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Barack Obama has outlined plans to create 2.5 million jobs in the US by 2011.

Hillary Clinton has reportedly accepted the post of Secretary of State in the Obama administration.

Former US president Jimmy Carter is among a group of key figures who have been barred from visiting Zimbabwe.

A British militant linked to a plot to blow up transatlantic airliners has reportedly been killed in Pakistan.

A 19-year-old boy in Florida has committed suicide live on a video streaming website.

More than half of Congolese refugees have become separated from family members, aid agencies have said.

Hillary Clinton has reportedly accepted the post of Secretary of State in the Obama administration.

A tentative deal in Congress for a £16.9 billion package to rescue the struggling US auto industry is running out of fuel.

A Thai elephant has become pregnant after being injected with frozen sperm, boosting hopes in the species' fight against extinction.

The IMF has approved a $2.1 billion loan for Iceland to stabilise what the fund called a "banking crisis of extraordinary proportions".