Obama Cairo Speech: Calls For New Beginning, Gets Standing Ovation

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An Egyptian man applauds as he listens to US President Barack Obama's speech at Cairo University, at a coffee shop in Cairo. (Getty)

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President Obama delivers his landmark address to the Muslim world. (Getty)

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Egyptian men react with applause as they watch US President Barack Obama's key Middle East speech on TV in a coffee shop. (Getty)

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An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man listens to President Obama's speech at Cairo University, in a Jerusalem mall

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Iraqi men in Baghdad watch a live broadcast on satellite television of a speech delivered in Cairo by President Obama. (Getty)

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US President Barack Obama waves as he arrives onto the stage to deliver his highly-anticipated address to the Muslim world. (Getty)

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Palestinian men listen to US President Barack Obama as he delivers a speech at Cairo University, at a coffee shop in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. (Getty)

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) and Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary-General Ekmeleddine Ihsanoglu listen as President Obama delivers his much-anticipated message to the Muslim world. (Getty)

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President Obama delivers his message to the Muslim world from the auditorium in the Cairo University campus. Obama said that he wants 'a new beginning' with the world's 1.5 billion Muslims, and called for an end to a cycle of 'suspicion and discord.' (Getty)

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U.S. President Barack Obama waves to the audience as he arrives at the podium at Cairo University in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, June 4, 2009. President Obama delivered the speech that he's been promising since last year's election campaign, aiming to set a new tone in America's often-strained dealings with the world's 1.5 billion Muslims.

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President Obama tours the Great Pyramids of Giza with Egyptian antiquities supremo Zahi Hawass following his speech. (Getty)

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President Obama walks in front of the Sphinx during a tour of the Great Pyramids of Giza. (Getty)

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President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tour the Sultan Hassan Mosque in Cairo. Obama took a tour of the medieval mosque in the heart of old Cairo on a trip aimed at repairing rifts with the Muslim world. (Getty

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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (R) and his US counterpart Barack Obama take part in a welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in Cairo on June 4, 2009.

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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (L) greets his US counterpart Barack Obama at the presidential palace in Cairo on June 4, 2009.