Washington, Oct 24 : A new poll shows that Democratic White House candidate Barack Obama enjoys overwhelming support in western Europe.

It’s hardly a secret that Obama is Europe’s favorite US presidential candidate, FOX News reported.

But a new poll shows that in France, just one percent of people think Obama’s rival John McCain should win the White House.

By contrast, 78 percent back Obama, while 5 percent don’t want either to win.

The poll found the five largest Europeans countries were unanimously behind Obama in the US race.

In Germany, McCain’s support isn’t much stronger. Five percent of those polled supported the Republican nominee, compared with 72 percent for Obama.

New York, Oct 24 : After nearly two years of a grueling and ugly campaign, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois has proved that he is the right choice to be the 44th president of the United States, The New York Times has said.

Obama has met challenge after challenge, growing as a leader and putting real flesh on his early promises of hope and change. He has shown a cool head and sound judgment.

At the same time, Obama’s rival Senator John McCain of Arizona has retreated farther and farther to the fringe of American politics, running a campaign on partisan division, class warfare and even hints of racism.

Buenos Aires - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said it best for how much of Latin America holds sees the US presidential elections on November 4.

He was upbeat about a victory for centre-left Democrat Barack Obama, the 47-year-old US senator.

"This (financial) crisis, among other benefits it will cause, will get Obama elected as president of the United States. It will get a black man elected, which is no small matter," Lula said bluntly.

San Francisco - Democratic candidate Barack Obama was rushing to the bedside of his ailing grandmother in Hawaii Thursday, taking a break from intense campaigning to make sure he saw her before she died.

Madelyn Dunham, 85, was a formative figure in the life of the White House frontrunner, helping Obama's single mother raise him during his teenage years when his own mother was working abroad.

Bogota - Colombia was experiencing a curious controversy Thursday, after a photograph of US presidential candidate Barack Obama was printed on the tickets of a lottery with a jackpot of some 253,000 dollars.

The photograph of the US Democratic Party candidate was used by the lottery in the central Colombian province of Meta as a "tribute" to blacks, according to lottery manager Magdalena Gonzalez.

Washington, Oct 23 : Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama may be leading the US presidential race against John McCain by only about 10 percent in his country, but enjoys a much higher rating in China.

A Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Wednesday gave the Democratic presidential nominee a 10 percent lead over his Republican rival.

But an online poll conducted on China Daily’s website by the US Embassy, shows Obama enjoys the support of 75 percent among the Chinese.