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| | Guelleh sworn in for second presidential term (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | NAIROBI, 9 May 2005 (IRIN) - Ismail Omar Guelleh was on Saturday sworn in for a second and final six-year term as president of the tiny Horn of Africa nation, the official news agency, Agence Djiboutienne d'Information (ADI), reported. |
 | | Guelleh, in an address during the ceremony, said: "It is important to continue to accelerate economic development by making it possible to improve the living conditions of Djibouti’s people and to satisfy their basic needs, in guaranteeing their health and housing, while answering their immediate needs such as employment, particularly employment of the young people." |
 | | A country of 700,000 that suffers serious water and food shortages, Djibouti served as an operations base during the 1990-1991 Gulf War, and France continues to have a significant military presence in the country. |
| www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=47007 (397 words) |
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