Gul sworn in as Turkey president
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Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul was sworn in as Turkey's president on Tuesday despite the objections of a powerful military that fears a creeping subversion of the country's secular order under the former Islamist.
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Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan's first democratically elected president at a ceremony in the capital Kabul, witnesses said.
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Turkey's powerful armed forces chief paid a courtesy visit to his newly elected president on Monday following accusations the general had snubbed him because of his Islamist past.
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Abdullah Gul has become the first politician with an Islamist background to be elected president of Turkey. Send us your reaction.
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ISLAMABAD : Shaukat Aziz, former finance minister and a key ally to President Pervez Musharraf, has been sworn in the country&#39;s new prime minister.
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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.
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HAMID Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistanâs first popularly elected president yesterday, promising to bring peace to the war-torn nation and an end to the economyâs dependence on narcotics.
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Turkish President Abdullah Gul will make his first visit to Washington as president next month to discuss Turkey's EU accession goals and efforts to quell Kurdish rebels in Iraq, a spokesman said Friday.
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Hamid Karzai was set to be sworn in on Tuesday as the country&#39;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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New Turkish President Abdullah Gul approved a pro-EU cabinet on Wednesday which reflected Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's desire to push ahead with stalled political and economic reforms needed to join the bloc.
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CAIRO, Aug. 28 -- Beaming as the votes were counted, a veteran government figure with roots in political Islam won a parliamentary vote to become Turkey's president Tuesday, in defiance of the country's strongly secular military. Abdullah Gul's triumph presented Turkey's generals with a choice:...
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Hamid Karzai was sworn in as  Afghanistan's first popularly elected president on Tuesday at a  ceremony attended by two of the men most responsible for easing  him into power.
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Turkish MPs are expected to elect a controversial former Islamist, Abdullah Gul, as president of the republic.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan returned to an enthusiastic welcome in Istanbul after reaching a historic deal to start membership talks with the European Union next year.
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Retired Gen. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was sworn in as Indonesia's sixth president on Wednesday after winning the country's first-ever direct elections for head of state last month.
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MARK COLVIN: The former general and security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been sworn in as Indonesia&#39;s sixth president at a ceremony at the parliamentary building in Jakarta.
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Just hours before President Bush was to travel to the Middle East, he welcomed Turkish President Abdullah Gul to the White House on Tuesday, praising his country as a friend as well as âa great strategic partner.â