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Former California Assemblywoman Laura Richardson was sworn in Tuesday as the newest member of the House. She replaces the late Congresswoman Juanita Millender-McDonald, a seven-term lawmaker who died of cancer in April.
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Alex Salmond will take his seat in the House of Commons for the first time since becoming first minister.
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Bangladesh's new chief election commissioner was sworn in in a move aimed at ending opposition party claims of vote bias so that credible elections can take place.
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If Oklahoma Republican Lt. Gov. Mary Fallin is elected Nov. 7 to the stateÃ¢ÂÂs 5th District Ã¢ÂÂ as is widely expected Ã¢ÂÂ she will enter the 110th Congress next January as one of its most politically seasoned freshmen.
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HAMID Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan&#39;s first democratically elected president last night, opening a new chapter for the impoverished nation that became the first battlefield in the US-led war on terrorism in the wake of the September 11 attacks.
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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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Three of President Bush's predecessors will join him on the platform Thursday as he is sworn into a second term.
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The California congresswoman leads the Democrats with a fiery style that could make her the first woman Speaker of the House
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Cambodia&#39;s new king has been officially sworn in following the surprise abdication of his father. Norodom Sihamoni, 51, was crowned at a ceremony in the capital Phnom Penh after his father King Norodom Sihanouk&#39;s decision to stand down earlier this month.
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ABUJA, Nigeria -- Nigeria's new president, Umaru Yar'Adua, was sworn in yesterday, pledging to be a humble "servant-leader" and to reform the electoral process to prevent future fraud, after the elections he won last month were widely condemned by international and local observers.
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TONY JONES: Former general and security minister SBY has been sworn in as Indonesia&#39;s sixth President at a ceremony at the parliamentary building in Jakarta.
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Afghanistanâs new cabinet was being sworn in today, a day after Hamid Karzai chose its members in his first major decision since his inauguration this month as the nationâs first democratically elected president.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan&#39;s new prime minister, Shaukat Aziz, a technocrat and trusted ally of military leader President Pervez Musharraf, was sworn in on Saturday.
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Hamid Karzai was sworn in on Tuesday as Afghanistan&#39;s first democratically elected president at a ceremony attended by Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Minister Donald Rumsfeld.
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Australia&#39;s new ministry was sworn in by Governor-General Michael Jeffery at Government House here Tuesday. John Howard, who won his fourth term as prime minister in the federal election on Oct.
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By Erica Werner  WASHINGTON - Rep. Nick Rahall, the incoming Democratic chairman of the House committee that writes environmental laws, on Friday promised a new focus for the committee - starting with a new name.
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New Hong Kong lawmakers were sworn in Wednesday, and one of their newest members &#151; a longtime activist &#151; shattered the solemnity by shouting pro-democracy slogans as he joined the system he has spent years protesting.