Obama Takes Office Today

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Source: The Daily Star(Bangladesh)

Barack Obama's team vowed to lose no time remaking the nation and the world as a blazing constellation of stars kicked off a three-day inauguration party for America's first black president Sunday.

Once he takes office today, top aides said, Obama will immediately set in train economic revival, an end to the war in Iraq and a new dawn for US diplomacy.

Obama, in a tribute to civil rights hero Martin Luther King, said Monday his inauguration as America's first black president would extend the work of "renewing the promise of this nation."

"Tomorrow, we will come together as one people on the same mall where Dr King's dream echoes still. As we do, we recognize that here in America, our destinies are inextricably linked," he said in a statement.

"We resolve that as we walk, we must walk together. And as we go forward in the work of renewing the promise of this nation, let's remember King's lesson -- that our separate dreams are really one."

On the eve of his historic inauguration, Obama was Monday marking Martin Luther King Jr Day with a series of community events here under the banner of "Renew America Together: A Call to Service."

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People are waking up around the world on January 20th. Obama's Inauguration Day!