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Obama to meet Suu Kyi, Myanmar president in Yangon
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama will meet democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and President Thein Sein this month on a historic first visit to...
Change coming to Obama's team, just not right away
WASHINGTON (AP) - Big changes are coming to the President Barack Obama's administration - just not right away.
Obama urged to fulfill Guantanamo closure pledge
Rights groups challenged President Barack Obama on Thursday to use his second term to close Guantanamo and end drone attacks, warrantless...
Top Republican muddies stance on 'Obamacare' repeal
US House Speaker John Boehner used Twitter on Thursday to ride back on earlier comments that suggested he was ready to drop Republican opposition to...
Obama campaign says it won Florida
US President Barack Obama's top aide in Florida said Democrats have won the vote in the officially undeclared Sunshine State, where officials...
Hispanic US 'Dreamers' celebrate Obama victory
Hispanics smuggled into the United States as children who grew up as Americans on Thursday celebrated Democrat Barack Obama's re-election, and...
Obama's true believers make the difference
CHICAGO - Many had volunteered tirelessly for President Barack Obama over the past few weeks, but if they were exhausted on Tuesday night, they did...
Obama: 'We have picked ourselves up,' fought back
CHICAGO (AP) - A triumphant President Barack Obama heralded his re-election with a call to action early Wednesday, telling Americans that their...
Indonesians catch live coverage of vote count
JAKARTA: Dozens of excited Indonesian guests, many university students, on Wednesday joined Americans at a five-star hotel ballroom in Jakarta to...
Obama finds no converts in Knoxville city in Tennessee state
LOOKING around at the number of churches in Knoxville - more than 450 for a population of 181,000 - you wonder whether any Democrats even live in...
Obama says 'best is yet to come' in victory speech
CHICAGO (AFP) - President Barack Obama told cheering supporters on early Wednesday that "the best is yet to come" for the United States...
Smaller crowds at Obama HQ in Chicago
After 18 bruising months of campaigning, billions spent on television advertisements, hundreds of rallies and stump speeches by the candidates, the...
Romney concedes US presidential election to Obama
BOSTON, Massachusetts (AFP) - Republican challenger Mitt Romney conceded defeat in the US election early on Wednesday, telling supporters that he had...
Analysis: Why Romney lost US presidential race
WASHINGTON - On paper, Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney has everything he needs to win the White House this year.
Blue-blooded Boston
The private jets began to stream into Boston’s Logan International Airport in the afternoon, disgorging well-heeled supporters bound for Mitt Romney’...
Paul Ryan loses V-P bid, but stays in House of Representatives
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Republican Paul Ryan lost on Tuesday in his bid to be the next US vice president but kept his seat in the House of Representatives...
US election 2012: Results update
Barack Obama - 303 | Mitt Romney - 206
Democrats retain control of the US Senate
NEW YORK (AP) - Democrats held their narrow majority in the Senate on Tuesday, grabbing Republican seats in Massachusetts and Indiana and turning...
PICTURES
Obama wins re-election, makes history again
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama swept to re-election on Tuesday, creating history again by defying the undertow of a slow economic...
Japan congratulates Obama, vows to work closely
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's prime minister congratulated US President Barack Obama on his re-election on Wednesday, as Tokyo looks for help to ease...
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Sidelights

Musicians blast bill to trim Pandora royalties
A group of 125 leading musicians is calling on the US Congress to kill a bill backed by online broadcaster Pandora that would slash royalties on Internet radio.
 
Obama to see 'Lincoln' at White House screening
President Barack Obama plans to attend a private White House screening Thursday of "Lincoln," director Steven Spielberg's saga of the Great Emancipator Abraham Lincoln.
 
20 million tweets! Election most tweeted event in US political history
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Election day in the United States became the most tweeted about event in US political history with enthusiastic netizens firing off 20 million poll-related tweets, the social network said.
 
Memorable quotes on US election day
WASHINGTON (AFP) - As Americans voted in a cliff-hanger presidential election, there were some memorable election day quotes:
 
Election day caps $6 billion spree
Six billion dollars. That's how much money has been blown to influence the US election race that reached the finish line with Tuesday's vote.
 
Obama shrugs off vote stress with hoops
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday burned off his election-day nerves in traditional fashion, with a game of basketball with close friends, as millions of Americans went to the polls.
 
US elections primer: Governors, House and Senate
It's not just a president who gets elected on Tuesday. Americans will also cast ballots for hundreds of legislators in the two chambers of Congress, the Senate and the House of Representatives, as well as 13 governors.
 
270 votes to win: The quirky US White House race
In a quirk of the US system, American voters do not directly elect the president and vice president. Technically speaking, they pick "electors" in an Electoral College.
 
Celebrities mobilize for Obama, Romney on Twitter
US celebrities weighed in on the race for the White House on election eve, endorsing their favorite candidates on Twitter or making last-ditch pleas for their followers to get out and vote.
 
The White House has housed 13 presidents since WWII
Thirteen presidents -- seven Democrats and six Republicans -- have called the White House home since the United States entered World War II in 1941 after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
 
Irish ancestral village hoping for Obama re-election
For many residents of Moneygall, the Irish ancestral home of Barack Obama, they are not just hoping he is re-elected -- they are relying on it.
 
Puppets protest Romney threat to US public broadcasting
Puppets urged politicians Saturday to keep up federal funding for US public broadcasting after Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney threatened to pull the plug on Big Bird and friends.
 
Redskins' NFL result could foretell election outcome
While President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney campaign ahead of Tuesday's US elections, the National Football League's Washington Redskins could foretell the vote outcome on Sunday.
 

Viewpoints

Obama's true believers make the difference
Tracy Quek
 
Obama finds no converts in Knoxville city in Tennessee state
Tan Dawn Wei
 
Indonesians catch live coverage of vote count
Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja
 
Obama's re-election bodes well for Sino-US ties
Grace Ng
 
No major change for Japan: Japanese officials
Kwan Weng Kin
 
Malaysia hopes Obama win will strengthen ties with Muslim world
Teo Cheng Wee
 
India welcomes Obama's re-election
Nirmala Ganapathy
 

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