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What Would Obama’s second term mean for the Arab World?

Barack Obama won the presidential race and will lead his country for four more years. Although the presidential race was very tight and some even feared a recount of votes, Obama gleaned 332 electoral votes while his challenger Republican Mitt Romney got only 206, according to the results available, as vote counting is still ongoing. […]

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Sadi Shanaah: “Arab Spring – People Wished to Reinterpret What They Perceive as Islamic Values.”

Interview with Sadi Shanaah, an influential Czech-Palestinian political analyst and director of INSAAN – ‘Czech-Arab Centre for Cultural Dialogue’, about the roots of the Egyptian revolution, potential failure of Western media and U.S. support to the region. Mr. Shanaah, a special advisor for the Middle East to Mitt Romney‘s presidential campaign, Walid Pharees, says that […]

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An Army of None, Ann Romney on the family’s military service

On the surface, she’s a potent weapon in Mitt Romney’s attack to unseat Barack Obama as US president. Loyal wife, doting mother and proud grandmother. But when Ann Romney speaks, there is a hint of the attitude that the heavy lifting, the dirty, dangerous jobs in America are not for her family. During her appearance […]

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Atheist Shrugged: Muzzled US candidates cannot debate Republicans on Ayn Rand

What muzzle did US Vice President Joe Biden agree to wear in the veep debate against Rep. Paul Ryan, the runningmate of Republican Mitt Romney? Pres. Barack Obama appeared to be muzzled also during his appearance with Mr. Romney in Denver 8 days earlier. Why the word “muzzle?” The incumbents and the hopefuls for the […]