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Barack Obama has taken the oath of office and been sworn in as America's 44th president - and the country's first African-American leader.

Thousands of people are gathering in the Mall on a cold morning for today’s ritualistic transfer of power.

At last, the beleaguered child sacrifice Tycoon, Godfrey Kato Kajubi, 57, yesterday started on his tough journey to justice when Court in Masaka charged him with murder.

A cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe has killed at least 484 people since August, according to the UN.

Hundreds of people are reported to have been killed in central Nigeria after Christians and Muslims clashed over the result of a local election.

Gunmen have carried out a series of co-ordinated attacks across the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay), killing at least 80 people and injuring 200 more.

A giant Saudi oil tanker seized by pirates in the Indian Ocean is nearing the coast of Somalia, the US Navy says.

Rebel leader Laurent Nkunda has said he will support a peace process with the government of DR Congo, following talks with UN peace envoy Olusegun Obasanjo.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In a congratulatory letter to president-elect Barack Obama, French President Nicholas Sarkozy writes, "Your election raises in France, in Europe,.....