While many Americans are attentively tuned in to witness Obama’s first steps as President-Elect, much of the rest of the world is doing the same.  Here are some of the highlights that caught my attention:

In “48 years after JFK became President…”, Bild Online draws parallels between the Obamas as the new First Family and Kennedy era.  <Much of his success and popularly is reduced to pop culture attributes in this particular article – “he is cool”, “he is enchanting”….”he is from Hawaii.”

The Times of London ran “Black Pope could follow Barack Obama’s election” says US archbishop” based on comments by Daniel Gregory, Archbishop of Atlanta.  Obama’s victory has been seen as not just a victory for black Americans, but a victory for all of humanity by the Roman See.

PressTV released an impressive roll call of the various World Leaders who congratulated Obama on his victory and in which South African President Kgalema Motlanthe called Obama’s presidency a coup for the entire African Diaspora.

An article in Deutsche Welle expresses Germany’s best wishes to Obama. It also indicated  “Doubts of Obama’s Green Committement”. The German government hopes that the Obama administration will signal a new direction in American climate change policies, however, indicates that the climate will take a backstage to the economic crisis.

Several interesting headlines from newspapers across Germany: Neue Westfaelische Zeitung “Guten Morgen, Mr. President!”; Die Presse “Obamas Amerika”; and Die Welt “Obama Makes History” and today’s “Michelle Obama wird eine politische First Lady” (Michelle Obama will be a Political Fist lady)