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In Foreign Press, Cheers for an Obama Win and 'Olympic Levels of Schadenfreude' for Romney

Indonesians pose next to a life-sized portrait of Barack Obama at a poll-monitoring center set up by the U.S. embassy in Jakarta
Indonesians pose next to a life-sized portrait of Barack Obama at a poll-monitoring center set up by the U.S. embassy in JakartaPhotograph by Romeo Gacad/AFP via Getty Images

As news spread that Barack Obama had won re-election, the foreign press weighed in. Here’s a quick roundup of what the press is saying around the world.

In Paris, the left-leaning tabloid Liberation ran a full-page photo of a smiling Obama on its cover, with the headline, in English: “Yes!”