Barack Obama riding high in popularity poll
President Barack Obama's approval rating has hit its highest point in two years - 60 per cent - and more than half of Americans now say he deserves to be re-elected, according to a poll taken after US forces killed Osama bin Laden.
Comfortable majorities of the US public believe Mr Obama will keep the country safe.
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Thursday 23 February 2012
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