
U.S. President George W. Bush delivers remarks on national aviation congestion at the Department of Transportation in Washington on November 18, 2008. Bush announced that the Pentagon will temporarily open military airspace for civilian use for the holiday travel season. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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Egypt Media Threatened With More Restrictions
CAIRO -- Egypts parliament is due to examine a new broadcasting bill in November that is of growing concern for journalists and press rights groups in the country and abroad. Broadcast journalists are already under severe threat from the government, with censorship running high.
A U.S. Leadership to Follow
DOHA -- I was not born when, on June 21, 1963, U.S. President John F. Kennedy spoke those immortal words: "Ich bin ein Berliner" from the balcony of West Berlins city hall, the Rathaus Schönenberg.
Russia: Geopolitical vs. Geoeconomic Interests
Russias Prime Minister and former President Vladimir Putin, current President Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian foreign policy elite (as it is fond of calling itself), and much of Russian public opinion all strongly oppose American "hegemony" or "unipolarity," and seek to restore Russia as a great power in a multipolar world.


