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Four Christmases comes out on top at the US box office over the lucrative Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

BBC News looks at issues in India's state assembly polls, ahead of a general election next year.

The Senate's longest-serving Republican Ted Stevens loses a knife-edge race against Democratic rival Mark Begich.

Violence mars the start of crucial state elections in India that may determine whether an early general election is called.

Barack Obama starts forming his administration by asking former Clinton adviser Rahm Emanuel to be his chief of staff.

World leaders hail the victory of Barack Obama in the US presidential election, as outgoing President George W Bush promises a smooth transition of power.

Zambia's opposition party demands a verification of presidential election results.

An AM is "staggered" £600,000 worth of library books have gone missing in Wales over the last two years.

The BBC News website takes a look at some of the candidates' debate claims to find out which ones stacked up.

Kenya sends protest notes to the US and EU after diplomats said the electoral commissioner should resign.

US Democratic candidate Barack Obama launches an application that could turn the iPhone into a political recruiting tool.

Renault's Fernando Alonso wins Formula One's first night race in Singapore as Lewis Hamilton extends his championship lead.

As political parties in Zimbabwe try to negotiate on power-sharing, Kenya's foreign minister tells the BBC what lessons Zimbabwe can learn from Kenya's post-poll crisis.

Pop stars Girls Aloud win the Popjustice £20 Music Prize for best British single, which pokes fun at the Mercury Award.

Police in Russia's volatile Ingushetia region break up a protest at the funeral of a shot journalist, media reports say.

There is jubilation in India's Congress party ranks as their ruling coalition wins a crucial confidence vote on a nuclear deal with the US.

President Leonel Fernandez wins re-election in the Dominican Republic as his main opponent concedes.

Police dogs find spots of blood in a bath at the former children's home at the centre of a child abuse inquiry.

Thais have been electing a new Senate as it returns to democracy, but only 56% of voters turned out.

A Nigerian tribunal dismisses both petitions asking for President Umaru Yar'Adua's election to be re-run.

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