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/ 9 November 2008

Barack and Michelle: A Chicago love story

At 8 o’clock last Monday morning, the day before he was to become president elect, learned that the woman who had raised him was dead.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 8 November 2008

‘Other half of Obama brain’ awaits posting

Valerie Jarrett is a Chicago business woman who has been close to both Obamas since the couple began dating.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 8 November 2008

GM and Ford report deep losses

General Motors and Ford reported far deeper-than-expected quarterly losses on Friday and said their rate of cash burn had accelerated

By David Bailey and Kevin Krolicki
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/ 8 November 2008

The best of times, the worst of times — and the silliest

”I wish you would make up your mind, Mr Dickens. Was it the best of times or was it the worst of times? It could scarcely have been both.”

By Michael Tomasky
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/ 7 November 2008

US job losses soar

United States employers cut payrolls by a much steeper-than-expected 240 000 jobs in October.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 7 November 2008

The challenge ahead

Let’s be clear about this: Barack Obama has achieved an immense and historic victory.

By Martin Kettle
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/ 7 November 2008

Rapid CIA briefing starts crash course in presidency

Barack Obama received his first classified intelligence briefing from the CIA on Thursday, lesson one in a crash course in how to be a US president.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 7 November 2008

First punch is thrown as novices square up

Dmitry Medvedev (43) and Barack Obama (47) share a couple of things in common. Both are exceptionally young, inexperienced and almost wholly untried.

By Simon Tisdall
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/ 6 November 2008

US slays its demons

There are times when the usually glacial pace of social progress accelerates to such a degree that you feel you are experiencing it in real time.

By Gary Younge
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/ 6 November 2008

Obama’s new United States

Barack Obama will pay homage to Abraham Lincoln when he takes the oath of office as the United States’s next president in January.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 6 November 2008

World hails Obama’s victory, urges change of tack

World leaders have hailed Barack Obama’s triumph in the US election, and have called for the global superpower to change the way it does business.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 5 November 2008

Google withdraws from search ad deal with Yahoo!

Google has cancelled plans for a search advertising partnership with Yahoo! amid opposition from antitrust regulators and advertisers.

By Diane Bartz
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/ 5 November 2008

Obama faces daunting wartime transition

President-elect Barack Obama will quickly face big decisions as the US undergoes its first wartime change of administration since the Vietnam era.

By Andrew Gray
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/ 5 November 2008

Obama’s victory brings a new dawn of leadership

The man who once described himself as a ”skinny kid with a funny name” stood before the crowd and took upon his shoulders the weight of leadership.

By Jonathan Freedland
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/ 5 November 2008

Motlanthe joins leaders in congratulating Obama

South African President Kgalema Motlanthe congratulated United States president elect Barack Obama on Wednesday on his victory.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 5 November 2008

Obama wins on message of change

Barack Obama won the presidency and made history on a steady message of bringing change to a country that has been hungering for it.

By Steve Holland
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/ 5 November 2008

Republicans in Texas shattered by Obama win

Sue Harris was not quite sure how to react to the victory of Barack Obama. At a party held by the local Republican party, she was lost for words.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 5 November 2008

‘Change has come to America’

Barack Obama rode a wave of voter discontent to a historic White House victory on Tuesday, promising change as the first black US president.

By John Whitesides
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/ 5 November 2008

It’s President Obama

Democrat Barack Obama captured the White House on Tuesday after an extraordinary two-year campaign, defeating Republican John McCain.

By John Whitesides
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/ 4 November 2008

Staying close to the candidates on the trail

On one campaign flight in August, I was finally getting some rest when I was woken by a familiar baritone. I looked up, startled, to see Barack Obama.

By Jeff Mason
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/ 4 November 2008

Obama, McCain await voters’ decision

Barack Obama and John McCain faced the verdict of Americans voting on Tuesday after a long and bitter struggle for the White House.

By John Whitesides
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/ 4 November 2008

Obama and McCain face judgement of US voters

Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain face the verdict of United States voters on Tuesday after a long and bitter struggle.

By John Whitesides
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/ 4 November 2008

Obama ends final rally with cry for change

Presidential frontrunner Barack Obama issued a barnstorming call for change at his final campaign rally on Monday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 3 November 2008

Stock markets mixed ahead of US vote

World stock markets turned mixed on Monday as already nervous investors waited for Tuesday’s United States presidential vote.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 3 November 2008

Obama in command on eve of US vote

Barack Obama stood on the threshold of history on Monday as polls gave the Democrat a solid lead over John McCain on the last day of campaigning.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 3 November 2008

Winning was the easy bit, Mr President

Whether it’s Barack Obama or John McCain who makes it to the White House, the briefing the president gets on the economy will be a sombre affair.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 3 November 2008

‘He’s the other. It’s in the Bible’

There is nothing unusual about mixed-race people in the South, although in decades past there was no ambiguity about the subject.

By Adam Nossiter
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/ 3 November 2008

Borrow, buy, burn, bail out

With the United States election just around the corner, who’d want to be in the shoes of either front-runner Barack Obama or John McCain?

By Kevin Davie
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/ 2 November 2008

Pouts, pecs and power suits

Millions of Americans aren’t just redoing their hair for Palin — they’re taking off their clothes too.

By Philippa Garson
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/ 2 November 2008

Obama’s face — Obama’s race

The radicalism of Barack Obama lies not in his policies but in his face, writes Mark Danner.

By Mark Danner
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/ 2 November 2008

History beckons Obama, McCain on election day

Americans choose on Tuesday between Barack Obama and John McCain in an epochal election that could enshrine their first black president.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 1 November 2008

McCain renews attacks on ‘far left’ Obama

John McCain ramped up his attacks on Democratic rival Barack Obama on Saturday, describing his rival as stuck in the ”far left lane” of US politics.

By Staff Reporter
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