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US election 2012: Republicans exploit Roman Catholic anger over ‘morning-after pill’

Republican leaders have seized upon Roman Catholic fury over President Barack Obama’s rule that US religious organisations must pay for the morning-after pill for staff, pledging new laws to overturn it.

Runway To Win’s New York launch in pictures

The fashion fundraising iniative to support President Obama’s re-election campaign got off to a stylish start in New York last night…

Scarlett Johansson draws a fashionable crowd for New York launch of Runway To Win

Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson played host to New York’s style-setters to raise funds for President Obama’s re-election campaign.

US drone kills 10 in Pakistan

American drones have killed as many as 10 people in the first such missile strike since Barack Obama officially acknowledged the covert CIA programme.

Barack Obama fires marshmallow cannon across White House

The US President got to grips with the unusual invention at the White House as he called for millions of dollars in new funding to improve mathematics and science education.

US election 2012: Barack Obama gives controversial ‘Super PACs’ his blessing

Barack Obama was accused of hypocrisy on Tuesday after opting to follow his Republican rivals in soliciting huge donations from shadowy, corporate-backed fundraising groups that are set to dominate the coming US presidential election.

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The White House posted a photo:

First Lady Michelle Obama participates in a tug of war with Jimmy Fallon in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House during a “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” taping for the second anniversary of the "Let’s Move!" initiative, Jan. 25, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)

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US Election 2012: Clint Eastwood denies Super Bowl advert was Barack Obama propaganda

Clint Eastwood has angrily denied that a television advertisement he starred in during the Super Bowl amounted to propaganda for President Barack Obama.