India&#39;s first woman president to be sworn in
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India&#39;s first female president, Pratibha Patil, will be sworn in on Wednesday as head of state of the world&#39;s largest democracy.
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India elected its first female president on Saturday, official results showed, in what supporters called a boost for the rights of millions of downtrodden women, despite a bitter campaign marked by scandal.
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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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Narendra Modi is sworn in as the chief minister of the western Indian state of Gujarat for a second consecutive term.
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Harvard University was expected to appoint its first female president this weekend, signaling a new direction under the leadership of a career academic at the oldest U.S. institute of higher learning.
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ABUJA, Nigeria -- Nigeria's new president, Umaru Yar'Adua, was sworn in yesterday, pledging to be a humble "servant-leader" and to reform the electoral process to prevent future fraud, after the elections he won last month were widely condemned by international and local observers.
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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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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan&#39;s new Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will be sworn in on Saturday, a day after he was elected by parliament during a session boycotted by the entire opposition.
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HAMID Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan&#39;s first democratically elected president today, promising to restore security to the war-shattered country three years after the fall of the Taliban.
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Hamid Karzai was due to be sworn in as  Afghanistan's first popularly elected President on Tuesday at a  ceremony attended by two of the figures most responsible for  easing him into power.
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THE CEREMONY: Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a five-year term as Afghan president after winning the country&#39;s first vote for head of state.
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Indonesia&#39;s new President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has sworn in his new cabinet, demanding a pledge from the 36 new ministers that they remain free of corruption and negligence.
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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 Tuesday as Afghanistan&#39;s first popularly elected president, opening a new chapter for the impoverished country, which became a haven for international
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JERUSALEM -- Nobel peace laureate Shimon Peres was sworn in as Israel's president yesterday and pledged to seize the opportunity to encourage long-delayed efforts to achieve a diplomatic resolution to conflict in the Middle East.
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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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First female leader of a Muslim country in modern times had envisioned a democratic, moderate future