BARACK Obama has taken the oath of office and become the 44th president of the United States.

THE Motor City, Detroit, is the place to be to see the latest innovations in car making.

ISRAELI warplanes and helicopters have pounded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, killing hundreds of people in one of the bloodiest days for the Palestinians in 60 years of conflict with the Jewish state.

LONDON becomes the centre of the fashion world for one night for the 2008 British Fashion Awards.

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