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Hope and prayer in Obama's ancestral Kenya village (Reuters) Posted: 04 Nov 2008 03:54 AM CST 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.

Joe "O'Biden" plays up working-class, Catholic roots (Reuters) Posted: 03 Nov 2008 03:25 PM CST Reuters - Dashing across battleground states in the final race to Tuesday's polls, Joe Biden never fails to bring up his working-class, Irish Roman Catholic roots and the hard times his family faced.

Muslim's suit over scarves in Calif. jail settled (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2008 02:45 PM CST AP - A Southern California county will allow jailed Muslim women to wear headscarves after settling a lawsuit with a woman who claims that deputies violated her religious freedom by making her remove her hijab.

Army discharges soldier for beating Jewish trainee (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2008 10:26 AM CST AP - The Army has kicked out a soldier for beating a Jewish trainee who complained about religious harassment in their basic training unit, a Fort Benning spokesman said Monday.

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