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Muslim Caucus Debuts in Denver

American Muslims are growing in number and many of them live in swing states. But neither the Obama nor the McCain campaign has actively courted them. Barack Obama has already been tarnished in some...

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Watching the Watchers

FRONTLINE/World reporter Natasha del Toro and coordinating producer David Ritsher are covering the Democratic National Convention in Denver this week. They will be "watching the watchers," following...

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Brazilians Fixated on Obama

Patricia Campos Mello is the Washington D.C. correspondent for O Estado de Sao Paulo, one of Brazil's largest daily newspapers. From the Democratic National Convention in Denver, she talks with...

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The Hillary Factor

As 20,000 people packed the convention arena to watch Hillary Clinton try to heal party wounds, Philippe Gelie, Washington bureau chief of Le Figaro, was not among them. Instead, the French reporter...

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Taliban Key Challenge for Next President

Our reporter in Pakistan says the next U.S. president faces major policy challenges as hearts and minds of future generations are being won in Taliban-influenced religious schools, and a weak civilian...

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What Foreigners Want from Obama

The World's Alex Gallafent reports on what the many foreign observers at the Democratic National Convention want to hear from Barack Obama tonight. In a second report from today's convention, Alex...

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Courting Hispanics at the DNC

FRONTLINE/World reporter Natasha del Toro follows Mexican newspaper journalist Leo Zuckemann, also the host of the weekly Mexican television show Imagen Electoral, as he examines the pivotal role...

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Foreign Press Searches for Stories at the RNC

Journalists from around the globe -- at least 600 of them -- poured out of the Democratic convention in Denver over the weekend and set up shop in St. Paul for the GOP Convention. Given a scaled back...

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Wanted: African-born Republicans

Robert Ngwu may be the loneliest man at the GOP's National Convention this week. A Nigerian-born international businessman, who now lives in Minnesota, Ngwu is a proud delegate at the gathering. But...

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What Would McCain's Foreign Policy Look Like?

The World's reporter Matthew Bell canvasses a number of views on what Sen. John McCain's foreign policy would be like if he were elected president. McCain has been getting a lot of praise at the GOP...

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What the World Is Saying About the U.S. Election

Not only is much of the world watching the U.S. election, a sizeable share appears to be writing about it on the web. As always, there is way more chaff than wheat, but good, thoughtful reporting and...

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America's Image Abroad

The reputation of the United States has taken a number of hits over the past few years. With the world watching the presidential race so closely, there is deep scrutiny of how the next president might...

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Taliban Goes After Media

Jugnu Mohsin and her husband Najam Sethi are Pakistan's most powerful media couple. Between them, they edit three newspapers, four magazines, and run a television production company. A few months ago,...

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End In Sight

As the U.S. presidential campaign accelerates into the home stretch, the global media caravan covering it does likewise. Over the next six weeks, watch for news on our own efforts, but also for tips on...

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Lebanese-Americans in the Land of Hezbollah

A road sign pockmarked with bullet holes greets visitors to southern Lebanon's largest town. It reads "Bent Jbeil. The Capital of Liberation. Welcome." Here, during the July 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war,...

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Bloggers from Iran, Pakistan, respond to U.S. Debate

Editor's Note: In last Friday's first presidential debate, Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama squared off over the financial crisis and how they would handle inevitable foreign policy issues as the...

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Ukrainian-Americans on the vote

Roughly one million Americans claim Ukrainian ancestry. Many have been very worried about Ukraine's powerful neighbor Russia. And they're paying close attention to what the U.S. presidential candidates...

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Obama vs. McCain: The Feeling Among Arab-Americans

Linda Sarsour, 28, is the director of the Arab American Association of New York. She is also a lifelong Brooklynite. Born in Brooklyn's Bay Ridge neighborhood, where her parents moved from Palestine...

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Sunlight Best Disinfectant in Under-Reported World

Even in the best of times, i.e., a slow news day, faraway events that don't involve U.S. citizens or interests have a hard time attracting mainstream media attention. And these are not slow news days....

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A Country Divided

Portrait of a Bolivian Conflict by Jean Friedman-Rudovsky In mid-September, just outside the remote Amazonian town of Filadelfia in Bolivia, a small boy emerged from hiding. He had fled into the...

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The candidates and the economy

The economic turmoil dominated last night's presidential debate. The candidates were asked how the global financial crisis will affect U.S. foreign policy. The World's Matthew Bell reports on what they...

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The international regular Joe

"Joe Six Pack" gets a lot of mention on the U.S. presidential campaign trail. The World's Alex Gallafent tells us about similar characters that populate the discourse of other countries. Listen Now.

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Lessons from the Past

As Barack Obama and John McCain gear up for the November election, Cambodia is not a country that either is likely to consider. Once infamous for the "killing fields" of the Khmer Rouge's reign of...

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Exploring Obama's Religious Roots

On a recent trip to Kenya, I sat down with Said Obama, Sen. Barack Obama's uncle, and asked him about his family and religion. "We were born into a Muslim family in a predominantly Christian area,"...

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U.S. Elections Watched Closely by Distant Allies

Albania, a small country on the outskirts of Eastern Europe, would seem an unlikely place to find a heated discussion about the upcoming U.S. presidential election. Still suffering from the aftermath...

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Italian Obamamania

Both presidential candidates can brag that they have strong supporters that are Washington outsiders. As in thousands of miles and an ocean or two away from Capitol Hill. These foreign supporters...

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Forgive and Forget?

America Inside the Vietnamese Soul by Nguyen Qui Duc I woke up this morning at five. I'd turned off the air conditioner during the night and it was now too hot to sleep. Out on the balcony the humidity...

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The Arab-American View: From a Comedic Perspective

Born in New Jersey to a Palestinian father and Sicilian mother, Dean Obeidallah is a member of the "Axis of Evil" -- a group of comedians of Middle Eastern origin that humorously discuss subjects such...

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Foreign policy disappears as an issue on campaign trail

The accepted wisdom was that foreign policy was going to play an extraordinary role during this presidential campaign season. And it did, for a while. John McCain offered himself as the grownup on the...

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Pakistan: Women and Power

I was 11 years old when Benazir Bhutto was elected Pakistan's prime minister. It was a momentous occasion for many of us because her election signified that women could achieve whatever they wanted to...

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Prejudice and Muslim immigrants

Northern Virginia is home to an estimated 72-thousand Muslim voters. Many of those are immigrants from Arab countries and South Asia. Those voters could play a role in deciding which presidential...

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Mexican view of the U.S. election

Mexicans are watching the U.S. presidential race, with polls showing a split along socio-economic lines that mirrors that of Mexican society itself. But the vast majority of Mexicans surveyed recently...

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Obstacles for minorities in German elections

Polls suggest that a majority of Germans would like to see Barack Obama in the White House...but that doesn't mean they'd consider electing a minority to high office in their own country. The World's...

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Beyond the 'Axis of Evil'?

Part 1: GoodMorning, Syria » An isolated regime claims it is reforming and reaching out to the West, and it hopes the next president is watching. Part 2: Talking Peace » Indirect peace talks between...

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Haiti: How do You Aid a Failed State?

"When people talk about my country, they refer to it as a failed state," said Pierre Joaquim, an unemployed 26-year-old who stood outside the Haitian National Police headquarters in Port-au-Prince....

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The Obama Samba

Brazilians love to mix things up -- never afraid to grab hold of an idea and incorporate it seamlessly into their constantly evolving culture. Take their national drink, the caipirinha, add fruit...

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Florida : A Swing Vote Surprise

For decades, the anti-Castro Cuban community in South Florida has been a Republican stronghold, tilting the battleground of Florida and its crucial 27 electoral votes into the GOP camp. But a diverse...

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China's view of U.S. election

The World's Mary Kay Magistad speaks with people on the streets of Beijing to get a Chinese perspective on the upcoming U.S. election. Listen Now.

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Middle East view of U.S. election

The World's Aaron Schachter reports that many in the Middle East are hoping that a new U.S. president will change U.S. policies in the region. Listen Now.

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Pakistani Americans Stand Up

Riaz Haq believes next week's election will determine war or peace in Pakistan. A business consultant and blogger based in Fremont, CA, Haq is part of a Pakistani-American community that is...

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Iranian-Americans on the U.S. election

The U.S. presidential election is a hot topic in Los Angeles' Iranian-American community. Many people there are keen to see how the next President will transform relations with Iran. And that's...

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The Next Generation

Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country, has long served as a bulwark against radicalism in Southeast Asia. With nearly 90 percent of the country's 235 million people adhering to the Islamic...

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Sweet Home Obama

My Kenyan Life When I was a child growing up in the 1980s, Makairo, my birthplace in southwestern Kenya, was self-sufficient and traditional. Because of its mountainous geography, it had become exempt...

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Sweden: A Safe Haven for Iraqis

Back when she was a doctor in Baghdad, Lamis Husain never wore a headscarf. She drove. She listened to the Back Street Boys and N'Sync and watched American movies, where she even picked up a pretty...

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Obama finds support in European right

You'd think that Europeans on the right side of the political spectrum would support the Republican candidate in the U.S. presidential election. But many support Barack Obama. The World's Gerry Hadden...

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Paying Attention to the Native American Vote

Political analysts say the presidential race this year could easily be swung by Native voters in battleground states with high Native populations, such as New Mexico, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada and...

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China, Europe, and Russia watch U.S. polls

Correspondents Mary Kay Magistad, Gerry Hadden and Laura Lynch report from China, Europe and Russia on how people in those countries are watching the US presidential election. Listen now. Anchor Lisa...

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Mexico: Either Candidate Will Do

I'm standing in the middle of the Zocalo, the heart of Mexico City's historical district, listening to Marco Antonio Solis of the native band Los Bukis. About half a million people are in the square to...

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Global Reaction to Barack Obama's Presidential Win

Kenyan village celebrates Obama victory The BBC's Muliro Telewa visited the village of Kogelo in western Kenya. It's the hometown of Barack Obama's father, and people there are celebrating...

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The Race That Was Followed Around the World

Over the last few months covering one of the most anticipated elections in modern history, we produced 60 stories in partnership with PRI The World and the National Minority Consortia "Abroad at Home"...

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