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A guide to the people US President-elect Barack Obama has so far picked or proposed to work with him in his administration.

Plans for a rapid transport system in Belfast could be extended across the city, Roads Minister Conor Murphy says.

New guidance on treating young people surviving childhood diseases is to be issued to doctors across Scotland.

A security guard is assaulted during the robbery of a cash transit van in south Belfast.

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A chronology of key events

US President-elect Barack Obama vows to rebuild his country's "moral stature" in his first TV interview since the election.

President-elect Obama's transition team is full of former Clinton administration officials, reports the BBC's Max Deveson.

US President-elect Barack Obama's transition team is planning to narrow the focus to just a few key issues in his first months in office.

US President-elect Barack Obama introduces rules to restrict lobbyists, and Sen John McCain jokes about his election defeat.

US President-elect Barack Obama holds his first meeting with President George W Bush since his election victory last week.

The BBC's Paul Reynolds looks at how far and fast new US presidents change their predecessor's policies and why executive orders are an easy way to do that.

Barack Obama will seek to reverse a number of policy orders issued by President Bush, his transition chief says.

Barack Obama has turned to the web to help him prepare for the job of US president.

US President-elect Barack Obama and incumbent George W Bush are to discuss key issues early next week, as the transition process gets under way.

US President-elect Barack Obama does not take up his position until 20 January, 2009, but before then there are key procedures to complete.

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.

A teenage girl dies after being hit by a Transit van in South Gloucestershire.

A touring harpist from America decides to quickly learn the Welsh harp after discovering his own instrument smashed in transit.

A chronology of key events

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