New Orleans mayor to take oath of office
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Mayor Ray Nagin, who urged voters not to change leaders before the hurricane season, starts his second term just as the season begins.
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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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The New Orleans mayor could fill a vacuum if the state's most influential African-American politician goes down
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Mayor Ray Nagin could be days away from announcing he will run for governor of Louisiana &#151; a move many in this stricken city regard as preposterous.
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Standing in the ruins of the Lower   Ninth Ward, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin envisions for the crowd   a city rebuilt from Hurricane Katrina with new houses standing   high above the reach of killer storms and grinding poverty.
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Chicago Tribune - With an ailing Chief Justice William Rehnquist administering the oath of office, Thursday's inauguration will provide a stark reminder that President Bush soon could be embroiled in what promises to be one of the biggest fights of his presidency.
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New Orleans&#39; mayor urged the Big Easy&#39;s half-million residents to evacuate, and residents of low-lying Gulf Coast communities were ordered to leave Tuesday as Hurricane Ivan moved toward the northern Gulf Coast with 140 mph
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As the incoming governor prayed for strength to lead Louisiana through its recovery from Hurricane Katrina, the city's infirm gathered at a Mass to pray for their own healing and honor the 19th century priest many call the saint of New Orleans.
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City leaders in New Orleans say the success of the NBA All-Star game should be proof enough that their city is capable of hosting major events.
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When President Bush takes his second oath of office Jan. 20 it will be his family's fifth inauguration ceremony, a day of pomp and pageantry set amid the icons of democracy only this city can provide: the U.S. Capitol, the White House, Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Liberal opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko will be sworn in as Ukrainian president on Sunday after weeks of political turmoil.
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M. Jodi Rell was sworn in Thursday as Connecticut&#39;s governor, promising to restore &quot;faith, integrity and honor&quot; after taking over from John G. Rowland, who resigned amid a federal corruption investigation and a threatened impeachment.
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By The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 12--BILOXI -- Here is the text of Biloxi Mayor A.J. Holloway's State of the City address entitled "The revival is underway and coming to a street corner near you":   Good afternoon, and welcome to the annual State of the City address.
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NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 29 -- President Bush marked the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina by trying to reassure the people of the Gulf Coast that they are not forgotten, declaring that "the town is coming back" at an appearance Wednesday in the devastated Lower Ninth Ward.
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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 former senator plans to officially kick off his presidential bid Thursday.
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America's first black woman secretary of state took the ceremonial oath of office Friday surrounded by family and friends, some who had traveled from her native Alabama, as well as the president, first lady and a Supreme Court justice.