Obama says slave site reminds him of human capacity for pain, suffering, ‘great evil’

September 15th, 2009 Rights group suspends analyst over Nazi collectionNEW YORK — A human rights group's senior military analyst has been suspended after a pro-Israel blog reported that he collects Nazi memorabilia, an official said Tuesday. Marc Garlasco is being suspended by Human Rights Watch "pending an investigation," said Carroll Bogert, associate director of the New York-based organization.

September 11th, 2009 USS Cole sailors' families seek more compensationNORFOLK, Va. — The families of 17 sailors killed in the 2000 attack on the USS Cole are asking to reopen their lawsuit against Sudan in an effort to seek more money.

July 12th, 2009 Obama says slavery's past should be taught in USWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says slavery is a terrible part of the United States' history and should be taught in a way that connects that past cruelty to current events, such as the genocide in Darfur. During an interview with CNN while traveling in Ghana, Obama compared the legacy of slavery to the history of the Holocaust.

July 12th, 2009 Obama home from whirlwind Ghana tripWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is back home after a whirlwind visit to Ghana. He arrived at Andrews Air Force Base early Sunday morning, soon after midnight.

July 11th, 2009 Obama: Daughters should learn from slave tourCAPE COAST, Ghana — President Barack Obama says he hopes his family's tour of a former slave fortress on the coast of Ghana shows his daughters that history can take very cruel turns. Eleven-year-old Malia and eight-year-old Sasha accompanied Obama on a tour of Cape Coast Castle Saturday.

July 11th, 2009 Obama declares to Africa: End tyranny, corruptionACCRA, Ghana — America's president and Africa's son, Barack Obama dashed with pride onto the continent of his ancestors Saturday, challenging its people to shed tyranny, corruption and conflict in favor of peace. Campaigning to all of Africa, he said "Yes you can." "I say this knowing full well the tragic past that has sometimes haunted this part of the world," Obama told a riveted Ghanaian Parliament.

July 2nd, 2009 Russian president hopeful for Obama summitMOSCOW — Russia's president said in a video released Thursday he was hopeful that an upcoming summit with Barack Obama will help Moscow and Washington find new ways to cooperate. Dmitry Medvedev's comments were the latest in a string of upbeat statements from Moscow ahead of Obama's first trip to Russia as U.S.

June 11th, 2009 Obama shocked by Holocaust shootingWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he is shocked by the shooting at the Holocaust museum near the White House. He called it an "outrageous act" and said it "reminds us that we must remain vigilant against anti-Semitism and prejudice in all its forms." Obama said Wednesday's shooting would not diminish the United States' effort to build a more peaceful and tolerant world.

June 5th, 2009 Obama to visit Nazi concentration camp siteWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will visit the site of a notorious Nazi concentration camp during his one-day visit to Germany. The president will tour Buchenwald with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, following their talks Friday at nearby Dresden Castle and joint news conference.

June 5th, 2009 At death camp, Obama says evil must be confrontedWEIMAR, Germany — President Barack Obama witnessed the Nazi ovens of the Buchenwald concentration camp Friday, its clock tower frozen at the time of liberation, and said the leaders of today must not rest against the spread of evil. The president called the camp where an estimated 56,000 people died the "ultimate rebuke" to Holocaust deniers and skeptics.

June 5th, 2009 Obama: Buchenwald "rebuke" to Holocaust denialWEIMAR, Germany — President Barack Obama absorbed the stark horrors memorialized at the Buchenwald concentration camp Friday and said the lesson for the modern world is vigilance against evil, against subjugation of the weak and against the "cruelty in ourselves." Obama honored the 56,000 who died at the Nazi camp and the thousands who survived. He invoked, too, his great-uncle, who helped liberate a Buchenwald satellite prison in 1945 and came back a haunted man.

April 29th, 2009 Judge: 1868 Sioux treaty covers pain, sufferingPIERRE, S.D. — A nearly 150-year-old treaty between the United States and a number of Indian tribes requires the U.S.

March 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty is 'deeply saddened' by the death of her foe-turned-friend Jade Goody, but is 'glad' that the British reality TV star is now 'out of pain' after suffering from cancer. Goody, 27, passed away in her sleep at 3.14 a.m.

January 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Barack Obama and his family would make history Tuesday as the first black first family to move into the White House, a mansion largely built by slaves, who also helped shape the national capital. And until the Civil War, when Obama's idol Abraham Lincoln freed slaves, 12 American presidents owned slaves and eight of them, starting with George Washington, owned slaves while in office.

December 24th, 2008 MUMBAI - Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan was Thursday admitted to the Lilavati hospital here after he complained of pain in his abdomen, hospital sources said. 'He is suffering from an intestine infection.