Photos: Venice under water; Where should Obama go to speak to the Islamic world?
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Venice under water The Globe's Big Picture is all over Venice, where people wade to work and life goes on in flooded shops like the bakery above. There are 25 photos in all, mostly shot outdoors, and nearly twice the size of the one above. WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama's aides say he is considering making a major foreign policy speech from an Islamic capital during his first 100 days in office. Helene Cooper of the NYT then takes us on a geopolitical tour of the Muslim world, eliminating one city after another as the perfect place "for a high-profile speech that would seek to mend rifts between the United States and the broader Muslim world." Her choice is interesting, as is the reponse of that country's embassy in Washington. Hundreds of comments chime in.
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Obama should speak in Jordan, our best friend in the Middle East.
This would also send a strong message about Israeli/Palestinian peace, which was one of the late King Hussein's primary objects, recollect that he got off his death bed to work on this, and his son Abdullah is committed to this also.
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