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Published 11/5/2008 at Reuters: Politics
KISUMU, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenyans in Barack Obama's ancestral homeland prayed for victory Tuesday and relatives prepared to roast a bull in celebration if he becomes the first African-American president of the United States.
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