Senator John Kerry embraces his wife Teresa Heinz Kerry after delivering his concession speech at Fanieul Hall in Boston Wednesday. (Gerald Herbert, AP)
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Alexandra Kerry, right and Vanessa Kerry, daughters of Democratic Presidential candidate Senator John Kerry, comfort each other as they listen to him deliver his concession speech at Faneuil Hall in Boston Wednesday. (Gerald Herbert, AP)
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President Bush and first lady Laura Bush salute and wave during an election victory rally Wednesday at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Centre in Washington. (Charles Dharapak, AP)
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Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld wipes his eyes during a victory address by President Bush at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington. At left is Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge. At rear centre is US Trade Representative Robert Zoelick talking with Secretary of the Treasury John Snow. At right is Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP)
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This photo of the November 15, 2004 special election issue of Time Magazine with President George W Bush on its cover was released in New York, Wednesday, November 3, 2004. Bush won both the popular and electoral vote in his reelection bid, defeating Democratic challenger Senator John Kerry. (Time Magazine, AP)
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks to the media at a press conference in 10 Downing Street in central London. Blair, who spoke by phone to US president George Bush earlier to congratulate him following his election win, made clear that he will press the US President to make peace in the Middle East a key priority of the next four years, alongside the war on terror.(Stefan Rousseau, AP)
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard talks to reporters outside his Sydney residence where he congratulated US president George W Bush on his election win. US President George W Bush's re-election is a strong reaffirmation of his leadership in the global war on terror, Prime Minister Howard said. (Dean Lewins, AP)
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National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice and adviser Karen Hughes talk during an election victory rally at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Centre in Washington. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP)
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Supporters of President Bush hold signs and wave American flags at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington DC as Democratic Senator John Kerry concedes the election in a speech from Boston. (Ron Edmonds, AP)
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A newspaper poster is pictured in a Sydney train station declaring US President George Bush's re-election. Acting Australian Prime Minister John Anderson on Thursday congratulated US President George W Bush on his re-election victory, saying Australia looked forward to finalising a free trade agreement with the United States. (Mark Baker, AP)
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A Malaysian takes a copy of Nanyang Siang Pao as other major newspapers frontpage reporting that US President George W Bush has won re-election in early editions are on display at a bookstore in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Andy Wong, AP)
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A passerby walks past a newspaper headline showing the news of US presidential elections in a Hong Kong downtown stree. Hong Kongers watched the US election with keen interest because its entrepot trade is sensitive to changes in US policy. (Vincent Yu, AP)
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English and Bengali vernacular newspapers carry re-election news of US President George W Bush in Calcutta, India. (Bikas Das, AP)
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A protester wears an anti-Bush sticker on his forehead while demonstrating against US President George W Bush and the results of the US presidential elections at New York's Union Square. Bush declared victory in his bitterly contested bid for re-election and asked Americans for 'broad support' as he pursues a war on terrorism and defends emerging democracies in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Mandel Ngan, AFP)
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Protesters shout slogans while demonstrating against US President George W Bush and the results of the US presidential elections at New York's Union Square. (Mandel Ngan, AFP)
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Protesters burn a placard with the portrait of re-elected US President George W Bush during a rally near the US Embassy in Manila following the US presidential election. The protester assailed Bush's re-election allegedly as a continuing "US war on aggression." (Bullit Marquez, AP)
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A protester holds a partially-burned photocopied portrait of US President George W Bush during a rally near the US Embassy in Manila to protest his re-election. The protesters assailed Bush's reelection allegedly as continuing "US war on aggression." (Bullit Marquez, AP)
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