Gandhi, Mandela among Obama's heroesJuly 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Besides Abraham Lincoln, President Barack Obama looks up to Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela as his heroes for bringing about transformative change without violence by changing people's minds and hearts. "Abraham Lincoln is probably the President who I find most compelling because not only did he deal with probably the biggest crisis in American history, the Civil War, but he also did so in a way that was full of understanding of humanity," he told Russian state-run Rossiya TV and ITAR-TASS news agency.
British Library unites world's earliest known Bible digitally on the InternetJuly 6th, 2009 World's oldest Bible digitizedLONDON — The British Library says the surviving pages of the world's oldest Christian Bible have been reunited — digitally. The library says the early work known as the Codex Sinaiticus had been housed in four separate locations across the world for more than 150 years.
Just like Obama, Lincoln too had an encounter with a flyJune 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - American President Barack Obama has once again been likened to Abraham Lincoln, with reports now claiming that the latter too had an encounter with a fly. Daniel Weinberg, the owner of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago, is in possession of a picture showing Lincoln with a housefly on him.
Unlike Obama, Lincoln likely let fly live when it landed on him during photo sessionJune 18th, 2009 Like Obama, Lincoln had run-in with a flyCHICAGO — President Obama launched his campaign from Abraham Lincoln's hometown, used his bible to be sworn in and quotes Lincoln at the drop of a stovepipe hat. Now it seems the two share something else: an encounter with a fly.
Obama not first Ill. president buzzed by fly on camera, but with Lincoln, fly likely livedJune 18th, 2009 Fly that landed on Lincoln in photo likely livedCHICAGO — President Barack Obama launched his campaign from Abraham Lincoln's hometown and used his bible to be sworn in. Now, it seems the two share something else: an encounter with a fly.
Hawaii State Archives holds Lincoln document but no one sure how it got thereJune 9th, 2009 Hawaii archives holds mystery Lincoln documentHONOLULU — Documents bearing signatures of U.S. presidents have turned up in a lot of unexpected places: Attics, libraries, even thrift stores.
Archives offers $50,000 reward for missing hard drive with Clinton administration dataMay 29th, 2009 Archives offers $50,000 reward for missing dataWASHINGTON — The National Archives is offering a $50,000 reward for recovery of a missing computer drive containing sensitive Clinton administration data. The Western Digital My Book external hard drive was discovered missing about March 24 from an Archives processing room in College Park, Md.
John Abraham makes diet chart for Shreyas TalpadeApril 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - John Abraham, whose sculpted body is something most youngsters desire, is busy helping actor Shreyas Talpade to get into shape these days. The two actors along with Kay Kay Menon, Sharad Kapoor and Krushna Abhishek are shooting in Hyderabad for David Dhawan's comedy thriller 'Hook Ya Crook'.
MEA throws open its archives to scholars on ChinaMarch 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In a step that is sure to enthuse Indian experts on China, the external affairs ministry is now ready to provide scholars access to its digitalised archives that could throw new light on New Delhi's relationship with Beijing in the 1960s and 1970s. 'We do give access to bona fide scholars to consult MEA archives which are now digitalised,' Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told journalists here Thursday.
Britney told to read Bible every dayMarch 17th, 2009 LONDON - American pop singer Britney Spears' father has issued strict backstage conditions to keep his daughter on the straight and narrow path. The Grammy Award-winner has been ordered to read the Bible for one hour a day by her father, reported mirror.co.uk.
Schedule of events for Obama's inaugurationJanuary 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Here is the schedule of events for Barack Obama's inauguration as 44th president of the US Tuesday:
8 a.m. (6.30 p.m. IST): Gates to the inaugural ceremony on the West Front of the US Capitol open.
Obama first president to use Lincoln's BibleJanuary 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Barack Obama Tuesday became the first US president to swear on the Bible that Abraham Lincoln used for his inauguration 147 years ago. US presidents are not constitutionally required to be sworn in using a Bible, though most do, Theodore Roosevelt being the most notable exception.
Barack Obama steps into history to become US presidentJanuary 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Barack Obama stepped into history Tuesday as the first African American to be sworn in as president of the United States. Obama stood on the flag-bedecked wooden special inaugural platform on the West Front of the Capitol overlooking the national monuments to take the oath of office as the 44th president of the world's oldest democracy.
Obama to be sworn in using the Lincoln bibleDecember 23rd, 2008 WASHINGTON - Barack Obama will take the oath of office as the 44th president of the US using the same bible upon which Abraham Lincoln was sworn in at his first inauguration, the presidential inauguration committee announced Tuesday. Obama will be the first president sworn in using the Lincoln Bible since its initial use in 1861 when Lincoln became the 16th president.
Obama to take oath on Lincoln's BibleDecember 22nd, 2008 WASHINGTON - US president-elect Barack Obama will be sworn into office with the same Bible that Abraham Lincoln used for his oath taking ceremony in 1861. The move further extends the parallels that Obama has drawn with Lincoln since he announced his candidacy for president in February 2007 in Springfield, Illionis, the online edition of The New York Times said Tuesday.
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