Ex-Army Officer Elected Somalian President
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Somali presidential candidate Abdulahi Yusuf Ahmed, left, stands next to an unidentified election official, just after he had taken an oath on the Quran to abide by the election results, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2004
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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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The Somali government on Tuesday freed a senior U.N. food aid official who had been held for nearly a week after dozens of intelligence officers stormed the world body's compound in Mogadishu.
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After years of anarchy, Somalia is poised to set up a new parliament which will elect a president.
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A new dawn breaks over Somalia. The interim Somali Parliament convened a special session in Kenya and elected Colonel Abdullah Yusuf Ahmed, the self-styled leader of the autonomous region of Puntland, as the new interim Somali president.
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Members of Somalia&#39;s transitional parliament began voting Sunday for a new interim president for the war-torn Horn of Africa nation in a stadium in neighboring Kenya.
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Nigeria's ex-military ruler Gen Babangida, a top candidate in next year's polls, says he is proud of his time in office.
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: Somalia&#39;s new president named a prime minister, choosing a member from another of the four largest clans to preside over what is hoped will be a government of reconciliation in the war-ravaged country.
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Somali lawmakers began voting on Sunday  for a president in the 14th attempt in a decade to return  government to the lawless Horn of Africa state.
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A former general, who has promised to uphold civilian rule, appears to have easily defeated the incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri in Indonesiaâs presidential election today, according to a nationwide survey of votes.
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President Hamid Karzai has won a majority of votes in Afghanistan&#39;s election, clinching a five-year term and becoming the country&#39;s first democratically elected leader
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Somali lawmakers began voting on Sunday for a president in the 14th attempt in a decade to return government to the lawless Horn of Africa state.
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Somalia's new president Abdullahi Yusuf promises to reunite and rebuild the country after 13 years of war.
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Hamid Karzai formally accepted his election as president of Afghanistan Thursday, a day after a joint UN-Afghan electoral board proclaimed him the victor in the October 9 vote, and said he would not condone the existence of &quot;private militia forces
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Ethiopian-backed warlord Abdullahi  Yusuf was elected Somali president by lawmakers on Sunday in  the 14th attempt in a decade to restore government to the  lawless African country.
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A military court on Thursday ordered a former army general convicted of leading a failed coup attempt released from prison, and his aides said he intends to compete in next year's presidential election.
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THE RUSSIAN REPUBLIC of Chechnya got a new president Sunday -- but congratulations to Alu Alkhanov, the career police officer taking over the job, don&#39;t really seem to be in order.