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Paige Dulli on Thursday, October 16, 2008 4:44:09 PM
Obama passes the "global test", garners support of mis-manager of scandalous Iraqi Oil for Food Program
DUBLIN (AFP) — A US presidential poll victory for Barack Obama would
be "phenomenal," former UN chief Kofi Annan said Thursday, adding that
whoever wins needs to learn the lessons of the last eight years.
Speaking
at a conference on hunger in Ireland, he underlined the need for the
United States to work in "partnership" with the rest of the world.
When
asked if the United States and the world was ready for a black US
president, he said: "I think it would be a phenomenal change for the US
and for the world.
"It would introduce a new dynamics (sic) and a
new relationship between the US and the world. Whoever wins this
presidency will have to come out prepared to work in partnership with
the rest of the world," he told reporters.