The World Absorbs News Of US Election

Barack Obama's supporters look for elections results on TV during a US election night on November 4, 2008 in Paris, France.
Barack Obama's supporters look for elections results on TV during a US election night on November 4, 2008 in Paris, France.
( - Photo by Francois Durand/Getty Images Europe)
A mosaic of Israel Hebrew and English daily newspapers all lead with the American elections on their cover pages November 4, 2008 in Tel Aviv. Israel media are devoting much of their coverage to the presidential race, often asking the question which of the candidates is "good for the Jews?". A local man reads a paper on the same street Senator Barak Obama lived with his family as he waits for the US election results on November 5, 2008 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Obama family rented the small house in the Menteng district of the city from 1969 to 1970. Yesterday Obama's old landlord Tata Abubakar Soerono died from prostrate cancer. After nearly two years of presidential campaigning, U.S. citizens went to the polls today to vote in the election between Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and Republican nominee U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). Bhutanese eat their lunch at the Zambala restaurant  and watch the U.S elections on TV showing the Obama victory on November 5, 2008 in Thimphu, BhutanObama defeated Republican nominee Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) by a wide margin in the election to become the first African-American U.S. President elect. The German band Ratatoeska sings: "Goodbye George Bush!" at a U.S.election party sponsored by Democrats Abroad at the Babylon Theatre on the day of U.S. elections on November 4, 2008 in Berlin, Germany. German media have been following the election closely and most Germans favour Obama.
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