Kenya

From Deborah Bennett at HelloBeautiful.com: President-elect Barack Obama’s grandmother Sarah Obama, who will be 87 this year has arrived in the US to witness her grandson’s inauguration as President of The United States.

President-elect Barack Obama’s Kenyan stepgrandmother will be among the millions of people in Washington for the Inauguration.

According to the Times of London, Barack Obama’s Kenyan grandfather was tortured by British colonial rulers during the Mau-Mau uprising in 1949.

From CNN.com: Pirates are believed to have anchored a hijacked supertanker carrying up to $100 million worth of crude oil off Somalia Tuesday, its operator has said, as more ships in the region have been boarded and taken over.

The world was riveted by the election drama unfolding Tuesday in the United States, inspired by Barack Obama or simply relieved that — whoever wins — the Bush administration was coming to an end.