Somalis celebrate new parliament
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Hundreds of Somalis have taken to the streets of the capital, Mogadishu, to celebrate the inauguration of the country&#39;s parliament.
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An African Union mission arrives in the Somali capital to assess security despite a protest against foreign troops.
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OIL-RICH Brunei&#39;s absolute ruler Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has revived parliament for the first time in 20 years in a first step towards possible future elections, officials said today.
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A former soldier, rebel and warlord was sworn in Thursday 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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In an old grain warehouse spruced up with posters and vinyl flooring, Somalia&#039;s president and prime minister watched the swearing in of a regional governor this week, an event that looked like a small step toward government control of this anarchic country.
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Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has opened an appointed parliament which he revived after a 20-year gap as part of &quot;cautious&quot; political reforms in the tiny oil-rich kingdom.
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The newly inaugurated Somali parliament is due to elect the speaker of the transitional assembly later on Wednesday. Twelve members of parliament have expressed interest in the position.
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan Thursday praised the inauguration of Col. Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed as transitional president of Somalia.
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Security was stepped up across the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday ahead of a major peace meeting seen as the interim government's best hope of strengthening its legitimacy in the Horn of Africa nation.
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MOGADISHU, Somalia -- The transitional president of Somalia narrowly escaped assassination yesterday when a car bomb exploded as he left a converted grain silo that serves as the nation's makeshift Parliament.
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Africans opened a new home for the first Pan-African Parliament yesterday at a colourful event in Johannesburg marred only by a civil servant strike.
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Members of a new transitional parliament for Somalia were sworn in yesterday - a key step toward establishing Somaliaâs first national government since 1991.
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Somalia's parliament votes for a new president  in a bid to restore government to their lawless nation.
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A commercial cargo vessel docks in the Somali capital's main port for the first time in nearly a decade.
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MOGADISHU, Somalia -- The first peacekeepers to arrive in Somalia's capital in more than 10 years were met with a surge of violence yesterday, as mortar rounds hit the airport during a welcoming ceremony and a deadly battle broke out on the city's crumbling streets.
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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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Candles outside Australian parliament spell out apology as official opening ceremony is marked by aboriginal welcome for first time