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2025: the end of US dominance

US intelligence says incoming president will inherit country unable to 'call the shots' alone
San Francisco to be electric car capital

Plans to turn the San Francisco Bay Area into one of the leading centres of electric vehicles in the world
- California switches on to an electric future
Skeleton identified as Copernicus

Four-year investigation leads to discovery in Poland in a grave underneath Catholic church
Ségo leads race to be Socialist leader

Ségolène Royal and Martine Aubry in run-off vote to become the first female leader of Socialist party
Teenager appears to kill himself online

More than 180 people watch online as Florida teenager swallows pills before falling unconscious
Soil erosion threatens 100m Chinese

Crops and water supplies suffering serious damage as earth is washed and blown away across China
- Majority of earthquake victims still unidentified

How Dubai's skyline tumbled to earth

The £15m opening of Dubai's latest luxury development can't mask the emirate's building crisis forever, writes Steve Rose
Embassy guard suspended for Obama slur

Comments appeared on website run by security guard who worked at US embassy in London
- Phone company apologises to Obama
Pirates demand $25m within 10 days

Vessel carrying 2m barrels of oil worth £68m has a crew of 25, including two Britons
India 'can shrug off global recession'

India's two most powerful politicians said the poor should not pay for the 'profligacy' of rich nations

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The mystery of madame secretary

Nov 21 2008:
Michael Tomasky: Hillary Clinton may be Obama's choice for secretary of state, but how will they reconcile their views on US foreign policy?
Timothy Geithner to be Obama's treasury secretary

Nov 21 2008:
Geithner's appointment will be the cornerstone of a full rollout of Obama's economic team amid market turmoil
Bush's Guantánamo policy falls apart

Nov 21 2008:
Ken Gude: Yesterday's court-ordered release of Guantánamo detainees has far-reaching implications for the future of the prison
Obama picks former lobbyist as political director

Nov 21 2008:
Patrick Gaspard, 41, was registered as a labour union health lobbyist as recently as election day
Dingell jangle

Nov 21 2008:
Kate Sheppard: Henry Waxman's takeover of the House energy and commerce committee signals a new era for climate policy
Disney World opens pricey racecar attraction

Nov 21 2008:
Racing league aims to bring in fans with $399 (£269) five-minute ride around Walt Disney World Speedway
US economy: Three steps to havoc

Nov 21 2008:
Larry Elliott analyses the three stages that have led to the massive economic challenge facing Barack Obama
Chávez faces test in Venezuela's regional elections

Nov 21 2008:
Opinion polls suggest a resurgent opposition could win control of key states and cities

The not so big three

Nov 21 2008:
Thomas Noyes: The future is uncertain for the US automobile industry as its leaders return to Detroit without money or friends in Washington
Embarrassed GM axes two private jets

Nov 21 2008:
Show of contrition from aid-needing carmaker fails to stave off lashing from investors
How Putin has failed Russia

Nov 21 2008:
James Marson: He may not have ordered the killing of Anna Politkovskaya, but Putin has been unable to combat the chaos that caused it
Russians eye increased stake in Spanish oil giant Repsol

Nov 21 2008:
Russian energy company Lukoil negotiates to take stake in Repsol, one of the world's top 10 oil companies
Health of Yankees owner George Steinbrenner declines

Nov 21 2008:
New York Yankees patriarch turns 'control person' title to his younger son, Hal
Police spy on climate activist while global warming goes unarrested

Nov 21 2008:
Police spied on activist Mike Tidwell for months as a 'suspected terrorist'. From Grist, part of the Guardian Environment Network
Judge expresses discomfort with government handling of Gotti trial

Nov 21 2008:
A federal judge in Florida said yesterday that he will soon decide whether John A Gotti's racketeering trial should be tried here or moved to New York