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U.S. President Barack Obama tours the Badaling section of the Great Wall in Beijing November 18, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Lee

Obama job approval rating drops under 50 percent

Reuters - Fri Nov 20, 6:25 PM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's job approval rating has dropped below 50 percent in a second major poll in an indication he is suffering from the long healthcare debate and weakness in the economy, Gallup said on Friday.

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    Obama health drive set to clear first test AFP - 57 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama's signature drive to remake US health care was on track to clear a key Senate hurdle Saturday, as the last wavering Democrats agreed to vote to formally open debate on the bill.

  • Despite fierce public pressure to end the war in Afghanistan eight years on, politicians and experts decried calls for setting an exit date they say would embolden the Taliban. 'History shows us that if you set dates for when you're going to leave, the enemy waits until you leave,' US Senator John McCain said at the Halifax International Defense Forum in easternmost Canada. Photo:Mandel Ngan/AFP
    Setting Afghan exit date defeatist: defense panel AFP - 1 hour, 34 minutes ago

    HALIFAX, Canada (AFP) - Despite fierce public pressure to end the war in Afghanistan eight years on, politicians and experts on Saturday decried calls for setting an exit date they say would embolden the Taliban.

  • A technician works at the Imperio Guarani factory, 10 km from Asunción, Paraguay, to extract the sweetener from stevia plants (stevia rebaudiana bertoni), in 2007. US and Paraguayan representatives held talks in Washington Saturday to shore up trade ties and extend an intellectual rights accord, US officials said. Photo:Daniel Caselli/AFP
    US, Paraguay meet to boost trade ties AFP - Sat Nov 21, 12:58 PM

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - US and Paraguayan representatives held talks in Washington Saturday to shore up trade ties and extend an intellectual rights accord, US officials said.

  • US President Barack Obama, seen here on November 19, back from a tour of Asia, called for the United States to produce more goods to sell across the Pacific, touting trade as a way to revive the troubled US economy. Photo:Mandel Ngan/AFP
    Obama touts Asia trade to create jobs AFP - Sat Nov 21, 12:08 PM

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Back from an Asia tour, President Barack Obama called Saturday for the United States to produce more goods to sell across the Pacific, touting trade as a way to revive the troubled US economy.

  • A group of US experts on Korean affairs will visit Pyongyang Saturday for talks with policy makers regarding N.Korea's nuclear weapons programme, a news report said. The trip comes as Stephen Bosworth (pictured), US special representative for N.Korean policy, is scheduled to visit the communist state on December 8 in order to persuade it to return to six-party nuclear disarmament talks. Photo:Won Dai-Yeon/AFP
    US experts to visit Pyongyang before envoy: Yonhap AFP - Sat Nov 21, 12:01 PM

    SEOUL (AFP) - A group of US experts on Korean affairs will visit Pyongyang Saturday for talks with policy makers regarding North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, a news report said.


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