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Which politician got twice as much coverage as Madonna? How many years would it take you to watch all the US election coverage in one go? Have the world’s media got serious in 2008?

Which politician got twice as much coverage as Madonna? How many years would it take you to watch all the US election coverage in one go? Have the world’s media got serious in 2008?

Five years on from the start of the war in Iraq Al Jazeera visited the USA to guage public mood towards the conflict.

In a special four part documentary we talked to, among others, grieving mothers, politicians and the man widely regarded as coining the phrase “axis of evil”, who still supports the war.

Five years on from the start of the war in Iraq Al Jazeera visited the USA to guage public mood towards the conflict.

In a special four part documentary we talked to, among others, grieving mothers, politicians and the man widely regarded as coining the phrase “axis of evil”, who still supports the war.

Ghida Fakhry Tues 08 Jan 08 Interview with Mkhaimer Abusada about US elections on Al Jazeera English

In the second part of Al Jazeera’s year by year focus on the events and the policies that helped shape Iraq and the current chaos in the country, we look at 2005 - the year the trial began of former leader Saddam Hussein.

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In the second part of Al Jazeera’s year by year focus on the events and the policies that helped shape Iraq and the current chaos in the country, we look at 2005 - the year the trial began of former leader Saddam Hussein.

On the back of large support from the state’s black voters Barack Obama has defeated former first lady Hillary Clinton convincingly in the Democratic presidential primary in South Carolina. Kimberly Halkett reports.

Drug abuse continues to be a major problem in the United States, though neither the Democratic or Republican presidential candidates have said much about how they would deal with it.

Al Jazeera’s Monica Villamizar reports from Baltimore, a city that has struggled to deal with its inner-city drug problems.