Obama will try to form a personal connection in Middle East

Los Angeles Times by Christi Parsons | Jun. 2, 2009 (News Report)

When President Obama takes the podium in Cairo this week for his much-anticipated speech to the Muslim world, he'll stand before them as an American leader born of an African Muslim father and raised partly in Indonesia, as well as a politician who cut his political teeth in an Illinois political culture that has a sizable Muslim population. Full Story »

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Egyptians set the stage for Obama address

GlobalPost by Theodore May | Jun. 2, 2009 (Special Report)

Obama has decided to fly into the region at a time of deep crisis. Gaza lies in ruins, the Pakistani government remains unstable, Hezbollah appears set to win elections in ...

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President Barack Obama may find audiences in many Arab countries more willing to listen when he addresses the Muslim world Thursday from Cairo, Egypt. New Gallup Polls ...

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