The Vice-President of Malawi, Joyce Banda, has been sworn in as the country's first female head of state following the death from a heart attack of her predecessor Bingu wa Mutharika.
"I, Joyce Hilda Mtila Banda..."
"...do solemnly swear that..."
"...do solemnly swear that..."
"...I will well and truly perform..."
"...I will well and truly perform..."
"...the functions of the high office of the president of the Republic of Malawi."
Mrs Banda took the oath of office at a ceremony in parliament in Lilongwe and was greeted with cheers, applause and ululation. She urged Malawians to remain united.
Police in Tunisia have fired tear gas to disperse a protest by thousands of unemployed university graduates in the capital Tunis. The interior ministry said the police had been forced to act when protesters tried to march into the city's main
thoroughfare
in defiance of
a ban on demonstrations there.
Hundreds of people have attended the funeral of a Greek pensioner who shot himself outside parliament earlier this week in protest at the government's austerity measures.
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A member of the Iranian parliament says Iran is now capable of producing nuclear weapons but will never do so. Gholamreza Mesbahi Moghadam made the comments in a brief post on Iran's parliamentary website. Western experts say that even if Iran does have the right knowledge and raw materials, it will still take years to make a nuclear bomb.