Obama’s Victory: Fifth Global Press Roundup
Yet more great content from the foreign press aggregator, WatchingAmerica.com. This list of foreign press reaction includes much from the Middle East – both translated and originally in English – and from Asia and the rest of the world (after the break)
… FROM THE MIDDLE EAST
Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran
Iran Reveals Its Hopes for Obama
Radio Zaamaneh, Iran
Iran’s First Reaction to Obama’s Victory
Al Rai, Jordan
Obama and a Change of Direction for America
The Gulf Times, Qatar
A U.S. Car Crash Waiting to Happen
The chief executives of Detroit’s big three automakers – GM, Ford and Chrysler – are pressing the panic buttons by lobbying House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi for a full-scale government bail-out on top of $25bn already sought.
Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates
Bush’s Last Bullet
The Jordan Times, Jordan
Hope for the Better
Haaretz Daily, Israel
The Dawning of a New Era
With his election, the deepest wound in American society, which was born with slavery but continued to bleed overtly and covertly in race riots and discrimination, has begun to heal.
Haaretz Daily, Israel
The Real Loser
Haaretz Daily, Israel
Repackaging America
The Jordan Times, Jordan
Pride and Shame in American Politics
The Jordan Times, Jordan
Obama’s Win: ‘Guarded Excitement’
Will he be able to assert himself, and devote enough time and effort, to the Palestinian-Israeli issue the way, let’s say, Jimmy Carter, George Bush (Sr.) and Clinton have?
The Jerusalem Post, Israel
Obama’s Agenda
Yedioth Ahronot, Israel
King of the Universe
Yedioth Ahronot, Israel
No Rose Garden for Obama
Kurdish Media, Iraq
Turkish Muslim Missionaries Plan to Take America
The Middle East Times, Egypt
Democracy Backfires on U.S. in Iraq
Al Ahram Weekly, Egypt
Not Eye to Eye
Al Ahram Weekly, Egypt
The Other Face of Liberty
The Americans are to this day telling us how to live, sometimes at gunpoint. This is why Egyptians have turned their back on everything America stands for.
Al Ahram Weekly, Egypt
A Vote For Change
Throughout gathering interviews, Obama’s speeches, promises and persona identified him, while McCain is rather identified with his history in the army and association with President Bush.
… FROM ASIA
Asia Times, Hong Kong
An Indian Hymn to Obama
Segodnya, Ukraine
Obama – Yushchenko’s New Boss
Lianhe Zaobao, Singapore
New Shade to the American Political Scenery
Xinhua Net, China
Obama’s Victory
Sohu, China
Obama’s Win and Its Consequences for Social Welfare
Takungpao, Hong Kong
How Did Obama Win The Presidential Election?
The Times of India, India
Another Time, Another JFK?
The Times of India, India
Barack Win May Boost Clean Technology
The Times of India, India
Race to Equality
The Times of India, India
A Black Man in White House: What an Idea, Sirji!
The real America was a new America and it was not just white.
… FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD
Le Temps, Tunisia
Europe Twiddles its Thumbs While America Acts
Süddeutsche Zeitung, Germany
The End Of Saying No
Obama can’t save the world all by himself. He needs Europe and he needs Germany, in Afghanistan as well as in Iraq. It would be difficult to say no to him.
El Universal, Venezuela
Obama: A New Historical Cycle Awaits
Noordhollands Dagblad, Netherlands
U.S. Foreign Policy Will Not Change
The St. Petersburg Times, Russia
Friendlier Relations or Mean Streets?
The Guardian Unlimited, U.K.
A Leftwards Nudge
The Times, U.K.
Black Guys Get All the Worst Jobs
The Telegraph, U.K.
Forget JFK, Obama Could Be the Next Jimmy Carter
Barack Obama and his supporters have been drinking from a bottle of elixir labeled Hope. But the President-Elect knows as well as everyone else that there are gallons of bitter medicine to be swallowed if the economy is to be saved.
