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POPSStudy Explores Egyptians' Attitudes Towards US On the other hand, the study also found that Egyptians believe that Obama will not succeed in the fight against terrorism and will not be able to achieve peace in the Middle East. His biggest challenges as president are the war on terrorism and the global economic crisis, according to the study. Egyptians believe that it is too early to judge whether change will actually come about during Obama’s presidency. However, those surveyed did predict a slight change with regards to the US policy in the Middle East, but maintain it will not change dramatically. “A negative image is a long term process; you can’t jump from negative to positive. This negative image has to first be changed into a neutral image and then from neutral you can go to positive and this takes time
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POPSObama Wins: Bangkok Post - Bangkok, Thailand A full 62 per cent of voters ranked the economy as the key issue of this election, compared to 10 per cent invoking the war in Iraq and 9 per cent rating terrorism or health care highest. Millions already voted in recent weeks in early or absentee voting allowed in 31 states, including key battlegrounds Florida, North Carolina, Colorado and Nevada. Voters waited patiently in serpentine queues early Tuesday to cast ballots. Many had started lining up before dawn, and some braved pouring rain to cast their ballots. It was a bittersweet end to the 21-month campaign for Obama, whose grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, 86, passed away overnight Sunday after a battle with cancer, the Illinois senator revealed Monday.
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POPSMcCain Transition Chief Aided Saddam in Lobbying Effort His dealings on behalf of the deceased Iraqi leader stand in stark contrast to the views his current employer held at the time. John McCain strongly supported the 1991 military action against Iraq, and as recently as Sunday described Saddam Hussein as a one-time menace to the region who had "stated categorically that he would acquire weapons of mass destruction, and he would use them wherever he could."
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POPSThe Middle East has Culture The writer does not equate terrorism with hooliganism, rather he is illustrating how our perceptions of the Middle East are influenced by stories and images. We can never conceive of the best if we are only shown the worst.
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POPSThe 30-Year Old Virgin "People don't think women are funny," she explained in the car. "As a woman, when you walk on stage the audience immediately tightens up. When I start talking about being Arab or Muslim, I think it is something that people are really interested in right now.They say Arabs are the new blacks," she laughed.
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POPSBroken Down Bridges: Just the Tip of the Iceburg This is all a self-fulfilling prophecy. Next, instead of raising the funds necessary to fix these problems, the tax cut cheerleaders will sound off on the government inefficiency and lobby the public on the merit's of corporate controlled infrastructure. That's is what all of this is about anyway: gain control of government systems that you don't believe in for the purpose of weakening them from the inside. A quiet coup.