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May 30, 2003
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Friday
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Rabi-ul-Awwal 27,1424
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Obasanjo sworn in as president
ABUJA, May 29: Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo was sworn in on Thursday for a second term, but the main opposition party said it would not recognize him or his government after disputed elections.
Mr Obasanjo and his vice-president Atiku Abubakar waved to jubilant crowds in a stadium in the capital Abuja as paramilitary police wielding automatic weapons ringed the area after opposition parties threatened to disrupt the event.—Reuters
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