Most newspapers on Wednesday read about the inauguration of the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama who, one newspaper reads, spent one hour in Romania back in 2005. At a local level, the new law regulating the retrieval of technical data on telephone calls, emails or text messages stirred up important debates. Last but not least, Romanian troops deployed in Iraq are to stay.
As millions of people all around the world joined their American counterparts to witness the inauguration of the US president elect Barack Obama, Cotidianul reminds its readers that Barack Obama visited Romania, for about an hour back in 2005 when he was Senator.
However, we find that Obama stayed in Romania one hour and never left the Bucharest international airport, former US diplomat in Romania Mark Taplin revealed for the Romanian television Realitatea TV. Apparently, Obama was coming from Azerbaijan and his plane landed in Romania for more fuel. He was greeted at the time by officials from the US Embassy in Romania while he was waiting for his plane to be ready for take off.
The new Obama phenomenon swept away the entire world as he manage to resurect not only the hopes of the American people but also that of the world, a CNN survey reveals. Obama's popularity skyrocketed even though, before the official inauguration he had to face some problems regarding the nomination of his future staff. Nonetheless, a BBC study in 17 countries concludes that 67% of the respondents share the same vision that Barack Obama put forward for the American people.
International newspapers greeted the new Obama era: French president Nicholas Sarkozy declared that he expects to help Obama save the world. On a realistic tone, French Foreign Affairs minister Bernard Koucher warned that Obama has no magic powers at his hands.
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