Yahoo! News: Villagers hold posters of U.S. President-elect Barack...

Summary: p Villagers hold posters of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama in the village of Cavustepe in the province of Van, eastern Turkey, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. Residents of a mainly Kurdish village in southeastern Turkey have sacrificed 44 sheep to celebrate the election of Barack Obama as 44th president of the United States. Villagers holding Obama posters wiped with blood from the sacrificed sheep in Cavustepe village bordering Iran. In overwhelmingly Muslim Turkey, this practice is believed to protect people or property against bad luck. /p

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