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huffingtonpost.com - 11/5/2008
Kenya Declares Wednesday A National Holiday After Barack Obama (REACTION PHOTOS)
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Obama's relatives erupted in celebration as the election results came in early Wednesday morning, and they marched through the streets singing "We are going to the White House!" See the celebration below. Agence France-Presse reports that Kenya has declared a national holiday in honor of ...

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Think Progress:  The World Reacts To President-Elect Obama: ‘A New Deal For A New World’

news.yahoo.com - 11/1/2008
AP: Obama aunt from Kenya living in US illegally (AP)
— news.yahoo.com — AP - Barack Obama's aunt, a Kenyan woman who has been quietly living in public housing in Boston, is in the United States illegally after an immigration judge rejected her request for asylum four years ago, The Associated Press has learned. (more) AP: Obama aunt from Kenya living in US illegally (AP)

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ap.google.com - 11/1/2008
The Associated Press: AP: Obama aunt from Kenya living in US illegally
— ap.google.com — 10 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) Barack Obama's aunt, a Kenyan woman who has been quietly living in public housing in Boston, is in the United States illegally after an immigration judge rejected her request for asylum four years ago, The Associated ... (more) The Associated Press: AP: Obama aunt from Kenya living ...

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Barack Obama - Born in Kenya II (video)
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youtube.com - 11/2/2008
Barack Obama - Born in Kenya II (video)
— youtube.com — Everybody in Kenya seems to know something about Barack Obama, that Americans don't know! Hear what they have to say about Barack Obama's religion and where ... (more) Barack Obama - Born in Kenya II (video)

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The World Reacts To President-Elect Obama: ‘A New Deal For A New World’
Think Progress — Barack Obama’s election as America’s 44th president has “unleashed a renewed love for the United States after years of dwindling goodwill.” Reaction from around the world has been overwhelmingly positive, with many expressing “amazement and satisfaction that the United States could overcome centuries of racial strife and elect an African-American as president.” Indeed, one British newspaper echoed a famous phase from the 1960s, describing Obama’s election as “one giant leap for ...

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bloomberg.com 11/5/2008 — Kenya Declares National Holiday After Obama Victory, AFP Says By Aaron Sheldrick Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Kenya declared a national holiday after Barack Obama 's election as the first black U.S. president, to commemorate the fact his father was born in ...
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corner.nationalreview.com 11/7/2008 — Nairobi, Kenya -- It must be the first time one country has celebrated the election of another country's president with a day off. But that is just what has happened here in Kenya, where President Mwai Kibaki, with all the caprice of an African ...
What Obama's "Change" Meant for Kenya
corner.nationalreview.com 11/2/2008 — Searching through the Corner archives, other than Mark Levin's mention here about a week ago, I don't see anything on Obama's troubling connection with Kenyan strongman Raila Odinga (officially, the country's prime minister). As Obama is marketing ...
From Kenya to America: “Do not say you were not warned.”
stoptheaclu.com 10/28/2008 — A note from Radarsite: Surprisingly, this article is not what it first appears to be: this is not a warning to the American people from Africa to vote for our black candidate, or else. Quite the opposite. Once you get into this opinion piece you will ...
In Kenya, a holiday, song and dance for Obama
nation.co.ke 11/5/2008 — A public holiday, song and dance welcomes news of the election of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the US.
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tehipitetom.blogspot.com 10/22/2008 — Del passed on this piece of nuttiness , to which I linked below . The poster apparently believes that Obama's family in Kenya has enlisted the occult to ensure his victory in the presidential election. He quotes an email forwarded to him by some ...
HYMAN: Obama's Kenya ghosts
washingtontimes.com 10/27/2008 — By: studentofhistory Quite right,Bondiek, Islam came to east Africa centuries ago, but you fail to mention why!! The east African slave trade was a Muslim monopoly in most of Africa, and they did quite well at it, with no help from the "white devils" ...
Obama's half brother arrested in Kenya
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 2/1/2009 — George Obama was arrested in Kenya on a charge for possession of marijuana, according to police. NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) — George Obama, the half brother of U.S. President Barack Obama, has been arrested by Kenyan police for possession of ...
Ahmadinejad Meets With Obama's Cousin in Kenya
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com 2/25/2009 — Barack Obama's cousin Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga met with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Kenya today. In this photo released by the Kenyan Prime Minister's Press Service, Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, left, is seen with ...
Obama's Aunt May Have Gone Back to Kenya
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com 6/3/2009 — A relative in Boston who had fought deportation is said to be returning to her home country. It remained unknown whether she was ordered to leave the United States.
Obama faces daunting wartime transition — Reuters: Politics 11/5/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama will quickly face big decisions on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as the United States undergoes its first wartime change of administration since the Vietnam era.
The new face of the United States — CNN.com - Politics 11/5/2008
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Correction: Europe Our Obama story (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/5/2008
AP - In a Nov. 1 story about political prospects for minorities in Europe, The Associated Press erroneously reported that there is only one black lawmaker in France's 577-seat National Assembly. The assembly has just one black lawmaker elected from ...
End Civilian Deaths, Karzai Tells Obama — Wash Post Elections 11/6/2008
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 5 -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday called on President-elect Barack Obama to end U.S. airstrikes that risk civilian casualties after coalition forces allegedly killed dozens of people at a wedding party in ...
Half a World Away, Kenya Exults at U.S. Outcome — Wash Post Elections 11/6/2008
KOGELO, Kenya, Nov. 5 -- By afternoon on Wednesday, truckloads of Kenyans from all over the country were making a kind of pilgrimage to a place now known as White House Africa.