Myanmar’s government invited pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to a meeting Friday with the new president, in the clearest step toward a political dialogue.

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Aung Suu Kyi Meets With New Myanmar President

The new president of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, has been officially invested at a ceremony in the capital Yamoussoukro, six months after an election that led to a violent struggle for power.

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Peru votes for a new president in one of its most unpredictable and tightly-contested elections for decades.

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The profanities coming from the mouth of the professor in a recent class on freedom of speech were not, by themselves, all that shocking. But this was Catholic University, a bastion of traditional values. And the professor was its new president, John H. Garvey.

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The profanities coming from the mouth of the professor in a recent class on freedom of speech were not, by themselves, all that shocking. But this was Catholic University, a bastion of traditional values. And the professor was its new president, John H. Garvey.

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Turning up the volume

Dilma Rousseff is sworn in as Brazil’s new president, succeeding the popular President Lula, who leaves office with approval ratings of 80%.

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BOGOTA, COLOMBIA – The fiery socialist Hugo Chavez of Venezeula used to deride Juan Manuel Santos as the No. 1 “little Yankee.” Now, as Colombia’s new president , Santos calls Chavez “my new best friend.”

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Colombia’s new leader seen as good for U.S.