On the historic victory obtained by Barack Obama as the new American president today, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said that the reality of leaders being chosen regardless of race can happen anywhere.

Abdullah chided the opposition today for the ruckus they created yesterday while his deputy Najib Abdul Razak was winding up the debate on the 2009 Budget.

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