| Source: | ABC News |
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| Published: | Tuesday, December 2, 2008 9:50 AEDT |
| Expires: | Monday, March 2, 2009 9:50 AEDT |
US President-elect Barack Obama has nominated Hillary Clinton to be his "tough, smart" secretary of state and has asked Robert Gates to stay on as defence secretary.
ABC News Online takes a look at the big stories from 2008.
Want to know more about the Sydney Festival? Ask our blogger Antonette Collins.
Hundreds of Elvis impersonators have boarded a train from Sydney to Parkes for an annual festival.
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