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Obama defends religious freedoms in Cairo speech
President Barack Obama says freedom of religion is central to peoples' ability to live together.
Obama on Thursday said Islam has a tradition of tolerance, something he saw firsthand as a child in Indonesia. Obama says people should be free to worship as they see fit and that Western countries should not impose restrictions on how Muslims practice their faith.
Obama …
UN Relief Convoy Makes 1st Delivery to Bosnian City
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia United Nations troops escorted a reliefconvoy to the beleaguered Bosnian city of Gorazde on Saturday, makingthe first delivery of food and medicine to 70,000 people trapped by afour-month-old Serb siege.
The arrival of eight truckloads of supplies in Gorazde marked apreliminary victory in the UN effort to help Muslims surrounded bySerbian militiamen in starving cities and villages acrossBosnia-Herzegovina.
It came two days after the UN Security Council issued a threatto use "all measures necessary" get supplies through.
An attempt to relieve Gorazde 10 days ago failed when a convoycame under fire and lost a vehicle in a …
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