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POLITICS: U.S. to Name Ambassador to Damascus after Four Years
- Inter Press Service
After informing the Syrian embassy in Washington on Tuesday night, the U.S. State Department announced on Wednesday that President Barack Obama will be sending an ambassador to Damascus for the first time since 2005.
Q&A: Military Losing GI Hearts and Minds
- Inter Press Service
The continuing occupation or Iraq and the growing war in Afghanistan are leaving permanent physical and emotional scars on a whole generation of U.S. soldiers. Not since Vietnam have so many GIs objected to a war, and never have military families spoken out so strongly for withdrawal.
US-IRAQ: Fate of Withdrawal Pact to be Decided at the Polls
- Inter Press Service
As Iraqis witness a spike in violence after a months-long relative lull, the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has decided to put its security agreement with the U.S. to a public referendum, although the move appears to be only heightening a sense of uncertainty over the fate of the country.
POPULATION: The Worst Places to Be a Refugee
- Inter Press Service
Gaza, South Africa and Thailand are among the world's worst places to be a refugee, according to the latest annual World Refugee Survey released here Wednesday by the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI).
MIGRATION: Pakistan Refugee Crisis Worst in a Decade, U.N. Says
- Inter Press Service
Forty-two million people were forcibly uprooted by conflict and persecution worldwide in 2008, said a new report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) released Tuesday.
U.S.: Congress Reviews Military Contracts, Kabul Embassy Scandal
- Inter Press Service
Private security guards abandoning their posts at the U.S. embassy in Kabul for up to three and a half hours.
POLITICS: Syrian Foreign Minister Eager to Work with Obama
- Inter Press Service
Former U.S. senator George Mitchell is due to arrive in Syria’s capital, Damascus, Friday on his first visit there since being named Pres. Barack Obama’s special envoy for Arab-Israeli peace.
U.S.: Obama Appeals to Muslim World for 'New Beginning'
- Inter Press Service
In what was perhaps the most widely anticipated speech delivered by a U.S. president abroad in recent memory, Barack Obama Thursday extended a hand to the world’s 1.4 billion Muslims, receiving repeated applause and a standing ovation from the audience at Cairo University in the Egyptian capital.
US-MIDEAST: Obama Overture Fraught With Stumbling Blocks
- Inter Press Service
In his most widely anticipated speech to date, U.S. President Barack Obama will reach out directly to the Muslim world Thursday morning at Cairo University.
POLITICS: At East-West Crossroads, Turkey Presses Ambitious Agenda
- Inter Press Service
Two soaring bridges link Asia and Europe in this historic city, which straddles the two continents.
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