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Lebanon - Every Election Creates Yet Another Crisis; But June 7's Affects The GME.(Greater Middle East)
June 15, 2009... *** Beirut's Shi'ite Leaders Believe Iran's WuF Under Khamenei Will Not Last Long Enough For It To Become A Global Super-Power' As The Re-Elected' Pres. Ahmadi-Nejad Has Kept Insisting *** These Leaders, Close To The Late Ayatullah Muhammad-Mahdi Shamseddin And Imam Musa Sadr, Who Used...

Obama's June 4 Appeal To The Islamic World Is A Test Of His 'Yes-We-Can' Soft-Power.
June 8, 2009... *** Ayat. Khamenei On June 4 Pre- Empted Obama's Cairo Blitz *** Hours Before The US President Spoke, The Supreme Leaded Warned: 'Sweet And Beautiful Talk Cannot Make A Change"; But Many In Tehran Predicted That Obama's Speech Might Have An Impact On Iran's June 12 Polls By Encouraging...

Making The Arab Peace Plan Hard To Refuse.
June 8, 2009... Meeting with King 'Abdullah on June 3, Obama pressed for an Arab gesture to Israel to entice it to accelerate the peace process. But he got a polite but firm refusal, though 'Abdullah said new details could be added to the Arab peace plan which he had presented to the Arab summit in Beirut in...

Obama's Speech.(Speech)
June 8, 2009... Invited to address the Muslim world and the Arabs by al-Azhar (the highest seat of learning in Sunni Islam) and Cairo Universities, President Obama on June 4 opened his speech to a carefully selected audience of more than 3,000 at Cairo University's hall with a broad smile and the Muslim...

The Reaction Back Home.(Obama's Cairo speech)
June 8, 2009... Given that Obama on June 4 quoted the Qur'an three times, empathised with the suffering of Palestinians and strongly endorsed their "legitimate aspirations" to a separate state, initial reaction to his speech from pro-Israeli groups in the US was interesting. The FT on June 5 noted: "Mr...