By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 08 May 2008 Silvio Berlusconi has been sworn in as prime minister of Italy for the third time in his political career, after emerging as the clear winner in last month's early general elections. Sabina Castelfranco has thi...
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 07 May 2008 Newly-inaugurated Kremlin leader Dmitri Medvedev says Russia must develop genuine respect for the law. But VOA Moscow Correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports, critics of the new president see his elevation to power a...
By Scott Stearns White House 14 November 2007 President Bush says America's new top law enforcement official will bring clear purpose and resolve to the Justice Department. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Mr. Bush attended the ce...
By VOA News 28 August 2007 Abdullah Gul smiles after his election, 28 Aug 2007 Abdullah Gul has been sworn in as Turkey's new president, following his election earlier in the day by the country's parliament. The former foreign minister took the oath...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 15 July 2007 Israel's elder statesman, Shimon Peres, 83, was sworn in Sunday as his country's ninth president, a largely ceremonial post that has come under a cloud of scandal in recent years. VOA's Jim Teeple also reports fro...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 14 December 2006 Ban Ki-Moon of South Korea has been sworn in as the eighth U.N. secretary-general of the United Nations. VOA's Peter Heinlein at the U.N. reports, Mr. Ban will take over the job when Kofi Annan steps...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 06 December 2006 Joseph Kabila reviews the troops at the start of his inaugural ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Kinshasa, 6 Dec. 2006 Thirty-five-year-old Joseph Kabila has been sworn-in as the newly elected post-war p...
By Amelia Shaw Port-au-Prince 15 May 2006 On Sunday, Haiti swore in Rene Preval as its first democratically elected president since former president Jean Bertrand Aristide was forced into exile two ye...
By Chris Simkins Washington, DC 16 January 2006 watch Inauguration report Liberian Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Henry Reed Cooper, right, administers the oath of office to Liberian President-ele...
By Cathy Majtenyi Six heads of state, dozens of dignitaries from almost all continents, and Somalis from every walk of life were on hand to witness the swearing-in of Somalia's new president. On a rai...