| Source: | ABC News |
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| Published: | Tuesday, November 18, 2008 9:22 AEDT |
| Expires: | Monday, February 16, 2009 9:22 AEDT |
The US Pesident-elect Barack Obama has extended an olive branch to his defeated Republican rival John McCain with a meeting in Chicago.
ABC News Online takes a look at the big stories from 2008.
The US president-elect, a self-confessed Spider-Man fan, will star in an edition of the comic.
Hundreds of Elvis impersonators have boarded a train from Sydney to Parkes for an annual festival.
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