Berlin - German political leaders congratulated Barack Obama on his election success Wednesday with Chancellor Angela Merkel saying Berlin looked forward to working together in complete trust with the new Democrat-led White House.

"The world faces considerable challenges at the start of your term in office," Merkel said, with German President Horst Koehler and Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier also congratulating Obama on his victory.

In a letter to Obama, Koehler said he "could count on Germany as a reliable partner and long-standing friend" as he faced up to the challenges of office.

New York, Nov 5 : The US media have pinned hopes from the new President Barack Obama, saying he won the poll simply because he was the better of the two candidates, which was proved by his life full of struggle and perseverance.

The papers talked about issues which the present incumbent George Bush couldn’t resolve or neglected altogether.

Jakarta - US president-elect Barack Obama's former classmates in Indonesia swelled with pride Wednesday and congratulated the Democratic candidate for becoming the first black president of the United States.

Dewi Asmara Oetojo, who was a schoolmate of Obama when he went to a primary school in Jakarta in the 1960s expressed the feelings of the Illinois senator's old school friends: "It's just amazing. We're so proud of him," she said.

Berlin - Europeans turned the US elections into an all-night party with supporters of Barack Obama rewarded by news of his presidential win in the wee hours of Wednesday.

Across the continent, expatriates, political supporters or those who simply wanted to be part of history stayed up all night to watch election returns. People cast mock votes in Warsaw while Berliners partied with hula dancers, a call-out to Hawaii, the birthplace of president-elect Obama.

Virginia, Nov 5: South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT), an NGO which advocates for civil rights and immigrant rights issues facing the community in the United States, has played a big role in the victory of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama by galvanising the immigrant community in America.

Approximately 2.7 million South Asians live in the United States, which comprises individuals with ancestry from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Maldives

Hyderabad, Nov. 5 : Though the United States of America has now voted in favour of African-American Barack Obama for the top post, he may continue to struggle to win in a ‘fist-fight’ with his chief Republican opponent John Mc Cain in the near future.