Belize gets new leader
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Belize's opposition United Democratic Party won a landslide victory in general elections, ending Prime Minister Said Musa's 10 years in office.
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President Chen Shui-bian (é³æ°´æ) stated Thursday that &quot;Taiwan&quot; is the most precise abbreviated designation for the this island country during a one-day state visit to the Central American nation of Belize.
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South Africa's ruling African National Congress elects Jacob Zuma as new leader
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POLOKWANE, South Africa  - South Africa's ruling ANC elected Jacob Zuma as its new leader on Tuesday, dumping President Thabo Mbeki and putting the populist politician on course to lead the country in 2009.
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Former Manchester United striker Mark Hughes has been appointed the new manager of Blackburn Rovers. The Wales boss had been the favourite to take over the Lancashire club after former manager Graeme Souness
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Malaysia swears in a new monarch for a five-year term, under the country's rotational system of succession.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Thursday he had named former housing minister Ramon Carrizales as his new vice president, the first change in his cabinet announced since a stinging poll defeat last month.
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Alu Alkhanov has been officially named the new president of Chechnya, and is due to take office in a month.
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MEXICO CITY -- A leftist opposition leader who says he was robbed of victory in a July election was sworn in as Mexico's "legitimate president" yesterday in a challenge to his conservative rival, President-elect Felipe Calder&#xF3;n.
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Leaders of an autonomy drive in Bolivia's largest province got a boost Friday, winning concessions from President Carlos Mesa that clear the way for them to eventually choose their own provincial leaders.
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MONTEGO BAY - Prime Minister of Barbados Owen Arthur has called for the development of &quot;new modalities of cooperation&quot; in the fight against HIV/AIDS, as the region moved closer to the establishment of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).
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New PM to complete ministerial reshuffle and set out plans to make government more accountable.
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The World Bank confirms that former US diplomat Robert Zoellick will become its new president.
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HONG KONG At the beginning of this year, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of Thailand was being touted as the new informal leader of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
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Congo's newly elected national assembly was installed Friday and party leaders began jockeying for power in the divided group, while a key politician threw his support behind President Joseph Kabila.
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Guatemala's new president, Alvaro Colom, pledged on Monday to fight violence and drug trafficking as he took power in a country racked by crime.
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Mahmoud Abbas, the new leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the man expected to be elected the new president of the Palestinian Authority, has been making