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Profile	Randall Tilson is a recent graduate of the University of Oklahoma with a bachelor's degree in European Studies and a bachelor's degree in French.
Translations	America’s New Image Palin Becomes a Burden For the Republicans Obama’s Reply to the McCain Campaign’s Attacks Is France Ready For This Kind of Transformation? Barack Obama becomes the Democratic Nominee Barack Obama’s Victory and Hillary’s Defeat The Resuscitated Carter Becomes a Burden Barack Obama’s Burning Heritage Transatlantic Partnership Between EU and U.S. Iraq: Electoral Nightmare

Europe

Middle East & Africa

Americas, Asia & Oceania

Frankfurter Rundschau, Germany No Wings Wanted Original Article (German)

Le Soir, Belgium Obamaâ€™s Whiz-Bang White House Team Original Article (French)

Panorama, Italy All the President's Tricks Original Article (Italian)

Espresso, Italy Ankara's Dilemma Original Article (Italian)

La Stampa, Italy An American Artist Collects 530 messages for Obama Original Article (Italian)

Irish Examiner, Ireland America's New Employment Unease "The new president cannot single out one set of illegals and find them somehow more meritorious than the others. "

Gandul, Romania The Gods of the Auto Industry Kneeling Before Congress Original Article (Romanian)

Der Spiegel, Germany Iran Could Blow up in Obama's Face "The world may be focused on Iraq, Afghanistan, and terror in India, but experts say the biggest foreign policy challenge for the next U.S. president will be dealing with Iran. Obama has promised a new approach -- but the risk of failure is great. "

The St. Petersburg Times, Russia Don't Rush to Declare the U.S. Done

Pravda, Russia Barack, the Amazing Mr. Obama

Novosti, Russia Obama's Possible Wars

The Moscow Times, Russia The Death of NATO

Minerva, Norway Republican Civil War Original Article (Norwegian) ""Barack Obama is a wolf in sheep's clothing, who partially won the election by talking like a Republican." "

Russian News and Information Agency, Russia Obama's Possible Wars "Which conflicts may end, and which may flare up after Barrack Obama comes into office? "

Pravda, Russia Barack, The Amazing Mr. Obama "He [Barack Obama] has managed to create an illusion of a Public Office that does not exist, The Office of the President Elect. "

Le Monde, France Obama and Europe Original Article (French) "Mr. Obama unambiguously declared his desire to restore American leadership without referring to the multipolar world so valued on this side of the Atlantic. "

Le Figaro, France What Bill Gave Up for Hillary Original Article (French)

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Al Messa, Egypt Certain facts Original Article (Arabic)

Moheet, Egypt Forget it Obama! Original Article (Arabic)

Fars News Agency, Iran U.S. Plans to Stage Bomb Attacks in Iraq, Source Says

The Tripoli Post, Libya Human Rights: Ask Us First

Al Quds, Palestine Reforming Arab-American Relations in the Age of Obama Original Article (Arabic)

Arab News, Saudi Arabia Challenges For Next U.S. Attorney General

Arab News, Saudi Arabia Hillary's Pick a Cause for Concern

The Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates Repentant Bush: Look Whoâ€™s Talking! "Clearly, this president still lives in the make-believe world that he has created for himself where ephemeral things like reality and facts do not trouble him. "

The Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates Obama, Hillary and the Mideast

Business Day, South Africa Second Take on Obama

Iraqi News Agency, Iraq U.S. Helps Finance New Iraqi Satellite Channel Original Article (Arabic)

The Gulf Times, Qatar Clinton Role Will Be a Test of Allegiances

The Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates Iraq and America’s Security Charade

The Daily Star, Lebanon Will Sensible Minds Prevail in Washington?

The Middle East Times, Egypt What a Difference a President Makes "One day the president of the United States is among the most despised leaders in the Arab world, his effigy is burned and hanged by crowds chanting slogans against him, the next day a new president is hailed as Saladin, one of the greatest Arab heroes. "

The Jerusalem Post, Israel Team Obama

Yedioth Ahronot, Israel Hillary's Dream Still Alive

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Hurriyetim, Turkey Reaction About Clinton Out of Key

Sankei Shinbun, Japan Obama's Security Team and Policies on Asia Original Article (Japanese)

Epoch Times, Hong Kong Obama and American Trade Policy With China Original Article (Chinese)

The Brunei Times, Brunei U.S. Sucked into Indo-Pak Tension

The Hindu, India Hillary for State "Mrs Clinton will be aware that the president-elect, whose favourite book along with the Bible is Doris Kearns Goodwin's 'Team of Rivals,' a biography of Abraham Lincoln with a message, has been generous in offering her a high-profile role on the world stage. "

The Korea Herald, South Korea Clinton Diplomacy

El Universal, Mexico Latino to Advise Obama on Immigration Original Article (Spanish) "His appointment demonstrates the fact that Obama is interested in comprehensive immigration reform. "

Xinhuanet, China How Come 'Big Three' Automobile Manufacturers are on the Brink? Original Article (Chinese)

The Jamaica Observer, Jamaica A New Economic Order "But it is critical that something be done to help the majority of countries like Jamaica that had no seat at the table in Washington, the more than 100 small and poor developing countries whose economies are the most vulnerable. "

Globe and Mail, Canada Change, and Experience

The Nation, Pakistan Ominous Signals from Capitol Hill "There is a clear realisation that USA is playing a sinister game of destabilising Pakistan, while developing new 'friendship' with India to support the strategic objectives of keeping its forces in Afghanistan and extend power and influence to control events in the regions of Central Asian States, Iran, China and Russia. "

Joong Ang Daily, South Korea Don’t Bail Out the Big Three "If the U.S. government forces banks to provide funds to the Big Three automakers, trade friction is unavoidable. "

China Youth Online, China Are Current U.S. and European Market Methods Socialist? Original Article (Chinese) "This world financial crisis is not the inevitable outcome of the market economy—rather it is the result of extreme distortions of the market economy and aberrations in financial relations. "

udn.com, Taiwan Google Cuts Its Contractor Workforce Original Article (Mandarin)

Dong Fang Daily, China Obama’s 800-billion Bailout Plan Might Actually Work Original Article (Chinese) "Senior members of the Democratic Party hope that Obama can implement a series of measures to save the U.S. economy even before he moves in the White House next year in order to prevent a long-term recession. "

The Nassau Guardian, The Bahamas Obama's Economic Brain Trust "Like the rest of the world, The Bahamas is hoping that with such an impressive economic brain trust in place, President Obama will hit the ground running after he is officially sworn in. "

Huanqiu Shibao, China U.S. Media Audaciously Uses Loulan Beauty to Doubt Sovereignty Over Xinjiang Original Article (Chinese )

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Major Foreign Press Sources and their Home Pages

Europe

Middle East

Africa

Algeria — L'Expressions (French) Auto-translation
Liberte (French) Auto-translation

Angola — Apostolado (Portuguese) Auto-translation

Botswana — Mmegi (English)

Cape Verde — Expresso das ilhas (Portuguese) Auto-translation

Cameroon — The Post News (English)

Congo — Le Potentiel (French) Auto-translation
Djibouti — La Nation (French) Auto-translation

Gabon — Gabon Eco (French) Auto-translation

Ghana — Ghana Web (English)

Kenya — Daily Nation (English)
The Standard (English)

Liberia — The Analyst (English)
The Liberian Observer (English)

Libya — Libya Jeel (Arabic) Auto-translation
The Tripoli Post (English)

Morroco — Al Bayane (French) Auto-translation
Al Massae (Arabic) Auto-translation
La Matin (French) Auto-translation
L'Opinion (French) Auto-translation
L'Economiste (French) Auto-translation

Malawi — The Nation (English)

Mozambique — Zambeze (Portuguese) Auto-translation

Namibia — Allgemeine Zeitung Namibia (German) Auto-translation
Informante (English)
The Namibian (English)

Nigeria — The Daily Independent (English)
The Guardian (English)
The Punch (English)
This Day (English)
This Sun (English)

South Africa — Business Day (English)
Cape Times (English)
Financial Mail (English)
Mail & Guardian (English)
The Star (English)
The Sunday Independent (English)
The Sunday Times (English)

Sudan — Sudanese Media Center (English)
Sudan News Agency (English)

Tunisia — La Presse (French) Auto-translation

Zimbabwe — The Herald (English)
The Independent (English)
The Sunday Mail (English)
Zim Observer (English)

Central America

North America

Canada — Globe and Mail (English)
L'actualite - Quebec (French) Auto-translation
Le Devoir - Quebec (French) Auto-translation
Le Droit (French) Auto-translation
MacLeans (English)
Ottawa Citizen (English)
The Canadian (English)
Toronto Star (English)
The Toronto Sun (English)
The National Post (English)
The Calgary Sun (English)

Mexico — El Universal (Spanish, English) Auto-translation
Excelsior (Spanish) Auto-translation
La Cronica De Hoy (Spanish) Auto-translation
La Jornada (Spanish) Auto-translation

South America

Asia

Azerbaijan — Baku Today (English)
Azer News (English)
Zaman (Azerbaijani)

Afghanistan — Bissirat (French) Auto-translation

Bangladesh — The Daily Star (English)
The New Nation (English)

Brunei — The Brunei Times (English)

China — China Daily (English, Chinese)
China News (English, Chinese)
Creaders (English, Chinese)
Huanqiu (Chinese) Auto-translation
Oriental Morning Post (Chinese)
PLA Daily (English, Chinese)
The People's Daily (English, Chinese, Japanese, French, Russian, Arabic)
Sina (Chinese)
Shanghai Daily (English, Chinese)
Sohu (Chinese)
Xinhua (English, Chinese, Japanese, French, Russian, Arabic)

Hong Kong — Asia Times (English, Chinese)
The Standard (English)
Wen Wei Po (Chinese) Auto-translation
Yazhou Zhoukan (Chinese) Auto-translation

India — The Central Chronicle (English)
Financial Express (English)
Greater Kashmir (English)
Indian Express (English)
NDTV Khabar (Hindi)
Outlook India (English)
The Times of India (English)
The Hindu (English)
The Hindustan Times (English)
The Tribune (English)

Indonesia — The Jakarta Post (English)
Tempo Magazine (English)

Japan — Asahi Shimbun (English, Japanese)
Daily Yomiuri (English, Japanese)
Kyodo News Service (English, Japanese, Chinese)
Mainichi Daily News (English, Japanese)
The Japan Times (English)
Sangyo Keizai (Japanese)
Nihon Keizai Shinbun (Japanese)

Macau — Hoje Macau (Portuguese) Auto-translation
Journal Tribuna of Macau (Portuguese) Auto-translation

Malaysia — Bernama (English)
New Straits Times (English)
The Star (English)

North Korea — Korean Central News Agency (English)

South Korea — The JoongAng Ilbo (English)
The Korea Herald (English)
The Korea Times (English)
Dong-a Ilbo (English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese)
The Choson Ilbo (English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese)

Pakistan — Daily Jang (Urdu)
Dawn (English)
Khabrain Daily (Urdu)
Nawa-i-waqt (Urdu)
The Nation (English) (English sister paper of Nawa-i-waqt)
Pak Tribune (English)
The Frontier Post - Peshawar & Quetta (English)
The News (English)

Philippines — The Manila Times (English)

Singapore — The Zaobao (Chinese) Auto-translation

Sri Lanka — The Sunday Observer (English)
The Sunday Times (English)

Taiwan — The China Post (English)
The Taipei Times (English)
TVBS (Chinese) Auto-translation
The United Daily News (Chinese) Auto-translation
http://tw.news.yahoo.com
Thailand — Bangkok Post (English)
The Nation (English)

Vietnam — Thanh Nien News (English)
Vietnam News (English)

Oceania & Antarctica

Australia — The Age (English)
The Australian (English)
The Daily Telegraph (English)
The Sydney Morning Herald (English)

New Zealand — The New Zealand Herald (English)

Antarctica — 70 South (English)

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"The new president cannot single out one set of illegals and find them somehow more meritorious than the others. "

"The world may be focused on Iraq, Afghanistan, and terror in India, but experts say the biggest foreign policy challenge for the next U.S. president will be dealing with Iran. Obama has promised a new approach -- but the risk of failure is great. "

""Barack Obama is a wolf in sheep's clothing, who partially won the election by talking like a Republican." "

"Which conflicts may end, and which may flare up after Barrack Obama comes into office? "

"He [Barack Obama] has managed to create an illusion of a Public Office that does not exist, The Office of the President Elect. "

"Mr. Obama unambiguously declared his desire to restore American leadership without referring to the multipolar world so valued on this side of the Atlantic. "

"Clearly, this president still lives in the make-believe world that he has created for himself where ephemeral things like reality and facts do not trouble him. "

"One day the president of the United States is among the most despised leaders in the Arab world, his effigy is burned and hanged by crowds chanting slogans against him, the next day a new president is hailed as Saladin, one of the greatest Arab heroes. "

"Mrs Clinton will be aware that the president-elect, whose favourite book along with the Bible is Doris Kearns Goodwin's 'Team of Rivals,' a biography of Abraham Lincoln with a message, has been generous in offering her a high-profile role on the world stage. "

"His appointment demonstrates the fact that Obama is interested in comprehensive immigration reform. "

"But it is critical that something be done to help the majority of countries like Jamaica that had no seat at the table in Washington, the more than 100 small and poor developing countries whose economies are the most vulnerable. "

"If the U.S. government forces banks to provide funds to the Big Three automakers, trade friction is unavoidable. "

"This world financial crisis is not the inevitable outcome of the market economy—rather it is the result of extreme distortions of the market economy and aberrations in financial relations. "

"Senior members of the Democratic Party hope that Obama can implement a series of measures to save the U.S. economy even before he moves in the White House next year in order to prevent a long-term recession. "

"Like the rest of the world, The Bahamas is hoping that with such an impressive economic brain trust in place, President Obama will hit the ground running after he is officially sworn in. "