Barack Obama

Bush and Blair Wanted for War Crimes, Iraq Inquiry, London Photo by Chris John Beckett

Iraq, bank reform and the iPad

This week, we look at media comment on Tony Blair’s testimony about his Iraq war decisions. We also look at Barack Obama’s bank-reform proposals as well as comment on Apple’s newest product, the iPad.

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Underwhelming or awesome?

US President Obama gave his first State of the Union address last night. He mainly focused on jobs, with a small “j”. The rest of the world seemed more focused on Jobs, with a capital “J”: Steve Jobs.

Rede zur Lage der Nation

They need all the help they can get. Photo: US Navy

How to help Haitians

When disaster strikes, it's often hard to find the right words. When the disaster is in the form of an earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale in Haiti, it's almost impossible.

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Erdbeben

Scene from Ang Lee's 2005 Brokeback Mountain

The best of the decade

The end of the year is approaching and this time round it also marks the end of the first decade of the new millennium. So what were the top five films of the “noughties”?

dieses Mal

das erste Jahrzehnt, die Nullerjahre

Man of the year: "It was the worst sickening, pit-of-your-stomach, falling-through-the-floor feeling I've ever felt in my life."

Barack Obama, Gordon Brown, Sully Sullenberger or Bernard Madoff?

Strikes, confusion and war in peacetime

This week, we look at media commentary on the threatened strike by British Airways cabin crews, at Angela Merkel’s difficult coalition, and at Barack Obama’s acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Kabinenpersonal

Obama in China: too humble? Photo: P. Souza/WHP

China, Brazil and Intel

US President Barack Obama is visiting Asia this week. We look at media comment on this international event, as well as on economic growth in Brazil and on Intel’s antitrust settlement.

Beilegung von Kartellstreitigkeiten

The US space shuttle Atlantis will be ____ next year.

Blackballed, mothballed, or hardballed?

A strikingly unhealthy climate

Is privatization the answer for Britain’s troubled Royal Mail? We look at comment on this topic as well as on solutions to climate change and Barack Obama’s healthcare plan.

Thema

Gesundheitswesen

Pot luck

We look at media comment on the fight by EU countries to save jobs in Opel factories, as well as on Australia’s strong economy and Barack Obama’s decision to send 13,000 additional troops to Afghanistan.

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