Washington, Nov 12: Europe erupted in cheers to celebrate Barack Obama’s election as the 44th US President, but the continent is seeing its share of insensitive racial blunders, too.

Over the past week, a number of European lawmakers and journalists have made comments regarding America’s Black president-elect, suggesting that some otherwise respected public figures in Europe are far from enlightened on racial matters, The Washington Post reported.

London, Nov 12 : A smiling photograph of the American President-elect Barack Obama on a Tehran news weekly front cover has resulted in ban of the weekly by Iranian authorities.

The news weekly featured Obama on its front cover last week and asked “Why doesn’t Iran have an Obama?” has been closed down, The Times reported.

It appeared to be a taunt too far for Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and saw the magazine Shahrvand-e Emrouz (Today’s Citizen) promptly banned by Iran’s Press Supervisory Board.

London, November 12: U. S. President-elect Barack Obama’s wife, Michelle, apparently is the one who rules the roost when it comes to household affairs, or even handling the TV remote.

While the eldest male member is traditionally thought to be the natural leader of the family and its entertainment, the Obama family seemed to be under Michelle’s control when she was seen sitting beside her husband on election night with the remote in her hand.

Washington, Nov 12: Sixty-three percent of Americans including roughly one in five voters who supported Republican presidential nominee John McCain are pleased that Barack Obama has been elected President of the United States, while 71 percent including nearly half of McCain voters are optimistic about the next four years.

Just 17 percent are pessimistic, and only about one in four are disappointed in the outcome of the election, a new CBS News poll finds.

Yangon  - US president-elect Barack Obama is expected to take a more multilateral and "effective" approach to Myanmar's transition to democracy than the outgoing administration of President George Bush, a prominent dissident said Wednesday.

Win Tin, formerly Myanmar's longest-serving political prisoner and an executive member of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) party, said he expected Obama to maintain support of Myanmar's democracy movement as was demonstrated by his fellow Democrat former president Bill Clinton.

Washington - President-elect Barack Obama will meet with none of the 20 world leaders descending on Washington this weekend for an emergency financial summit, the head of Obama's transition team said Tuesday.

Obama will remain in his hometown of Chicago for the weekend continuing preparations to enter the White House on January 20 and will host no foreign dignitaries, according to John Podesta, co- chairman of Obama's transition team.