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Leftist ex-bishop Fernando Lugo became Paraguay’s president on Friday, ending six decades of one-party rule in a key step in the poor South American nation’s democratic transformation.
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Members of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, from left to right, Acting Architect of the Capitol Stephen T. Ayers, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif, Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.,and House...
