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Obama takes the oath of office

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Barack Obama has been inaugurated as America's 44th president.

On the steps of the US Capitol in Washington, America's first African-American leader placed his hand on the Lincoln Bible, which was used by Abraham Lincoln at his inauguration in 1861, and repeated the oath of office.

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