New ETimor PM starts job with weapons handover
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East Timor Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta began his new job collecting weapons from civilians as the nation tries to rebuild from a spate of violence.
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose  Ramos-Horta is to be East Timor&#039;s new prime minister, President  Xanana Gusmao told reporters on Saturday, a move aimed at  ending weeks of political uncertainty in Asia&#039;s newest nation.
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East Timor's Prime Minister, Jose  Ramos-Horta, said on Sunday he expected a new U.N. mission to  arrive in a month, a move aimed at shoring up security in the  fledgling nation torn by violence three months ago.
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Guinea's president has agreed to appoint a new prime minister amenable to the West African country's powerful union chiefs in an attempt to end a crippling strike and simmering unrest that has killed scores of people this year.
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East Timor's prime minister met Tuesday with hundreds of soldiers whose dismissal earlier this year sparked fierce gunbattles in the capital, and the eventual installation of a new government.
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A recent escalation in violence presents a major challenge to Thailand's new government, which took office last week. Military and political measures imposed by previous governments had little success in curbing the violence
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PRETORIA, South Africa  - The new head of Interpol  declared war on small arms Tuesday, saying the proliferation of  pistols, shotguns and rifles threatens peace and law  enforcement across Africa and around the world.
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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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Guinea's ruler appointed a new prime minister, state-run radio said Friday, in a move apparently aimed at appeasing union leaders who led a crippling two-week strike.
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Pakistan&#39;s finance minister for the past five years, Shaukat Aziz, has been sworn in as the country&#39;s new prime minister. Mr.
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TOKYO - Yasuo Fukuda swept to power as Japan's prime minister yesterday, promising to use his skills as a negotiator to win approval for extending Tokyo's contentious mission in support of US troops in Afghanistan.
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A former general with a doctorate in economics takes power in Indonesia on Wednesday, facing the challenge of translating a landslide election victory into action on economic growth and against Islamic militancy.
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East Timor's newly installed Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta has offered a weapons amnesty to prevent a repeat of communal clashes which left 21 dead and displaced 150,000 two months ago.
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Â· Former head of Ofcom to be political chief of staff  Â· Policy supremo will help get key messages across
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Serbia and Montenegro appoints a new head of its armed forces, in a move seen as a bid to move closer to joining NATO.
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Pakistan's new prime minister, Shaukat Aziz, a technocrat and trusted ally of military leader President Pervez Musharraf, was sworn on Saturday.
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Indonesia&#39;s new President, Susilo Bangbang Yudhoyono, has been sworn in at a ceremony at the Indonesian parliament. Australia&#39;s Prime Minister, John Howard, is one of a handful of regional leaders attending the ceremony.