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LONDON (Reuters) - A divided world came to terms on Wednesday with the prospect of four more years of President Bush (news - web sites), with friends hailing his re-election and critics vowing to make the best of it, especially in Iraq (news - web sites).

Foreign leaders have been reacting to the US presidential election as John Kerry concedes the election to President George W Bush. Romano Prodi, European Commission President My warm congratulations to President Bush on his re-election after a difficult ballot, whose outcome was far from sure. As the country's leader in the most dramatic time of its history, he has had to deal with the horrifying onslaught of terrorism. I hope his second term will see the United States and the whole world enjoy the political stabilisation and the guarantee of collective security we have all done our utmost to ensure....

Bush friends Putin and Berlusconi together on US election night AFP: 11/2/2004 MOSCOW, Nov 2 (AFP) - Vladimir Putin and Silvio Berlusconi, close allies and unabashed backers of President George W. Bush, get together late Tuesday in Russia where they will watch the US vote unfold and prepare a Russia-Italy summit. Berlusconi was scheduled to go to Putin's country residence shortly after his arrival in Moscow and a source close to the Kremlin said the two men would "certainly" take a look at US election reports during their informal talks.

But what else can we say about bin Laden's man in this election? That's right: Kerry is bin Laden's choice. No, the mass murderer didn't come right out and endorse the Massachusetts senator. But there's little doubt how he leans. According to a translation of the tape by the Middle East Media Research Institute, bin Laden warned that any state in the U.S. that "white thug" Bush carries on Tuesday will in effect have chosen to fight bin Laden's al-Qaida. "We will consider it an enemy to us," says MEMRI's translation, while "any state that will vote against Bush, it...

CANBERRA, Australia Nov 1, 2004 — Prime Minister John Howard came under fire from the opposition and from one of John Kerry's key advisers Monday after publicly supporting President Bush for re-election. Howard, who was re-elected at Oct. 9 elections despite taking the unpopular decision to send 2,000 troops to join the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, last week said, "I hope he (Bush) wins." Kurt Campbell, a senior adviser to Kerry, criticized Howard, saying Australians had accused Bush of interfering in domestic politics when he denounced as dangerous the opposition Labor Party's election pledge to withdraw Australian troops from Iraq if it...

An adviser to the Democratic presidential challenger John Kerry has criticised John Howard for publicly wishing for victory for George Bush in this week's election. The Prime Minister last week said of the US President: "I hope he wins." A senior defence official in the Clinton administration and prospective senior official in a Kerry administration, Kurt Campbell, said this was "a little inappropriate". Dr Campbell told the Herald: "I remember when Australians thought there was too much playing of politics here, when the Bush Administration was talking about Australian politics. "I would remind Australians that the same applies at home....

Osama bin Laden Endorses John Kerry By Henry Makow Ph.D. October 30, 2004 On Friday, terrorist bogeyman Osama Bin Laden released a video that successfully ridiculed George W. Bush. Coming just four days before the Presidential election, that's awfully suspicious. Bin Laden implied that he could work with John Kerry. Furthermore he exposed himself as a CIA / MI-6 Illuminati asset by taking responsibility for 9-11 and praising Mohamed Atta as the "overall commander." I am confining myself to the excerpts cited by Al Jazeera, which broadcast the Bin Laden video. Here is how Bin Laden ridicules Bush: "It never...

Your a voter, any voter, representing any party. What are the chances you are not familiar with bin Laden? I made the effort/wasted my time checking the two most widely recognized liberal media publications and found numerous stories this week alone concerning bin Laden. Many discuss his endorsement of Kerry. From the first light of the first campaign day Kerry has whined about the fact that bin Laden continues to run free. In his opinion, Saddam was dessert and bin Laden was the main course. He has maintained that Bush's "outsourcing" of the capture of our number one terrorist was...

Blair admits – yes, I’ve met Kerry AFTER months of embarrassed silence over links with US Democrats, Downing Street finally admitted yesterday that Tony Blair had twice met John Kerry, who is challenging the Prime Minister’s war ally President Bush for the Oval Office. The disclosure suggests that Mr Blair may be hedging his bets on the outcome of the US elections. Previously the Government has raised no objection to claims, repeated on both sides of the Atlantic, that Mr Blair had “never met” the Democratic presidential candidate. Attempts to arrange formal talks during the Prime Minister’s visit to Washington...

KERRY’S INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF MYSTERYMystery Solved: Despite International Man Of Mystery’s Repeated Claims, Foreign Diplomats Don’t Recall Meeting_________________________________________________________________KERRY CLAIMS HE MET WITH SECURITY COUNCIL:“I met with the Security Council of the United Nations in the week proceeding the [use of force] vote in the Senate.”  (Sen. John Kerry, Remarks To ‘UNITY: Journalists Of Color’ Conference, Washington, DC, 8/5/04)IN FACT, “NO SUCH MEETING … EVER OCCURRED”: “An investigation by The Washington Times reveals that while the candidate did talk for an unspecified period to at least a few members of the panel, no such meeting, as described by Mr. Kerry on...

MOSCOW - The thing about chess games is, you have to start them from scratch to have your own chance of winning them. Of course, you can carry a game already started by someone else if you are confident the stage is all set for a checkmate. But what player in his right mind would take up a position that someone else left in the lurch? When George W Bush’s father was President of the United States, he sent U.S. troops into Somalia after he had lost the election to Bill Clinton. He also left for his successor other expensive...

John Kerry famously said that foreign leaders wanted him to win, but it is President Bush who is getting the overseas endorsements. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said yesterday, "We hope and believe that the next President will again be Bush." On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that a Bush defeat "could lead to the spread of terrorism to other parts of the world."

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Friday he hoped incumbent President Bush would win the Nov. 2 election against his Democratic rival John Kerry. "We hope and believe that the next president will again be Bush," Berlusconi told reporters during campaigning for Italian local elections on the island of Ischia, in southern Italy. Despite rooting for Bush, Berlusconi added that whoever wins the election "we are loyal allies of the United States and we will continue in our policy of friendship." Italy is one of Washington's closest European allies in its war on terror. The country has around 2,700...

You don't often see Russia's political leaders endorse American presidents, certainly not conservative Republicans. But Vladimir Putin's recent comments at a news conference in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, amount to a ringing endorsement of U.S. President George W. Bush. Moreover, by declaring that terrorists in Iraq are directing their attacks personally against Bush and that their goal is to prevent his re-election, Putin clearly played into the hands of the Bush campaign. The American incumbent's central message has been that he is the best man to make the world, and the United States, safe from terror. This wasn't the first time the...

AROUND THE WORLD Iran backs Bush for re-election TEHRAN, IRAN - The head of Iran’s security council said Tuesday that the re-election of President Bush was in Tehran’s best interests, despite the administration’s axis of evil label, accusations that Iran harbors al-Qaeda terrorists and threats of sanctions over the country’s nuclear ambitions. Historically, Democrats have harmed Iran more than Republicans, said Hasan Rowhani, head of the Supreme National Security Council, Iran’s top security decision-making body. "We haven’t seen anything good from Democrats," Mr. Rowhani told state-run television in remarks that, for the first time in recent decades, saw Iran openly...

THE re-election of US President George W Bush would help in the war on terror, Prime Minister John Howard said last night. Mr Howard, fresh from talks with Indonesian president-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, said he was hopeful Mr Bush would win his race against Democrat challenger John Kerry. "I wish him well and I hope he gets re-elected," he told reporters. "I certainly think George Bush has given great leadership to the world fight against terrorism. I think he's been a very strong leader in that fight. "I hope he wins."

TEHRAN, Iran - The head of Iran's security council said on Tuesday the re-election of President Bush (news - web sites) was in Tehran's best interests, despite the administration's axis of evil label, accusations that Iran harbors al-Qaida terrorists and threats of sanctions over the country's nuclear ambitions. Historically, Democrats have harmed Iran more than Republicans, said Hasan Rowhani, head of the Supreme National Security Council, Iran's top security decision-making body. "We haven't seen anything good from Democrats," Rowhani told state-run television in remarks that, for the first time in recent decades, saw Iran openly supporting one U.S. presidential candidate...

WorldNetDaily: Yasser Arafat endorses Kerry This is a WorldNetDaily printer-friendly version of the article which follows. To view this item online, visit http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=40988 Monday, October 18, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTDOWN TO ELECTION DAY Yasser Arafat endorses Kerry Thinks Democratic senator 'better for Palestinian cause' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: October 18, 2004 8:35 p.m. Eastern By Aaron Klein -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat is hoping John Kerry wins the presidential election in November, several Palestinian leaders told WorldNetDaily. Arafat deputy and chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat told WND in an exclusive interview that while "we do not involve ourselves...

Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat is hoping John Kerry wins the presidential election in November, several Palestinian leaders told WorldNetDaily.

Mahathir blasts Americans, Bush From correspondents in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 19oct04 AMERICANS were "very ignorant" and would almost certainly re-elect a "liar" as their president, Malaysia's former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said in an interview published today. The trademark tongue lashing directed at US President George W. Bush also took in his allies - Prime Minister John Howard and Britain's Tony Blair. In an interview with Malaysia's The Star newspaper Dr Mahathir also did not spare Mr Bush's rival, Senator John Kerry, saying both politicians were "in total denial" about the root causes of terrorism. Dr Mahathir stepped down as...