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By NBC News’ Fakhar Rehman
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — “As a Pakistani, I am not hopeful (Barack Obama’s) election will bring any positive change for Pakistan,” said Zohra Aslam, 26, a lecturer of political science at Government College in Kohat, near the Afghan border.
Here in Pakistan, people all over the country followed the U.S. presidential campaigns [...]

By Mary Murray, NBC News Havana Bureau Chief
HAVANA – It didn’t take long for Cubans to hear about the success of Barack Obama.The girl’s dorm at Havana’s V.I. Lenin High School broke into cheers after 17-year-old Gabriela Sanchez received a cell phone text message from her mom watching the U.S. election results on [...]

By Ian Williams, NBC News correspondentJAKARTA, Indonesia –  They were dancing in the rain in the school yard when Barack Obama’s victory was announced – scores of children from the Menteng Elementary School in Central Jakarta, where Obama studied for two years during his four years as a child in Indonesia.
“He’s so smart, so [...]

By Charlene Gubash, NBC News Producer CAIRO, Egypt – It may be a dark day for Joe the Plumber, but Cairo’s Ali the Plumber had a grin on his face after president-elect Barack Obama’s historic victory. 
“It proves that racism in the United States is on the wane,” concluded Ali Ibrahim.
Egyptians rejoiced at the [...]

Arata Yamamoto, NBC News Producer
TOKYO – “Yes we can! Obama!” roared Japanese men and women in hula-dance costumes on national television. They’re members of possibly the most ardent of Barack Obama supporters in Japan, a small fishing town in western Japan with a population of 32,000 which shares the same name as the new president-elect.
After [...]