe ...

(AFP) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:38:00 GMT

(AFP) - US President Barack Obama, seen here with LA Lakers star Kobe Bryant, will seek to rekindle the spirit of possibility and change that swept him to power in his first State of the Union speech of a presidency sagging under economic gloom. Photo:Jim Watson/AFP

US Marines arrive covered in Mahafiz camp on the outskirts of ...

(AFP) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:38:00 GMT

(AFP) - US Marines arrive covered in Mahafiz camp on the outskirts of Marjah in central Helmand. Barack Obama is to seek to rekindle the spirit of possibility and change that swept him to power, in the first State of the Union speech of a presidency sagging under economic gloom Photo:Christophe Simon/AFP

US President Barack Obama, seen here addressing the Middle ClassTask ...

(AFP) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:55:00 GMT

VIDEO - One year ago, on January 20, 2009, Barack Obama was ...

(AFP) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:55:00 GMT

(AFP) - VIDEO - One year ago, on January 20, 2009, Barack Obama was sworn in as the first African-American president in US history. Some observers had proclaimed a new era of bipartisan politics and racial harmony -- but those lofty hopes have since dissolved in Washington's political tumult. Duration: 01:41 Photo:/AFP

US President Barack Obama announced on January 22 that he will ...

(AFP) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:38:00 GMT

(AFP) - US President Barack Obama announced on January 22 that he will limit the size and scope of US banks in a new offensive against Wall Street excesses. Obama will seek to rekindle the spirit of possibility and change that swept him to power, in the first State of the Union speech of a presidency sagging under economic gloom. Photo:Timothy A. Clary/AFP

Barack Obama will seek to rekindle the spirit of possibility ...

(AFP) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:38:00 GMT

(AFP) - Barack Obama will seek to rekindle the spirit of possibility and change that swept him to power in the first State of the Union speech of a presidency. Photo:Jim Watson/AFP

US Marines arrive at their base in Mahafiz, Afghanistan. Barack ...

(AFP) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:38:00 GMT

(AFP) - US Marines arrive at their base in Mahafiz, Afghanistan. Barack Obama will seek to rekindle the spirit of possibility and change that swept him to power, in the first State of the Union speech of a presidency. Photo:Christophe Simon/AFP

U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton (R), talks with Turkish ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:36:00 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton (R), talks with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (L) during their meeting in London January 27, 2010. REUTERS/Lefteris Pitarakis/Pool (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS)

President Barack Obama's speech to Congress on Wednesday night ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:30:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - President Barack Obama's speech to Congress on Wednesday night will be underpinned by two themes - reassuring millions of Americans that he understands their struggles and convincing people that he is working to change Washington even as he finds himself working within its old political ways. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Charles Dharapak/ file)

President Obama speaks during a town hall style gathering at ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:44:00 GMT

(Reuters) - President Obama speaks during a town hall style gathering at Lorain County Community College in Elyria, Ohio, January 22, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) poses with her Russian ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:01:00 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) poses with her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov before their meeting in London January 27, 2010. Clinton and Lavrov are in Britain to participate in Wednesday's talks on Yemen. A high-level international meeting in London aims to bolster Yemen's fight against al Qaeda by helping it tackle the poverty that can create a breeding ground for militant. REUTERS/Lefteris Pitarakis/Pool (REUTERS - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT)

Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa waves to his supporters ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:38:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa waves to his supporters at the election high commission in Colombo January 27, 2010. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya walks while holding ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:54:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya walks while holding his hat inside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa in this November 6, 2009 file photo. As a new president takes office, the toppled leader will leave Honduras on Wednesday for exile after pressure by the United States and Latin American countries failed to reverse a coup that ousted him last June. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa greets supporters after ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:54:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa greets supporters after he submitted his ballot at a polling-booth during the presidential election in Medamulana, about 220 km (137 miles) south-east of central Colombo January 26, 2010. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

US President Barack Obama poses with Los Angeles Lakers star ...

(AFP) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:33:00 GMT

(AFP) - US President Barack Obama poses with Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant (L) at the White House. Obama will Wednesday seek to rekindle the spirit of possibility and change that swept him to power, in the first State of the Union speech of a presidency sagging under economic gloom Photo:Jim Watson/AFP

US Marines arrive covered in Mahafiz camp on the outskirts of ...

(AFP) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:33:00 GMT

(AFP) - US Marines arrive covered in Mahafiz camp on the outskirts of Marjah in central Helmand. Barack Obama will Wednesday seek to rekindle the spirit of possibility and change that swept him to power, in the first State of the Union speech of a presidency sagging under economic gloom Photo:Christophe Simon/AFP

A man wears a t-shirt in Havana depicting US President Barack ...

(AFP) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:33:00 GMT

(AFP) - A man wears a t-shirt in Havana depicting US President Barack Obama playing basketball on the shoulders of Senator John McCain. Obama will Wednesday seek to rekindle the spirit of possibility and change that swept him to power, in the first State of the Union speech of a presidency sagging under economic gloom. Photo:/AFP

First Lady Michelle Obama talks at a Joint Armed Forces Officers? ...

(AFP) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:33:00 GMT

(AFP) - First Lady Michelle Obama talks at a Joint Armed Forces Officers? Wives? Luncheon in Washington, DC. Barack Obama will Wednesday seek to rekindle the spirit of possibility and change that swept him to power, in the first State of the Union speech of a presidency sagging under economic gloom Photo:Tim Sloan/AFP

A statue of U.S. President Barack Obama as a 10-year-old stands ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:17:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A statue of U.S. President Barack Obama as a 10-year-old stands in Menteng park in central Jakarta January 27, 2010. The statue of Obama was installed in December 2009 to commemorate the four years he attended a local primary school in Indonesia. Indonesians, who welcomed U.S Presidents Barack Obama as one of their own two years ago, are now calling for a statue of the president as a child to be torn down from a Jakarta suburb. REUTERS/Enny Nuraheni (INDONESIA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)

Army soldiers stand guard in front of the hotel where Sri Lanka's ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:39:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Army soldiers stand guard in front of the hotel where Sri Lanka's top opposition candidate General Sarath Fonseka is staying in Colombo January 27, 2010. Fonseka said troops had surrounded his hotel on Wednesday, after polling in Sri Lanka's first post-war presidential election ended with the revelation that he was not a registered voter. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds

Indonesian activists place an Indonesian flag on a bronze statue ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:29:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Indonesian activists place an Indonesian flag on a bronze statue of a young U.S. President Barack Obama at Menteng Park in Jakarta, December 17, 2009. REUTERS/Crack Palinggi

Indonesian youths pose for a photograph near the statue of U.S ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:29:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Indonesian youths pose for a photograph near the statue of U.S President Barrack Obama as a 10-year-old which was installed in Menteng park in central Jakarta January 26, 2010. The statue of Obama was installed in December 2009 to commemorate the four years he attended a local primary school in Indonesia. Indonesians, who welcomed Obama as one of their own two years ago, are now calling for the statue to be torn down from a Jakarta suburb. Picture taken January 26, 2010. REUTERS/Crack Palinggi (INDONESIA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton participates in a town ...

(AFP) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:28:00 GMT

(AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton participates in a town hall meeting at the State Department in Washington, DC. Clinton on Tuesday staunchly defended the American response to Haiti's earthquake, lashing out at foreign critics and calling the US military vital to the relief effort. Photo:Mark Wilson/AFP

President Barack Obama announces economic initiatives for struggling ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:51:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - President Barack Obama announces economic initiatives for struggling middle class families, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building across from the White House in Washington. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Charles Dharapak)

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi during a meeting at ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:51:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi during a meeting at Palazzo Chigi in Rome, November 13, 2009. REUTERS/Max Rossi

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gestures during a ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:49:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gestures during a town hall style meeting with employees marking her one year anniversary at the State Department, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010, at the State Department in Washington. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Alex Brandon)

US President Barack Obama speaks in Washington, DC on January ...

(AFP) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:25:00 GMT

(AFP) - US President Barack Obama speaks in Washington, DC on January 25. The White House on Tuesday denied Obama's government spending freeze would suffocate the economic rebound or stifle efforts to ease crippling 10 percent unemployment. Photo:Jim Watson/AFP

US 100 dollar bills. The White House on Tuesday denied President ...

(AFP) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:25:00 GMT

(AFP) - US 100 dollar bills. The White House on Tuesday denied President Barack Obama's government spending freeze would suffocate the economic rebound or stifle efforts to ease crippling 10 percent unemployment. Photo:Jung Yeon-Je/AFP

Ari Levy, vice president and director of portfolio management ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:14:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Ari Levy, vice president and director of portfolio management and research at TD Asset Management, is pictured at the offices of the TD Canada Trust Tower in Toronto, January 25, 2010. Canada's energy, resource, technology and financial stocks are still the best bets for investors, even after their strong performance in 2009, fund manager Levy says. REUTERS/ Mike Cassese (CANADA - Tags: BUSINESS)

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden attend ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:03:00 GMT

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden attend the meeting of the White House Task Force on Middle Class Families in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, January 25, 2010. REUTERS/Larry Downing

President Barack Obama makes an announcement on government efficiency ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:28:00 GMT

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama makes an announcement on government efficiency at the White House in Washington in this December 21, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Jim Young

President Barack Obama.. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Charles Dharapak) ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:45:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - President Barack Obama.. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Charles Dharapak)

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy waits to be interviewed on ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:22:00 GMT

(Reuters) - France's President Nicolas Sarkozy waits to be interviewed on private TF1 prime-time television news at their studios in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, January 25, 2010. REUTERS/Gerard Cerles/Pool

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton participates in a town ...

(AFP) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:46:00 GMT

(AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton participates in a town hall meeting at the State Department in Washington, DC. Clinton, who has spent nearly two decades in the national spotlight, joked Tuesday she has endured more criticism than some countries as she marked one year as the top US diplomat. Photo:Mark Wilson/AFP

US President Barack Obama, seen in Washington, DC January 25, ...

(AFP) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:46:00 GMT

(AFP) - US President Barack Obama, seen in Washington, DC January 25, will Wednesday unveil a plan for a three-year freeze on non-security optional government spending, taking aim at the huge deficit in a bid to save 250 billion dollars in 10 years, a senior official said. Photo:Jim Watson/AFP

The US Capitol in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama will ...

(AFP) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:46:00 GMT

(AFP) - The US Capitol in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama will Wednesday call for a three-year partial freeze on spending that would save 250 billion dollars over a decade. The fiscal straitjacket will lead to painful decisions on some government programs beloved of Democratic leaders and lawmakers in Congress and will crimp the spending plans of some of the members of Obama's own cabinet. Photo:Chris Kleponis/AFP

Members of parliament attend a session of where Iranian President ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:14:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Members of parliament attend a session of where Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (not pictured) presented his proposed budget in Tehran, January 24, 2010. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi

Turkey's President Abdullah Gul (C), Afghanistan's President ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:13:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Turkey's President Abdullah Gul (C), Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (L) and Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari attend a dinner in Istanbul, January 24, 2010. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

President Obama speaks during a visit to Lorain County Community ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:10:00 GMT

(Reuters) - President Obama speaks during a visit to Lorain County Community College in Elyria, Ohio, January 22, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the meeting of the White ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:42:00 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the meeting of the White House Task Force on Middle Class Families in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, January 25, 2010. REUTERS/Larry Downing

A YouTube video of President Barack Obama is seen on a computer ...

(AFP) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:22:00 GMT

(AFP) - A YouTube video of President Barack Obama is seen on a computer screen in Chicago in 2008. Obama will take questions from the public via YouTube about his 'State of the Union' speech on Wednesday and answer them online next week, the White House said. Photo:Saul Loeb/AFP

A man wears a t-shirt of U.S. President Barack Obama as he walks ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:03:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A man wears a t-shirt of U.S. President Barack Obama as he walks at a makeshift camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti January 26, 2010. Haiti needs at least five to 10 years of reconstruction help after its people were 'bloodied, martyred and ruined' by the devastating earthquake this month, Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive said on Monday. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)

Afghan President Hamid Karzai (R) and US Secretary of State ...

(AFP) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:35:00 GMT

(AFP) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai (R) and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during a meeting at the Presidential palace in Kabul in 2009. Karzai and Clinton are set to take part in a conference in London, which is seen as complementing Obama's military strategy to defeat Taliban and Al-Qaeda extremists. Photo:Musadeq Sadeq/AFP

Turkey's President Abdullah Gul and Afghanistan's President ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:54:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Turkey's President Abdullah Gul and Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (L) attend a news conference after their 'Friends and Neighbours of Afghanistan' meeting in Istanbul January 26, 2010. Neighbours of Afghanistan met in Istanbul on Tuesday to find a 'single voice' in their approach to the conflict ahead of a major conference in London. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

A woman leaves a polling station after voting in Colombo January ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:48:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A woman leaves a polling station after voting in Colombo January 26, 2010. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds

Supporters of incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa take shelter ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:39:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Supporters of incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa take shelter during a rally after police pushed them off the street while celebrating the closing of polls in Colombo, January 26, 2010. Sri Lankan's began voting on Tuesday in the country's first national election since the end of a 25-year conflict in May, with two former allies who lay claim to the victory vying to rebuild a nation finally without war. President Mahinda Rajapaksa and General Sarath Fonseka are the surprising rivals in a contest in which the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in May has figured heavily in campaigning, with both claiming credit. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton poses for a portrait in New ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:42:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton poses for a portrait in New York December 7, 2009. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson