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Barack Obama is sworn in as 44th president of the USA
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Dmitry Medvedev is elected president of Russia
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Nicolas Sarkozy is elected President of the French Republic
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Brown succeeds Blair as Prime Minister of Great Britain
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Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany
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George W. Bush is re-elected
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George Bush is sworn in as the 43rd President of the USA
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Vladimir Putin is elected president of Russia
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