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Obama pays homage to heroes of D-Day in Normandy

U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday joined French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper at a grand ceremony on the beaches of Normandy to mark the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landing by the Allied forces in World War II. Full story

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SINA US President Obama spoke in Cairo earlier Thursday in a much-anticipated speech aimed at Muslims across the world.

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Obama seeks common cause with Muslim world

2009-06-05 01:00:12 GMT SINA.com Invoking the Quran and his rarely used middle name, Barack Hussein Obama declared Thursday that America has a common cause with Islam and never will be at war with the faith — an overture intently watched by the Muslim world and welcomed in unlikely quarters. An Iranian cleric called the president's speech "an initial step for removing misconceptions."

Germany hopes Obama speech will lead to progress in Middle East

2009-06-04 19:52:15 GMT Xinhua English BERLIN, June 4 (Xinhua) -- German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Thursday expressed the hope that U.S. President Barack Obama's speech in Cairo will lead to urgently needed progress in the Middle East peace process.

Israel shares Obama's hope for Muslim, Israeli reconciliation

2009-06-04 14:21:16 GMT Xinhua English JERUSALEM, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister's Office expressed hope on Thursday that U.S. President Barack Obama's speech would help lead to reconciliation between Israel and the Muslim world, hours after the eye-catching speech delivered in Cairo.

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Hezbollah describes Obama's speech as smart talk to polish U.S. deformed image

2009-06-06 17:37:10 GMT Xinhua English BEIRUT, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Shiite armed group Hezbollah described Saturday the Cairo speech of U.S. President Barack Obama as a smart talk aimed at polishing Washington's deformed image, local Elnashra website reported.

Indonesia welcomes Obama's intention to embrace Islamic countries

2009-06-05 06:17:20 GMT Xinhua English JAKARTA, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia on Friday responded positively speech of the United States of America's President Barack Obama that he has intended to embrace Muslim countries, an official said here.

Muslim leaders in U.S. hail Obama's speech

2009-06-05 06:13:55 GMT Xinhua English LOS ANGELES, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Muslim leaders in the United States hailed President Barack Obama's speech in Cairo on Thursday, saying his remarks were a refreshing change from his predecessors and offered hope for the future.

Jordan welcomes Obama's speech in Cairo

2009-06-05 05:55:27 GMT Xinhua English AMMAN, June 5, (Xinhua) -- Jordan has commended U.S. President Barack Obama's speech at Cairo University, saying it sent positive signals to Arabs and Muslims, local daily The Jordan Times reported on Friday.

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Obama visits Sultan Hassan Mosque in Cairo

2009-06-04 10:08:21 GMT Xinhua English CAIRO, June 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama paid a half-an-hour visit to Sultan Hassan Mosque on Thursday during his visit to Cairo.

Obama arrives in Egypt

2009-06-04 06:08:03 GMT Xinhua English CAIRO, June 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama arrived Thursday morning in Cairo, where he will hold talks with his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak and deliver a much-anticipated speech to the Muslim world in Cairo University.

Obama in Saudi Arabia

2009-06-04 02:26:40 GMT SINA.com US President Barack Obama is welcomed in Saudi Arabia, his first stop on an overseas trip that will take him to Egypt and Europe.

Obama visits Saudi king before high-stakes speech

2009-06-04 01:10:56 GMT SINA.com Opening a mission to write a new chapter on Islam and the West, President Barack Obama consulted Wednesday with the Saudi king "in the place where Islam began," prelude to a high-stakes speech in Egypt meant to ease long-held Muslim grievances against the United States.

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News Analysis: Obama tour eases discord with Europe

2009-06-07 13:04:39 GMT Xinhua English PARIS, June 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama received a rock star-style welcome wherever he went during his tour of France and Germany over the weekend, clearly signaling a thaw in transatlantic relations.

Obama pays homage to heroes of D-Day in Normandy

2009-06-06 20:15:38 GMT Xinhua English PARIS, June 6 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday joined French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper at a grand ceremony on the beaches of Normandy to mark the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landing by the Allied forces in World War II.

Obama, Merkel tour former Nazi concentration camp

2009-06-05 15:41:24 GMT Xinhua English WEIMAR, Germany, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Visiting U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday toured the former Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald while both of them stressed the importance to draw lessons from history.

Obama visits Nazi concentration camp

2009-06-05 15:14:15 GMT Xinhua English BERLIN, June 5 (Xinhua) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel and visiting American President Barack Obama visited Buchenwald concentration camp on Friday after their meeting in Dresden.