New centre-right Swedish PM takes office
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Centre-right opposition leader Fredrik Reinfeldt, who has pledged to cut taxes and trim the welfare state, formally became Sweden's new prime minister on Thursday after winning a vote in parliament.
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Swedes began voting on Sunday in a  parliamentary election in which a centre-right alliance could  take power from the Social Democrats and their allies on  pledges to fine-tune the country's welfare system.
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Swedish Prime Minister Goeran Persson admitted defeat in legislative elections at the hands of a centre-right coalition headed by 41-year-old Fredrik Reinfeldt.
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Geir Haarde became Iceland&#039;s new prime minister Thursday, marking a return to the office for Iceland&#039;s largest political party and a likely shift toward a tighter fiscal policy.
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Retired Gen Surayud Chulanont begins work as  Thailand's new, military-appointed prime minister.
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The new Swedish center-right government is set to focus on reducing unemployment and cutting taxes, a move that may further fuel the country's economy.
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Pakistan&#39;s National Assembly elected Shaukat Aziz as the nation&#39;s new prime minister Friday. Aziz won 191 votes to none for rival candidate Javed Hashmi.
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Final election results Thursday showed John Howard becoming Australia's first prime minister in 24 years to control both houses of parliament, clearing the way for the conservative leader to push through reforms including relaxing media ownership laws.
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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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John Howard has been formally sworn in as Prime Minister with his new fourth term ministry by Queen Elizabeth II's Australian representative Governor-General Michael Jeffery.
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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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Centre-right leader Fredrik Reinfedlt   starts work on forming a coalition government in Sweden on   Monday after ending 12 years of Social Democrat rule with vows   to cut taxes and trim the welfare state.
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has staged a political comeback, leading his first cabinet meeting since stepping aside seven weeks ago following street protests and controversial polls.
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Sweden began voting in a   parliamentary election on Sunday in which a centre-right   alliance could oust the long-ruling Social Democrats on pledges   to fine-tune the country's welfare state.
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Sweden's center-right opposition alliance declared victory Sunday after nearly complete official results showed it narrowly defeating the governing Social Democrats in parliamentary elections. Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson conceded defeat and said his government would resign.
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SLOVENIA'S parliament elected centrist leader Janez Jansa as new prime minister today, giving him a clear mandate to form a ruling coalition after elections last month.
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Romania&#39;s new center-right government led by Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu was sworn in Wednesday after it won a vote of confidence in parliament.