Obama says state sovereignty is important, but there will be exceptions to the rule

September 8th, 2009 Feds to start immigration crackdown on contractorsWASHINGTON — For federal contractors, it's time to start checking whether employees are able to legally work in the United States. Beginning Tuesday, the federal government is requiring federal contractors to use the E-Verify system to check the immigration and citizenship status of the people they hire and assign to new federal contracts.

August 27th, 2009 FTC to ban most telemarketing 'robocalls' Sept. 1Many of those annoying prerecorded telemarketing calls will be history starting Sept.

August 11th, 2009 Obama delivers a fact-check on "death panels"PORTSMOUTH, N.H — President Barack Obama is seeking to put to rest claims that the health care overhaul he seeks would set up "death panels" to rule on life-sustaining care for ailing seniors. It would not, and Obama stressed the point during a town hall meeting Tuesday in Portsmouth, N.H.

July 7th, 2009 Obama calls for more rule of law in RussiaMOSCOW — President Barack Obama called Tuesday for more transparency and rule of law if the United States and Russia are to boost economic ties. "We need to make it easier for U.S.

June 30th, 2009 Obama: Iraqis taking control of cities importantWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says that Iraqi security forces taking control of cities from the United States is an important step toward Iraq's sovereignty and the end of the war. He says Iraqis are rightly treating the day as a cause for celebration.

June 20th, 2009 British government spells end of 'i before e' ruleLONDON — It's a spelling mantra that generations of schoolchildren have learned — "i before e, except after c." But new British government guidance tells teachers not to pass on the rule to students, because there are too many exceptions. The "Support For Spelling" document, which is being sent to thousands of primary schools, says the rule "is not worth teaching" because it doesn't account for words like 'sufficient,' 'veil' and 'their.' Jack Bovill of the Spelling Society, which advocates simplified spelling, said Saturday he agreed with the decision.

May 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has reiterated his confidence that the Pakistani military is equipped to prevent extremists from taking over its nuclear arsenal, but would not rule out the option of sending US troops to secure them. As the US tries to strengthen Islambad as a partner, he also sees 'a decided shift' in the Pakistan Army's recognition that extremism is a much more immediate and serious threat than the one from India that they've traditionally focused on.

May 1st, 2009 Obama: Souter successor should be seated by Oct.WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he will nominate an individual who is "dedicated to the rule of law" to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the Supreme Court. The president interrupted his press secretary's regular White House briefing to tell reporters he had just spoken by phone with Souter (SOO-ter).

April 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says the US is encouraging Pakistan to recognise that its obsession with India as its mortal threat has been misguided and focus on their biggest threat from extremists internally as Washington does not want to see Pakistan ending up as a nuclear-armed militant state. 'On the military side, you're starting to see some recognition just in the last few days that the obsession with India as the mortal threat to Pakistan has been misguided, and that their biggest threat right now comes internally,' Obama said at a prime time news conference Wednesday capping his 100th day in office.

April 28th, 2009 Rule limiting species protections revokedWASHINGTON — The Obama administration will again require federal agencies to consult with the government's wildlife experts before taking any actions that could impact threatened or endangered species. The Interior and Commerce departments said Tuesday they have revoked a last-minute rule change by the Bush administration that ended the consultation requirement.

April 8th, 2009 LONDON - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has asked the United States to provide the unmanned remote controlled Predator aircrafts to the country so that it could carry out drone strikes against the extremists outfit based on its soil. Zardari reiterated that the US led drone strikes targeted at militant outfits in the tribal areas along the Afghan border were an assault on Pakistan's sovereignty.

March 30th, 2009 MUMBAI - Sonam Kapoor may be just two films old, but she is choosy about her roles and has drafted strict guidelines for herself to sign movies. The young actress is, however, willing to make exceptions if the man opposite her happens to be Robert De Niro or Shah Rukh Khan.

February 10th, 2009 LHASA - Courts have handed out sentences to 76 people involved in last year's riots in the Tibetan capital Lhasa, an official said. Nyima Cering of the regional People's Congress said Tuesday night that the riots seriously affected China's sovereignty.

February 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US has expressed regret for Russia's plan to establish military bases in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, urging the Kremlin to respect Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity. 'The US regrets the Russian Federation's expressed intention to establish bases in the territory of Georgia,' US State Department said Friday in a statement, adding that the plan 'without the consent of the Georgian government would clearly violate that commitment'.

January 31st, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama Saturday congratulated Iraqis on their 'significant' and peaceful election of local officials, calling it an 'important step' as the country takes control of its future. Obama said that Iraq's Electoral Commission had 'performed professionally under difficult circumstances,' with vital assistance from the United Nations, and from Iraqi police and military forces who 'helped secure the polling sites and protected voters as they cast their ballots'.