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Monday, March 24

When 'Barry' Became Barack

by Mnet on Mon 24 Mar 2008 08:51 AM GMT

Newsweek Reconstructs Time When Obama Moved from Using 'Barry' to Formal

Barack and Impact it Made on Him

'It was when I Made a Conscious Decision: I Want to Grow Up,' Obama Says

NEW YORK, ... more »

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NEWSWEEK: Media Lead Sheet/March 31, 2008 Issue

by Mnet on Mon 24 Mar 2008 08:49 AM GMT

(on Newsstands Monday, March 24)

COVER: "When 'Barry' Became Barack" (p. 25). Senior White House Correspondent Richard Wolffe reconstructs the period when Sen. Barack Obama began using the name Barack instead of Barry-part of his ... more »

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Saturday, March 22

New Mexico governor Bill Richardson backs Obama

by Mnet on Sat 22 Mar 2008 12:35 PM GMT

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama gets a crucial endorsement
in Oregon from New Mexico governor Bill Richardson. Richardson calls Obama
"something special that the country needs right now."

SHOWS: PORTLAND, OREGON, UNITED STATES (MARCH 21, ... more »

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Friday, March 21

Condoleezza Rice apologizes to Barack Obama for breach in his passport records

by Mnet on Fri 21 Mar 2008 03:42 PM GMT

Rice promises investigation into breach in Obama's passport files

WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (MARCH 21, 2008) (POOL) - 
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice apologized on Friday (March
21) to Sen. Barack Obama for the ...   more »

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Wednesday, March 19

U.S. Presidential primary focuses on race

by Mnet on Wed 19 Mar 2008 11:54 PM GMT

The U.S. presidential primary contest turns its focus to race, as candidate
Barack Obama addresses his preacher's racially-charged sermons, and his
opponent, Hillary Clinton, responds. Clinton also comments on the Bear Stearns
crisis.

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ...   more »

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Arthur C. Clarke's body transfered to his home in Colombo

by Mnet on Wed 19 Mar 2008 11:35 PM GMT

The body of Arthur C. Clarke, pioneering science fiction writer and
visionary, is brought to his home in Colombo, Sri Lanka. British-born Clarke,
whose death was announced on Wednesday (March 19) was best known for ...   more »

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Five years after the invasion, Obama says Clinton showed lack of judgment on Iraq

by Mnet on Wed 19 Mar 2008 11:28 PM GMT

U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama on Wednesday (March 19) 
said his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton had shown a lack of judgment when
she voted in 2002 to authorize the Iraq war. 
    In a speech marking ...   more »

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Tuesday, March 18

Five years after U.S. invasion, Iraqis long for better life

by Sam Mbale on Tue 18 Mar 2008 07:18 PM GMT

Five years after the fall of Saddam Hussein, many Iraqis are heartbroken
from loosing family members in rampant street violence.

AL-FADHIL DISTRICT, BAGHDAD (MARCH 16, 2008) (REUTERS) - Five years after the fall of Saddam ... more »

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