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Tuesday 7 February 2012

Barack Hussein Obama Il

oʊˈbɑːmə/; born August
4, 1961) is the 44th and
current President of the
United States . He is the first
African American to hold
the office. Obama
previously served as a
United States Senator from
Illinois, from January 2005
until he resigned following
his victory in the 2008
presidential election.
Born in Honolulu, Hawaii,
Obama is a graduate of
Columbia University and
Harvard Law School, where
he was the president of the
Harvard Law Review. He
was a community organizer
in Chicago before earning
his law degree. He worked
as a civil rights attorney in
Chicago and taught
constitutional law at the
University of Chicago Law
School from 1992 to 2004.
He served three terms
representing the 13th
District in the Illinois Senate
from 1997 to 2004.
Following an unsuccessful
bid against the Democratic
incumbent for a seat in the
United States House of
Representatives in 2000,
Obama ran for the United
States Senate in 2004.
Several events brought him
to national attention
during the campaign,
including his victory in the
March 2004 Illinois
Democratic primary for the
Senate election and his
keynote address at the
Democratic National
Convention in July 2004. He
won election to the U.S.
Senate in Illinois in
November 2004. His
presidential campaign
began in February 2007,
and after a close campaign
in the 2008 Democratic
Party presidential primaries
against Hillary Rodham
Clinton, he won his party's
nomination. In the 2008
presidential election, he
defeated Republican
nominee John McCain, and
was inaugurated as
president on January 20,
2009. In October 2009,
Obama was named the
2009 Nobel Peace Prize
laureate .
As president, Obama signed
economic stimulus
legislation in the form of
the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009
and the Tax Relief,
Unemployment Insurance
Reauthorization, and Job
Creation Act of 2010 . Other
domestic policy initiatives
include the Patient
Protection and Affordable
Care Act , the Dodd–Frank
Wall Street Reform and
Consumer Protection Act,
the Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Repeal Act of 2010 and the
Budget Control Act of
2011 . In foreign policy, he
ended the war in Iraq,
increased troop levels in
Afghanistan, signed the
New START arms control
treaty with Russia, ordered
US involvement in the 2011
Libya military intervention ,
and ordered the military
operation that resulted in
the death of Osama bin
Laden. In April 2011,
Obama declared his
intention to seek re-
election in the 2012
presidential election.

"Barack" and "Obama"
redirect here. For other
uses, see Barak
(disambiguation) and
Obama (disambiguation).
For the Kenyan economist,
President Obama's father,
see Barack Obama, Sr.
Barack Obama
44th President of the
United States
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 20, 2009
Vice
President Joe Biden
Preceded
by George W. Bush
United States Senator
from Illinois
In office
January 3, 2005 –
November 16, 2008
Preceded
by Peter Fitzgerald
Succeeded
by Roland Burris
Member of the Illinois
Senate
from the 13th District
In office
January 8, 1997 –
November 4, 2004
Preceded
by Alice Palmer
Succeeded
by Kwame Raoul
Personal details
Born
Barack Hussein
Obama II
August 4, 1961 [1]
Honolulu, Hawaii,
U.S.[2]
Political
party Democratic
Spouse(s) Michelle Robinson
(1992–present)
Children Malia (born 1998)
Sasha (born 2001)
Residence
White House
(Official)
Chicago, Illinois
(Private)
Alma
mater Occidental College
Columbia University
(B.A.)
Harvard Law School
(J.D.)
Profession Community
organizer
Lawyer
Constitutional law
professor
Author
Religion Christianity[3]
Signature
Website barackobama.com
This article is part
of a series on
Barack Obama
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2008 primaries
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Inauguration
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Sunday 5 February 2012

tim in 2012

2011-12 season (southern
summer)
New Zealand's season
began with a short tour to
Zimbabwe which included
their first test match since
January 2011, ten months
before. Southee was
injured out of that tour,
with his knee not having
recovered.[88] Instead his
season began with
Northern Districts' first class
matches, proving his fitness
with a haul of 7-37 in the
first innings against
Wellington.[89]

tim in ipl 2011

2011 Indian Premier
League (IPL): Chennai
Super Kings
Southee had been passed
over at the 2011 IPL Players
Auction in January, but
shortly after New Zealand
were eliminated from the
World Cup his form led to
the Chennai Super Kings
signing him for the IPL's
2011 season, which began
on 8 April. The Super Kings
are coached by Stephen
Fleming, whose last test
appearance for New
Zealand coincided with
Southee's first.[84] By
playing the IPL Southee
gave up the chance to join
English county Essex for
their domestic summer,[85]
but he did join them for
the 2011 Friends Life t20
after the IPL.[86]
In his IPL debut Southee
helped the Super Kings to
a two-run victory over the
Kolkata Knight Riders by
conceding only 6 runs in
the last over of the match.
[87]

tim in 2011 wc

2011 ICC Cricket World
Cup
Southee was the third-
highest wicket-taker at the
2011 World Cup, hosted by
India, Sri Lanka and
Bangladesh. He was named
by the ICC as the 12th man,
and only New Zealander, in
the "team of the
tournament"[78] having
finished with 18 wickets at
17.33 ( Shahid Afridi and
Zaheer Khan jointly topped
the wicket-takers).[79] He
opened the bowling in
seven of New Zealand's
eight matches and wasfirst
change in the other. New
Zealand used 12 bowlers in
the tournament, with only
Southee and Nathan
McCullum bowling in all of
their games.[80]
Southee's best figures came
in New Zealand's win
against eventual semi-
finalists Pakistan. He took
3/25, with each dismissed
batsman playing in
Pakistan's top five.[81] He
took wickets in all of New
Zealand's matches,
including three each
against Kenya, Zimbabwe
and Sri Lanka twice - in the
group stages and in the
first semi-final.[82]
The New Zealand team
employed former South
African fast bowler Allan
Donald as a bowling coach
from January 2011. His
work was credited as
contributing a lot towards
Southee's improvement
and success at the world
cup. Towards the end of
the tournament Donald
predicted that Southee
could be the best swing
bowler in world cricket:[83]
The first thing I said to
[Tim Southee] when I
met him was, 'I want
you to take the
responsibility of
leading this attack. As
young as you are, I
want you to take that
responsibility because
you could become the
best swing bowler in
world cricket in the
next year or so'. [...]
I haven't changed his
style of bowling,
although I think we
can improve that. I
think he can add the
inswinger to right-
handers and that's
something I need to
bring to his game to
add some variety.
New Zealand ended the
tournament as beaten
semi-finalists.

tim in start 2011

2010-11 season: Pakistan
in New Zealand
With the 2011 ICC World
Cup starting in February,
New Zealand only hosted
one tour for the summer.
Pakistan visited for three
Twenty20s, two tests and
six ODIs. Southee only
missed one ODI, playing all
the other matches. He
became the third bowler
(and second New
Zealander) to take a hat-
trick in a Twenty20
international, and also
took his first ODI five-
wicket bag.[67]
Twenty20s
The Twenty20 series began
on Boxing Day in Auckland,
where Southee was named
man of the match. He
finished the sixth over of
the game with a wicket. In
his next over he took a hat-
trick - only the third in
international Twenty20
cricket[67] - giving him four
top-order wickets in five
balls. He ended with 5/18
in four overs - his best
figures in Twenty20
internationals (as of April
2011). New Zealand won
the match.[68][69]
Southee also took
consecutive wickets in the
second match, finishing
with 2/26. In the third he
took 1/53. His bowling
average for the series was
12.1.[70]
Tests
The first day of the first
test saw Pakistan take
seven wickets in 65 overs.
Southee, batting at 8,
played through to the end
of the 90-over day with
Kane Williamson in a
partnership that
"prevented Pakistan's
complete domination",[71]
earning his second test
half-century in the process.
He was out the next
morning for 56, making
him joint top-scorer for the
innings. Southee also took
two first-innings wickets,
but over the second and
third days Pakistan easily
won the match.[72]
Established as one of New
Zealand's opening bowlers,
Southee added two wickets
in each innings of the
second test. This gave his 6
for the series, averaging
40.5. He also scored
another 23 runs in a drawn
match.[73] Both his batting
and bowling averages for
the series were better than
his test career averages to
date.[74]
One day internationals
Southee played five of the
six ODIs. One was washed
out in the third over,
effectively making it a five-
match series. Pakistan won
3-2.[75]
In the first match Southee
won another man of the
match award for taking his
first ODI five-wicket bag,
including three in his
opening spell. His 5/33
helped bowl Pakistan out
for 134, leaving an easy
chase for his team.[76]
His figures faded through
the series though, and in
the last two matches he
played (the fourth and
sixth of the series) he didn't
take any wickets. Across the
series he took 7/217,
averaging 31.