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Page last updated at 09:38 GMT, Friday, 21 November 2008

US aircraft carrier USS Stennis - 6/2/2007
US global dominance 'set to wane'
American dominance is likely to weaken by 2025 as India and China grow stronger, a new US intelligence report says.
Global Trends 2025: Key points
US superpower status is shaken
Death of the dollar?

President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner Argentine pension takeover passed
Argentina's Senate approves a bill to nationalise private pension schemes, a measure that has provoked controversy.

Wreckage of Pan Am 103 in Lockerbie, Scotland US Lockerbie compensation paid
The families of US victims of the 1988 Lockerbie Pan Am bombing claim victory in their quest for justice.


FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
President Hu Jintao (left) and President Alan Garcia (right) in Lima Crucial partner
China's trade ties with Latin America are on the rise
GM cars for sale Broke, not dim
Some carmakers struggle while others grow
Kosher meat shelf at a New York grocery Kosher crisis
Why US shops are running short of kosher meat

MORE FROM AMERICAS
US warned of China 'cyber-spying'
Colombian scam suspect extradited
Bush attacked over wildlife plan
Officials blamed for Brazil crash
BUSINESS
Dell sees quarterly profits slip
National Grid profit rises in US
Microsoft ends Yahoo buyout talks
FEATURES
Motor City misery
'I lost my money'
Goodbye tailback
Last resort?

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FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Homes in a Caracas barrio Latin lessons
Venezuelan teachers give tips to UK colleagues
A textile worker in Peru's Gamarra district Big gamble?
Peru hitches its wagon to China's economic motor
Old toilet Toilet transformed
Team helps improve sanitation for Peru schoolchildren

THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY
Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano Obama 'to choose security chief'


Green ally to head US energy panel
Obama the orator

OTHER TOP STORIES
Top US justice official collapses
Madonna split 'not about money'
No agreement for US car bail-out
Brazil targets illegal abortions
Recession fears hit Wall Street
Online time 'is good for teens'
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Mr Wurzelbacher at a McCain campaign rally in Sandusky, Ohio, 30 October, 2008 'Joe the Plumber' lands book deal

General Ann Dunwoody Row over altered US Army photo

JUSTIN WEBB'S AMERICA
Confirming our prejudices
The Mormon backlash
MATT FREI'S WASHINGTON DIARY
Where are the European Obamas?
SPORT
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