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19.01.2009

Barack Obama inauguration: world waits for the 17 minute speech

A volunteer at the teenage homeless shelter in this run-down black part of Washington asked if he had worked up a sweat. “Nah, I don’t sweat,” replied the shirt-sleeved President-elect. “You ever see me sweat?”

For all the apparent absence of perspiration, there was still plenty of inspiration for Mr Obama. He called on America to commemorate the anniversary of Martin Luther King’s birth by joining him in a day of service, saying: “Don’t underestimate the power for people to pull together and to accomplish amazing things.”