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Oscar Beard Is Dead

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PUBLIC SCANDAL

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Mumbai terror tragedy: web beats CNN?

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The Hunger News

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Imams Condone Rape, Violence

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Dealing Drugs On Craigslist

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Iraq WMD Materials Sold To Canada

Hear about the 550 metric tons of yellowcake uranium found in Iraq? No? Why should you? I think too many people cling onto the lie... more

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Media Bias and McCain

The Pew Research Centers Project for Excellence in Journalism is a research organization that specializes in using empirical... more

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Journalists from Zanzibar and East Timor talk of dangers for them in election times

Muzi and Abdulla were part of a team of journalists invited to the US to check out how Americans cover elections. Their insight... more

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Somali Terrorists Linked to al-Qa'ida Named

al-Qa'ida continues to recruit and use the African continent as a new base to launch operations against the West. As the... more

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IAEA Says Iran Can Make Atomic Bomb

Iran has produced enough low-enriched uranium to make an atom bomb with added purification, the New York Times reported, citing... more

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China: Obama is Not The Messiah

By Yuan Xiaoming Oriental Morning Post, China

He is nothing more than an American politician created by a more than $2 billion campaign fund, and his platform is nothing more than traditional Democratic party policy.

At an election rally in Florida, an Obama supporter shouted into the camera lens: "After Obama is elected, I won't need to worry about putting gas in my car, and I also won't have to worry about paying off my mortgage." The voice of this Obama supporter is representative, to an extent.

Of course, Obama did also not disappoint the feelings of his fans, emerging from between Greek columns onto the Democratic party's convention stage to make what was more of a sermon than an acceptance speech.

Obama's "divine" charisma is not at all limited to America, but apparently has even more "world-saving" magic and charisma outside of America.

46% of American voters still rejected Obama, whereas internationally, Obama's support rate was about 90%. During the "sermon" in Germany, several hundred thousand Germans were apparently not facing an American presidential candidate. In the fantasies of many Germans, Obama was the "messiah" who would save not only America, but also the world.

Obama will leave the world excited for a few days, but the world will not experience a profound change because of his election win. America is still a superpower, but the world cannot embrace a superpower, which is a situation Obama cannot change.

Perhaps Obama is the messiah in the fantasies of his supporters, but, in reality, he fundamentally is not.

He is nothing more than an American politician created by a more than $2 billion campaign fund, and his platform is nothing more than traditional Democratic party policy. If Obama's supporters viewed him as a traditional politician, perhaps they will not be too disappointed, but if they view him as a "messiah," they will be deeply disappointed. The world is in the same boat, consigned to its great expectations.

By the way, Obama's victory won't save Wall Street. A week after the election, the Dow had dropped by 10%.By Yuan Xiaoming Oriental Morning Post, China He is nothing more than an American politician created by a more than $2 billion... more