New Turkmen leader sworn in, pledges continuity
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Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov became gas-rich Turkmenistan's new president on Wednesday, pledging to follow a path set by late authoritarian leader Saparmurat Niyazov and respect existing energy contracts.
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Chechnya&#39;s new Kremlin-backed president was sworn in Tuesday, taking the helm of this wartorn Russian region under heavy guard nearly five months after his predecessor
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Hamid Karzai was sworn in on Tuesday as Afghanistan&#39;s first democratically elected president at a ceremony attended by Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Minister Donald Rumsfeld.
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The man who is the new public face in Turkmenistan holds the keys to enormous gas fields and state coffers and has promised reform.
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JAKARTA: Indonesia is to welcome its new President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who will take his oath of office in a ceremony later Wednesday to be witnessed by several international leaders.
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HAMID Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistanâs first popularly elected president yesterday, promising to bring peace to the war-torn nation and an end to the economyâs dependence on narcotics.
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Former General Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was sworn in as Indonesia&#39;s first directly elected president, after winning a landslide victory on pledges to tackle corruption, attract investors and create jobs.
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The new Afghan cabinet has been sworn in at a ceremony at the presidential palace in Kabul. The line-up replaces some key warlords with reformers and technocrats.
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Uzbekistan's authoritarian leader was sworn in for a third presidential term Wednesday, news reports said, despite a constitutional two-term limit.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai takes the oaths of the new cabinet members in a ceremony in Kabul.
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The former security chief of Nagorno-Karabakh was sworn in Friday as the new president of the Armenian-controlled breakaway region.
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Pakistan's new prime minister, Shaukat Aziz, a technocrat and trusted ally of military leader President Pervez Musharraf, was sworn on Saturday.
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Hamid Karzai was set to be sworn in on Tuesday as the country&#39;s first popularly elected president at a ceremony attended by two of the figures most responsible for easing him into power.
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No modern work of literature is more tied to the life and thought of a nation as Turkmenistan's "Rukhnama," a book seen in this reclusive, energy-rich country as combined epic history, divinely inspired moral guide and state policy. The country's new president, Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov, solemnly kissed the tome upon taking office Wednesday.
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Japan's new Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and his cabinet are formally sworn in by Emperor Akihito.
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Moscow, Oct 5 (PTI) Major General Alu Alkhanov was today sworn-in as the President of Chechnya amid unprecedented security, nearly five months after his predecessor was assassinated.
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GROZNY, Russia -- Chechnya's new Kremlin-backed president was sworn in yesterday, taking the helm of this wartorn Russian region under heavy guard nearly five months after his predecessor was assassinated and nearly a month after a wave of terrorist attacks blamed on Chechen rebels.