Washington, Mar. 27 : President Barack Obama has told an online crowd that legalizing marijuana won't do any good to the sinking American economy.
Obama was drawn into the debate over legalizing pot when the cannabis crowd flooded the first-ever Internet-based presidential Town Hall meeting.
"The answer is no, I don''t think that is a good strategy to grow our economy," Obama said with a laugh when asked if he would legalize the wacky terbacky.
New Delhi, Mar 27 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will have his first meeting with United States (US) President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in London on April 2.
Singh, who is leaving for London on March 31 to attend the summit, will meet Obama and heads of other developed and developing nations and representatives of International Monetary Fund, World Bank and the Asian Development Bank.
Hluboka Castle, Czech Republic - EU foreign ministers were set to meet Friday in a 13th century castle in the Czech Republic to discuss ways of helping the United States defeat the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan.
The EU talks were to take place amid reports that US President Barack Obama was planning to send thousands of additional army trainers to the country in a bid to loosen its dependance on Western help.
Islamabad, Mar. 27 : US President Barack Obama telephoned President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday to discuss mutual cooperation and the situation in the South Asian region.
Obama and Zardari spoke about the "Friends of Democratic Pakistan" forum initiative, aimed at promoting and strengthening democracy in Pakistan, The Nation reports.
The two leaders also discussed the matters relating to fight against militancy, with particular reference to peace in the region.
President Bush reacted by declaring an all out war against terror. It now seems that the Obama administration perhaps treats the "war on terror' as a legacy of the Bush era that it wants to get away from.
New Delhi: The latest news coming out of Washington sounds extremely ominous for a much battered Afghanistan. It seems President Barak Obama is giving up his policy to defeat the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
Instead an alternative is being worked out to seek peace with these very terror outfits. The objective is to make sure that Afghanistan and Pakistan are no longer launching pads of terror attacks against the US. It is clear that the US may be working out a deal similar to Pakistan's surrender to the Taliban in Swat.
Washington, Mar. 27 : President Barack Obama has told an online crowd that legalizing marijuana won't do any good to the sinking American economy.
New Delhi, Mar 27 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will have his first meeting with United States (US) President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in London on April 2.
Hluboka Castle, Czech Republic - EU foreign ministers were set to meet Friday in a 13th century castle in the Czech Republic to discuss ways of helping the United States defeat the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan.
Islamabad, Mar. 27 : US President Barack Obama telephoned President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday to discuss mutual cooperation and the situation in the South Asian region.
President Bush reacted by declaring an all out war against terror. It now seems that the Obama administration perhaps treats the "war on terror' as a legacy of the Bush era that it wants to get away from. 
New Delhi: The latest news coming out of Washington sounds extremely ominous for a much battered Afghanistan. It seems President Barak Obama is giving up his policy to defeat the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
