Posted by
Jillian York
· 6:56 pm
· Egypt · Lebanon · Palestine
It was announced this morning that President-Elect Barack Obama had selected Rahm Emanuel as his Chief of Staff. Emanuel, who served as a top adviser to President Bill Clinton and is now a member of the House, is known in the U.S. for his aggressive determination.
His service ...
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Posted by
Janine Mendes Franco
· 3:10 pm
· Civil Rights & Ethnicity · Diaspora · Economy & Trade · Gender · Globalization · Government & Politics · History · Human Rights · International Relations · LGBT · Media & Internet · Religion
Barack Obama's historic win in the US Presidential election was as much the Caribbean's as it was America's and regional bloggers still have not come down from Cloud 9…
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Congratulations, President Obama. I am sincerely happy today and I believe you are as well. I'm sure you are exhausted in a variety of ways, and I wish that your grandmother could have seen last night.I am trying to figure out why, exactly, I am happy today.Despite Fox news' pronouncements, racism...
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Posted by
Elia Varela Serra
· 8:44 am
· Kenya
Kenya has been electrified over the Obama victory. In fact, the government declared a public holiday to celebrate this 'AmeriKen's' election. The Kenyan blogosphere has begun debating how President Obama will not only change America, but how he could inspire young people everywhere.
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I just came back from breakfast sumptuous with waffles & pancakes, at the King David Hotel having been invited by Ambassador James B. Cunningham to join him and 200 other people to watch the elections.
My thoughts, in concise form, are these:
1. America may be entering not only a new period of...
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I woke this morning at 6 am wanting to turn on the BBC to see the results in the US elections, but almost afraid. My mobile phone beeped at me and I found a simple message from my daughter in New York. "Obama wins!" As I spoke to her on the phone we both were thrilled with the event. I listened to h...
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Posted by
Janine Mendes Franco
· 5:21 am
· Breaking News · Civil Rights & Ethnicity · Diaspora · Economy & Trade · Globalization · Government & Politics · History · Human Rights · International Relations · Media & Internet
Years from now, people around the globe will remember where they were on November 4, 2008. Barack Obama is the President-elect of the United States - and Americans are not the only ones celebrating! Warm
Caribbean congratulations keep pouring in...
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Posted by
Janine Mendes Franco
· 2:29 am
· Civil Rights & Ethnicity · Diaspora · Economy & Trade · Government & Politics · History · Human Rights · International Relations · Media & Internet
The region (and indeed the world)
thinks it knows who has won the race to the White House, but the suspense is killing Caribbean bloggers. Seriously. The mood in the blogosphere is positively electric, with (almost) everyone catching Obamamania...
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Krittivas Mukherjee wonders ‘how wise is predicting U.S. policies for any one particular country when what Obama or McCain will eventually do is, what they perceive is, good for the American people’ but asks the question nevertheless:
Not all agree. “Yes, McCain might be more inclined to at...
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The American Southern Lebanese whose families were victims of the American bombs in the Lebanon July 2006 war are voting for Obama.
Even the Christian Southern Lebanese Americans who are republicans will vote for Obama because they believe McCain will drag the world in to war
Source :
http://www.al...
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