Press freedom organization preserves memory of slain Lebanese journalist
More than three years after An-Nahar columnist Samir Kassir’s June 2, 2005, murder in Beirut — a crime still not solved — his friends and fellow journalists have created an organization that will...
View ArticlePoll suggest opportunity for Obama to reach out to Arab world
A recent McClatchy/Ipsos poll presented an interesting finding: in six Arab countries, the percentage of citizens with positive opinions of President Obama is higher than the percentage of those with...
View ArticleObama congratulates Lebanese people
In a statement issued today, President Obama congratulated the Lebanese people for their peaceful election marked by high turnout. The turnout is one of the “strongest indications yet of the Lebanese...
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Human Rights in Burma / A U.S. Election Update / Kids And Robots
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton backs a probe of human rights violations in Burma. We also have three more reports in our continuing coverage of the U.S. midterm elections, including one on...
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U.S. Remains Committed to Haiti / Crisis in Lebanon / Green Jeans
U.S. leaders look back, one year after a catastrophic earthquake devastated Haiti. Amid a political crisis in Lebanon, President Obama meets with and expresses support for Lebanese Prime Minister Saad...
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