Selected Inauguration Day Headlines from Around the World – January 20, 2009

As the 44th President of the United States takes up the reigns of power, the people of this project will be working around the clock to bring you front pages and reactions from newspapers around the world.

These are some of the first headlines for this day posted on WORLDMEETS.US:

Here are some more examples:

Guardian Unlimited, U.K.: Magical Spell that Will Open New American Era

Globe and Mail, Canada: On this Most Historic Day, Anger Gives Way to Hope

Mail & Guardian, South Africa: ‘Oprah for Ambassador?’

The Daily Nation, Kenya: Now Barack Obama Can Set Agenda for Change

Mainichi Daily News, Japan, World Looks to Obama as Knight in Shining Armor

LOG INTO WORLDMEETS.US throughout the day, for continuing translated and English-language foreign press coverage of the inauguration of our nation’s 44th president, Barack Obama.