



President-elect Obama announced Monday that Sen. Hillary Clinton, his Democratic primary rival, will be his secretary of state and Robert Gates will stay on as defense secretary.
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)Controlling immigration at the border between Mexico and the U.S. is proving challenging as drug cartels, money, gang violence and politics clash with a potentially idyllic and green city just south of San Diego. Tijuana is suffering as a result of the violence, officials say.
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)Washington, D.C., is preparing for a massive influx of visitors next month. Barack Obama's inauguration may draw the largest crowd of any such event in American history. That brings some daunting security concerns.
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Poznan, Poland, is hosting the current round of talks to tackle one of the most difficult issues of our day: global warming. The goal is to craft a treaty that will turn the world away from fossil fuels in the coming decades. But the global economic meltdown could put a damper on the already difficult talks.
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)U.S. officials are trying to prevent a military conflict between India and Pakistan over the Mumbai attacks. India and Pakistan are both U. S. allies, and Washington sees each as a critical component in the fight against terrorism. The Mumbai attacks could present a setback in a recent warming of relations between the two countries.
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)India's fragile relationship with Pakistan has been badly damaged by the attacks on Mumbai. Indian officials say the gunmen who invaded that city, killing nearly 200 people, arrived by boat from Pakistan, and the only surviving gunman is a Pakistani. Indian politicians are demanding that Pakistan's government act decisively to get rid of the violent Islamist extremists operating on Pakistani soil.
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)The increased piracy off the Somali coast is threatening to reduce traffic through the Suez Canal, one of Egypt's economic mainstays. Some shipping companies are already ordering some vessels to travel around the horn of Africa to avoid the pirate-infested waters leading to the canal. Egypt is at risk of losing billions of dollars in revenue.
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)Black Friday was not as bad as many retailers had expected. One estimate shows American shoppers spent 3 percent more on the first day of the holiday shopping season than last year. To find out how some retailers did, we check in with a high-end mall in a St. Louis suburb, an outlet mall in San Marcos, Texas, and an online retailer in Boston.
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)President-elect Barack Obama is set to announce his national security team Monday. The list of people will be familiar to many Americans. Hillary Clinton is expected to be named secretary of state.
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The Bush administration has hired private industry to take over more of the government's work than any administration ever. President-elect Barack Obama says he plans to take on the issue, which an official at a congressional watchdog says is out of control.
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