In a rare interview with reporters, the incumbent serenely rejected complaints from his chief rival and outside observers that the election was not credible.

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Congo President Kabila Denies Reports of Election Fraud

Barack Obama nominates unemployment expert Alan Krueger as his chief economist, as he prepares to unveil a new jobs package.

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Obama names new chief economist

President Obama on Friday tapped one of the country’s top corporate executives as his chief adviser on how to help American companies create more jobs at a time when Washington’s options for bolstering employment through public spending have narrowed.

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Obama brings industry to table

A policeman shot at the start of a eight-hour siege in West Yorkshire was saved from serious injury by his body armour, his chief constable says.

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Shot officer saved by body armour

Ted Sorensen, the admired longtime assistant to President John F. Kennedy who provided his chief with many of the words and thoughts that still resonate through American life, died Sunday at New York Presbyterian Hospital of complications from a recent stroke. He was 82.

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JFK’s speechwriter, confidant, counselor and a keeper of the Kennedy flame