Ukraine president to be sworn in
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Viktor Yushchenko will be sworn in as Ukrainian president on Sunday after the Supreme Court upheld his election victory.
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Ceremonies to mark the 150th anniversary of the Crimean War get under way in Ukraine.
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Viktor Yushchenko, to be sworn in as president Sunday, has pledged to steer Ukraine on a new course, fighting corruption and bringing the former Soviet republic closer to the European Union and NATO while maintaining good relations with Russia.
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Ukraine's parliament began a session on  Friday where deputies were expected to vote in Viktor  Yanukovich as prime minister and agree on the line-up of his  coalition cabinet.
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Boris Tadic will be sworn in as  president of Serbia on Friday, two days before Kosovo declares  independence in Serbia's most traumatic moment since it was  bombed by NATO in 1999 to end ethnic-cleansing in the province.
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A ring of steel was placed around the  Afghan capital on Tuesday as Hamid Karzai prepared to be sworn  in as the country's first popularly elected President at a  ceremony attended by two of the figures most responsible for  easing him into power.
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The Ukrainian parliament is expected to confirm Yulia Timoshenko, a pivotal figure in the "orange revolution" that swept President Viktor Yushchenko to power, as the country's prime minister.
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Liberal Viktor Yushchenko will be sworn in as Ukraine's new president Sunday, ending weeks of turmoil and setting the stage for the ex-Soviet state to edge closer to Europe while upholding traditional links ...
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Ukraine election officials were set to officially declare Viktor Yushchenko winner of a presidential rerun vote, paving the way for the "orange revolution" hero to be sworn in as the third president of an independent Ukraine.
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Liberal Viktor Yushchenko will be sworn in  as Ukraine's new president Sunday, ending weeks of political  turmoil and setting the stage for the ex-Soviet state to move  out of imperial leader Russia's sphere of influence.
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The president will begin his second term with an inauguration that will be his alone in a way the ceremony four years ago was not.
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Ukraine's Supreme Court agreed on Friday  to hear an appeal of the outcome of last month's presidential  election, pushing president-elect Viktor Yushchenko's  inauguration into next week at the earliest.
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Ukraine's Parliament will set a date for the presidential inauguration after the election outcome is officially announced, a source in Parliament has said.
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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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Viktor Yushchenko, to be sworn in as president Sunday, has pledged to steer Ukraine on a new course, fighting corruption and bringing the country closer to the European Union and NATO while maintaining good relations with Russia.
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Ukraine's newly-inaugurated President Viktor Yushchenko prepared to fly to Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin, moving quickly to reassure the leadership in Moscow on his plans to orient his country firmly towards the West.
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Hamid Karzai was due to be sworn in as Afghanistan&#39;s first popularly elected President on Tuesday at a ceremony attended by two of the figures most responsible for easing him into power.