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3040-GERMANY-ELECTION-REAX

MOD-DATE: 11/05/08 05:53:24

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FLASH0535G: STORY 3040
3040-GERMANY-ELECTION-REAX
BERLING, GERMANY
NOVEMBER 05, 2008
NATURAL WITH GERMAN SPEECH
DURATION:01:24
SOURCE:REUTERS

INTRO:

HEADLINE: Obama supporters in Germany celebrate his election win.

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Supporters of Barack Obama celebrate through the night as his victory as president is announced.

SHOWS:
(FLASH) BERLIN, GERMANY (NOVEMBER 5, 2008) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)
1. OUTSIDE SHOT OF VENUE FOR DEMOCRATS ELECTION PARTY WITH PEOPLE SINGING
2. PEOPLE SINGING ABOUT OBAMA
3. INDOOR SHOT OF PEOPLE CELEBRATING OBAMA'S VICTORY
4. CLOSE UP OF MAN SHOCKED
5. PEOPLE CHEERING
6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MAHARI, OBAMA SUPPORTER, SAYING:
"I don't have the words. I'm really happy and I think it is a miracle. America is changing and the world will change.") 7. PEOPLE CHEERING ON STAGE
8. (SOUNDBITE) (English) JANICE MARKS, OBAMA SUPPORTER, SAYING:
"I'm ecstatic. It's been a fantastic evening and obviously the results are just marvellous. This is what we wanted and this is what we got."
9. WIDE OF STAGE WITH PEOPLE CHEERING
10. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ALAN BENSON, OBAMA SUPPORTER, SAYING:
"Oh, tears came to my eyes. I knew it was going to happen. It was just a matter of when. 5 o'clock (Central European Time) of course it was all obvious. When California was announced. It put it over the top. We had what we knew was coming, I still can't, it's hard to imagine."
11. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ANNUSHKA PERLMAN, OBAMA SUPPORTER, SAYING:
"Fantastic. I think it's amazing. I was hoping for it but I was scared something was going to happen."
12. WIDE OF PEOPLE CHEERING FROM THE STAGE

STORY: Supporters of Barack Obama celebrated wildly in the German capital on Wednesday (November 5) as the Democrats' candidate won the race to the White House. After an extraordinary two-year campaign, Obama defeated Republican John McCain to make history as the first black U.S. president.
Obama will be sworn in as the 44th U.S. president on Jan. 20, 2009 and will face a crush of immediate challenges, from tackling an economic crisis to ending the war in Iraq and trying to overhaul the U.S. health care system.
McCain saw his hopes for victory evaporate with losses in a string of key battleground states led by the big prizes of Ohio and Florida, the states that sent Democrats to defeat in the last two elections.
The win by Obama, son of a black father from Kenya and white mother from Kansas, marked a milestone in U.S. history. It came 45 years after the height of the civil rights movement led by Martin Luther King. Democratic supporters in Berlin were speechless at the historic result.
"I don't have the words. I'm really happy and I think it is a miracle. America is changing and the world will change," one man told Reuters TV.
"I'm ecstatic. It's been a fantastic evening and obviously the results are just marvellous. This is what we wanted and this is what we got," said Scot Janice Marks at the Democrats Abroad party in the German capital.
The party, which was attended by around 1500 people, erupted into cheers and shouts as the results of the election came through. For many it was a very emotional moment.
"Oh, tears came to my eyes. I knew it was going to happen. It was just a matter of when. 5 o'clock (Central European Time) of course it was all obvious: When California was announced, it put it over the top. We had what we knew was coming; I still can't... it's hard to imagine," said Alan Benson.
"Fantastic. I think it's amazing. I was hoping for it but I was scared something was going to happen," Annushka Perlman told Reuters. Obama, a first-term Illinois senator, led sweeping Democratic victories that expanded the party's majorities in both chambers of Congress and marked an emphatic rejection of President George W. Bush's eight years of leadership.