Lott's Senate replacement sworn in
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Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday swore in Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., to replace retiring Sen. Trent Lott.
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The first openly gay member of the Utah state Senate was sworn in Monday. Addressing colleagues in one of the most conservative legislative bodies in the nation, Democrat Scott McCoy, 34, said his sexual orientation will not define his work as a lawmaker.
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BUCHAREST Romania&#39;s new centrist government was sworn in on Wednesday and immediately set out to overhaul the tax system, fight corruption and boost investment in the country.
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The Senate has confirmed Carl J. Artman as head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, filling a post that has been vacant for two years.
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Phnom Penh (VNA) - The Cambodian Senate on Monday endorsed a Throne Council bill, submitted by the National Assembly on Oct. 8, paving the way for the appointment of a successor to King Norodom Sihanouk, who announced he is to &quot;retire&quot; on Oct. 7.
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A US senator who underwent emergency brain surgery last December makes his first public appearance.
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Dr. John Barrasso began his rounds on Capitol Hill on Monday, learning how to be a senator. Barrasso, a conservative Republican surgeon who was until now a Wyoming state senator, was sworn in by Vice President Dick Cheney Monday afternoon. Gov. Dave Freudenthal selected him to fill the seat of Sen. Craig Thomas, who died June 4 while being treated for leukemia.
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Ernest Bai Koroma was sworn in hours after election officials declared him the winner of a tense run-off vote.
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Shaukat Aziz, former finance minister and a key ally to President Pervez Musharraf, has been sworn in the country's new prime minister.
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Indonesia's new president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is being sworn into office in the capital Jakarta.
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JAKARTA (JP): Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was on Wednesday sworn in as Indonesia&#39;s sixth president and the first to be directly elected, replacing Megawati Soekarnoputri.
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A dispute over when to hold an election to determine Republican Sen. Trent Lott's successor headed to court Wednesday.
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Henry Paulson, the former chief  executive of Goldman Sachs, was sworn in as the 74th U.S.  Treasury secretary on Monday, inheriting challenges that  include pressuring China on its currency and soothing worries  about trade and budget deficits.
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Afghanistanâs new cabinet was being sworn in today, a day after Hamid Karzai chose its members in his first major decision since his inauguration this month as the nationâs first democratically elected president.
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George W. Bush was sworn in to a  second four-year term as president of the United States on  Thursday in a ceremony on the steps of the Capitol.
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ISLAMABAD : Shaukat Aziz, former finance minister and a key ally to President Pervez Musharraf, has been sworn in the country&#39;s new prime minister.
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Retired Adm. Mike McConnell was sworn in on Tuesday as the U.S. national intelligence director, taking over at a time when the al Qaeda organization appears to be regrouping.