Hamas Leader to Obama: Deeds, Not Words
DAMASCUS -- The head of Hamas's political bureau, Khaled Meshaal, gave a qualified welcome here Thursday to the big speech that Pres. Barack Obama addressed to the Muslim world in Cairo. "The speech was cleverly written in the way it addressed the Muslim world......
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Egyptians: ‘Obama Talks Democracy, Endorses Dictatorship’
CAIRO, Jun 5 (IPS) -- Egyptian officials are lining up to praise U.S. President Barack Obama's address to the Islamic world delivered in Cairo Thursday. But local campaigners for political reform say the speech was disappointingly light on the issues of democracy and...
Lebanese Polls Closely Watched by US and Region
WASHINGTON, Jun 5 (IPS) -- After emerging from a political crisis last year, the Lebanese people will head to the polls Jun. 7 to determine the composition of the new parliament. A variety of foreign powers, including the U.S., will be watching closely, waiting for...
Friday: 2 US GIs, 1 Iraqi Killed; 3 Iraqis Wounded
Updated at 8:48 p.m EDT, June 5, 2009
Two U.S. soldiers were reported killed on an otherwise quiet prayer day in which only one Iraqi was reported killed and three Iraqis were wounded.
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U.S. President Barack Obama's historic speech in Cairo Thursday elicited broad approval from around the U.S., with the notable exception of the neoconservative right. Obama's speech itself was largely uncontroversial. Broad in scope and thin on policy specifics, Obama...
Breaking Bibi
US Admits but Still Defends Afghan Civilian Slaughter
The attack in Farah province killed as many as 140 Afghan civilians. The US military says errors were made, but insists the "targets" "posed legitimate threats to Afghan or American forces." The May 4 US bombing in Farah Province in Afghanistan was...
