Re-election of US leader welcomed around globe
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November 8, 2012, Thursday
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FROM his old school in Indonesia to a Japanese beach town that happens to share his name, people around the world yesterday cheered President Barack Obama's re-election.
The results of Tuesday's election were closely watched in many countries. Several US embassies held mock elections and threw parties as returns came in.
At Jakarta's Menteng 01 Elementary School, which Obama once attended, students happily marched with a poster of the president from one classroom to another after hearing that he had defeated Republican Mitt Romney to win a second term. "Obama wins ... Obama wins again," they shouted. A statue of a young "Barry" Obama, as he was called as a child, stands outside the school. "I want to be like him, the president," student Alexander Ananta said.
British Prime Minister David Cameron posted his regards on Twitter: "Warm congratulations to my friend (at)Barack Obama. Look forward to continuing to work together."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has had a strained relationship with the US president over his policies on Iran and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, congratulated the president in a text message to reporters. "I will continue to work with President Obama to preserve the strategic interests of Israel's citizens," he said.
The Palestinian Authority has been disappointed that Obama did not pressure Israel to make greater efforts to make peace with Palestinians, including a freeze on all settlement construction. In the absence of negotiations, senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat urged the US president to reverse course and support Palestinian efforts to seek UN General Assembly recognition of an independent state.
A spokesman for the main Syrian opposition bloc, the Syrian National Council, expressed hope that the election victory would free Obama to do more to support those trying to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad.
The results of Tuesday's election were closely watched in many countries. Several US embassies held mock elections and threw parties as returns came in.
At Jakarta's Menteng 01 Elementary School, which Obama once attended, students happily marched with a poster of the president from one classroom to another after hearing that he had defeated Republican Mitt Romney to win a second term. "Obama wins ... Obama wins again," they shouted. A statue of a young "Barry" Obama, as he was called as a child, stands outside the school. "I want to be like him, the president," student Alexander Ananta said.
British Prime Minister David Cameron posted his regards on Twitter: "Warm congratulations to my friend (at)Barack Obama. Look forward to continuing to work together."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has had a strained relationship with the US president over his policies on Iran and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, congratulated the president in a text message to reporters. "I will continue to work with President Obama to preserve the strategic interests of Israel's citizens," he said.
The Palestinian Authority has been disappointed that Obama did not pressure Israel to make greater efforts to make peace with Palestinians, including a freeze on all settlement construction. In the absence of negotiations, senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat urged the US president to reverse course and support Palestinian efforts to seek UN General Assembly recognition of an independent state.
A spokesman for the main Syrian opposition bloc, the Syrian National Council, expressed hope that the election victory would free Obama to do more to support those trying to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad.
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