Polls Show Worsening of U.S. Reputation

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Associated Press Writer

LONDON - America's reputation around the world is hurting, according to a series of coordinated polls published Friday from 10 countries, including many of the United States' closest allies.


In eight of the countries where the surveys commissioned by major newspapers were conducted, more people said their view of America had worsened in the past two to three years than improved. That question was asked in nine countries.


By big margins, those questioned said the war in Iraq (news - web sites) did not aid the global fight against terrorism.


And in eight out of 10 nations, those polled said — often in landslide proportions — that they hoped to see Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites) beat President Bush (news - web sites) in next month's election. Bush won backing from a majority of respondents only in Russia and Israel.


The polls were conducted in Canada, France, Britain, Spain, Japan, South Korea (news - web sites), Australia, Mexico, Israel and Russia, with results to be published in the participating newspapers on Friday. Not all questions were asked in every country.

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