Obama is Time person of year

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Published: 19 Dec 2012 at 20.56
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Time magazine on Wednesday named the recently re-elected US President Barack Obama as its person of the year for 2012 -- the second time it has accorded him this honor.

Obama now not only has a reelection as America's first black president and a Nobel peace prize under his belt, but he beat fancied runners-up, including brave Pakistani girls' rights activist Malala Yousafzai, to be enshrined again as Time's dominant personality of the year.

The venerable American news magazine put Obama on its cover, striking a thoughtful, statuesque pose, and said he deserved the accolade as ''the symbol and in some ways the architect of this new America.''

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Discussion 7 : 20 Dec 2012 at 09.467
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What i find more amazing is that some voters on this comments page agree with it ... there is no hope, they most probably think that the buying of 85 BILLION dollars a Month by the FED is good for America...Obahma the Great
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Discussion 6 : 20 Dec 2012 at 08.336
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Whatever happened to Aung San Su Kyi?
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Discussion 5 : 20 Dec 2012 at 08.195
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''The truth is,'' Obama told Time, ....Obama like 99% of politicians wouldn't know the truth if it hit in the side of the head.
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Discussion 4 : 20 Dec 2012 at 07.134
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Adolf Hitler was made Person of the Year too in 1938! So..?
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Discussion 3 : 20 Dec 2012 at 06.383
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Abhisit must have just missed out.
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Discussion 2 : 20 Dec 2012 at 06.182
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Hilarious the biggest War monger in American History given the Noble peace prize and now this!!! soon he will be declared the new messiah , but in reality so so sad this truly shows who controls America ...
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Discussion 1 : 20 Dec 2012 at 05.541
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When his Ambassador in Benghazi was being murdered reportedly he did not issue an execute order to the US military to respond. Welcome to his new politically sensitive America.
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