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Latest StoriesYou are in: BBC Newsline > Latest Stories > US Election Reaction  US Election ReactionAfter the longest and most expensive election campaign in US history, Americans have elected their new President. First reactions to the big news Some Americans didn't get word of the election results until they touched down in Co. Antrim this morning. The Continental flight into Belfast International from Newark Liberty Airport in New Jersey left before midnight on election night and arrived here at around 9.30 GMT this morning. When the passengers took off, the election was still not decided, but by the time they landed it had been known for several hours that Barack Obama would be the 44th President of the USA. Natasha Sayee met them as they came off the flight and got their immediate reactions to news they had just heard. Help playing audio/video The United States has, of course, played a key role in our peace process, so will a new President, Barack Obama, mean a new relationship with Northern Ireland? Help playing audio/video BBC Newsline's Julian O'Neill speaks to guests at a diner in the Odyssey Help playing audio/video The day before the election, we spoke to some other Americans in Belfast who told us how they were feeling about the elections. Help playing audio/video last updated: 06/11/2008 at 14:06 SEE ALSOYou are in: BBC Newsline > Latest Stories > US Election Reaction
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