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Page last updated at 16:56 GMT, Thursday, 8 January 2009

Barack Obama answers questions from the press on 5 January
Obama urges action on economy
US President-elect Barack Obama says that a huge stimulus package is urgently needed to revive the US economy.
Christmas sales in US disappoint
US deficit 'to hit $1 trillion'
The Obamas go to Washington

Carlos Castaneda, 39, chosen as the new Juan Valdez in 2006 US cartoon provokes Colombia ire
Colombian coffee growers plan to sue a US cartoonist for a cartoon they say links their main advertising figure with violence.

Winston Blackmore with some of his daughters and grandchildren, in Bountiful, BC - file photo 21/4/2008 Canada charges two with polygamy
The leaders of two breakaway fundamentalist Mormon sects in an isolated Canadian community are charged with polygamy.


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George Bush Best Bushisms
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Adel Hakimjan Free but homeless
Chinese Uighur's search for safety after Guantanamo
Steve Jobs holds up the new Mac Book Air in 2008 Fans' reaction
Apple boss Steve Jobs's health hot topic at Macworld

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Senate shift on Obama replacement
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Guatemala ends landslide rescue
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BUSINESS
Oil prices drop as US stocks rise
US recession forecast to drag on
Bank of America in Chinese sale
FEATURES
Super stethoscope
Viva Miami!
US-Cuba ties: Thaw in sight?
Cuba at the crossroads?
Cuba's economic challenge

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Bush Earth Watch
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