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      <title>Barack Obama storms to second term</title>
      <description>President defeats Republican challenger Mitt Romney and vows in victory speech that "best is yet to come" for America.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 08:01:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>World congratulates Obama on victory</title>
      <description>President Barack Obama's return to White House is widely celebrated, from Europe to his childhood home of Indonesia.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 11:47:50 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>US states back gay marriage and marijuana</title>
      <description>Voters give historic victories to controversial policies, including immigration reform and recreational marijuana use </description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 14:09:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Obama retains battleground state of Virginia</title>
      <description>Voters in key swing state brave "terrible lines" and frigid temperatures in order to cast their ballot in US election.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:01:26 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Scenes from Election Day</title>
      <description>Al Jazeera correspondents in the field send in dispatches from polling stations across the country.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 02:11:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mormons see Romney as their 'John F Kennedy'</title>
      <description>In Utah, a centre of Mormonism, many believers support Mitt Romney who they consider a "native son".</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2012 11:33:19 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Do US opinion polls flatter to deceive?</title>
      <description>Though Obama and Romney are tied in the popular vote, the Electoral College seems to favour the president. </description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2012 15:07:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Meet America's third-party candidates</title>
      <description>They stand no chance of winning, but third-party candidates could sway US election result in tight battleground states.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 01:02:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Iranian-Americans' California dreaming   </title>
      <description>About 750,000 Iranians residing in West Coast state hold divergent views on their native country's place in the US vote.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:44:48 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Interactive: Voters who will decide US poll</title>
      <description>An interactive look at the key demographic groups who will decide the fate of the presidential election.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:06:16 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>US presidential candidates cool on warming</title>
      <description>Though polls show more Americans believe the planet is warming, the issue is seldom discussed on campaign trail.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:08:28 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Interactive: US inner circles of power</title>
      <description>Meet the top consultants, advisers, and pollsters behind Barack Obama and Mitt Romney's candidacies.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:45:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Charting 'swing states' in US 2012 election</title>
      <description>Explore the demographic and political backgrounds of the battleground states set to decide the presidential election.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 06:58:37 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Interactive: Spinning America's economy</title>
      <description>Roll our Economy Cube to see how jobs, inflation, stocks, taxes and debt have fared in the last four years of Obama.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:19:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Where Obama and Romney stand on the issues</title>
      <description>A look at the positions taken by the US presidential candidates on a range of issues at the forefront of 2012 election.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 07:35:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>US immigrants reflect on Obama foreign policy</title>
      <description>People from various communities in US share their views on how president's actions have impacted their lives since 2008.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:03:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Scorecard: Obama's presidency</title>
      <description>Al Jazeera fact checks to what extent the US president has lived up to his 2008 campaign promises.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 10:06:19 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How the White House was Won</title>
      <description>It was a long and bitter race that cost at least $2.5bn, but were American voters presented with a real choice?</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:43:05 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Obama's second take</title>
      <description>As Barack Obama is re-elected, and significant ballot measures passed, we ask what the next four years have in store.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:10:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The meme election</title>
      <description>Are the issues in the US presidential election getting lost in the memes?</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 22:57:02 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Obama: Under surveillance</title>
      <description>As warrantless electronic surveillance in the US surges, how far have civil liberties been eroded under the president?</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 08:46:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Cornel West blasts US 'poverty catastrophe'</title>
      <description>Talk show host says the 42 million living at or below poverty line have been ignored by election candidates.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2012 20:56:49 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Sachs says Obama 'should have done better'</title>
      <description>Economist Jeffrey Sachs says he will still support US president because "alternatives would be much grimmer".</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 19:52:05 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>US posts 171,000 new jobs in October</title>
      <description>Employment data shows better-than-expected growth, as presidential candidates seek to spin numbers ahead of election.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2012 05:32:57 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Obama wins key support from NYC's Bloomberg</title>
      <description>US president and his Republican challenger spend final days of campaign in swing states with critical electoral votes.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 09:58:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Obama visits storm-battered New Jersey</title>
      <description>"We are here for you," US president tells residents picking up the pieces in the wake of massive storm Sandy.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 08:43:26 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Sandy disrupts US election campaign</title>
      <description>President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney are off the campaign trail as storm advances on East Coast.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 04:28:44 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>New laws could restrict voting in US election</title>
      <description>In past two years, more than a dozen US states have passed laws that could make voting difficult.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2012 18:51:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Obama election funds drive hits $1bn mark</title>
      <description>US president's opponent Mitt Romney close behind with $919m in race that has become the costliest in country's history.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 20:46:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Economic growth accelerates in US</title>
      <description>Improved GDP figure attributed to higher consumer spending, lower imports and jump in federal government spending.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2012 02:08:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Obama casts early ballot in Chicago</title>
      <description>Incumbent candidate visits hometown to become first US president to cast in-person vote before November 6 election day.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 05:27:20 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>US politician criticised for rape remarks</title>
      <description>Republican senate candidate Richard Mourdock has angered voters by saying rape-caused pregnancy was "God's intention".</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 03:29:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>US Muslim vote: 'Mild' enthusiasm for Obama</title>
      <description>The economy is the most important issue in the election for most US Muslims - more than foreign policy or civil rights.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2012 11:45:16 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Third-party candidates spar in US debate</title>
      <description>Representatives of the Libertarian, Green, Constitution, and Justice parties have held a presidential debate in Chicago.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:32:21 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>US candidates hit swing states in final push</title>
      <description>President Obama and his Republican challenger Romney are back on campaign trail as election enters its final fortnight.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:40:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Q&amp;A: America's first Muslim congressman</title>
      <description>The first Muslim elected to Congress discusses the election, drone policy, and what he admires about John McCain.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:06:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Rethinking the American Dream</title>
      <description>The Levins say while the US gave them a better life, the economic crisis makes them worry about their children's future.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2012 18:17:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Obama and Romney trade barbs over dinner</title>
      <description>US presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney trade jokes that had audience in stitches.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 09:54:32 GMT</pubDate>
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