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TONIGHT: Myanmar's President

An exclusive interview with President Thein Sein about the rapid transformation of Myanmar – a revolution in progress.

An exclusive interview with President Thein Sein about the rapid transformation of Myanmar – a revolution in progress.

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FULL-LENGTH EDITION: American solution for European problem?

June 22nd, 2012
04:36 PM ET

Part 1: American solution for European problem? Neel Kashkari was a mastermind behind TARP in the U.S., and now has suggestions for Europe. Part 2: Egypt's 'Sandmonkey' A conversation with a former U.S Ambassador to Egypt and a young revolutionary known as @SandMonkey. Part 3: Dictators, please pause for pedestrians For the third time in two weeks, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's motorcade was involved in a deadly crash.

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American solution for European problem

Neel Kashkari was a mastermind behind TARP in the U.S., and now has suggestions for Europe.

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Egypt's 'Sandmonkey'

A conversation with a former U.S Ambassador to Egypt and a young revolutionary known as @SandMonkey.

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Dictators pause for pedestrians

For the third time in two weeks, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's motorcade was involved in a deadly crash.


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'Obama did not want this revolution'

June 22nd, 2012
10:01 AM ET

By Lucky Gold

As Egypt waits for the delayed results of its presidential election, one of the revolutionary voices of the Arab Spring had a message for another president – Barack Obama.

“The U.S. administration should back off,” said Mahmoud Salem, aka “Sandmonkey,” the pseudonym under which he has authored a blog since the early days of the uprising.

“It was the message of Barack Obama’s administration to keep Mubarak,” he said Thursday on Amanpour. “Obama did not want this revolution and right now they (the American government) have made a deal with the Muslim Brotherhood to have (Mohamed) Morsi as the president. They have been meeting them (the Muslim Brotherhood) for the past year. They need to stop pressuring us.” FULL POST