Inaugurations
KABUL, Afghanistan - Calling the meeting a "source of hope" for the Afghan people, President Hamid Karzai on Thursday hosted the inaugural session of a new peace council set up to guide efforts to reconcile with the Taliban and other insurgent groups.
GENEVA - International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge hopes the inaugural Youth Olympic Games will teach young athletes to embrace fair play and reject doping, racism and corruption.
BOGOTA, Colombia - Juan Manuel Santos, sworn in Saturday as Colombia's 59th president, vowed to cement security gains but declared himself open to dialogue with rebels in hopes of ending the Western Hemisphere's only armed conflict.
BOGOTA, Colombia - Juan Manuel Santos was sworn in Saturday as the 59th president of Colombia, which despite major security gains remains the Western Hemisphere's only nation beset by a politically based armed conflict.
BOGOTA, Colombia - Juan Manuel Santos has been sworn in as the 59th president of Colombia - the Western Hemisphere's only nation beset by an armed conflict.
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