Iraq&#39;s Interim National Assembly Sworn-in
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The 100-member assembly, which represents the country&#39;s ethnic and religious diversity, will oversee the government until elections in January.
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Indonesia&#39;s new President, Susilo Bangbang Yudhoyono, has been sworn in at a ceremony at the Indonesian parliament. Australia&#39;s Prime Minister, John Howard, is one of a handful of regional leaders attending the ceremony.
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Former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was sworn in as Indonesia's sixth president on Wednesday after sweeping to power by vowing faster job growth, a war on corruption and tough punishment for terrorists. A solemn-looking Yudhoyono took the oath of office inside a cavernous hall at parliament in front of the very legislators many expect will challenge the big popular mandate he won in Indonesia's first direct presidential election last month.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi gives a keynote speech on government policy and the challenges facing Iraq before its elections to members of the Iraqi National Assembly in Baghdad, October 18.
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: A former soldier, rebel and warlord was sworn in today as the new President of Somalia in the latest attempt to unite the nation under a Central Government for the first time since 1991.
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Iraq&#39;s interim government declared a state of emergency for 60 days on Sunday ahead of January elections amid spiraling insurgent attacks that have killed 60 Iraqis in two days.
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Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, a former general, took the oath of office on Wednesday as the first directly elected president of Indonesia, and in a businesslike address
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The selection of Iraq's interim national assembly, envisioned as an introductory exercise in legislative democracy, devolved into bitter feuding Wednesday as a slate of independent candidates withdrew from the contest.
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Indonesia's new president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is being sworn into office in the capital Jakarta.
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Iraq&#39;s interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi declared martial law on Sunday and said a US-led military offensive against the rebel-held city of Falluja could not be delayed much longer.
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BAGHDAD -- Taking a halting step toward a democratic government, Iraqi political and religious leaders selected an interim national assembly yesterday that includes representatives from many of the parties that control the current government.
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Iraq&#39;s interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi joined the race for Iraq&#39;s Jan. 30 elections at a Wednesday news conference meant to highlight his appeal to Iraq&#39;s diverse and sometimes fractious ethnic and religious groups.
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After five months of often bitter wrangling over Cabinet posts, Iraq&#039;s unity government took office Saturday and vowed to fight the insurgency, restore stability and set the stage for the eventual withdrawal of U.S. and other foreign troops.
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Former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono  took office as Indonesia's first directly elected leader on  Wednesday after sweeping to power by vowing faster job growth,  a war on corruption and tough punishment for terrorists. A  solemn-looking Yudhoyono was sworn in at parliament in front of  the very legislators many expect will challenge the big popular  mandate he won in Indonesia's historic democratic presidential  ballot last month.
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Description: Iraq&#39;s interim leader works to persuade Iraqi expatriates to participate in January&#39;s parliamentary elections.
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MARK COLVIN: The former general and security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been sworn in as Indonesia&#39;s sixth president at a ceremony at the parliamentary building in Jakarta.
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Reaction to Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's speech Thursday to a joint meeting of Congress: