New Delhi, Nov. 5 : The All India Minorities Front (AIMF) National President S. M. Asif has greeted Barack Hussein Obama on his election as the US''s first black president.

Asif said that with the election of Obama, a ray of hope has emerged that the US relations with India and Islamic countries would strengthen and improve and a new era will come in the world.

In a message to Obama, Asif said that in his election the world will find a new leader and the Blacks will have honour and dignity all over. He said that the minorities in the US and elsewhere shall have a voice of their own at the highest level.

Kogelo (Kenya), Nov. 5 : Relatives of U. S. President elect Barack Obama are celebrating his victory in Kogelo in western Kenya.

According to a report in the Guardian, Obama’s Kenyan relatives streamed out of Mama Sarah''s compound, dancing and singing loudly in the local Luo language: "We are going to Obama, we are going to the White House."

Washington Washington, Nov. 5 : Barack Obama, who will be the nation’s first African-American president, won the largest share of white support of any Democrat in a two-man race since 1976 amid a backdrop of economic anxiety unseen in at least a quarter-century, according to exit polls by The Associated Press and the major television networks.

Kochi (Kerala), Nov. 5 : While the whole of America and the rest of world is celebrating the historic victory of Barack Obama in this year''s presidential election, here in Kochi, an advocate has expressed absolute delight over the news that his 1991 Harvard Law College classmate has won the race to the White House.

M. Ajay, an advocate by profession, settled in Kochi City, who hails from Calicut District in Kerala has reason to rejoice today.

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Brussels - NATO expects "ever stronger cooperation" from US president-elect Barak Obama at a crucial time for the transatlantic alliance, Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said Wednesday.

"Today's security challenges require an ever stronger cooperation and solidarity between Allies, and I look forward to the role the United States will continue to play in this regard under president-elect Obama's leadership," the NATO chief said in a statement.