Obama awards Zimbabwe group, blasts Mugabe
AFP - Mon Nov 23, 9:32 pm ETUS President Barack Obama has given an award to a leading women's rights activist in Zimbabwe, labeling Robert Mugabe a "dictator" in the process.
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Zimbabwe women, receiving rights award, speak out
AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 23, 7:51 pm ETPresident Barack Obama praised representatives of a women's organization whose members have been beaten by Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's police force and face court trials for challenging Zimbabwe's government. He said their grassroots efforts could improve the African country.
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Zimbabwe women, to receive rights award from Obama, speak out on their country's rights record
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Mon Nov 23, 7:26 pm ETWASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is praising a women's organization whose members have been beaten repeatedly by Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe (moo-GAH'-bay)'s police force and face trials for challenging the government there.
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Obama honors Mugabe foes for defying a "dictator"
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 23, 8:46 pm ETU.S. President Barack Obama honored a group of women Monday who have confronted Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and said they had defied a dictator.
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Obama Issues Sharp Rebuke of Mugabe
International Herald Tribune - Mon Nov 23, 8:20 pm ETIn honoring Zimbabwe’s tenacious women protesters at the White House on Monday, President Obama bluntly referred to Zimbabwe’s president as a dictator.
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Obama pushes science, math education
USA Today - Mon Nov 23, 2:05 pm ETPresident Obama will speak about several government initiatives to raise the level of education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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Washington Post - Mon Nov 23, 4:32 pm ETObama to meet advisers on Afghanistan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama planned a ninth session with top advisers on Afghanistan on Monday as he neared a decision on whether to send troops and fought Republican charges that he is taking too long to make up his mind. The White House said...
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Obama highlights science education initiatives Monday, presents rights award to Zimbabwe group
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Mon Nov 23, 8:33 am ETWASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will speak about several government initiatives to raise the level of education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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Zimbabwe women, to receive rights award from Obama, speak out on their country's rights record
CBS 6 Richmond - Mon Nov 23, 5:59 am ETIn this photo taken on Nov. 17, 2009, Jenni Williams, left, and Magodonga Mahlangu, right, pose for a photo at the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Right in Washington. On Monday Nov. 23, 2009, Williams and Mahlangu will receive a human rights award from President Barack Obama.
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Obama takes his leave a bit early, then returns
AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 23, 8:05 pm ETPresident Barack Obama is getting used to leaving events before they end — even when he doesn't have to.
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Why Ahmadinejad might keep his distance from Hugo Chávez
The Christian Science Monitor - Mon Nov 23, 7:48 pm ETVenezuelan President Hugo Chávez recently compared Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Idi Amin and Robert Mugabe - in a good way. Ahmadinejad's other Latin America stops include Brazil and Bolivia.
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