| Obama taps Clinton, Gates for US 'new dawn' abroad (AP) [7 mins][Kansas] AP - Barack Obama promised "a new dawn of American leadership" in a troubled world Monday, announcing a strong-willed national security team headed by Hillary Rodham Clinton, who fought him long and bitterly for the presidency, and Robert Gates, the man who has been running two wars for George W. Bush. | Mortgage lending dives 70% to second lowest figure on record as new bank collapses [30 mins] Mortgage lending plunged 70 per cent in just four weeks, figures revealed yesterday. |
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