Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks as he meets university and college rectors in the government headquarters in Moscow, on February 14, 2012. After serving two consecutive presidential terms between 2000 and 2008 and a term as prime... View Photo »
European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (L), Zhou Xiaochuan, Governor of the People's Bank of China (C) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (R) attend the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Euro exhibition at the University of... View Photo »
European Council President Herman Van Rompuy delivers his speech at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing on February 15, 2012. China's Premier Wen Jiabao said on February 14 his country was ready to increase its... View Photo »
Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum reacts while addressing the audience at a rally on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012 in Boise, Idaho. View Photo »
Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum addresses an overflow crowd following a rally on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012 in Boise, Idaho. View Photo »
Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum poses for a picture with a supporter following a rally on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012 in Boise, Idaho. View Photo »
Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum pauses for a moment while addressing the crowd at a rally on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012 at Capital High in Boise, Idaho. View Photo »
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders, Ugandan Margaret Sekaggya (R), speaks next to UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative Jose Manuel Hermida, during a press conference in Tegucigalpa, on... View Photo »
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders, Ugandan Margaret Sekaggya, gestures during a press conference in Tegucigalpa, on February 14, 2012. Sekaggya is due to meet with government officials as well as local... View Photo »
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders, Ugandan Margaret Sekaggya, listens to a question during a press conference in Tegucigalpa, on February 14, 2012. Sekaggya is due to meet with government officials as well as... View Photo »
Pro-Tibetan protesters are seen in a man's glasses during a demonstration February 14, 2012 in Lafayette Park across from the White House in Washington, DC. As Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping and US President Barack Obama held talks at the White... View Photo »
Pro-Tibetan protesters hold placards remembering a man who immolated himself to death during a demonstration February 14, 2012 in Lafayette Park across from the White House in Washington, DC. China has stepped up detentions of government critics since... View Photo »
President Barack Obama, center, arrives at Vermilion Restaurant in Alexandria, Va. , for a Valentine's Day dinner with first lady Michelle Obama, Tuesday, Feb. , 14, 2012. View Photo »
Demonstrators wave flags and banners during a pro-Tibetan demonstration February 14, 2012 in Lafayette Park across from the White House in Washington, DC. As Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping and US President Barack Obama held talks at the White House,... View Photo »
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 14: Israeli Vice Prime Minister Silvan Shalom holds a press conference after meeting with UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon at the United Nations headquarters on February 14, 2012 in New York City. Silvan said he spoke to the... View Photo »
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 14: Acting director of the Office of Management and Budget Jeffrey Zients testifies during a Senate Budget Committee hearing on February 14, 2012 in Washington, DC. Zients is tesiffying about U.S. President Barack Obama's... View Photo »
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 14: A pug named Sake sits in his owner's backpack during a small protest by a group called Dogs Against Romney outside of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on February 14, 2012 in New York City. The group is incensed that the... View Photo »
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 14: Members of the media gather around an English bull terrier named Petey during a small protest by a group called Dogs Against Romney outside of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on February 14, 2012 in New York City. The... View Photo »
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 14: An English bull terrier named Petey stands with his owner Al Alvarez during a small protest by a group called Dogs Against Romney outside of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on February 14, 2012 in New York City. The... View Photo »
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 14: U.S. President Barack Obama (L) shakes hands with participants speaking about a payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance February 14, 2012 at the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the... View Photo »
Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks as he meets university and college rectors in the government headquarters in Moscow, on February 14, 2012. After serving two consecutive presidential terms between 2000 and 2008 and a term as prime minister, Putin is seeking a third term in...
View Photo »European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (L), Zhou Xiaochuan, Governor of the People's Bank of China (C) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (R) attend the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Euro exhibition at the University of International Business and Economics in...
View Photo »European Council President Herman Van Rompuy delivers his speech at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing on February 15, 2012. China's Premier Wen Jiabao said on February 14 his country was ready to increase its participation in efforts to resolve Europe's...
View Photo »Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum reacts while addressing the audience at a rally on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012 in Boise, Idaho.
View Photo »Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum addresses an overflow crowd following a rally on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012 in Boise, Idaho.
View Photo »Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum poses for a picture with a supporter following a rally on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012 in Boise, Idaho.
View Photo »Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum pauses for a moment while addressing the crowd at a rally on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012 at Capital High in Boise, Idaho.
View Photo »United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders, Ugandan Margaret Sekaggya (R), speaks next to UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative Jose Manuel Hermida, during a press conference in Tegucigalpa, on February 14, 2012. Sekaggya is due to...
View Photo »United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders, Ugandan Margaret Sekaggya, gestures during a press conference in Tegucigalpa, on February 14, 2012. Sekaggya is due to meet with government officials as well as local authorities and civil society from San...
View Photo »United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders, Ugandan Margaret Sekaggya, listens to a question during a press conference in Tegucigalpa, on February 14, 2012. Sekaggya is due to meet with government officials as well as local authorities and civil society...
View Photo »Pro-Tibetan protesters are seen in a man's glasses during a demonstration February 14, 2012 in Lafayette Park across from the White House in Washington, DC. As Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping and US President Barack Obama held talks at the White House, dozens of impassioned pro-Tibet...
View Photo »Pro-Tibetan protesters hold placards remembering a man who immolated himself to death during a demonstration February 14, 2012 in Lafayette Park across from the White House in Washington, DC. China has stepped up detentions of government critics since last month and has recently imposed...
View Photo »President Barack Obama, center, arrives at Vermilion Restaurant in Alexandria, Va. , for a Valentine's Day dinner with first lady Michelle Obama, Tuesday, Feb. , 14, 2012.
View Photo »Demonstrators wave flags and banners during a pro-Tibetan demonstration February 14, 2012 in Lafayette Park across from the White House in Washington, DC. As Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping and US President Barack Obama held talks at the White House, dozens of impassioned pro-Tibet...
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 14: Israeli Vice Prime Minister Silvan Shalom holds a press conference after meeting with UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon at the United Nations headquarters on February 14, 2012 in New York City. Silvan said he spoke to the general secretary about recent...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 14: Acting director of the Office of Management and Budget Jeffrey Zients testifies during a Senate Budget Committee hearing on February 14, 2012 in Washington, DC. Zients is tesiffying about U.S. President Barack Obama's budget request for FY2013.
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 14: A pug named Sake sits in his owner's backpack during a small protest by a group called Dogs Against Romney outside of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on February 14, 2012 in New York City. The group is incensed that the GOP presidential candidate Mitt...
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 14: Members of the media gather around an English bull terrier named Petey during a small protest by a group called Dogs Against Romney outside of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on February 14, 2012 in New York City. The group is incensed that the GOP...
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 14: An English bull terrier named Petey stands with his owner Al Alvarez during a small protest by a group called Dogs Against Romney outside of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on February 14, 2012 in New York City. The group is incensed that the GOP...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 14: U.S. President Barack Obama (L) shakes hands with participants speaking about a payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance February 14, 2012 at the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House in Washington, DC. ...
View Photo »US President Barack Obama speaks about urging Congress to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance during an event in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building adjacent to the White House in Washington, DC, February 14, 2012.
View Photo »US President Barack Obama shakes hands with guests after speaking about urging Congress to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance during an event in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building adjacent to the White House in Washington, DC, February 14, 2012.
View Photo »Two posters with a portrait of Russian Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin with words reading "another 13 years? No. Thank you!"
View Photo »US President Barack Obama and Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping(C) speak during meetings in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 14, 2012. The White House on Tuesday welcomed China's likely next leader Xi Jinping, with President Barack Obama looking to push...
View Photo »Protestors demonstrate on behalf of Tibetan rights in front of the White House as Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping visits with US President Obama, February 14, 2012, in Washington, DC. Dozens of impassioned pro-Tibet activists waved flags and chanted, 'China lies, Tibetans die' and...
View Photo »Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks as he meets university and college rectors in the government headquarters in Moscow, on February 14, 2012. After serving two consecutive presidential terms between 2000 and 2008 and a term as prime minister, Putin is seeking a third term in...
View Photo »The very core of what this country stands for is on the line ... The basic promise of no matter who you are, where you come from, this is a place that you can make it if you try. That’s at stake in this election.
If all white men were like the ones on stage in SC GOP debates last night, you wouldn't speak to one white man in the USA!
And it’s not because you thought it was going to be easy ... You know when you support a guy name Barack Hussein Obama for president of the United States, you’ve got to assume that the odds may not be in your favor. But what you understood was the campaign was not about me, it was about our common visio...
This is another nail in the coffin for genetically modified foods in Europe ... This is a good day for consumers and farmers and opens the door for the European Union to shift Europe to greener and more publicly acceptable farming.
I have signed this bill despite having serious reservations with certain provisions that regulate the detention, interrogation and prosecution of suspected terrorists ... Moreover, I want to clarify that my administration will not authorize the indefinite military detention without trial of American cit...
His media saturation of the Florida airways is clearly having an impact, and, based on what I have learned, he is staying on message by talking about spending and deficits — two issues GOP voters care about.
When you become president, one thing that happens overnight is that you and everyone you love get a bunch of new nicknames
Romney is the clear favorite, and you’d have to conclude he even has a shot to win 50 percent of the GOP vote, depending on what happens in South Carolina
Dr. King would want us to challenge the excesses of Wall Street without demonizing those who work there.
Alabamians don’t want to be associated with the Democratic Party and Barack Obama
we can't afford to repeat the mistakes that have been made in the past - after World War II, after Vietnam - when our military was left ill-prepared for the future.
The goal of the U.S. and other sanctions against Iran is regime collapse, a senior U.S. intelligence official said, offering the clearest indication yet that the Obama administration is at least as intent on unseating Iran’s government as it is on engaging with it.
In the modern world, stability is an asset which can only be earned by hard work, by showing openness to change and readiness for thought-out, calculated reforms
Obama reversed Bush’s policy of ignoring Osama bin Laden, immediately setting a course that eventually led to his capture and death.
The competition for new jobs, for businesses, for middle-class security -- that's a race I know we can win ... But America is not going to win if we give in to those who think that we can only respond to our challenges with the same tired, old tune ... [and] hope that prosperity somehow trickles down.
The debate that the Republican candidate Rick Perry attended on American Fox TV turned into a scandal that contained very ugly statements about Turkey
We've begun to see what change looks like
Of these, Denmark and Lithuania sent representatives to the New Delhi Sherpa Meeting. The four international Organizations are the UN, IAEA, Interpol and the European Union
Imagine whisking through towns at speeds over 100 miles an hour, walking only a few steps to public transportation and ending up just blocks from your destination
Ambassador Connelly expressed the United States’ deep concern that the Syrian regime continues its violent oppression of the Syrian people, despite the presence of the Arab League monitoring mission
I was a constitutional law professor, which means unlike the current president I actually respect the Constitution. I refuse to take 'no' for an answer
bucking GOP doctrine on issues like global warming ... a steady diet of civility and compromise.
What he really said was all of us can be a drum major for service, all of us can be a drum major for justice ... There is nobody who can't serve, nobody who can't help somebody else.
Applying the scenario of sanctions on Iran's oil exports to EU members would be economic suicide for the member countries
Even the very good intentions cannot justify violation of international laws and state sovereignty
