Army Names Eyadema's Son as Togo's Leader
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Togo's armed forces said Faure Gnassingbe,  the son of former president Gnassingbe Eyadema, would assume  power in the West African country following the death of his  father earlier on Saturday.
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A Nigerian court Friday granted the jailed Biafran separatist leader, Ralph Uwazuruike, three months bail to enable him attend his mother's funeral, court officials said.
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The announcement was made in a letter read to the National Assembly on Thursday by Prince Norodom Ranariddh, the king&#39;s son and chairman of the assembly.
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TOGO LOME -- Security forces used tear gas and batons to scatter hundreds of opposition demonstrators yesterday, and tension heightened between Togo and its neighbors over what West African and other leaders call a Togolese military coup. Five West African leaders summoned Togo's authorities to talks in Niger today, calling for sanctions if the new leader, Faure Gnassingbe, did not ...
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Japan's newborn prince, who is in line to be emperor, was given the name Hisahito in a traditional ceremony, the palace said.
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Togo's parliament passes measures which would allow the son of the late president to succeed him.
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Sudan confirmed Monday that the suspected overlord of the militias blamed for the worst atrocities against Darfur's civilians has been named to a senior government position.
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Togo's parliament hastily amended the constitution Sunday to put a legal veneer on the military's appointment of 39-year-old Faure Gnassingbe to replace his deceased father as president, voiding the need for ...
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The late president's son in Togo is sworn in amid international concern at what some say was a "coup".
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World leaders condemned Togo's army on  Sunday for suspending the West African nation's constitution  and installing a new president following the death of  Gnassingbe Eyadema, who was Africa's longest serving ruler at  38 years.
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One of the key cadres of Ezz Eddine al-Qassam group, the military wing of the Hamas movement, was killed and another one was strongly injured in a mortar explosion.
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The son of Cambodia&#39;s former King Norodom Sihanouk, has formally taken his oath as monarch in a ceremony broadcast on national television.
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Togo's main opposition parties insisted on  Wednesday that the country's new leader appointed by the army  must stand down and let the former head of the national  assembly take over until elections can be held.
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When Gnassingbe Eyadema seized power in Togo in 1967, it was the era of the Big Man in Africa. Like many leaders of his generation, Eyadema ruthlessly crushed opposition forces, nurtured a cult of personality, then clung to power decade after decade, growing rich as his tiny West African nation stayed poor.
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The late president's son is sworn in in Togo amid international concern at what some say was a "coup".
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France on Saturday mourned the loss of a "friend" with the death of Togo President Gnassingbe Eyadema, who with more than 37 years at the helm was Africa's longest-serving leader.
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The first boy to be born into Japan's   imperial family in nearly 41 years was named Prince Hisahito on   Tuesday in a private ceremony at the Tokyo hospital where his   mother is recovering from a Caesarean section, the Imperial   Household Agency said.