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Nicolas Maduro is due to be sworn in as the first Venezuelan president to take office after 14 years of Hugo Chavez.

Park Geun-hye is sworn in as South Korea's president, making her the first woman to lead the East Asian nation.

Mohamed Morsi was formally sworn in on Saturday as Egypt’s first democratically elected president, marking a new stage in an ever murkier struggle to define the future of the nation.

Nigeria swore in a new president Thursday morning, former Vice President Goodluck Jonathan, hours after the death Wednesday night of Umaru Yar’Adua.

The newly elected Republican from Massachusetts is formally put in the Senate to replace Edward M. Kennedy.

Chief Justice Roberts administers the oath on a quiet morning so she can begin work 'without delay,' he says.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in as Iran’s president after a disputed re-election that has exposed a deep schism in the Islamic Republic’s clerical establishment.

Al Franken became a senator on Tuesday, completing the transformation from comedian to politician.