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03 Nov, 2008

Air of anticipation in Kenya

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By Ron Mott, NBC News Correspondent
KISUMU, Kenya – You can’t walk more than a few dozen paces through the downtown streets of this city of roughly 500,000 without hearing the names “Barack,” “Obama,” or more likely, “Barack Obama,” springing forth from sidewalk conversations.
He seems to be on the minds and tongues of just about everyone [...]

By Dan Strieff, msnbc.com reporter  LONDON – “I really wish we could vote in your election – after all, it affects all of us, you know.”For most Americans who recently have spent time abroad, chances are they’ve heard some variation of that statement.
As the United States prepares to elect a president every four years, [...]