Obama in the Middle East and Europe

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President Barack Obama delivers his highly-anticipated address to the Muslim world in the Grand Hall of Cairo University in Cairo. Obama vowed to forge a "new beginning" for Islam and America in a landmark speech to the world's Muslims, evoking a vision of peace after a smouldering cycle of "suspicion and discord."

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(AFP/Getty photo by Saul Loeb / June 4, 2009)

President Barack Obama delivers his highly-anticipated address to the Muslim world in the Grand Hall of Cairo University in Cairo. Obama vowed to forge a "new beginning" for Islam and America in a landmark speech to the world's Muslims, evoking a vision of peace after a smouldering cycle of "suspicion and discord."