Turmoil Dims Obama’s Goals for Mideast Peace Negotiations

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President Barack Obama now confronts a changing Islamic world that’s far more tumultuous than the one he faced when he took office for his first term.

The U.S.-backed revolutions sweeping the Middle East and North Africa are ending decades of authoritarian rule, introducing new leaders in a region crucial to the world economy and turning some countries more toward Islam.