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Obama gets tough on emissions
Private cars are thought to account for about a quarter of the greenhouse gas emissions in America.
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Ban on US abortion fund lifted
President Barack Obama this week lifted the ban on US funding for international organisations that offer advice about, or perform abortions.
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Obama’s world agenda
Openness on Iran and cuts in nuclear weapons, but little comfort for Gaza, write Julian Borger and Suzanne Goldenberg.
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Race to open new Afghan supply lines
Nato countries are scrambling for alternative routes as far afield as Belarus and Ukraine to supply their forces in Afghanistan.
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Early fraud claims ‘taint’ poll
An elder statesman of the Republican Party cast doubt on the legitimacy of the presidential election this week.
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‘I’m not George W’
Despite strong words, the final debate is unlikely to be the game-changer McCain had hoped for.
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McCain ‘is heading for defeat’
American voters have lost faith in the Republican party amid the economic meltdown, says a Republican strategist.
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Palin’s winks and you betchas divide women of Florida
Never before perhaps has such a tiny gesture assumed such electoral importance as Sarah Palin’s wink.
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Democrats in bid to defend right to vote
The Republicans argue that people who have lost their homes may no longer be resident at the address listed on voter records.
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Rushdie affair haunts novel about Prophet’s wife
A romance novel about the child bride of the prophet Mohammed has been withdrawn because its publisher feared possible terrorist acts.
