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April 20, 2008

Iranian blogger says Obama represents a “paradigm shift” in the US's image

Aggregated from: The World Wants Obama Coalition

Jahanshah Rashidian, an Iranian now living in Germany, writes: "If Barack Obama were a candidate in Germany, he would be elected as German President, according to a German newspaper, Wiesbadener Kurier. I would also vote for him... The US needs another face, a face less repulsive, less aggressive, a...

April 16, 2008

Obama’s World

Aggregated from: Mideast Youth - Thinking Ahead » USA

If Barack Obama were a candidate in Germany, he would be elected as German President, according to a German newspaper, Wiesbadener Kurier. I would also vote for him because he is not only qualified for the post, furthermore, the US needs another President with another presentation. The US needs anot...

April 5, 2008

The world wants Obama - on YouTube!

Aggregated from: The World Wants Obama

There are so many videos being created in support of Senator Obama all over the world what we've can't really keep track of them on this blog alone, so we've created a YouTube channel with songs, news reports, personal statements of support and translations of speaches and songs to other languages (...

March 13, 2008

Article: Germans Would Vote for Him

Aggregated from: The World Wants Obama

The Atlantic Times, an English language news magazine in Germany focused on links with the US, runs a cover article this month on Obamania by Christoph Keese. Some clippings:"German’s favorite politician at the moment is Barack Obama. Every popularity poll shows the American hopeful for the Democr...

March 8, 2008

Germans prefer Obama to Clinton

Aggregated from: The World Wants Obama

"43 per cent of Germans prefer Mr Obama compared with 39 per cent for Mrs Clinton, according to a Forsa poll." (FT, 6 Feb)...

March 3, 2008

Looks Like Indian Voters in the US Are Behind Obama

Aggregated from: Anaj

Accha, accha, accha, accha, accha, accha - which song or movie was the source for this film? Lallopallo, Nova - can you help? I am sure this will do for the US Indian community what Will.i.am’s Obama video did for white intellectuals. Thanks to Cabbage for posting about this! ...

Here’s The One Thing That I am Afraid of…

Aggregated from: Anaj

With the Obama/Clinton web war gaining momentum (and more momentum), the one thing that worries me is this: What happens if after the Clinton/Obama shoot-out and after the primaries, what happens if the Republican candidate takes it all in the final election? Everybody seems so dead-sure that it’s...

February 24, 2008

Herald Tribune - “Obama's popularity soars - in Germany”

Aggregated from: The World Wants Obama

"The Berliner Morgenpost over the weekend ran with the headline, "The New Kennedy."... An editorial in the Frankfurter Rundschau went one historic president better with a headline that read simply: "Lincoln, Kennedy, Obama," adding that "hope and optimism" are "the source of the nation's strength."....

February 21, 2008

Kosovo: Views from the Russophone Blogosphere

Aggregated from: Global Voices Online » U.S.A.

According to the Yandex Blogs portal, over 3,700 posts on Kosovo independence have appeared in the Russian-language blogosphere in the past three days. Some of these posts have received dozens, if not hundreds, of comments. Below are a few snippets of this lively discussion, all translated from Russ...

February 19, 2008

U.S. Elections from an European point of view

Aggregated from: World Financial Blog

It is probably the most important election in the world, the presidential election of the United States of America, but this time we got a big change in this election which probably opens a new door to freedom and emancipation.I´m not an American but as an European I am very happy to see that now f...