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 to respect existing energy contracts.
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Hamid Karzai was sworn in on Tuesday as  Afghanistan's first democratically elected president at a  ceremony attended by Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense  Minister Donald Rumsfeld.
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The Cabinet of Afghanistan&#39;s President Hamid Karzai has been sworn in at a ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Kabul. Seven weeks after he won Afghanistan&#39;s first ever presidential election, Mr Karzai has
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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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Hamid Karzai on Tuesday vowed to fight drugs and terrorism and work hard to lead his country forward as he was sworn in as Afghanistanâs first directly-elected president.
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DEAR readers, the day has finally arrived, when Afghanistan saw the installation of its first democratically elected president. Hamid Karzai has a new face today: he is not an imposed
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Former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was sworn in as Indonesia&#39;s sixth president after sweeping to power by vowing faster job growth, a war on corruption and tough punishment for terrorists.
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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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Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan's first democratically elected president at a ceremony in the capital Kabul, witnesses said.
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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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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan&#39;s new prime minister, Shaukat Aziz, a technocrat and trusted ally of military leader President Pervez Musharraf, was sworn in on Saturday.
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A former soldier, rebel and warlord was sworn in Thursday 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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Islam Karimov is sworn in for a seven-year term as President of Uzbekistan, following elections in December
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ASHGABAT. Feb 18 (Interfax) - Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has said work will continue to switch ministries and government agencies of the financial-economic bloc to one computer network.
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Indonesia&#39;s new president has sworn in his cabinet, a day after his inauguration. But some of the names in the new administration have raised concerns among observers that politics might have won out over practicalities.
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Multiple construction plans were announced at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan. A new phase in the implementation of a large-scale construction program in Turkmenistan was announced by President Saparmurat Niyazov.
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Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov is declared the winner of Turkmenistan's presidential elections.