vancouversun.com - 1/22/2009
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RAMALLAH, West Bank â U.S. President Barack Obama promised to work toward a "durable peace" in the Middle East during a phone call to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday, Palestinian officials said. Obama called the Palestinian leader a day after taking the oath of office and ...
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From Email: Fairness, Life, Secrecy, Caroline
The Anchoress —
... with the note “meet the old boss, just like the new boss. Well, with at least one significant difference I can see right off the bat: His first official call as president was made to Mahmoud Abbas, not to Ehud Olmert. ...
Obama Charts A New Direction With Muslim World: ‘We Are Offering A Hand Of Friendship’
Think Progress —
... – First international phone call was to Abbas: “This is my first phone call to a foreign leader and I’m making it only hours after I took office,” Obama told Palestinian President Abbas. ...
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