http:/www.bbc.co.uk/news Barack Obama is sworn in as America's 44th president - and its first African-American leader - in a ...

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Comedian-turned-politician Al Franken is now a senator. The Minnesota Democrat was sworn in Tuesday, ending an eight-month po...

Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 47th vice president of the United States.

Eric Holder, sworn in Tuesday as attorney general, promised a clean break with the past policies of the Bush administration, ...

Roland Burris is now officially a U.S. senator.

Newly-inaugurated Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili took an oath today at an ancient temple some 150 miles west of the c...

David Paterson was officially sworn in as New York's governor on Monday, becoming the state's first black chief executive and...

In Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in today for his second term in office as president, while security forces battled wit...

Barack Obama took the presidential oath becoming the 44th U.S. president Tuesday, shattering racial barriers as the first bla...