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August 22, 2011
CHILMARK, Mass. (AP) - He appealed to Gadhafi to prevent further bloodshed, and urged opposition forces to build a democratic…
August 21, 2011
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - Gadhafi's whereabouts were unknown. But he delivered a series of angry and defiant audio messages broadcast…
June 22, 2011
Our boat, The Audacity of Hope, will be carrying letters to the people of Gaza. Letters expressing solidarity and love...
June 13, 2011
OPINION - The juxtaposition of Obama's election and the cold-blooded killing of an unarmed 22 year-old at the hands of…
May 27, 2011
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - The dispatch, dated February 2010, warns that that Jamaica could be fertile ground for jihadists because…
April 25, 2011
AJDABIYA, Libya (AP) - The music captures the anger and frustration young Libyans feel at decades of repressive rule under…
February 24, 2011
OPINION - 'The mad dog of the Middle East' has been linked both socially and financially to some of our…
January 31, 2011
OPINION - As America has aggressively promoted democracy across the world, we have blindly tolerated some of the worst human…
November 9, 2010
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The plans for his long-anticipated homecoming Tuesday have been accompanied by a sadness that he is…
September 2, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States' special Mideast envoy George Mitchell announced the developments after several hours of talks between…
September 1, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - "There are going to be extremists and rejectionists who, rather than seeking peace, are going to be…
August 20, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration has been pushing for a speedy resumption of the face-to-face negotiations that broke down…
June 9, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Welcoming Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to the White House for talks, Obama also predicted "real progress" in…
December 3, 2009
OPINION - While Western societies have made societal changes and continue to address racism, there is little acknowledgment in most…
October 9, 2009
OPINION - The matter of international or domestic peace is the result of a body of work - not something…
June 10, 2009
“If we don’t expand our horizons, we will be looking at the world through a keyhole.” -Marcia L. Dyson I
June 4, 2009
CAIRO – President Barack Obama delivered a major speech to the Muslim world today (Thursday) from Cairo, Egypt. The speech
June 4, 2009
I've come here to Cairo to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world, one…
June 3, 2009
President Obama is in the Middle East, on a trip that he, and much of the Islamic world have raised
June 3, 2009
Today President Obama arrived in Saudi Arabia on a trip that begins as a major outreach to the Muslim world.