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Photo: Estudios Revolucion.

Photo diffusée par les autorités cubaines.
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Obama veut des pourparlers directs, Netanyahu promet du concret

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Politics and Poker : this new channel is more a propaganda channel than a real political analysis channel.

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American Missionaries in Haiti Charged With Kidnapping Ten Baptist Missionaries Charged With Taking Haitian Children

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Malaysian Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim’s Sodomy Trial Begins

Anwar Ibrahim

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Harper goes prorogue
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Here is the link :

http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15213212

Palestine under the shadow of the wall

Yemen’s afternoon high

Other link :

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http://mondediplo.com/2009/12/19yemengallery

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Photo : Agence France-Presse
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President Obama's Weekly Address

Email from Mitch Stewart

Pierre,

On Wednesday night President Obama delivered a passionate address on health reform to Congress and all Americans, then immediately wrote to you to ask for your help in making reform a reality.

Your response was astounding: In less than 48 hours, more than 450,000 of you signed messages urging Congress to pass the President's plan -- and even chipped in more than $1 million to power our campaign for change.

Now, President Obama has recorded a message just for OFA supporters about what comes next. Please watch the video, and, if you haven't already, add your name in support of the President's plan.

Thanks,

Mitch

P.S. In case you missed it, here's the President's email to OFA supporters from the night of the big speech:

---Original Message---
From: President Barack Obama
Subject: Not the first, but the last

Friend,

I just finished laying out my plan for health reform at a joint session of Congress. Now, I'm writing directly to you because what happens next is critical -- and I need your help.

Change this big will not happen because I ask for it. It can only come when the nation demands it. Congress knows where I stand. Now they need to hear from you.

Add your voice: Ask your representatives to support my plan for real health reform in 2009.

The heart of my plan is simple: bring stability and security to Americans who already have health insurance, guarantee affordable coverage for those who don't, and rein in the cost of health care.

Tonight, I offered a specific plan for how to make it happen. I incorporated the best ideas from Democrats and Republicans to create a plan that's bold, practical, and represents the broad consensus of the American people.

We've come closer to real health reform in the last few months than we have in the last 60 years. But those who profit from the status quo -- and those who put partisan advantage above all else -- will fight us every inch of the way.

We do not seek that fight, but we will not shrink from it. The stakes are too high to let scare tactics cloud the debate, or to allow partisan bickering to block the path. Your voice, right now, is essential.

See my full plan and call on your representatives to support it:

http://my.barackobama.com/ReformVideo

Ours is not the first generation to understand the dire need for health reform. And I am not the first president to take up this cause, but I am determined to be the last.

Thank you,

President Barack Obama