South Korea FM leads race to succeed Annan as UN chief
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The Security Council handed South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon a second victory in a &quot;straw poll&quot; to select a successor to UN chief Kofi Annan, but the race remains wide open with more candidates expected to enter the fray.
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The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog,  Mohamed ElBaradei, flies to South Korea Saturday to discuss  revelations about Seoul's undeclared atomic research and to  launch his campaign for a third term at the agency.
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South Korea's foreign minister sought to cement his front-runner status in the race to succeed Kofi Annan as UN chief, vowing that if elected he would try to make the world body leaner and more efficient.
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South Korea's Ban Ki-moon was sworn in as the next UN secretary general at a General Assembly ceremony during which he vowed to be &quot;a harmonizer and bridge-builder&quot; and build on the legacy of the incumbent, Kofi Annan.
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South Korea's Ban Ki-moon was sworn in as the eighth U.N. secretary-general on Thursday, pledging to be a "bridge-builder" and lead a dynamic and courageous United Nations when he takes over on January 1.
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Former Thai Foreign Minister Surin  Pitsuwan, a Muslim with wide international respect, emerged on  Thursday as a possible last-minute candidate to replace Kofi  Annan as United Nations Secretary-General.
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By Evelyn LeopoldUNITED NATIONS - U.S. Ambassador John Bolton pushed on Wednesday for a quick resolution to the race to succeed Kofi Annan as U.N. secretary-general, a move that could favor a South Korean ...Comment
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Bosnia's wartime foreign minister  Haris Silajdzic leads in the race for the Muslim member of the  state tri-presidency against incumbent Sulejman Tihic,  organizers of an October 1 vote said on Monday.
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UNITED NATIONS -- South Korea's Ban Ki-moon was sworn in as the eighth UN secretary-general yesterday and vowed to restore trust in an institution tainted by scandal and a growing divide between rich and poor nations.
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Bosnia's wartime foreign minister Haris Silajdzic leads in the race for the Muslim member of the state tri-presidency against incumbent Sulejman Tihic, organizers of an October 1 vote said on Monday.
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South Korea's foreign minister cemented his position as the near-certain successor to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Monday, the only one of six candidates to escape a veto in an informal Security Council ...Comment
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South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon won a third informal straw poll in the United Nations Security Council to decide who will succeed Kofi Annan as UN chief, diplomats said.
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 28 -- The leading candidate to succeed Kofi Annan as secretary general of the United Nations, Ban Ki  Moon, South Korea's  minister of foreign affairs and trade,  has at least one potential advantage over his rivals in the election race for the world's top diplomat:
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The Security Council was to hold a fourth straw poll on the next UN leader which will determine whether the front-runner, South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon, seen here in September 2006, has the backing ...Comment
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South Korean voters head to the polls on Wednesday, ready to end 10 years of liberal presidents by picking a former businessman who promises run the world's 13th largest economy like a CEO.
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Three more candidates withdrew on Thursday from the race to become U.N. secretary-general, leaving only South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon to face an official U.N. Security Council vote next week.
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UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed a new chief of staff yesterday in the first of what he described as a series of changes among senior UN personnel.