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Obama's election victory was greeted by celebrations across the US, as well as in many countries around the world.
However some 56 million Americans voted for John McCain, and many of them live in rural communities in the country's heartland.
Al Jazeera's Barnaby Phillips reports on how people are coming to terms with the result of Tuesday's historic election.
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In Lebanon, politicians are preparing to meet in parliament for the first time in almost a year to try to elect a new president.
Backgrounded by a series of political assassinations, Lebanese people are hoping the election will precede a new era of peace and unity - but fears of a new civil war remain.
Sherine Tadros reports.
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Unemployment is up in Texas compared to last year at this time. Hurricane Ike on top of the crisis in the financial market has taken its toll on the state. (Sept. 25)
Despite last week's rate cut, deflationary pressures mean potential buyers are playing a waiting game to see just how much further the market might fall before they consider a move, says Eric Leenders at the British Bankers Association
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NYTimes.com Election 2008 Exclusive. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has long been the wary partner in the Clinton marriage, a trait that revealed itself early in her political life.
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Be very wary of the tenth of February
Dianetics, treason and plot.
I see no reason why Scientology crimes
Should ever be forgot.
The original account has hacked by the Church of Scientology.