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While loyalty towards President Obama between Black community and Black churches have been tested in the last weeks since the president announced his support of gay marriage, Ethiopians have also found a reason to question President Obama's foreign policy decisions. Ethiopians upset over PM Zenawi's participation in G-8 summit and Food Security symposium held last week. Photo/CD Brown. As the president hosted the G-8 Summit and announced new global food regulations this week, inviting several world leaders, members of the Ethiopian community are outraged over the invitation of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi , and are asking President Obama to stop supporting the man they say should be convicted of war crimes. "President Obama said during his election campaign that he wouldn't sand beside dictators, said Neamin Zeleke", one of the organizers of  DC protest last Thursday outside the Ronald Reagan Int'l Building where there president was speaking...

Just as Congress approved the  World Trade Agreement (WTA), which the president plans to sign later this week, President Obama joined Republic of Korea president, Lee Myung-bak, today during a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House were President Obama  where President Obama said the WTA  is "a win for both our countries". President Obama sits with President Lee in the Oval Office.  Photo/CD Brown. "For our farmers and ranchers here in the United States, it will increase exports of agricultural products", said Obama.  "From aerospace to electronics, it will increase American manufacturing exports, including those produced by our small businesses.  It will open Korea’s lucrative services market, and I’m very pleased that it will help level the playing field for American automakers." In summing up the benefits of the WTA, President Obama explained that it "will boost American exports by up to $11 billion and support some 70,00...

The president of Peru Alan Garcia visited the White House on Monday to have discussions with President Obama on a variety of issues ranging from combating drug trafficking , to the defense of the country, to the support for immigration reform. Said President Obama of their conversation, "We also talked, though, about a broader international vision of how we can continue to promote democracy , human rights , press freedoms, economic development , not just for those at the top but also from the bottom up ; poverty reduction. These are all issues that the President has some excellent track records of success in his own country, and we want to continue to be an effective partner with Peru as they continue to grow and develop." While talks between the two presidents were being held on the inside of the White House, demonstrators were having their say on the outside. Among the protestors, Hollywood actress  Q’orianka Kilcher along with her mother, Saskia Kilcher. Kilcher ch...