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Posts Tagged ‘Cairo’

Obama’s Speech is Good But World Need Action

By Shayan Khan • Jun 7th, 2009 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics, Politics (Urdu), Worth A Second Look

Barack Obama, Yes you can, but you cannot if you merely keep giving lip service to the people of the world. Your glossy speeches heavily sprinkled with lofty words, noble ambitions and promising future are very welcome, but we have over the years grown very apprehensive and wary of such ornamental rhetoric, and now want [...]



Egypt: Obama Unfurls His plan

By A Khokar • Jun 6th, 2009 • Category: Politics

While giving his most eloquent Cairo speech,  President Barrack Obama was not found to be a comfortable guest for the Egyptian government, although he was courteous and honest. He said things, many of his listeners would have preferred not to hear, among them his host, President Hosni Mubarak, to whom he indirectly recommended non-repressive domestic [...]