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Al Jazeera English - Americas - Americans 'negative' about Muslims

Al Jazeera English - Americas - Americans 'negative' about Muslims: "As Barack Obama, the US president, seeks to mend the image of the US in the Muslim world, a new survey indicates almost half of Americans have a negative opinion about Muslim countries.

The 46 per cent of respondents who held an unfavourable view of Islamic nations was up five per cent from 2002, while just 20 per cent said they held a positive opinion."

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