New Turkmen leader sworn in, pledges continuity
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Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov became gas-rich Turkmenistan's new president on Wednesday, pledging to follow a path set by late authoritarian leader Saparmurat Niyazov and respect existing energy contracts.
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Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, a retired army general with a newly minted doctorate in economics, was sworn in Wednesday as Indonesia's first directly elected president and unveiled a cabinet reflecting his cautious approach to reform.
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Hamid Karzai was sworn-in as Afghanistan&#39;s first directly-elected president amid tight security at his fortified Presidential Palace Tuesday.
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A glance at Turkmenistan, which voted Sunday to replace the late longtime autocratic President Saparmurat Niyazov:
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Another milestone is on the horizon for the people of post-Taliban Afghanistan. Hamid Karzai takes the oath of office Dec. 7 as Afghanistan&#39;s first democratically elected president.
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AFGHANISTAN&#39;S first democratically elected president was sworn in yesterday - vowing to crack down on drug traffickers and the last of the Taliban.
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Hamid Karzai was due to be sworn in as  Afghanistan's first popularly elected President on Tuesday at a  ceremony attended by two of the figures most responsible for  easing him into power.
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Afghanistan&#39;s president, Hamid Karzai, has sworn in a new cabinet that sidelines powerful militia leaders in favour of reformers.
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Hamid Karzai was sworn in today as Afghanistan&#39;s first democratically elected president. In a solemn ceremony at the restored royal palace in Kabul, with Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld in attendance, Hamid
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: A former soldier, rebel and warlord was sworn in today as the new President of Somalia in the latest attempt to unite the nation under a Central Government for the first time since 1991.
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Excerpt from report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS  Ashkhabad, 16 February: New Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov cancelled the ban of his predecessor Saparmurat Niyazov and allowed Internet in the republic. He also decreed to carry out a reform in education.
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Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov became gas-rich Turkmenistan's new president on Wednesday, pledging to follow a path set by late authoritarian leader Saparmurat Niyazov and to respect existing energy contracts.
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GROZNY, Russia -- Chechnya's new Kremlin-backed president was sworn in yesterday, taking the helm of this wartorn Russian region under heavy guard nearly five months after his predecessor was assassinated and nearly a month after a wave of terrorist attacks blamed on Chechen rebels.
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Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, a former general, took the oath of office on Wednesday as the first directly elected president of Indonesia, and in a businesslike address
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No modern work of literature is more tied to the life and thought of a nation as Turkmenistan's "Rukhnama," a book seen in this reclusive, energy-rich country as combined epic history, divinely inspired moral guide and state policy. The country's new president, Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov, solemnly kissed the tome upon taking office Wednesday.
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ASHGABAT. Feb 18 (Interfax) - Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has said work will continue to switch ministries and government agencies of the financial-economic bloc to one computer network.
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THE CEREMONY: Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a five-year term as Afghan president after winning the country&#39;s first vote for head of state.