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Obama calls for calm amid fears of Fort Hood backlash

Barack Obama today joined calls from across America for calm amid fears of a backlash in the wake of the shooting spree by a Muslim soldier at the Fort Hood that left 13 dead and 28 wounded. Obama, speaking in the White House Rose Garden after being ...

From EWEN MACASKILL, The Observer,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Federal Bureau of Investigation,  U.S. Republican Party,  White House,  U.S. Congress

Major Nidal Malik Hasan: Soldiers' psychiatrist who listened to stories from front line

Violence in the US involving soldiers is commonplace, with a rise in domestic abuse, murder and suicide since the wars began in Afghanistan and Iraq. But there is nothing commonplace about Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the soldier responsible for the ...

From EWEN MACASKILL, Guardian Unlimited,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Virginia Tech,  Walter Reed Hospital,  U.S. Congress

12 killed, 31 wounded in gun rampage at Fort Hood army base

Outside Fort Hood, Staff Sergeant Fanuaee Fea, 32, comforts Savannah Green, 23, after the shooting by Major Nidal Malik Hasan. Photograph: Jerry Larson/AP Photograph: Jerry Larson/AP Twelve people were killed and 31 wounded yesterday when a US soldier ...

From EWEN MACASKILL, Guardian Unlimited,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Nidal Malik Hasan,  The Pentagon,  Kay Bailey Hutchison,  Barack Obama,  John Cornyn

Several killed in shooting at base in Texas

The main entrance at Fort Hood army base is seen in this undated photo. Two gunmen killed several people at the base. Photograph: Reuters At least 12 people were killed and as many as 30 wounded today at an army base in Texas when two gunmen opened ...

From EWEN MACASKILL, Guardian Unlimited,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation

Democrats reflect on election losses

Republican Bob McDonnell greets supporters after winning the Virginia governor's race. Photograph: Mark Wilson/Getty On the first anniversary of Barack Obama's presidential victory, Democratic leaders today began an inquest into their election failures ...

From EWEN MACASKILL, Guardian Unlimited,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  White House,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Bob McDonnell

Obama setback after Republican wins

Barack Obama suffered a double blow last night when the Republicans secured stunning victories in the first electoral test since he won the White House a year ago. The Republicans celebrated a comeback that reverses a trend of Democratic victories ...

From EWEN MACASKILL, Guardian Unlimited,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama,  White House,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Michael Steele

Obama suffers major setback as Republicans wins in Virginia

Barack Obama suffered a major setback tonight when the Republicans secured a much-sought victory in the first elections since he won the White House a year ago. The Republicans won the governorship in Virginia, one of the most high-profile of hundreds ...

From EWEN MACASKILL, Guardian Unlimited,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama,  White House,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Congress

US woman recants horrific assault testimony

The case of Megan Williams produced revulsion across the US two years ago. She had recounted to the police how she had been held in a ramshackle trailer on a remote hillside in West Virginia for more than a week and raped, stabbed, doused in hot water ...

From EWEN MACASKILL, Guardian Unlimited,  22 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Megan Williams,  Al Sharpton,  John Bennett

Obama opts for softer Darfur policy

President Barack Obama is to offer incentives aimed at normalising relations with the Sudanese president. Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AP The Obama administration will tomorrow roll out a new policy aimed at resolving the Darfur crisis in Sudan, a much ...

From EWEN MACASKILL, The Observer,  18 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Susan E. Rice,  George W. Bush,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  United Nations

Police to query 'balloon boy' remark

The police are to interview the family at the centre of the runaway balloon drama in Colorado amid suspicions that the episode may have been a costly hoax. Richard Heene, the father, today dismissed the sceptics as "pathetic". US television channels ...

From EWEN MACASKILL, Guardian Unlimited,  16 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Falcon Heene,  Richard Heene

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