India's BJP names new president
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Former Indian deputy Prime Minister LK Advani becomes the new president of the main opposition BJP.
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AHMEDABAD, India  - A controversial hardline Hindu politician formally took power as chief minister of India's Gujarat state on Tuesday, after a strong election victory that came as a shot in the arm for his Hindu-nationalist party.
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Alu Alkhanov has been officially named the new president of Chechnya, and is due to take office in a month.
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India's ruling Congress party elected on Friday powerful politician Vilasrao Deshmukh as the new chief minister of the giant state of Maharashtra, ending nearly two weeks of political vacuum in the key province.
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The president of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) resigned making way for former deputy prime minister Lal Krishna Advani, known to be on the Hindu nationalist party's hawkish flank, to take over.
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His Liberal Democratic Party will elect a new leader Sept. 19.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe named a new farm minister on Friday, four days after a scandal-tainted predecessor committed suicide, as opposition parties turned the heat up over mismanaged pensions and scandals.
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The first female president of India since independence is due to take her oath of office in Delhi.
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Latvia's president is to name outgoing  interior minister Ivars Godmanis as new prime minister, news  agency LETA said on Friday.
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Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Babulal Gaur will be the next chief minister. His name was proposed by outgoing Chief Minister Uma Bharti, which was accepted by the BJP legislatature party.
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India looked set Thursday to get its first woman president after a vote by lawmakers, but doubts remained as to whether the 72-year-old -- dogged by a slew of scandals -- was fit to assume the post.
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Mayawati, the new Chief Minister of India's Uttar Pradesh state, promises to wipe out crime and corruption.
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The new government in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand wins a vote of confidence.
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Bangladesh's new chief election commissioner was sworn in in a move aimed at ending opposition party claims of vote bias so that credible elections can take place.
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Nobel prize-winner Jose Ramos-Horta has been named as East Timor&#039;s new prime minister, President Xanana Gusmao announced, ending weeks of political uncertainty in the nation.
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India's cricket board is due to reveal the team's new coach, with Dav Whatmore the leading contender.
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Pratibha Patil has been elected as India's first female president, voting officials say.