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Barack Hussein Obama has taken the oath of
office as the 44th president of the United States.


      With a hand on Abraham Lincoln's inaugural bible, and before a
crowd stretching across the National Mall toward where Martin
Luther King Jr. spoke of his dream of racial equality, the
47-year-old Obama was sworn in as the first black American
president by Chief Justice John Roberts.


      Roberts told him, "Congratulations, Mr. President."


      Obama's wife, Michelle, and young daughters Sasha and Malia
looked on. They were joined by people from around the world who
gathered in huge numbers in the early morning Washington cold to
see history made.

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Barack Hussein Obama has taken the oath of
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