04.12.2011                      08.Kislev. 5772

Diplomatie:

Biden chides Arab leaders on freedom of speech

US vice president visits Turkey's Erdogan at Istanbul home where he is recovering from surgery; leaders discuss Iran, Syria.

US Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday chided Arab leaders who restrict freedom of expression and said nations cannot thrive when people are not allowed to think for themselves.
"Democratic revolutions, like the ones in Tunisia, in Egypt and Libya, and the ones still unfolding in Syria and Yemen, are imbued with an entrepreneurial spirit," Biden told a meeting of young entrepreneurs in Istanbul….