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Muslims want tangible change on Mideast from Obama (AP via Yahoo! News)

Respect for Islam, a prescription for Palestinian statehood and assurances of a speedy U.S. pullout from Iraq — that’s what Muslims from Morocco to Malaysia say they want to hear from President Barack Obama this week when he addresses them from this Arab capital.


The Citizen: Sotomayor’s Impact (Gotham Gazette)

Although there is debate over whether Sonia Sotomayor’s parents are immigrants — they came from Puerto Rico — little doubt exists that many immigrants cheered the Bronx native’s nomination to the Supreme Court by President Barack Obama.


At Yale, Sotomayor was sharp but not outspoken (Yale Daily News)

Sonia Sotomayor LAW ’79, nominated Tuesday by President Barack Obama to become the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court, has come a long way since publishing her first article in the Yale Law Journal.


Choice of Judge May Aid Obama?s Bipartisan Push (New York Times)

Early reviews of the Obama presidency agree that he has more successfully changing policy than Washington?s culture, but he has begun altering that narrative.


Muslims want tangible change on Mideast from Obama (AP via Yahoo! News)

Respect for Islam, a prescription for Palestinian statehood and assurances of a speedy U.S. pullout from Iraq — that’s what Muslims from Morocco to Malaysia say they want to hear from President Barack Obama this week when he addresses them from this Arab capital.


Muslims want to hear more than just talk from Obama (The Malaysian Insider)

BEIRUT, June 1 — US President Barack Obama has awoken hope for redress of grievances in the hearts of some of the more than a billion Muslims scattered in diverse communities across the globe. To win their minds, skeptical after a “war on terror” waged by his predecessor George W. Bush that many saw as an assault on Islam, Obama must follow his speech to the Muslim world this week with evidence …


US-Cuba talks on immigration to resume (AP via Yahoo! News)

Cuba has agreed to resume talks with the Obama administration on legal immigration of Cubans to the United States and direct mail service between the two countries in a move welcomed by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.


US-Cuba talks on immigration to resume (AP via Yahoo! News)

Cuba has agreed to resume talks with the Obama administration on legal immigration of Cubans to the United States and direct mail service between the two countries in a move welcomed by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.


Obama ’shocked, outraged’ over Tiller’s death (Chicago Tribune)

President Barack Obama voiced shock and outrage this evening over the slaying of a Wichita, Kan., abortion-provider, Dr. George Tiller.


A message to President Barack Obama (Arab News)

President Barack Obama will set out on a tour to Saudi Arabia and Egypt on Wednesday. According to political sources President Obama will make a speech at the Cairo University aiming at strengthening the US ties to the Muslim word.


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