Obama steps into history as first black President of US
CHICAGO: From national obscurity to rewriting
world history in four short years, Barack Obama has risen like a
rocket to fulfill his “improbable quest” of being elected America’s
first black President.
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Priority for development, CoL
Colombo: President Mahinda Rajapaksa will
present Budget 2009 in Parliament this afternoon.
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Four power sets to bolster rail transport
COLOMBO: Four power sets (S-10 category)
imported from China arrived at the Colombo Harbour yesterday.
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African-Americans Glimpse ‘Promised Land’
US: At once weeping and jubilant,
African-Americans glimpsed the Promised Land yesterday, 40 years
after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., as Barack Obama
won election as the first black American president.
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