Honduras heaped pressure on the United States Tuesday  when it urged the Organization of American States (OAS) to immediately lift communist Cuba’s 47-year-suspension from the body.

“My friends, it’s time to correct that mistake,” said President Manuel
Zelaya, host of the general assembly attended by U.S. Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton and her counterparts from the 33 other OAS active members.

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President Barack Obama told French television viewers on Tuesday
that the West should renew its dialogue with Islam, calling the United States “one of the largest Muslim countries of the world.”

Speaking to Canal+ television in Washington before setting off on a tour of the Middle East and Europe, Obama said he would use a planned speech in Cairo to set out a new framework for American relations in the region.

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