Obama first president to use Lincoln’s Bible

August 19th, 2009 Report: Gun case, Bible among gifts sent PalinANCHORAGE, Alaska — A personalized gun case, a Bible bound in goat skin and a hand-painted plate featuring Sarah Palin's likeness were among gifts the former Alaska governor received this year. The gifts have been included in an amended disclosure form filed with the Alaska Public Office Commission.

July 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.

June 29th, 2009 Court won't get involved in Bible club questionWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to stop a school district from blocking a group of Christian students from forming a Bible club on campus. The court refused to hear an appeal from the high school students who wanted to form the Truth Bible Club at Kentridge High School in Washington state in 2001.

June 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.

June 4th, 2009 Obama invokes Quran in key points of Cairo speechCAIRO — President Barack Obama's speech reaching out for a fresh start with the Islamic world was laced with references to the Quran and his Muslim roots. Obama quoted the Holy Quran as commanding, "Be conscious of God and speak always the truth." He said he shared that conviction, as "rooted in my own experience." The president noted that while he now is a Christian, his father had come from a Kenyan family that "includes generations of Muslims." He pointed to a Muslim — Rep.

June 4th, 2009 Obama invokes Koran in key points of Cairo speechCAIRO — President Barack Obama's speech reaching out for a fresh start with the Islamic world was laced with references to the Koran and his Muslim roots. Obama quoted the Holy Koran as commanding, "Be conscious of God and speak always the truth." He said he shared that conviction, as "rooted in my own experience." The president noted that while he now is a Christian, his father had come from a Kenyan family that "includes generations of Muslims." He pointed to a Muslim — Rep.

May 9th, 2009 Pope arrives at Mount Nebo in JordanAMMAN, Jordan — Pope Benedict XVI has arrived at Mount Nebo, where the Bible says Moses saw the Promised Land. The sun broke through the morning mist just before the pope arrived Saturday at the wind-swept hill overlooking the Jordan valley.

March 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.

February 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Two weeks into his presidency, a new national poll suggests that nearly two-thirds of Americans approve of the job Barack Obama has been doing so far in the White House, but it's a far cry from his 84 percent rating days before his inauguration. Sxity-four percent of those questioned in a new Gallup/USA Today survey say they approve of how President Obama is handling his job, with 25 percent disapproving and 11 percent unsure.

February 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Two weeks into his presidency, a new national poll suggests that nearly two thirds of Americans approve of the job Barack Obama has been doing so far in the White House, but it's a far cry from his 84 percent rating days before his inauguration. Sxity-four percent of those questioned in a new Gallup/USA Today survey say they approve of how President Obama is handling his job, with 25 percent disapproving and 11 percent unsure.

January 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.

January 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.

December 23rd, 2008 WASHINGTON - The historic Bible that Abraham Lincoln took oath on in 1861 when he became the 16th US president will be taken out of the Library of Congress for the first since then when Barack Obama is sworn in as the country's 44th president on Jan 20. Presidential Inaugural Committee Executive Director Emmett Beliveau said here Tuesday: 'President-elect Obama is deeply honoured that the Library of Congress has made the Lincoln Bible available for use during his swearing-in.

December 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.

December 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.