Africans, in particular, saw great hope in the new American president with African roots.
In the circumstances the last thing any government in Europe will want is to be seen to displease the new American president.
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, a staunch American ally whose relations with Mr Bush grew strained to breaking point, praises the new American president as precise, reasoned and willing to listen, in sharp contrast to his predecessor.
Officials made no secret of Mr Obama's impatience with last year's summit in Prague, at which he had to endure speeches by 27 European leaders who all then vied for a photo-op with the new American president.
The commitment came as Spain's chief criminal investigator Jesus Espigares Mira was elected as the new president of Interpol and American Ronald K. Noble was chosen as the body's secretary-general.
Eric Hollowell, the new president of United American Ventures, disputes the allegations.
The American president's new show of flexibility gives North Korea little excuse not to attend.
We have a new American president, but we have yet to figure out the new American mission in Pakistan.
Moreover, his current actions will not only lead to losing status in the United States but also in the developed world, particularly Europe which is siding more and more with Washington, as is demonstrated in the new pro-American foreign policies of French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, and German Chancellor, Angela Merkel.
Most of the leading candidates in the American presidential election are more progressive on climate change, but the new president will not take office until January 2009.
Nonetheless, something intriguing is emerging: the realisation that, in George W. Bush and John McCain, the two most-favoured candidates for New Hampshire, the Republicans are fielding two opposite ideas of what an American president should be like.
The election of Evo Morales as President of Bolivia late in 2005 and the election of Rafael Correa as President of Ecuador late last year have accelerated the formation of a new Latin American axis which might have serious repercussions for the region in general and also for the United States.
American Jobs Act the President proposed three new veterans hiring tax credits that greatly expanded the number of veterans eligible to be hired with tax credits.
But Michele Flournoy, who's the president of the Center for a New American Security, argues that few are considering the long-term impact of longer deployments on the army.
"It's breathtaking, " said Michael Stutman, the president of the New York chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
Squadron, who died in 2001, was a prominent New York lawyer and was also president of the American Jewish Congress.
Never before in American history has a new president had the chance to appoint five Fed governors in a space of 12 months.
Nissen, who is now the interim chair of cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic and president of the American College of Cardiology, has been at the forefront of doing studies for new heart drugs like AstraZeneca 's Crestor and the new "good cholesterol" drugs being developed by Pfizer.
Nissen, who is now the interim chair of cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic and president of the American College of Cardiology, has been at the forefront of doing studies for new heart drugs like AstraZeneca 's (nyse: AZN - news - people ) Crestor and the new "good cholesterol" drugs being developed by Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ).
Mr Khalilzad was a founder member of the now ailing neo-con Project for the New American Century, and signed its 1998 letter that called on President Bill Clinton to topple Saddam Hussein.
"Today the world lost a Christian statesman, a dedicated servant of prisoners and a powerful example of God's ability to transform a life, " said Lamar Vest, president and CEO of the New York-based American Bible Society.
He is the founding president of the American International Recruitment Council, a new non-profit organisation formed by a group of educational institutions.
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President Obama's claims that the New START Treaty will enhance American security and make the planet safer do not stand up to scrutiny.
The American president had almost no response whatsoever to the people of that city, New Orleans.
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"I'm not pro-American or pro-Russian - I am pro-Georgian, " the new president said in his inaugural speech.
"President Clinton owes us an apology and he owes the American people a new press secretary, " the statement said.
"If New York acts, it would be the first state in the nation, and turbocharge efforts nationally, " said Blair Horner, vice president of advocacy at the American Cancer Society and Cancer Action Network of New York and New Jersey.
At the same time, those employees might inadvertently encourage their peers to follow their lead, or create a divided work force, adds Manny Avramidis, a senior vice president at the American Management Association, a provider of business education in New York.
Some Latin American presidents have called it a coup d'etat and refused to recognize the new president.
Most New Yorkers agree that mayoral control should continue, even Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, the second biggest teacher's union in the country.
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