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Hoping for Obama - high expectations in Germany - je 20.01.2009 10 tt

Welcome back. It's being billed one of the most important moments in the history of the United States of America: the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President - the first black man to hold the office. Obama's rise to power has been meteoric: just over two years ago, he was a relatively unknown senator and rank outsider for the Democratic nomination. Today, he's about to become US president and already enjoys a celebrity status usually reserved for pop stars and film icons. He has offered hope to millions of Americans at a time of economic crisis: and after four years of strained relations between Germany and the US, expectations here are running just as high.

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Time to get back to business. The new US President is not planning to savour his inauguration festivities. Barak Obama has called a meeting on Wednesday--his first full day in office-- of his top economic advisors. On the agenda: stepping up efforts to convince Congress to pass his 800 billion dollar economic stimulus plan. But Obama has already told Americans that any improvement in the world's largest economy will be slow in coming.

On Saturday, Barack Obama travelled to Washington by train, a historic journey that harked back to the country's founding fathers. (18.01.2009) je 13

Barack Obama has arrived in Washington ahead of his inauguration as the 44th president of the United States in two days' time. The hopes of a nation in economic turmoil are pinned on Obama, who will make history as the first ever black president of the US. On Saturday, he travelled to Washington by train, a historic journey that harked back to the country's founding fathers.

Realistic chances - some of the conflicts in the transatlantic relationship, and possible solutions - je 20.01.2009 10 tt

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she's looking forward to working with Obama - no wonder - since calling her relationship with George W Bush strained could be considered an understatement. Germany and the US have had conflicting positions on a number of issues post 9/11. Most importantly, the war in Iraq and the military's Guantanamo Bay detention camp. One issue they do see eye to eye on is the need to establish a democracy in Afghanistan - thay just can't agree on how yet. Our next report looks at some of the conflicts in the transatlantic relationship, and possible solutions.