Archive for May 7th, 2008
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Dmitry Medvedev was sworn in Wednesday as Russia's new president to replace Vladimir Putin, who is constitutionally barred from a third consecutive term after eight years in office.
Medvedev, the former first deputy prime minister, ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Hours after Sen. Barrack Obama of Illinois scored a comfortable win in North Carolina's Democratic presidential primary Tuesday, his rival Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York narrowly won Indiana.
Obama beat Clinton with 56-42 percent in N ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Russia's new president Dmitry Medvedev was sworn in on Wednesday, succeeding Vladimir Putin two months after he swept the country's presidential election.
The inauguration ceremony was held at the Kremlin at noon and was attended by ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
The inauguration ceremony of Russia's new president Dmitry Medvedev started on Wednesday at which he would succeed President Vladimir Putin.
The grand ceremony, held at the Kremlin Wednesday noon, was attended by senior officials as ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia launched here an economic cooperation and development association, aiming to strengthen the economic and investment ties with each other, local newspaper Vietnam News reported Wednesday.
The Vietnam-Laos-C ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
U.S. Democratic Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois split their victory in Tuesday's presidential primaries in North Carolina and Indiana, and the race between them will go on.
The following ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Feleti Sevele, chairman the Pacific Islands Forum and prime minister of Tonga announced on Wednesday the intention of the Forum Secretariat's secretary general, Greg Urwin, to resign from the position on medical grounds.
"As current ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Malaysia will offer humanitarian assistance to Myanmar which was hit by strong tropical storm Cyclone Nargis recently, the Malaysian Foreign Ministry said.
"The ferocious cyclone has caused tragic death and destruction to the people ...
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