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...crowd of 2,000 mostly adoring Obama fans, proving that while the President's popularity may have waned in the U.S. during his difficult first year in office, he remains a larger-than-life figure in Europe. "Germans have a certain connection to Obama, which proved to be beneficial," American co-creator Randall Hutchins told TIME after the debut on Jan. 17. (See pictures of Barack Obama's family tree...
...perspectives - that of his family and that of the residents of a middle-class suburban Chicago neighborhood. Barack and Michelle have their first date against a backdrop of red roses, and later he mourns the death of his beloved grandmother Toot. Meanwhile, in the Chicago suburbs, the conservative German-American widow Mrs. Schultz and the Obama-supporting Johnson family bond over their worries (the Johnsons' son is missing in Iraq; Mrs. Schultz has lost her house) and their excitement about the 2008 presidential election. Mrs. Schultz, a McCain supporter at first, is eventually wooed to the Obama side...
...past autumn nearly derailed plans for the entire national election, which had to be moved from its original date in January to March. That dispute was only settled with the direct intervention of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, who made personal phone calls to top Kurdish leaders while the American ambassador rounded up votes in Baghdad...
...American officials are heading back into the breach, and Biden back to the phones, hoping to find a compromise before the confrontation escalates and endangers the election itself. The U.S. - which has promised to withdraw all its combat troops from Iraq by Aug. 31 and all remaining soldiers by 2011 - has tied the timing and pace of withdrawal to the successful completion of this election. Though it is unlikely that Sunni parties will again boycott the election or return to violent tactics, the parliament's sleight of hand could be a warning that however much the White House...
...tents. "When you compare this to the tsunami and other major disasters, it's rare to see something so efficient take place. It was well organized and well planned. All the international people who came in spoke very highly of this," says Ramsey Rayyis, regional representative for the American Red Cross in China...