I'm having one of those days off which doesn't really feel like it. I am still on watch and wait for the accused in a helicopter. But as it looks as if Karadzic won't arrive before Monday, I am back at home, for the first time in three weeks, rather than in The Hague. It means I am observing the oth...
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Massive Crowd Hears Obama Speak in BerlinFull speech coming soon...-Darryl...
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Two hundred thousand Germans turned out today to watch Obama deliver the first ever "global citizenship speech" by an American presidential candidate:
Thank you to the citizens of Berlin and to the people of Germany. . . .
I come to Berlin as so many of my countrymen have come...
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Obama addresses some 200,000 in Berlin, Germany today.
“People of the world – look at Berlin, where a wall came down, a continent came together, and history proved that there is no challenge too great for a world that stands as one…”
Read the full text of the speech in the Loun...
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Obama's remarkable speach in Berlin is just over. He sets the tone at the start: "I speak to you not as a candidate for President, but as a citizen - a proud citizen of the United States, and a fellow citizen of the world." He proceeds to issue a collective challenge to end division and inequalities...
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Full Obama speech in GermanyBarack Obama addresses a crowd of over 200,000 people in Tiergarten, Berlin....
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Senator Obama is making his first proper trip abroad in 18 months. He'll be in Afghanistan, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, Germany, France and Britain. Let us know if you happen to spot him, or at least let us know what people are saying in your country about his trip! Newsweek has a cover feature article...
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Posted by
Lova Rakotomalala
· 12:50 pm
· D.R. of Congo
With both candidates spending some time abroad to explain their foreign affairs strategies (Obama currently in Afghanistan and soon in Europe, McCain in Mexico and Colombia) the rest of the world wonders whether they should celebrate this new emphasis on international relations or expect a potential backlash for either candidates.
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Who’s the boss in the EU?
Americans think it’s the Brits. The Brits tend to agree.
Everyone else, including the Germans themselves and more than two-thirds of the French, think it’s Germany.
And how many Frenchies think France is Europe’s leader?
Just 19%.
So much for supposed...
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