HAVANA, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has offered to meet with President-elect Barack Obama, the communist island's state media reported.
LONDON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The grandfather of President-elect Barack Obama was imprisoned and tortured by the British during Kenya's struggle for independence, an Obama relative says.
CHICAGO, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama tapped his foreign policy adviser Susan Rice as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
ATLANTA, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Some U.S. Christians, particularly African-Americans, say they see divine intervention at work in the election of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama.
CHICAGO, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama will use the advisory setup he relied on during his campaign to draw on outside expert advice on key issues, aides said.
CHICAGO, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama named Paul Volcker and Austan Goolsbee to a new President's Economic Advisory Board.
CHICAGO, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama said Monday the U.S. economy has to be jolted back to life, and worrying about the country's deficit can wait until later.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Bill Clinton reportedly will let the Obama White House vet his future overseas speeches so his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., can be secretary of state.
NYANGMA-KOGELO, Kenya, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Kenyan relatives of U.S. President-Elect Barack Obama are new celebrities in their country, but say the spotlight isn't always welcome.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The children of President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle will go to Sidwell Friends, a school favored by Washington's power elite, a spokeswoman said.
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A Colorado birth records say there are still no newborns named after Barack Obama after an earlier announcement to that effect was revealed to be a hoax.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak says he would welcome a meeting between U.S. President-elect Barack Obama and North Korea once Obama takes office.
NEW YORK, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama, in his first extended post-election interview, says one of his top priorities is preventing home foreclosures.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama says he will use Internet videos to update the nation in a modern version of Franklin Roosevelt's "fireside chats" on radio.
MIAMI, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- If Barack Obama governs "with the greatness of which he is capable," the United States will be fine, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Thursday.
