(NO TRANSCRIPTS) In 2008,Kennedy saw an agent of change in Senator Barack Obama and became one of the first prominent Democrats to endorse Obama's bid for the party's nomination for president.

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In that role he oversaw the privatisation of Britain's electricity industry as energy minister in the Conservative government and approved Enron's bid for permission to build one of the first gas-fired electric generating plants in Britain.

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In a year when Cameroon -- traditionally one of Africa's strongest sides -- are struggling for form in their bid to qualify for the 2010 World Cup finals and Africa Cup of Nations, Le Guen has much to prove.

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Siphiwe, from South Africa, was one of four children who featured in the film for London's bid.

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