Solomon Islands elects Sikua as new prime minister
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Solomon Islands lawmakers elected former education minister Derek Sikua as the Pacific nation's new prime minister on Thursday in a vote which points to closer cooperation with key donor nations.
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PRISTINA, Serbia-Montenegro -- Kosovo lawmakers yesterday elected a former rebel commander to be the prime minister even though he was recently questioned by UN war crimes investigators.
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Indonesia&#39;s newly elected President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced his Cabinet late Wednesday, installing professionals and several women in key posts but also appointing retired generals and holdovers from past governments
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The Romanian parliament gave the green light Tuesday evening for the new cabinet of Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu. The vote was a majority of 265 in favor and 200 against
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A man facing child-sex charges in Australia is sworn in as the Solomon Islands attorney-general.
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The Kosovo parliament on Friday elected former rebel leader Ramush Haradinaj, an ethnic Albanian, as prime minister of the UN-controlled southern Serbian province.
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Yasuo Fukuda, a seasoned moderate lawmaker, was chosen Japan's prime minister on Tuesday, then tapped veteran ministers from his predecessor's cabinet to confront a resurgent opposition keen to force an election.
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East Timor readied for the swearing-in this week of its new prime minister, Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta, whose appointment raises hopes for an end to weeks of tension in the young nation.
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Former World Trade Organization head   Supachai Panitchpakdi has agreed to be Thailand's new Prime   Minister, newspapers said on Tuesday, as the country's military   rulers unveiled a plan to return gradually to the barracks.
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Pakistani lawmakers elected Shaukat Aziz the country&#39;s prime minister in a vote boycotted by the opposition. The new premier pledged to maintain economic changes aimed at boosting growth and reducing poverty.
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The Kosovo parliament has elected ex-rebel leader Ramush Haradinaj as its new prime minister, despite war crimes allegations.
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Japan's Yasuo Fukuda, a seasoned moderate who favors closer ties with Asian neighbors, was picked as prime minister by parliament's lower house on Tuesday, ensuring him the nation's top job.
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Kosovo lawmakers named a former rebel commander as prime minister of their new government Friday, ignoring concerns that a UN war crimes tribunal might indict him.
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Japan's Yasuo Fukuda was chosen as prime minister by parliament's lower house on Tuesday, ensuring him the nation's top job and setting the stage to form a cabinet that must confront a feisty opposition keen to force an election.
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ISLAMABAD: The Newly elected Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Friday vowed to ensure good governance in the country which would give priority to merit and ability in all fields.
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose  Ramos-Horta is to be East Timor&#039;s new prime minister, President  Xanana Gusmao told reporters on Saturday, a move aimed at  ending weeks of political uncertainty in Asia&#039;s newest nation.
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Elite Australian troops arrived in the troubled Solomon Islands on Thursday as the body of an Australian peacekeeper, the first casualty of Canberra&#39;s tough South Pacific security policy, arrived home.