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

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

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