From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

Obama from the outside. How is his success being greeted overseas?

I'm Sarah Terry, sitting in for Warren Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,

a daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

Barack Obama's historic win has been caused for celebration among many Americans,

including African Americans who thought they might never see the day a black man would come so close to the White House.

But what does the rest of the world think?

Is Obama's primary victory causing America's friends and foes to see the country in a new light?

Who would welcome up President Obama as a potential ally?

And who's rooting for John McCain?

On reporter's notebook, at Guantanamo, arraignments of five men are the beginning of a long legal process.

First, here's the news.

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International Program Fund, whose contributors include the Ford Foundation and the John D. and

Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. I'm Sarah Terry sitting in for Warren Olney, back with To the

Point from PRI. We'll be talking about how the rest of the world sees Obama's historic primary win.

What does his victory mean to Muslim nations? Is Israel worried that he might not be a staunch

ally? Would a President Obama have an impact on Europe where many nations are struggling with how to

deal with their own immigrant populations? Do Africans hope that a black president will focus more

energies and aid on their continent? On reporter's notebook, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9-11 attacks and four alleged co-conspirators will be arraigned at Guantanamo today.

The Pentagon makes comparisons to the Nazi Nuremberg trials.

Critics say, no way.

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