Thursday, June 4, 2009

President Obama Speaks In Cairo -- News Updates And Summaries


Obama Calls For New Beginning Between US, Muslims -- Yahoo News/AP

CAIRO – President Barack Obama called for a "new beginning between the United States and Muslims" Thursday and said together, they could confront violent extremism across the globe and advance the timeless search for peace in the Middle East.

"This cycle of suspicion and discord must end," Obama said in a widely anticipated speech in one of the world's largest Muslim countries, an address designed to reframe relations after the terrorists attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and the U.S.-led war in Iraq.

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U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his highly-anticipated address to the Muslim world on June 4, 2009 in the Grand Hall of Cairo University in Cairo. U.S. President Barack Obama discussed Middle East peace with his Egyptian host on Thursday ahead of a much-heralded address to the world's Muslims, seeking to heal a wide rift between America and Islam. Photograph by: Mandel Ngan, AFP/Getty Images

More News On President Obama's Speech In Cairo To The Muslim World

TRANSCRIPT: Prepared Remarks of President Obama in Cairo: President Obama's speech at Cairo University. -- FOX News
Obama speaks in Cairo: Live blog -- USA Today Live Blog
Key Points: President Obama's Cairo Speech -- CBS News
Obama in Egypt: Freedom of Religion Central to Peace Among People -- ABC News
Obama calls for new beginning between U.S., Muslims -- Reuters
Obama Calls for New Beginning in US-Muslim Ties -- Voice of America
Obama vows 'new beginning' with Islam -- AFP
Obama Calls for New Beginning With World's Muslims -- Washington Post
'America, Islam are not exclusive,' Obama says in Cairo -- L.A. Times
Obama reaches out to Muslim world -- BBC
In Cairo, Obama Calls for End to Israeli Settlements -- FOX News
Obama defends religious freedoms in Cairo speech -- AP
Obama: Extremists exploit tension between Islam, West -- Reuters/Alertnet
Obama acknowledges US history with Iran -- AP
Obama: no permanent US presence in Afghanistan -- AP
Obama: equality should be a woman's choice -- AP
Obama: U.S. 'not at war with Islam' -- CNN
Obama Aims to Repair Ties With Muslim World -- Wall Street Journal
For Obama’s Speech, Cairo Streets Empty -- New York Times
Egyptians Crave Deeds More Than Words -- New York Times
In speech in Cairo, Barack Obama seeks 'common ground' with Islam -- Politico
What Obama will try to accomplish in Cairo -- Christian Science Monitor

War News Updates Editor: We will have a summary of reaction and commentary to President Obama's Cairo sppech at 21:00 EST.

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