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President Obama Arrives in the Middle East
On his first trip to the Middle East since taking office, President Obama met with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah today. What can each do for the other when it comes to Iran, Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and the price of oil? Also, Britain's expense account scandal claims a fourth minister, and the Chinese government tries to re-write the history of Tiananmen Square.
By Warren Olney • • 49m ListenOn his first trip to the Middle East since taking office, President Obama met with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah today. What can each do for the other when it comes to Iran, Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and the price of oil? Also, Britain's expense account scandal claims a fourth minister on the eve of elections, and tomorrow it will be 20 years to the day since Chinese troops fired on unarmed civilians near Tiananmen Square. Will the Chinese people be allowed to remember?
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"The government is collapsing before the country's eyes." Those are the words of Britain's Conservative Party leader David Cameron, taunting Prime Minister Gordon Brown in Parliament. Four members of Brown's Labor-Party cabinet have resigned in the past two days and it's all about the expense account scandal.
Read the story7 minPresident Obama Arrives in the Middle East
As President Obama arrived in Saudi Arabia today, Al-Jazeera aired what purports to be a threatening new audiotape from Osama bin Laden. But King Abdullah met Air Force One in searing heat at the airport and the two exchanged kisses on both cheeks. The President is on his way to Cairo for tomorrow's speech to the Muslim world.
Read the story36 minUnderstanding Tiananmen Square 20 Years Later
Tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of the bloody crackdown near Tiananmen Square, when Chinese troops gunned down unarmed civilians. No one knows how many died, and the government is still trying to prevent citizens from remembering what happened.
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