Deborah Tompkins doesn’t seem to be too bothered by the fact that security vehicles have been whipping round her neighbourhood since 3am.
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/ 20 January 2009
The web was alive with all things Obama ahead of his inauguration in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, as thousands made use of Twitter.
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/ 20 January 2009
Huge crowds poured into Washington, DC, before dawn on Tuesday for Barack Obama’s inauguration with a building sense of joy.
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/ 20 January 2009
Barack Obama made history on Tuesday as he was sworn in as the 44th president of the US. View some pictures of this celebrated journey.
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/ 20 January 2009
Jonathan Freedland reports on the intensifying excitement as strait-laced Washington DC awaits Obama’s transformation into head of state.
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/ 20 January 2009
A nudist club near Washington DC is offering to bail out people stuck for accommodation during the inaugural period of President-elect Barack Obama.
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/ 20 January 2009
Tracing the arc of history to a day many thought would never come, Barack Obama is on Tuesday to be sworn in as the United States’s 44th president.
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/ 20 January 2009
One thing’s for sure: Obama will become the next president of the US sooner than you can say ”all inclusive government” in Zimbabwe.
According to the diplomatic rumour mill in Pretoria, Obama is looking at Oprah Winfrey as the next United States ambassador to South Africa.
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/ 19 January 2009
On the eve of his historic inauguration, Barack Obama joined on Monday in honouring slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King.
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/ 19 January 2009
Barack Obama said on Monday his inauguration as the US president would extend the work of ”renewing the promise of this nation”.
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/ 19 January 2009
Forget the Maasai Mara reserve, Mount Kenya and palm-lined Indian Ocean beaches. The hippest tourist spot in Kenya these days is ”Obamaland”.
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/ 19 January 2009
Britain is set to announce its second bank rescue and the incoming US administration said it will make its funds work harder to get credit flowing.
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/ 19 January 2009
The expectation heaped on his skinny shoulders may be unrealistic — but let’s savour the day, and then keep him to his task.
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/ 19 January 2009
After a seemingly endless transition period, Barack Obama has a daunting to-do list when he finally takes office on Tuesday.
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/ 18 January 2009
Excitement is swelling across the United States and the world as Barack Obama prepares to be sworn in Tuesday.
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/ 17 January 2009
Barack Obama heralds his new era of change on Saturday by rolling back the years to launch four days of inaugural festivities.
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/ 17 January 2009
Bruised and battered at the start of 2009, Wall Street looks ahead to the inauguration of Barack Obama as president with hope.
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/ 16 January 2009
Bank of America was rescued by the US government on Friday through a -billion bailout.
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/ 15 January 2009
President-elect Barack Obama said on Wednesday that al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden remain the "number one threat" to US security.
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/ 14 January 2009
One of Barack Obama’s first acts as the new US president could be to order the closure of the controversial ”war on terror” detention camp.
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/ 14 January 2009
In less than a week’s time Malia and Sasha Obama will move into one of the world’s most coveted residences, thrust back into the global spotlight.
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/ 13 January 2009
The US Congress is launching official YouTube channels where members of the House and Senate can create videos of floor speeches or hearings.
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/ 13 January 2009
Iran has arrested four people accused of involvement in a US-financed plot to topple its Islamic system of government, the judiciary said on Tuesday.
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/ 13 January 2009
South Korean officials will visit North Korea on Thursday to check Pyongyang’s progress in keeping to an international disarmament deal.
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/ 12 January 2009
Policymakers facing mounting job losses prepared new measures to ease the pain on Monday.
Barack Obama’s economic team is working on an overhaul of the -billion programme, with the aim of doing more to spur the flow of credit to the US.
Worries about global economic growth and expectations of a weak US jobs report pushed oil prices lower on Friday.
Incoming administration will abandon Bush’s isolation of Islamist group to initiate low-level diplomacy, say transition sources.
President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday warned "Wall Street has not worked" and promised a "substantial overhaul" of the US financial markets.
President George Bush will talk briefly in private with Barack Obama on Wednesday before a White House lunch with all living former US presidents.
With the US economic outlook darkening, Barack Obama went to Congress two weeks before taking office to try to entice support for a stimulus package.