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BBC survey: Iran, Israel and U.S. have most negative image; Canada does best

LONDON: Israel, Iran and the United States are the countries with the most negative image in a globe-spanning survey of attitudes toward 12 major nations. Canada and Japan came out best in the poll, released on Tuesday.

The survey for the British Broadcasting Corporation's World Service asked more than 28,000 people to rate 12 countries — India, Britain, Canada, China, France, Iran, Israel, Japan, North Korea, Russia, the U.S. and Venezuela — as having a positive or negative influence on the world.

Israel was viewed negatively by 56 per cent of respondents and positively by 17 per cent; for Iran, the figures were 54 per cent and 18 per cent. The U.S. had the third-highest negative ranking, with 51 per cent citing it as a bad influence. — AP

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