Sonia Sotomayor becomes 111th Supreme Court justice; court's first Hispanic, third womanAugust 8th, 2009 Sotomayor takes oath from Chief Justice RobertsWASHINGTON —Sonia Sotomayor became the Supreme Court's newest justice Saturday, pledging during a brief ceremony at the high court to defend the Constitution and administer impartial justice. Sotomayor, 55, is the first Hispanic justice and only the third woman in the court's 220-year history.
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.
Obama uses Koran to make critical points in speech urging fresh start with Muslim worldJune 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.
Obama uses Quran to make critical points in speech urging fresh start with Muslim worldJune 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.
English rules the eveningMay 22nd, 2009 English was the language of the evening Friday with 15 of the new ministers as well as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh taking their oath of office in it. Only Kamal Nath, Sharad Pawar, C.P.
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.
Obama takes oath of office againJanuary 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama had to take the oath of office again Wednesday as Chief Justice John Roberts had misplaced the word 'faithfully' in the earlier oath, a media report said. San Francisco Chronicle reported that 'Barack Obama took the advice of constitutional lawyers and retook the oath of office Wednesday that Chief Justice John Roberts flubbed the first time around'.
Obama takes the oath again to rub the inauguration flubJanuary 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has retaken his oath of office to silence any legal eagles raising doubts about his presidency because Chief Justice John Roberts flubbed while delivering it at Tuesday's inauguration. The second oath - also administered by Roberts - took place at 7.35 p.m.
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.
Two stumbles… and he's PresidentJanuary 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Barack Hussein Obama became the 44th President of the US Tuesday - but not before two stumbles on the way. As Chief Justice John Roberts Jr.
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.
Omar Abdullah takes oath as Jammu and Kashmir chief ministerJanuary 4th, 2009 JAMMU - Omar Abdullah Monday took oath as the eighth chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir at this winter capital of the state. Governor N.N.
Abraham Lincoln's Bible to come out of archives for ObamaDecember 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.
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.
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