By David Ohito
Everything is finally falling in place. After all the celebration and tears of joy that have drenched America and the world after the victory of President-elect Barack Obama’s, there is a lucid narrative explaining that he is a fulfilment of a prophecy.
Obama made history when he was elected the first US African-American president [...]

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It was a mere fleeting image amid all the others that were beamed into our living rooms on that momentous election night: 7-year-old Sasha Obama in her black party dress, bounding gleefully up into her father’s arms, each in turn planting a happy kiss on the other’s cheek.
But the heart-tugging moment was as poignant a [...]

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OTTAWA (Reuters) – Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Thursday he wants to tell President-elect Barack Obama that Canada stands ready as the best friend and partner of the United States.
He termed Obama’s election an inspiration because he is the first black to win the presidency, adding the victory was a remarkable feat that students [...]

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By FISNIK ABRASHI, Associated Press Writer
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan – Afghan tribes are needed as crucial battlefield allies against the Taliban and other extremists in the same way local militias rose up to oppose insurgents in Iraq, the new military overseer of America’s two wars said Thursday.
The tactic has long been endorsed by Gen. David [...]

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By Emmanuel Braun
KIWANJA, Congo (Reuters) – Congolese Tutsi rebels went from door to door killing men in an eastern town overnight, residents said on Thursday, but rebel commanders said they had targeted only pro-government militia fighters.
U.S.-based group Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused the rebels of war crimes in Kiwanja, where journalists accompanying U.N. peacekeepers found [...]

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