Second Global Press Roundup: Obama Inauguration

All of the world is saying “Hello Barack”, and “Goodbye George”, and thankfully, Michelle’s inauguration dress, lovely as it was, doesn’t get much play…

Navbharat Times, India
India Too Needs An ‘Obama’

Students believe that now America will progress more than ever before. They also believe that now even India’s command should be handed over to a younger leader, so that even we can progress much faster.

Al-Ahram, Egypt
Obama Faces The Gaza Crisis

Nawai Waqt, Pakistan
American Mission More Complicated in Afghanisthan Than in Iraq

Iraqi News Agency, Iraq
Americans Throw Shoes to Say Good-bye

Oriental Morning Post, China
Obama’s Ambition Is Greater Than His Ideology

Akhbar El Youm, Egypt
Bush Refuses to Acknowledge His Crimes

Al-balad, Lebanon
George W. Bush and History

La Prensa, Honduras
New Era in the United States

Die Zeit, Germany
The Age of Stupidity is Over

America’s cultural war isn’t over yet by a long shot, but a conservative constant in the debate, namely the ideologically coded leftovers of racism, have lost political effectiveness with Obama’s election.

Le Monde, France
The Last Black President

With this new attitude, future generations will view Obama not as the first black president, but ultimately as the 44th president in American history.

Le Figaro, France
Obama and Europe

Últimas Noticias, Venezuela
Obama Now Assumes The Presidency

La Republica, Peru
Obama’s Four Phantoms

Le Monde, France
A Bouquet for Barack Obama

Alquds Alarabi, U.K.
A Letter to Barack Obama from a Palestinian Citizen

The Hindustan Times, India
Different Race, Same Goal

The Korean Times, South Korea
Rebirth of America

The News, Pakistan
Oil, Obama and Pakistan

Publicly, America’s most immediate challenges after the government change are Afghanistan and Pakistan. Privately, in Washington’s power corridors, it is oil.

The Manila Times, The Philippines
A New World Political Order, Perhaps?

The Nation, Pakistan
Unfavorable for the U.S.

The News, Pakistan
Will Obama’s Vision Translate Into Policy Change?

The Manila Times, The Philippines
Remaking America Begins

The Manila Times, The Philippines
Hope and Virtue

Above all, the America of the Filipino is that dreamt-of-country that we wish the Philippines would be.

The China Post, Taiwan
Obama Is Also Asia’s Hope

The Telegraph, U.K.
Inauguration: Reaction from the World’s Media

The Times, U.K.
A Hard Day’s Night for Barack and Michelle

Guardian Unlimited, U.K.
Obama Stops U.S. Digging Deeper

The Independent, U.K.
The World Hangs on a U.S. Renaissance

The Moscow Times, Russia
Russia Asks Obama for Change