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"Senator Obama is our new president. God has answered our prayer," said pastor Washington Obonyo in the
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"I am very happy, I have not slept the whole night, even my wife slept alone as I waited for the results," added Joseph Otieno, a jubilant Kogelo resident, while men cheered and clapped while women ululated and shouted "Obama! Obama!"Â Â Â Â
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For tens of millions of non-Americans without a direct share in the vote, it was a chance to see Obama make history as the first black
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"I’m so excited because Obama shares our town’s name. But even if the town was called McCain I would still support Barack Obama," said 44-year-old dancer Masayo Ishibashi.
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"It would be nice to have a president who is celebrated when he goes abroad and his effigy is not burned," said David Grey, who runs a male salon.Â
There were similar scenes across western Europe. In
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Catherena Oostveen, a German-Russian actress who trained in
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"Obama is so intelligent and inspiring that I hope he can change the things that the rest of the world is so angry about right now," she said.
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Across town, proudly wearing an Obama pin, Herve Moussakanda loaded up his plate with cheese before sidling up to a big screen in a Paris club.
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"I just couldn’t miss this. This is historic. A dream come true," he said, one of hundreds of French blacks here cheering the first African-American to win the White House.
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In an upmarket suburb of the Indonesian capital
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"It’s just amazing, I mean were so proud of him," said Oetejo, a lawmaker in
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Rafaat, an Afghan who runs a finance company and spends much of his time in the
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"This is a good news for
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"We are fed up with Bush and his policies. My wife voted for Bush in 2000 and we regretted it for seven years."
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Celebrations began early in
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Cubans spent the hours glued to their TV sets, some capturing
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"It’s not that I’m a fan of politics," said Elisa, a 36-year-old Old Havana resident who did not want to give her last name, "but these elections are very important".
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At the swanky Marriott Renaissance hotel, 600 Chinese students, academics and government officials were hosted by
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Joyce Tu, a pro-Obama Chinese businesswoman, lamented the lack of elections in
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