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"The US House of Representatives has narrowly voted to pass a landmark healt hcare reform bill at the heart of President Barack Obama's agenda." (Read the article) By Olle Johansson

WASHINGTON — With the strokes of 20 pens, President Obama signed his lan dmark health care overhaul — the most expansive social legislation enacted in decades — into law on Tuesday, saying it enshrines “the core principle that everybody should have some...

I t ’ s a n e w d a y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHWByjoQrR8 The lyrics : I went asleep last night Tired from the fight I've been fighting for tomorrow All my life Yea I woke up this morning Feeling brand new 'Cause the dreams that I've been dreaming...

I have a Dream "Here is a multimedia presentation of Martin Luther King’s famous speech "I have a dream" . It synchronizes the video, the sub-titles in English as well as other illustrative images and texts" You will need Real Player to open this presentation...

Click on the picture to watch the powerpoint presentation.

Click on the picture to listen to the speech.

Obama, MLK, MLK, Obama...we can't separate one from the other...they are linked by History ! I think it's high time you learned about Martin Luther King ! Here are some exercises on Martin Luther King created by Michel Barbot. Thank you for your work...

Enjoy ! "Barack Obama has made his first speech as president. Millions of people gathered in Washington to see the inauguration of the 44th president of the United States and first ever African-American leader. In his inaugural address President Obama...

Mmmh...I wish I were in his arms...and danced with him... "Euh ! Madame, est-ce qu'on en aurait parlé autant en classe si c'était Mc Cain qui avait été élu ?" (Nina, 4°3) Teacher : "Of course !" Je mens bien, hein ? Pour parler vrai, nous en aurions parlé...

"More than a million people braved cold temperatures in Washington to witness Barack Obama's inauguration as the 44th president of the United States. The day began when the Obamas attended church and was due to culminate with a series of balls in the...

"More than one million people gathered in the US capital to see Barack Obama sworn in as America's 44th president - and its first African-American leader." As usual, click on the picture below to enter the BBC site and watch the video !

On January 20th, 2009, Barack H. Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America - the first African-American ever to hold the office of U.S. Commander-in-Chief. The event was witnessed by well over one million attendees in chilly...

Click on the photo to listen to Obama's Inaugural Address delivered on 20th January 2009.

Elizabeth Alexander performs her specially commissioned poem at yesterday's inauguration in Washington DC. You can read the text (Newsweek.com) while listening to her (guardian.co.uk). Praise for the Day Each day we go about our business, walking past...

Put the State names in their proper location on the map. Click on the picture below to begin.

"Here is a series of 9 interactive exercises to study the beginning of Obama’s inaugural speech delivered on November 4th 2008 in Grant Park, Chicago, USA . The series includes" : 1 fill-in the blanks activity, 6 jumbled words activties, 1 vocabulary...

Parce que les 6°/5° ont dû se sentir un peu frustrés peut-être de ne pas comprendre la plupart des articles publiés sur Barack Obama, voici un article et une vidéo p roposés sur le site Le post.fr, site que j'ai découvert en parcourant L es C lés de L'actualité...

Found on Newslite - a site that "loves off-beat and quirky news stories" - a great song about Obama's irish roots by Hardy Drew & The Nancy Boys ! No one as Irish as Barack OBama O'Leary, O'Reilly, O'Hare and O'Hara There's no one as Irish as Barack O'Bama...

Les présidents n'écrivent généralement pas leurs discours, non pas qu'ils n'en soient pas capables mais parce qu'ils n'en ont pas le temps. Les magnifiques discours d'Obama ont été écrits pas Jon Favreau. Quel talent ! "Le candidat démocrate fait confiance...

From http://www.commoncraft.com/

Les principaux extraits du discours du 44e président des Etats-Unis. Réalisation : Le Monde.fr www.lemonde.fr

President-Elect Victory speech (Audio/video/transcript)

Barack Obama has been elected the first black president of the United States of America. Obama was named president as winner at around 4am UK time, and an hour after that spoke to hundreds of thousands of people at park in Chicago. He said: "It's been...