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Obama arrives in Jordan after Israel visit
U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Jordan Friday after a visit to Israel that included with a stop Friday at the Holocaust Memorial at Yad Vashem.
Obama: Iran 'year or so' from nuke weapon
Washington believes Tehran is more than "a year or so" away from developing a nuclear weapon, President Barack Obama said ahead of his visit to Israel.
Obama: Afghan war to end in 2014
President Barack Obama says Afghan forces will take over security this year and the war in Afghanistan "will come to a responsible end" by the end of next year.
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The Asia-Pacific pivot of U.S. President Barack Obama, who just ended his Asia trip, will move forward despite crises elsewhere, a U.S. official said.
U.S. President Barack Obama met with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda in Cambodia Tuesday and said the meeting helped "reaffirm" the bilateral alliance.
U.S. President Barack Obama assured Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during a meeting in Cambodia Tuesday of his commitment to working with Beijing.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said his county remains committed to a peaceful solution to territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
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Palestinian  Security Forces Patrol the Border With Egypt.
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A members of the Hamas security forces patrol the border area between Gaza and Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip May 20, 2013. Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again for four days, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travellers, As Tunnels between Egypt and Gaza closed and border was declared as military zone. Palestinian security forces patrol around the border, witnesses said. UPI/Ismael Mohamad