New Somali leader to be sworn in
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Somalia's president-elect, tasked with setting up the first national government in 13 years, is due to take the oath of office in Kenya.
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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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BAIDOA, Somalia  - Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi reshuffled his cabinet on Wednesday, stamping his authority on a government seeking to reassert itself in the chaotic nation after driving out rival Islamists.
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The Somali peace process that began in Kenya two years ago could soon come to a close. Somalia&#39;s new parliament, which is sitting in Kenya&#39;s capital, Nairobi, is on the verge of selecting a president, and
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AFGHANISTAN&#39;S first democratically elected president was sworn in yesterday - vowing to crack down on drug traffickers and the last of the Taliban.
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Security was stepped up across the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday ahead of a major peace meeting seen as the interim government's best hope of strengthening its legitimacy in the Horn of Africa nation.
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Somalia&#39;s new president Abdullahi Yusuf is calling for outside help to restore security to the war-torn Horn of Africa country, which has been without a central government for 13 years.
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Umaru Yar'Adua will be sworn in as Nigeria's new president, after the outgoing head made a final speech to the nation.
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After years of anarchy, Somalia is poised to set up a new parliament which will elect a president.
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In Indonesian Mediawatch this week, the formidable task ahead for President Yudhoyono and his team. On Wednesday Indonesiaâs first democratically elected president was sworn in.
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Hamid Karzai has been sworn in as Afghanistan&#39;s first democratically elected president at a ceremony attended by US Deputy President Dick Cheney and Defence Minister Donald Rumsfeld.
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NAIROBI, Kenya - Members of Somalia&#39;s transitional Parliament on Sunday elected a former army colonel as interim president, the final stage of a peace plan meant to end 13 years of civil war in the Horn of Africa nation.
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Members of the Somali parliament vote on Sunday to elect a new president, in a bid to end years of lawlessness.
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Ethiopian-backed warlord Abdullahi  Yusuf was elected president of lawless Somalia on Sunday and  immediately called for outside help to stabilize his broken  country, widely seen as a terrorist haven.
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Somali officials began counting votes  cast by lawmakers Sunday in a presidential election aimed at  returning national government to the chaotic Horn of Africa  state for the first time in 13 years.
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Somalia's parliament votes for a new president  in a bid to restore government to their lawless nation.
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: Somalia&#39;s new president named a prime minister, choosing a member from another of the four largest clans to preside over what is hoped will be a government of reconciliation in the war-ravaged country.