Even in the country's many restive regions, there was little violence during the campaign or on polling day.

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Speaking not far from his Hyde Park home on Chicago's South Side, Obama linked the near-daily violence to communities where there is little economic hope.

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Yet when Britain's law lords ruled against the general last week, there were fears of violence and little, in fact, occurred.

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