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African first for Liberian leader
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has been sworn in
as Liberia's president, making her
Africa's first elected female leader.
Loud cheers greeted her inauguration,
with US First Lady Laura Bush and
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
among those at the ceremony.
Mrs Johnson-Sirleaf says her top
challenge is to maintain peace, law and
order after 14 years of civil war.
UN peacekeepers and Liberian police
have maintained tight security around
the capital, Monrovia.
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