Obama's Kenyan uncle trapped by violence, fears for job

U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama's uncle has been a prisoner in his own home, trapped by the bloody postelection violence that has left more than 600 Kenyans dead.

In the western city of Kisumu, where Said Obama lives, police shot and killed four people on Wednesday, trying to prevent thousands of rowdy protesters from entering the city center. But most of Barack Obama's relatives, including his 86-year-old grandmother, Sarah, live in a rural area nearby that has been unaffected by the violence.

"Yesterday I was confined to my house, it was just too dangerous to go out," said Said Obama, who lives near a slum that has been a flash point for …