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Barack Hussein Obama and the Muslim World
In Turkey today, President Obama is making good on his promise to reach out to the Muslim world. We hear about Turkey's importance as a strategic ally and a bridge to the rest of Islam and discuss the growth of independent, conservative religious thinking among young Muslim people around the world. Also, the hunt for survivors after today's earthquake in Italy, and President Obama makes it a goal of the US to eliminate nuclear weapons.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenIn Turkey today, President Obama is making good on his promise to reach out to the Muslim world. We hear about Turkey's importance as a strategic ally and a bridge to the rest of Islam and discuss the growth of independent, conservative religious thinking among young Muslim people around the world. Also, the hunt for survivors after today's earthquake in Italy, and an arms control advocate responds to President Obama's call for eliminating nuclear weapons.
Banner image: Turkish President Abdullah Gul (R) and US President Barack Obama enter the palace after a welcoming ceremony in the courtyard of the Cankaya Presidential Palace in Istanbul. Photo: Getty Images
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3 storiesHunt for Survivors of Italian Earthquake
The tolls of deaths, injuries and homeless are rising in central Italy where a 6.3 magnitude earthquake has destroyed villages and seriously damaged the 13th Century city of L'Aquila. Phil Stewart is a correspondent for Reuters in Rome.
Read the story6 minObama in Turkey Reaches Out to the Islamic World
In his first visit to a Muslim country as President, Barack Obama told the Turkish parliament today, the US “is not and will never be at war with Islam.” He invoked his Muslim father and his residence in a Muslim country, and called Turkey's secular democracy a model for the 21st Century.
Read the story36 minObama Wants to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons
In the aftermath of yesterday's launch, the UN Security Council failed to condemn North Korea. But in Prague yesterday, President Obama said it's the responsibility of the US to lead the way to nuclear disarmament. He pledged to take what he called “concrete steps toward a world without nuclear weapons.”
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