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The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., the U.S. of A, the States, and America, is a country in North America. A federal republic, the United States shares land borders with Canada and Mexico, and extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Its capital is Washington, D.C.
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Sandman_777 Dislike Over time, I've been more disgusted with the US. No offense to anyone in there, it's just the whole mentality, the ideology and the people who ran it. Now that Obama is in, everybody wants him to work miracles, but he's in a deep hole dug by Bush. I like Obama though, and I have confidence that he will change some things. Unlike our idiotic Prime Minister up north in Canada...
zomgMonkey
Dislike I am honestly asamed of the way our country has gone in the past few years. Starting illegal wars, impeding on the rights of it's citizens and even blatantly going against the words of it's people. The USA was once the greatest country in the world, however, the apathy of it's own citizens has led to it's decline and eventually it's downfall.
cityeyes
Like While I might not like the people in charge, I live here and I know many, many, MANY people who break the world's stereotype of our people.
iain2345
Hall of fame One of the world's few truly democratic nations, though, as in all such democracies, the people sometimes fail to uphold that wisest tradition of government.
Ordained Archbishop Aymond prepares for New Orleans
A: Well there were rumors and people would joke about it. Usually, whenever theres a diocese open in the United States, particularly, people always say Oh, the native son will go back, and that rarely happens. So it was rumored and joked about enough that I said Thatll never happen, and so when I did get the call from the Popes representative, Anencio in the United States, Archbishop Samby, I really was surprised, very surprised and as those conversations go. He says, The Holy Father has [Read more]
15 hours ago
on News 8 Austin
(United States)
'Russians view US more positively after Obama'
MOSCOW: Russians' attitudes towards the United States have improved significantly since the election of US President Barack Obama, according to a poll [Read more]
16 hours ago
on The News International
(United States)
US Ambassador: There are several issues to be discussed with Venezuela
US Ambassador: There are several issues to be discussed with Venezuela Despite criticisms, the State Department will continue issuing reports Politics Patrick Duddy, the US ambassador to Venezuela, returned on Thursday to his office after a nine-month forced break. The US envoy smiled and expressed his satisfaction for his return to Caracas. The top diplomat answered questions from reporters at the US embassy in the context of the anniversary of the Independence of the United States. Duddy sa [Read more]
16 hours ago
on El Universal
(United States)
Calderon demands Honduras u-turn
The U.S. and Mexico both demand the reinstatement of Honduras President Manuel Zelaya.In a rare show of unity on the American continent, the United States and Mexico sided with the likes of Venezuela?s Hugo Chavez to demand that the democratically elected government of Honduras be restored following a military coup last Sunday.*Restricted Article* - To view rest of this content, please login or register.. [Read more]
16 hours ago
on Guadalajara Reporter (subscription)
(United States)
Acadian history brought to life
They avoided taking sides in the French and English colonial power struggle. Even so, after the eventual English victory, Acadians who didn't manage to escape and hide in the forests were deported in 1755. They were shipped to France, to settlements along the East Coast of the United States and to other distant spots. Out of the estimated 15,000 Acadians thought to be living in the region, more then 10,000 were exiled. [Read more]
18 hours ago
on StarPhoenix
(United States)
US wants more reforms in Zim
Harare - Outgoing US ambassador to Zimbabwe James D McGee promised more United States support for the country's political and economic recovery on Friday but said democratic reforms needed to be in place first.McGee, a harsh critic of President Robert Mugabe's autocratic rule, strongly rejected the idea that Zimbabwe requires more support from donors to restore the rule of law, respect for human rights and to guarantee basic freedoms of speech and association.It doesn't cost anything ... to hav [Read more]
18 hours ago
on News24
(United States)
Feature: Cape Coasters: Have Your Apologies Ready!
In the wake of President Barack Hussein Obamas first official visit to the African continent actually, sub-Saharan Africa since assuming his august and pioneering reins of governance of the United States of America, reams of mini-essays and articles have been written and published in anticipation of this momentous occasion. But that President Obama would decide to touch land in Ghana come July 10, 2009, has naturally generated a lot of hysteria. In all the flurry of excitement, though, what [Read more]
19 hours ago
on Joy Online
(United States)
Honduras Solidarity
Please join me in solidarity with the people of Honduras to determine their own future.I urge all to support the citizens of Honduras in their demand that President Manuel Zelaya be restored immediately to his constitutionally elected post and authority as President of Honduras. It is imperative that citizens across the United States write and call upon President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to quickly execute every available influence to ensure that President Zelaya is sa [Read more]
19 hours ago
on ZNet
(United States)
Democracy Crisis? What Democracy?
The fact that large numbers of Americans did not take to the streets day after day in protest, as in Iran, is not something we can be proud of. Perhaps if the CIA, the Agency for International Development (AID), several US government-run radio stations, and various other organizations supported by the National Endowment for Democracy (which was created to serve as a front for the CIA, literally) had been active in the United States, as they have been for years in Iran, major street protests woul [Read more]
19 hours ago
on Pacific Free Press
(United States)
Obama is promising a lot more than he can afford
Meanwhile, Obama is trying to save the planet and reshape the United States' health-care system. The first task will be fantastically expensive. The second does not have to be, but probably will be. A president who refused to put off unpleasant decisions, as Obama promised during his inauguration, would be honest about all this. He would tell Americans that stopping global warming means higher energy prices, and that arresting health-care inflation means cutting back on medical procedures that p [Read more]
19 hours ago
on The Gazette (Montreal)
(United States)
Former Anderson man reports on 'impeachment' in Hounduras
Add military coup to the list of adventures Robert Gallardo has lived through since moving to Honduras.I have survived Hurricane Mitch, car theft, earthquakes, near misses with venomous snakes, botflies, dengue fever (and other tropical diseases) and now an impeachment, the 1986 Anderson High School grad said by e-mail from Honduras.While much of the international community and the United States considers President Manuel Zelaya's ouster a military coup, Gallardo said Zelaya was legally im [Read more]
19 hours ago
on Record-Searchlight
(United States)
The Generational: Younger Than Jesus
New Museum of Contemporary Art235 Bowery at Prince (between Stanton and Rivington Streets) New York City, NY 10002USA (city map, hotel accommodation)tel +1 212 219 1222www.newmuseum.orgFor Younger Than Jesus, the first edition of The Generational, the New Museums new signature triennial, fifty artists from twenty-five countries will be presented. The only exhibition of its kind in the United States, The Generational: Younger Than Jesus will offer a rich, intricate, multidisciplinary exp [Read more]
19 hours ago
on Artfacts.Net
(United States)
Obama believes pope will share view on Mideast - report
Obama has made relaunching the Middle East peace process a top priority, pledging a new beginning for Islam and the United States in a landmark speech to the world's Muslims delivered in Cairo last month.He has also bluntly called for Israel to halt settlement activity on Palestinian land while urging Arabs to move closer to making peace with Israel.Asked about US policy in the region, Obama told Avvenire: What the United States can do, without imposing a solution, is to hold a mirror up to bot [Read more]
21 hours ago
on ArabianBusiness.com
(United States)
Health groups back tobacco treaty
I've been working in this for a long, long time on an international basis, and it's been a source of embarrassment to me that many countries were far ahead of the United States in terms of tobacco control and regulation, Durbin said. I think that we now have a chance to at least stand up and show some leadership with the passage and (Obama's) signature on this bill. So I think we're in a better position now than we've ever been. [Read more]
23 hours ago
on Louisville Courier-Journal
(United States)
Indonesia's election candidates hold last rallies
She became president of the world's third-largest democracy, after India and the United States, in 2001, but her administration is remembered for inaction and corruption and she was ousted in a landslide by Yudhoyono in 2004. [Read more]
1 day ago
on AFP
(United States)
Happy 4th of July Seibertronians!!!
This weekend marks the United States anniversary celebration of its independence, July 4th, 1776, and with it comes time with family, friends and lots of fireworks! So grab a tall glass of energon and hang out with us this weekend.With the anticipation of waiting for the release of Transformers Revenge of the Fallen in both theatres and figures behind us now, we look forward to the future with new loves, wants and passion for our hobby. This year was action packed with news and rumors and just c [Read more]
1 day ago
on seibertron.com
(United States)
Michael Gerson: In Iraq, US finds success few expected
None of these achievements is perfect or permanent. But foreign policy success is judged by comparative, not absolute, standards. The comparison here is to an American withdrawal two years ago -- which would have been Vietnam II, and worse. AQI would have controlled whole regions of Iraq -- it had already established a provisional government in Anbar -- gaining a base of operations against friends in the Middle East, against allies in Europe and against the United States. With Iran's help, Iraq' [Read more]
1 day ago
on Minneapolis Star Tribune
(United States)
Hundreds celebrate new citizenship at Disney
• NATIONAL NEWSHundreds celebrate new citizenship at DisneyJuly 03, 2009 19:00 EDT LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) -- More than 1,000 immigrants have gathered for a citizenship ceremony at Walt Disney World to take the Oath of Allegiance to the United States. The group then attended a premiere of Disney's revamped Hall of Presidents attraction, which has undergone renovations and reopens tomorrow. Actor Andy Garcia, a naturalized citizen who is originally from Cuba, delivered the keynote addres [Read more]
1 day ago
on WGME
(United States)
Abuses against Muslims in US
The day US President Barack Obama reached out to Muslims around the world through his speech at the Turkish Parliament, saying the United States ?is not and [Read more]
1 day ago
on Arab News
(United States)
Saddam says Iran threat to Iraq, docs say
Saddam said he considered the Iranian threat so serious, it was the main reason he decided not to let U.N. weapons inspectors re-enter Iraq. He said he was more concerned about Iran uncovering Iraq's weaknesses than repercussions from the United States and the international community, and believed inspectors would have identified where Iranians could inflict maximum damage to Iraq. [Read more]
1 day ago
on United Press International
(United States)
